Posted on 03/13/2025 10:42:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman has been arrested in Waterbury after allegedly kidnapping her stepson and holding him captive for over 20 years, according to police.
On Feb. 17, crews responded to a fire at a home on Blake Street in Waterbury. Two people, 56-year-old Kimberly Sullivan and a 32-year-old man, were inside the home at the time. Sullivan was able to evacuate safely, and firefighters helped the man out.
While being evaluated by EMS for smoke inhalation, the victim allegedly disclosed to first responders that he intentionally set the fire in his upstairs room by using a lighter, hand sanitizer and paper because he “wanted his freedom.” He continued by alleging that he had been held captive by Sullivan since he was 11 years old.
The victim was transported to the hospital, where his condition worsened, and he was said to be in critical condition due to smoke inhalation.
After an extensive investigation, detectives determined that the victim had been held captive for over 20 years, enduring abuse, starvation, severe neglect and inhumane treatment. He was found in a severely emaciated condition and had not received any medical or dental care during his time in captivity and was given minimal amounts of food and water.
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Funny that there’s no photo of the stepson.
‘ Funny that there’s no photo of the stepson.’
Why?
Why should there be?
Do they show the photos of the victims of crime if the victims prefer not?
People in the community were constantly reporting this mans’s step mom to authorities and the situation went ignored for decades.
Why should there be? there’s pictures of the mother. Isn’t that enough for you?
He should have clocked mama and run.
Sad for him, but in all these years he was never in a place to get hands on her and choke her out or something? Unless he was in a fortified room that resembled a cell that she never entered. if so, how did DCF miss that little nugget during their visits?
Probably physically disabled in other ways as well.
At 68 pounds, and probably ill too?
From a different source, heads should roll.
“He wasn’t the only one who noticed. Teachers at the school brought in meals for the student after they noticed him stealing food and digging around in the garbage.
“Everyone really was concerned with this child since he was 5 years old. You knew something was wrong. It was grossly wrong,” Pannone said.
The former principal said he and his staff called not only Sullivan — the stepmother — but also the state’s Department of Children and Families at least 20 times.
At some point during the boy’s fifth grade year, he disappeared entirely.
Pannone was told that the boy had been transferred to Wolcott Public Schools, but he tried to look for a record of the move and found no evidence of the boy’s attendance. Later, he was told the boy was being homeschooled.”
The victim was starved since the age of 11, and at 31 years of age, weighs 68 pounds. I am glad they are protecting his privacy - the woman is the monster and we should stare at her, recognize her face. He is a survivor, and should be shielded from curiosity or exposure.
I do try not to be cynical.
But when it comes to Child Protective Services and Social Workers is impossible.
Maybe 10% of them actually do their jobs as they should.
Anyone who thinks evil doesn’t exist should read this... the woman is the filth of the filth... and I’ll bet she fooled a lot of the people she knew.
AND I’ll bet she’s a democrat.
Where are his actual parents? Was this stepmother receiving SSDI for this man or any other welfare, food stamps or tax credits based on his “dependency”?
Throw the federal and state books at her and lock her up for with consecutive sentences.
I can’t understand why a person does something like this.
What goes through these people’s minds???
We picked up a patient years ago who supposedly was disabled due to a medical accident during high school and had basically not been out of the house in over 40 years for anything including medical care. Parents decided to call us far too late to do anything. Patient’s face literally looked like a Halloween zombie mask. Another one of those images burned into my mind forever.
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