Posted on 03/14/2025 6:47:55 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Both sides of his door had been secured with plywood and a lock, the man would later say, to stop him from getting out.
For years, he’d only been given two sandwiches – egg or tuna salad, or peanut butter – and a small amount of water each day, he’d recall, in the storage space where he was held.
But now, he had a plan.
Printer paper for kindling. Hand sanitizer for fuel. And a lighter.
Emergency personnel responded February 17 to reports of a burning home in Waterbury, Connecticut, city police said.
There, they found a woman – and her 32-year-old stepson.
The stepmother, identified by police as Kimberly Sullivan, had managed to get out safely, police said.
The man – affected by smoke inhalation and exposure to the flames – had needed help.
He soon would admit to police he had started the fire.
On purpose.
After nearly two decades, he wanted his freedom, he told them, as he recounted a hellish tale laid out in an arrest warrant obtained by CNN affiliate WFSB that describes a life of “captivity, abuse and starvation.”
“Thirty-three years of law enforcement, this is the worst treatment of humanity that I’ve ever witnessed,” Waterbury Police Chief Fred Spagnolo told reporters Thursday as he outlined all investigators had learned since responding to the fire.
“It’s really hard to talk about, still,” the chief said. He shuddered to think someone would be treated this way by a family member, a parental figure or a guardian.
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the lighter?
You drop some things.
Some fall faster, some slower.
The slower ones are ‘lighter’.
Ahah, I now have a lighter.
He found the lighter in an old jacket pocket of his dad’s.
“Is there anything we can do for this man? IS there a go fund me or anything?”
Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury organized an online fundraiser for the victim.
Go Fund Me Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/connecticut-rescue-a-second-chance?attribution_id=sl:2e9218fc-f763-4c23-a5a2-92da285617f3&lang=en_US
$26K raised so far!
It surely would taste of justice if these lying lawyers had some consequences for their perfidious pronouncements.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Never mind. Other, Freepers were kind enough to answer the simple question rather than engage in counterproductive dialog.
Hope he is able to recover from all those years of abuse...
These stories make me wonder how many other people are trapped, but we never hear about them.
She didn’t. He found it in his dead fathers coat pocket
What ads?
No ads that I see
So I was informed about nine hours ago.
Plenty of ads on the internet. Look harder.
No ads.
I use Brave browser and ghostery ad blocker.
No ads.
How nice for you.
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