Man held captive for 20 years escaped by setting fire to room, police say: ‘I wanted my freedom’
“Detectives determined that the victim had been held in captivity for over 20 years, enduring prolonged abuse, starvation, severe neglect and inhumane treatment,” police said. “He was found in a severely emaciated condition and had not received medical or dental care during this time.”
Man sets house on fire to escape 20 years of captivity by stepmother, authorities say
WATERBURY, Connecticut — Firefighters responding to a house fire found a man who claimed he intentionally set the blaze to escape his room. He said he had been starved and held captive for more than 20 years by his stepmother.
A 32-year-old, 68-pound man who was being held captive in a small room in Connecticut for two decades, was forced to pee in ...
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.
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has released the names of the man and woman who died Thursday morning in a fire at a ...
A 50-year-old man has been charged with arson after police say he set his LaPorte County hotel room on fire late Thursday ...
Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, ...
A fire broke out in the mechanic room of a Little Chute hotel on Monday night. Fire officials were dispatched around 7 p.m. to the Country Inn and Suites, 130 Patriot Drive. The Little Chute Fire ...
After nearly two decades, he wanted his freedom, he told police, as he recounted a hellish tale laid out in an arrest warrant that describes a life of “captivity, abuse and starvation.” ...
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