This Monster Locked Her Stepson in a Room for 20 Years! He’s Only 68 lbs!

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00:00This news is genuinely gonna be one of the craziest things

00:02you've ever heard.

00:03It's so shocking that a prosecutor compared it

00:05to something out of a horror movie.

00:07And so this news, it comes out of Waterbury, Connecticut,

00:09where police got a call about a house fire last month.

00:11When they arrived, they found 56-year-old Kimberly Sullivan,

00:14as well as her 32-year-old stepson, who has not been named.

00:17And while he was being treated for smoke inhalation,

00:18reportedly he revealed that the fire was no accident.

00:21With him telling first responders

00:22that he intentionally said it,

00:23and he simply explained, I wanted my freedom.

00:26Right, and that, because according to an affidavit,

00:28he told police that ever since he was 11 years old,

00:30he'd been locked inside an eight by nine foot storage room

00:33for 22 to 24 hours per day without heat or air conditioning.

00:36With him saying his parents secured both sides of the door

00:38with plywood and a lock and only let him out to do chores,

00:41and adding that the last time he ever left the house

00:43was with his father when he was 14 or 15 years old.

00:45And so as you might imagine with that story,

00:47when first responders found him, he looked rough.

00:49Or you had a prosecutor comparing him

00:51to a survivor of Auschwitz death camp, and for good reason.

00:54With the affidavit stating that while he was five foot nine,

00:56he clocked in at just 68 pounds.

00:59With reports adding that his hair was matted,

01:01his teeth were rotten, his skin was dirty,

01:03as well as the man himself saying

01:04that he drank from the toilet

01:05because he only got two cups of water per day,

01:07as well as two sandwiches.

01:08Right, and so according to him,

01:09he was hungry all day, every day for his entire life,

01:12which is why in the early years,

01:14he said he sneaked out of his room at night

01:15to get food and water.

01:16And then in the early days, when he went to school,

01:18he says he asked other kids for food during lunchtime

01:20and would sometimes dig for it in the trash

01:21out of desperation.

01:22But then after his food wrappings were found,

01:24that's when he says he started getting locked in his room.

01:27And after that,

01:28after the school called child welfare investigators twice,

01:29he says his mother pulled him out of school

01:31in the fourth grade.

01:32Which again, keep in mind, that was 20 fucking years ago.

01:34And since then, he'd reportedly gotten no medical

01:36or dental care,

01:37and the last time he bathed himself was two years ago.

01:39With him also saying he used bottles and newspapers

01:41to go to the bathroom.

01:42Right, all of this is according to him,

01:43the threat of losing what few crumbs he was given

01:45and suffering longer lockdowns,

01:47that deterred him from trying to escape.

01:48But apparently that changed last month

01:50because he reportedly got ahold of some printer paper,

01:52hand sanitizer, and an old lighter,

01:53which he used to ignite the fire.

01:55And then as he and his stepmother fled the house,

01:57he reportedly fell to the ground and stayed there,

01:58so firefighters would be forced to retrieve him,

02:00believing, quote, this was his only way out.

02:02And when the shocking truth was revealed,

02:04neighbors were absolutely floored.

02:06And when the investigators started asking me

02:07about a man that may look like a child,

02:11I was like, I don't know what you're talking about.

02:13He was always upstairs on the second floor,

02:16on the window, like there,

02:18like looking like a little ghost.

02:19Like he was pale, like white.

02:22And then I'm like, I don't know why he doesn't,

02:24maybe he doesn't like to come out.

02:26I've been out here, I don't know how many times,

02:27with the dogs, cutting grass.

02:29If he would've just tapped on the window and said, help me,

02:33I could have helped him.

02:34Now with all this, his stepmother,

02:36who appeared in handcuffs while wearing a cross

02:37from her necklace, is being charged with kidnapping,

02:40unlawful restraint, cruelty, assault,

02:42and reckless endangerment.

02:43But amazingly, with all this,

02:44she is insisting on her innocence,

02:46with her attorney telling reporters.

02:48He was not locked in a room.

02:49She did not restrain him in any way.

02:52She provided food.

02:54She provided shelter.

02:56She is blown away by these allegations.

02:58We think as the evidence comes out,

03:00you will see that she's not,

03:03she's not the villain she's being made out to be.

03:05With him adding that until last year,

03:06the now deceased biological father lived with them

03:08and was responsible for his son's care.

03:10And while, you know, obviously we have to wait

03:11to see what all information comes in,

03:13looking at this situation,

03:15and this is where we get into the opinion section,

03:17he was 68 pounds at five foot nine.

03:20You had officials at the press conference today saying,

03:22throughout the years,

03:23it appears the locks used on the exterior of that room

03:26increased as time progressed

03:27and the victim got older and a bit stronger.

03:29But the police chief saying,

03:30in 33 years in law enforcement,

03:33this is the worst treatment of humanity

03:34that I've ever witnessed.

03:36You know, for now,

03:36we'll have to wait to see how things play out.

03:38And if this woman is the monster,

03:40it appears that she may be.

03:42Put her in a smaller box

03:44since she allegedly put her son in

03:45for the rest of her life.

03:46No sweet release, just time and time and time.

03:50Hey, thanks for watching.

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