Connecticut man held captive for 20 years couldn’t bathe, got 2 cups of water a day, cops say

The Connecticut antheral who was held captive for 20 years successful a tiny country elaborate his horrific surviving conditions to police, according to an apprehension warrant released Tuesday.

Kimberly Sullivan, the victim’s 56-year-old stepmother, has been charged with respective crimes successful transportation with the man’s alleged treatment. She has pleaded not guilty.

The man, who is present 32, described however helium was pulled retired of schoolhouse astatine 11 years aged and yet locked successful an 8-by-9-foot country with nary bath facilities and nary mode out, section NBC affiliate WVIT reported. The antheral said his past bath oregon ablution came betwixt 1 and 2 years ago.

He told officers helium received 2 cups of h2o per day. While his archetypal nutrient ration was 2 sandwiches per day, that was aboriginal decreased, according to WVIT. When helium was rescued by constabulary officers past month, the antheral measured 5-foot-9 and weighed conscionable 68 pounds.

“I was shocked, helium looks similar a Holocaust survivor,” a household subordinate told constabulary aft visiting the unfortunate successful the hospital.

The antheral described surviving successful fearfulness and said guests were seldom ever permitted successful the house, WVIT reported. “Under symptom of death, nary 1 was to spot me,” helium told police.

He told officers the past clip helium was allowed to permission the spot was astatine property 14 oregon 15, erstwhile helium traveled with his begetter to dump gait waste, according to WVIT. He besides described a erstwhile flight effort successful which helium chopped a spread successful the doorway to his prison-like country and snuck retired for food. He told investigators Sullivan slapped him connected the look and sealed the door.

In nationalist statements, Sullivan has blamed the man’s biologic begetter for his treatment. The begetter died past year, but the antheral told constabulary his surviving conditions lone got worse aft that.

He was lone capable to flight aft mounting a occurrence utilizing manus sanitizer, printer insubstantial and a lighter. The blaze got retired of power and forced Sullivan to telephone 911, sparking a effect from the Waterbury Fire Department. The flames were rapidly doused.

“He enactment a batch of spot successful us,” 1 of the archetypal smoke-eaters connected the scene, Jon Paul Oldham, told WVIT.

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