Police in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA posted photos inside a house where a man was allegedly captured by his stepmother for 20 years.
The unnamed man escaped the house in February by using printer paper and manual scratches, and then told police he was locked in a small room with plywood and locked.
He said over the years, he had received the least amount of food and water.
WFSB has obtained more than 100 photos that reveal the true degree of horrible conditions of a man who police say is “extremely attenuated” – 32 years old, 5-foot-9 and weighs about 70 pounds.
Many photos received by WFSB from the Waterbury Police Department show that the interior of the house is in poor condition, with some rooms apparently burning with fire, while others burning the house due to lack of maintenance.
Mold and fault panels can be seen throughout the house, with some of the carpet areas covered with dirt and garbage. Part of the ceiling of the house appears to be broken and the beams are exposed. Many windows are covered with plywood.
In one photo, a bedroom with bright pink walls is scattered with random objects, including printers. Another photo of the bathroom shows broken insulation walls, glass and cardboard boxes on the floor.
The man’s stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, managed to escape her burning house and was arrested by authorities for kidnapping his stepson and starving him to death for decades.
Last week, she pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping and felony assault charges and was released on a $300,000 margin.
“While the charges are terrible and people don’t want to hear it, she is not guilty in the eyes of the law, no matter how many people hate her, it won’t change anytime soon,” said Sullivan’s lawyer.
According to the WFSB, the Waterbury Department of Children and Family recently said it found archived records of the 2005 naming Kimberly Sullivan and her stepson, after saying that unestablished claims were removed after police had been stolen for five years after they had made welfare checks in the House.
“After completing a comprehensive assessment of previous participation, the department will share our results as transparently as possible while working within the parameters of federal and state confidentiality laws,” DCF Commissioner Jodi Hill-Lilly said in a statement to the WFSB.
The man told police that he met DCF twice in fourth grade to complain about his life situation, and his stepmother pulled him out of school.
He told police that his stepmother instructed him to tell the department everything was fine. Police who made the welfare check reported nothing suspicious.
He told police that the man last left the property when his father was around 14 or 15 years old.
“When his father died, he only once left his dog behind his property,” the man said.
The oath statement said the outings were “only about 1 minute a day” and “essentially, they were locked in his room between 22 and 24 hours a day.”
A year ago, the man told police that he found a lighter in his coat belonging to his late father. That was when he began to make his escape plan.
“He had to go through a lot of physical therapy,” said Waterbury Police Chief Fred Spagnolo. “There were a lot of recovery and he had to go
Through the spirit. ”
The police in Waterbury themselves were shocked by the inhumanity they investigated, and they collected a collection to buy the man’s clothes, books and other items that might make him more comfortable.
As for the newly released, Waterbury Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski said: “We are committed to supporting him in various ways as he begins to recover from this unimaginable trauma.
