The story of a man who escaped from a long captivity is proof that “we have made some progress” with regard to allegations of abuse situations, he says.
“I was kept a secret all my life,” a 32 -year -old man told a rescued fire in Waterbury, Connecticut.
In fact, it was he who fired the flames himself: he put into practice the plan he had engendered to escape what he says was a 20 -year prison… in his own room.
Com Paper Resmas who were in the printer and disinfectant of hands, He set the flames, with the help of a lighter.
In the house, he lived his stepmother, 56 -year -old Kimberly Sullivan, who managed to escape the fire (unlike the man, who had to be helped by the firefighters). The goal, he says, was power abuse an abuse.
According to the authorities, the American had been arrested in the fourth 20 years ago. A, describes a story of “Captive, abuse and hunger.”
When he turned 12, he says he was prevented from leaving home. In fact, the authorities report, the child was not enrolled in school, which raised suspicions in the community. “We sent an agent to visit the house. He talked to the child and came back saying everything was fine, ”said Waterbury Mayor Paul K. Pernerewsk.
He had two sisters, but it was not allowed to see him, he still reports. When I was little, it says that Hungryand sneaking out of the room at night to remove food from the fridge. He started stealing food at school or crashing it in the trash, but was eventually ended in the room by his stepmother, with very little water and food available, he says.
When the boy was about 14 or 15 years old, he went with his father to lie off the yard residues, read in the statement presented in court. It was the last time he left the property.
According to CNN, the young man was even prevented from urinating, from what he did in a bottle. “It seemed that the locks increased by safety level as time passed and, of course, he got older and perhaps a little stronger,” said Fred Spagnolo, police chief.
The mother denied everything, and it was Liberated under a $ 300 000 deposit (almost 300 thousand euros). But the mayor of Waterbury sees history as an example of resilience capacity.
“I think we have made some progress in the last 20 years regarding the denunciation requirements of abuse, he says. Despite the outcome, he considers that “it is preferable to report something and tell us that it is not true than allowing something like this to extend for 20 years.”
