A school principal in Connecticut says he suspected that a woman who allegedly kept her adult stepson captive in her home for two decades had been mistreating the boy, but no one heeded his warnings.
Last month, the stepson, a 32-year-old man, escaped from the house where he'd been held against his will for 20 years by starting a fire inside his room. Once in police custody, the man — who weighed only 68 pounds — told police that his stepmother, 56-year-old Kimberly Sullivan, had kept him captive since he was 11 years old, authorities said.
