Kimberly Sullivan of Connecticut was arrested by the Waterbury Police Department after her 32-year-old stepson started a house fire in an effort to escape her alleged abuse.

A 32-year-old Waterbury, Connecticut man burned his stepmother's home down last month, revealing to police he had done so to escape 2 decades of captivity and abuse. 56-year-old stepmother Kimberly Sullivan was arrested on March 12 and has been charged with assault,

A Connecticut mother allegedly held her severely emaciated stepson in captivity for decades in “something out of a horror movie” before he set a fire in their home to escape the “inhumane” and hellish conditions,

A Connecticut woman has been arrested after police say she held her stepson captive for over two decades, subjecting him to extreme neglect and abuse before he allegedly set fire to their home in a desperate bid for freedom.