Bodycam in Connecticut house of horrors shows suspect after stepson's fiery escape

Bodycam footage from the Waterbury Police Department shows suspected Connecticut kid abuser Kimberly Sullivan denying that her stepson, who was allegedly locked successful a retention closet successful their location for 20 years, was imprisoned successful the house. 

According to the footage obtained by Fox News Digital, 1 of Sullivan's 2 daughters arrived astatine the country soon aft authorities connected Feb. 17, erstwhile constabulary said her 32-year-old stepson acceptable occurrence successful the location to flight decades of captivity and abuse.

Sullivan's girl picked her up successful a achromatic Acura, wherever they waited adjacent arsenic firefighters extinguished the blaze, and arsenic Sullivan's unnamed stepson was rescued from the home. 

In the footage, which is partially redacted, Sullivan, 56, explains to an serviceman what happened aft the occurrence started. 

‘MALNOURISHED’ MAN HELD CAPTIVE BY STEPMOM FOR DECADES SET FIRE TO HOME TO ESCAPE: ‘I WANTED MY FREEDOM’

Kimberly Sullivan was arrested aft allegedly abusing her stepson successful their Waterbury, Connecticut home. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

She said that she thought the occurrence started from a TV her stepson plugged into the wall, and said that she came retired of her chamber erstwhile she smelled fume and called retired for him.   

"I was trying to spell into the country but it was conscionable – determination were conscionable flames – helium came retired of the room, yet woke up and came retired of the room," she said. 

Sullivan said that her lad couldn't flight the country due to the fact that determination were flames, but that helium indispensable person walked done them eventually.  

"Was the doorway locked connected his room, oregon no?" the serviceman asked. 

"No," Sullivan replied. 

"OK, is it usually locked?" helium asked.

"No," she answered. 

"And helium has escaped rein to spell retired of determination whenever helium wants?" the detective asked. 

"Yeah," Sullivan said. 

But constabulary allege that Sullivan was lying during that exchange. 

MAN DESCRIBES SHOCKING LIVING CONDITIONS HE ENDURED DURING 20-YEAR HOME CAPTIVITY: 'UNIMAGINABLE'

This photograph provided by the Waterbury Police Department shows Kimberly Sullivan, who was charged Wednesday, March 12, 2025, with kidnapping and cruelty for allegedly holding her 32-year-old stepson captive for much than 20 years.  (Waterbury Police Department via AP)

Sullivan was arrested connected March 12 and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment. She is escaped connected $300,000 bond, and pleaded not blameworthy to each charges connected Friday. 

According to an apprehension warrant for Sullivan, the victim, identified arsenic "Male Victim 1," was held successful a windowless 8-foot by 9-foot retention closet with nary aerial conditioning oregon vigor and without entree to a bath for 20 years. He was kept wrong the closet 22-24 hours per day.

He was allowed 2 sandwiches and 2 tiny h2o bottles each day, 1 of which helium would usage for bathing. He disposed of his discarded utilizing h2o bottles and newspaper. The antheral weighed little than 70 pounds erstwhile archetypal responders recovered him aft the fire.

That warrant besides says that Sullivan's stepson told them helium acceptable the occurrence connected purpose, due to the fact that helium wanted his freedom. 

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Kimberly Sullivan is taken into custody by the Waterbury Police Department connected March 12. (Waterbury Police Department)

Fox News Digital besides obtained Sullivan's distraught 911 telephone reporting that her location was connected fire.

LISTEN: Kimberly Sullivan calls 911 to study location fire

More bodycam footage shows a constabulary serviceman arriving to the country and yelling astatine an unidentified idiosyncratic done a window, telling the idiosyncratic to exit the home. 

WATCH: Waterbury serviceman yells astatine idiosyncratic to exit burning home

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In a heavy redacted information of the bodycam footage, constabulary officers tin beryllium seen lasting extracurricular the ambulance looking successful astatine the victim, who is blurred and being tended to by a paramedic. When audio reemerges from the redaction, 1 serviceman tells different that the unfortunate said helium hadn't showered successful a year. 

WATCH: Kimberly Sullivan’s stepson interviewed by constabulary successful ambulance

Another video shows a frantic Sullivan asking to spell backmost into the location to retrieve her purse and her keys, truthful she tin enactment her canine wrong her car.

WATCH: Kimberly Sullivan frantically asks to retrieve purse from burning home

Police antecedently released footage showing Sullivan's stepson being carried retired of the location and into an ambulance. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Sullivan's lawyer Ioannis Kaloidis done a spokesperson.