New details have emerged in the shocking story of a 32-year-old Connecticut man Allegedly kept prisoner in a single room by his father and stepmother for 20 years.
Kimberly Sullivan, 56, was arrested on Wednesday, almost a month after Waterbury Police and firefighters Responded to a fire that illuminated the man in the house on 17 February.
While receiving medical care after the fire, the 32-year-old said he had been imprisoned in the house for the age of 11.
“I wanted my freedom,” he told the first responds.
The police will take Kimberly Sullivan in the detention on Wednesday to be accused of kidnapping and cruelty because she reportedly kept her 32-year-old stepson in captivity for more than 20 years. (Waterbury Police Department via AP)
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The Major Crimes unit of the Waterbury Police Department and the office of Waterbury State’s lawyers launched an extensive investigation that showed that the man was under abuse, hunger, serious neglect and inhumane treatment, according to a declaration from the department.
Later arrest statements revealed that the man was locked in a room for almost 24 hours a day without heat or air conditioning, the Associated Press reported.
He was also provided Two sandwiches and two bottles of water Daily, which he rationed for Soapless Baden according to the report.
Kim Sullivan, who is accused of neglect, is in her lawyer, Ioannis Kaloidis, right, during her preliminary guide on Wednesday in Waterbury Superior Court in Waterbury, Con. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
When he was found, the man only weighed 69 pounds, was 5-foot-9, the AP reported. Because he had no access to a bathroom, he sent his waste through straws that led to a window.
The police noted that the man starved while still hungry Going to school, According to the report, they often steal food and eat from the waste. When he ate would break his teeth due to a lack of dental care.
Sullivan was arrested and is accused of abuse in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, illegal restraint in the first degree, cruelty for people and reckless threat in the first degree.
Kimberly Sullivan was accused of kidnapping and cruelty because she reportedly kept her 32-year-old stepson in captivity for more than 20 years. (Waterbury Police Department via AP)
Her bond was set at $ 300,000 and she was later released by the Connecticut Department of Corrections.
Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo mentioned the suffering that the man endured ‘heartbreaking and unimaginable’, and noted that the man has since been diagnosed with PTSD and Depression.
While the authorities investigate how the man fell through the cracks as a child, Spagnolo said that the AP -Politie only had two interactions with the family, both in 2005.
The police responded to reports of a fire in a house on 2 Blake St. in Waterbury, Con. (Google Maps)
One call was a welfare control of reports from classmates. Another was after the family had submitted an intimidation complaint against school officials for reporting them to state welfare officials, according to the report.
Officers noted that there was no reason for concern, Spagnolo told the AP.
The Connecticut Children and families department (DCF) said that according to the report it will continue to look for data on the commitment of the agency. However, non -supported reports of neglect or abuse are deleted five years after the end of the investigation.
Kim Sullivan stands among her lawyers Jason Spilka, Left, and Ioannis Kaloidis during her before Wednesday in Waterbury Superior Court in Waterbury, Con. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
“We are shocked and sad for the victim and in the unspeakable circumstances he endured,” the department said in a statement to the AP. “The now adult victim has shown incredible power and resilience in this time of healing and our hearts go to him.”
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Tom Pannone, former director of the defeated Barnard Elementary School in Waterbury, told NBC Connecticut administrators told the alleged abuse to the police and “No damn thing was done.”
The Waterbury police, Waterbury Public Schools and Connecticut DCF did not respond immediately to FOX News Digital’s request on Thursday.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
