Police say the man used hand sanitizer and a lighter to set the fire as a way to draw first responders and escape being ...

NBC Connecticut spoke to the Waterbury Fire Department about a call that changed the course of one man’s life. Police say a ...

The biological mother of the Connecticut man who was allegedly held captive and starved by his stepmother for more than two ...

He said he was locked in a room without heat or air conditioning nearly all day and night and given limited food and water by ...

Kimberly Sullivan, the victim’s 56-year-old stepmother, has been charged with several crimes in connection with the man’s ...

Police released the body camera footage and 911 call in connection with the case of a Connecticut man who told officers he ...

NBC Connecticut obtained video of police rescuing a man who said his stepmother had held him captive inside their home for 20 ...

The man, now 32, told authorities his confinement began when he was about 11 years old. He said he was locked in a room ...

An emaciated man, 32, says he was held in his room for 20 years and set it on fire to gain his freedom, according to police.

A woman allegedly held her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forced him to endure “prolonged abuse." ...

The 32-year-old man told firefighters that he intentionally set fire to his stepmom's home and said, "I wanted my freedom" ...