30 kg) when he escaped.
The facts of this case, quite frankly, the facts are something out of a horror movie.
Thats without exaggeration, said Supervisory Assistant States Attorney Don Therkildsen, as reported by theCT Post.
The Waterbury Fire Department helped put the flames out in Sullivans home on February 17.
The inhumane conditions he endured worsened after his father passed away last year, he said.
He started the blaze while locked in a cramped storage space where he was forced to sleep.
Inside the house, he was only allowed outside to do chores for Sullivan.
Sullivan allegedly instructed the then-fourth-grader to lie to authorities and say that everything was fine.
Shortly after the DCF visits, Sullivan removed her stepson from school.
Not a d**n thing was done.
Thats the tragedy of the whole thing, Pannone said.
The man was found in severely emaciated condition, weighing only 68 pounds (approx.
Her attorney, Ioannis A. Kaloidis, said thestepmotherwas blown away when she heard the allegations.
Shes adamant they are not true,Kaloidis said.
These allegations seemed to be based on the words of one individual and one individual alone.