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Trapped For 20 Years: Waterbury Police Detail Life Of Man Held Captive By Stepmom
The numbers are chilling. A 32-year-old man, standing five feet nine inches tall and weighing just 68 pounds, was forced to live in an 8-by-9-foot room for 20 years. All because his 56-year-old stepmother said so,
Man held captive by stepmother for more than 20 years, Waterbury police say
A man started a fire in an attempt to escape from a room in which he had been held captive for more than 20 years, police in Waterbury said.Waterbury police held a news conference Thursday morning to discuss the case.
DCF, police lost contact with Waterbury boy after he was pulled from school, held captive 20 years
State child protection officials and Waterbury police said they deemed a child safe at home who later was found to be held in squalor for two decades.
Waterbury Woman Held Stepson Captive For 2 Decades In 'Horrific' Conditions: Police
A Connecticut woman has been arrested after police say she held her stepson captive for over two decades, subjecting him to extreme neglect and abuse before he allegedly set fire to their home in a desperate bid for freedom.
‘Worse than a jail cell': Police describe conditions for Connecticut man held in captivity
Officials described the disturbing conditions that a Waterbury, Connecticut, man endured during 20 years of captivity.
‘Worse than a jail cell’: Woman held stepson captive in New England home for 20 years, police say
A man who police say was held captive 24 hours a day and forced to urinate in bottles for two decades was rescued after he set his room ablaze in a desperate attempt to free himself from his abusive stepmother.
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Man describes cruelty during his two decades of captivity at his family home in Connecticut
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Deranged Connecticut mom who allegedly kept stepson captive for decades posts $300K bond just day after arrest
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'Heartbreaking and unimaginable': Connecticut man says he was held captive by stepmom since childhood
The 32-year-old man told firefighters that he intentionally set fire to his stepmom's home and said, "I wanted my freedom" ...
Connecticut woman allegedly locked up stepson for 20 years until he lit a fire to escape
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Connecticut house of horrors neighbors describe chilling chance encounter with emaciated ‘prisoner’: ‘Didn’t think nothing of it’
"He waved at her and she waved at him and she didn't think nothing of it but we haven't seen him since," the neighbor said.
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Connecticut man escapes 20-year imprisonment at stepmother’s house with printer paper, hand sanitizer, and a lighter
A Connecticut man says he set a fire in his room to escape a 2o-year-imprisonment at his stepmother’s house, according to the ...