A woman faces kidnapping and cruelty to persons charges for holding her stepson captive for more than 20 years, according to ...

The man, now 32, told authorities his confinement began when he was about 11 years old. He said he was locked in a room nearly all day and night and given limited food and water.

A man allegedly held captive by his stepmom for 20 years deliberately set fire to their home in Waterbury, Connecticut, last month to escape, police said.

A man who was held captive by his stepmother for more than 20 years in Waterbury, Connecticut, escaped by setting fire to the house, police said at a news conference on Thursday. On Feb. 17, the ...

WATERBURY, Connecticut — Firefighters responding to a house fire found a man who claimed he intentionally set the blaze to ...

The 32-year-old paints a picture of two decades of severe abuse, while his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, denies all ...

In a disturbing case, a severely malnourished Connecticut man claimed he intentionally started a house fire to break free from his stepmother's alleged long-term abuse and imprisonment.

Everyone really was concerned with this child since he was 5 years old. You knew something was wrong. It was grossly wrong,” ...

New details have been revealed in the case against a Connecticut stepmother accused of holding a man, now 32, in captivity for 20 years.

The 32-year-old man told firefighters that he intentionally set fire to his stepmom's home and said, "I wanted my freedom" after 20 years of captivity.

Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, ...