A woman has been arrested and accused of keeping her stepson in a situation in a situation so terrible for 20 years that he set fire to his room in a final attempt to escape.
Connecticut -Vrouw Kimberly Sullivan, 56, was lived on Wednesday on a large number of disturbing charges, including abuse and abduction.
Her 32-year-old stepson, who was not mentioned, put a small bedroom upstairs in his house in Waterbury on 17 February.
When the first response arrived to extinguish the fire, they found the emaciated man, with a weight of only 68 pounds. Prosecutors said he was 'related to a survivor of the Auschwitz skull' when he was saved.
While he was treated for breathing in smoke, he trusted in rescue teams that he deliberately set the fire as a means to escape.
“I wanted my freedom,” the man reportedly said to the police.
He said he had been imprisoned since he was about 11 years old in a room of 8 feet by 9 feet without heat or air conditioning.
A thorough investigation has now led the authorities to believe that the man had been detained in captivity for more than 20 years, so that long -term abuse, hunger, serious neglect and inhumane treatment endure. '
Connecticut -Vrouw Kimberly Sullivan, 56, was lived on Wednesday on a large number of disturbing charges, including abuse and kidnapping
A woman has been arrested and accused of keeping her stepson in a situation in a situation so terrible for 20 years that he set fire to his room in a final attempt to escape
During that time he had not received any medical treatment or dental care.
Chief Fernando Spagnolo said: “The suffering that this victim has endured for more than 20 years is both heartbreaking and unimaginable.
'This case did not require the dedication of our officers and the office of the state of the state of Waterbury.
“Their relentless deployment ensured that justice is served and the perpetrator is held fully responsible for these horrible crimes.”
Sullivan is held with a bond of $ 300,000 after she was charged on Wednesday.
Her lawyer, Ioannis Kaloidis, indicated that Sullivan is planning to strongly defend the charges.
“She is adamant to not have done the things she is being accused of,” said Kaloidis.
Supervision assistant -State lawyer Don Therkildsen described the 'facts of the case' as, 'frankly, something from a horror film.
Her 32-year-old stepson, who was not mentioned, put the bedroom upstairs in his Waterbury house on 17 February. When First Responders arrived to extinguish the fire, they found the emaciated man, with a weight of only 68 pounds
According to an order for the arrest of Sullivan, the living conditions of the victim deteriorated when his father died last year
“That's without exaggeration,” he added.
According to WFSB, the victim lit a fire with some hand disinfector [and] Some paper from a printer. '
For the judiciary, the court said during the preliminary guide of Sullivan, that the man who very well lit. knowing that he could die.
“But he was locked up in the room for 20 years and he tried to leave that room for 20 years.
“He was related to a survivor of the Auschwitz skull without exaggeration.”
According to an order for the arrest of Sullivan, the living conditions of the victim deteriorated when his father died last year.
He told the authorities that he got two cups of water a day, but sometimes it was forced to drink from the toilet.
Tom Pannone of the man of the man of the man told NBC 'The tragedy of the whole thing' is that school authorities warned the police when the boy stopped taking lessons.
“We knew. We reported it. Nothing has been done damn, “he said.
Pannone said he and his staff at the Extended School noticed that the boy seemed thin, and when he investigated, he told teachers that he was not allowed to eat at home.
'Everyone was really busy with this child since he was five years old. You knew something was wrong. It was rude, “he said.
Teachers would even take lunches for the boy after they had seen him stealing or eaten from garbage cans, said Pannone, revealed that he and his team called the Department of Children and Families (DCF) at least 20 times.
Pannone said he had not seen the alleged victim since the early 2000s when he was in first class.
After the boy stopped taking lessons, Pannone was initially told that he was switching to Wolcott Public Schools, but later he heard that he was home schooled.
