The state Division of Youngsters and Households mentioned it adopted protocols within the case of a person who mentioned he was held captive in his household’s Waterbury residence for 20 years, from the time he was a boy till he set a hearth inside the house in February to flee.
Firefighters who responded to the house earlier this 12 months to place out the fireplace discovered the 32-year-old man emaciated, weighing solely 68 kilos, officers mentioned.
He instructed them then he had been held captive in the home for many of his life and set the fireplace to achieve his freedom, in keeping with the arrest warrant police obtained for his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan.
Sullivan was charged with assault within the first diploma, kidnapping within the second diploma, illegal restraint within the first diploma, cruelty to individuals and reckless endangerment within the first diploma and he or she has pleaded not responsible to the fees.
The sufferer’s college had contacted the Division of Youngsters and Households when he was in fourth grade and DCF responded to the Blake Avenue residence twice.
S mentioned he was taken out of college after these visits.
DCF Commissioner Jodi Hill-Lilly mentioned in an announcement that the division adopted the protocols that had been in place on the time.
“Our involvement with the household was 20 years in the past and our evaluation thus far reveals that our case follow was in step with company requirements on the time and that we didn’t deviate from our insurance policies and practices. It’s worthy to notice that our insurance policies and practices have considerably advanced over the previous 20 years and we’re ready to debate these adjustments,” Hill-Lilly mentioned.
She mentioned there shall be a gathering subsequent week with members of the legislative youngsters’s committee to offer them with an replace of the DCF evaluation of the case.
Sullivan is due in courtroom on Aug. 19.
