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Connecticut man, 32, held captive by stepmom for two decades weighed just 68 pounds: Cops

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Kimberly Sullivan , 56 , was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint and intentional cruelty to persons.

Firefighters responding to a Feb. 17 fire at the Waterbury home found the stepson inside “in a severely emaciated condition” The five-foot-nine man weighed just 68 pounds when authorities found him.

He told officers he had been held captive by Sullivan since he was about 11 years old , but getting locked in his room began at the age of three , when his family caught him sneaking to get food and water.

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