When he visited the man in the hospital after the fire, his uncle said, “I was shocked, he looks like a Holocaust survivor.” The post What to know about the Conn. woman who allegedly held stepson captive for 20 years appeared first on Boston.

Police say the man, who set a fire to escape, was held captive by his stepmother from age 11. He weighed 68 pounds when he was freed.

A Waterbury woman is accused of holding her stepson captive for 20 years and providing little water and little food. The man, who is now 32 years old, weighed only 68 pounds when he escaped by setting fire to the house,

A California woman who lost her home in the devastating firestorm that engulfed the Palisades experienced a tearful reunion over the weekend with her beloved cat, lost in the charred remains of the neighborhood for some two months.