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“Inhumane”: Mom Who Held Gaunt Stepson Captive For 20 Years Is Charged After He Escapes

A Connecticut woman was arrested on Wednesday (March 12) after her stepson started a house fire to escape decades of inhumane conditions.

Kimberly Sullivan is accused of holding her 32-year-old stepson captive since he was 11, the Waterbury Police Department said in a statement.

The victim, whose name has not been made public, was found “in a severely emaciated condition and had not received medical or dental care” while living with his stepmother, police said.

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