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 ...

The man, now 32, told authorities his confinement began when he was about 11 years old. He said he was locked in a room nearly all day and night and given limited food and water.

A man held captive by his stepmom for 20 years deliberately set fire to their home in Waterbury, Connecticut, last month to ...

A Connecticut man allegedly held captive and starved by his stepmother for more than two decades escaped the small room he ...

The former principal and neighbors of a man who authorities believe was being held captive by his stepmother for 20 years in ...