A lady who’s accused of locking her emaciated stepson in a room of their Waterbury residence and ravenous him for many years is due again in court docket on Friday after a short look on Wednesday morning.
Throughout the very transient court docket look, the sufferer’s organic mom, Tracy Vallerand, was within the courtroom to indicate help for her son because the stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, confronted the costs.
“It’s just disgusting that she’s allowed on the streets right now,” Vallerand stated outdoors of court docket on Wednesday.
The organic mother of a person who says his stepmom held him captive for 20 years spoke after the lady appeared in court docket on Wednesday.
Vallerand stated the final time she noticed her son was when he was 6 months outdated and he or she had been on the lookout for him for years.
She advised reporters outdoors court docket that she left her son within the care of his father, pondering he would have a greater life.
“I never knew him as being evil,” Vallerand stated.
When he’s more healthy and he is stronger, if he desires relationship with me, I’m proper right here. I am not going anyplace.
Tracy Vallerand, organic mom
The daddy died in January 2024 and the sufferer advised police that the abuse, which began when he was 3, obtained worse after his father’s demise, based on the arrest warrant for Sullivan.
That rescue was on Feb. 17 when firefighters and police responded to a fireplace at 2 Blake St. in Waterbury.
State police stated the sufferer, who’s 32 years outdated and weighs solely 68 kilos, advised first responders that he had been locked in the home for his complete life and set the hearth as a result of he needed his freedom.
Weeks after the hearth, police charged Kimberly Sullivan 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.
Sullivan has denied the allegations and has not but entered a plea.
Sullivan’s legal professional, Ioannis Kaloidis, spoke outdoors court docket on Wednesday and stated the state has indicated that it’ll file a movement in search of so as to add some situations, comparable to digital or GPS monitoring, to his shopper’s launch since she is free on bond.
He has stated his shopper maintains her innocence and the allegations are critical, they aren’t true and the state has to show them in court docket.
“Those allegations are made by one person. I understand the whole world has jumped on those allegations and has already convinced my client, but the good thing about America is that is not how we work,” he stated.
When requested about seeing Sullivan in court docket, Vallerand stated she was “disgusted” and he or she stated different relations are complicit as effectively.
“The two daughters also knew that he was there. They didn’t say anything, they’re complicit. Even the daughter’s boyfriend that knew he was there. They all need to be charged,” Vallerand stated.
Vallerand stated she and her daughter, the sufferer’s half-sister, regarded for her for years.
She stated they haven’t but spoken to him and doen’t know the place he’s, however they are going to proceed to indicate up.
“When he is healthier and he’s stronger, if he wants relationship with me, I am right here. I’m not going anywhere,” Vallerand stated.
The best way to watch “Waterbury Man Held Captive,” an NBC Connecticut particular report
“Waterbury Man Held Captive,” an NBC Connecticut particular report, will air at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday on NBC Connecticut and stream in your favourite platform. Yow will discover particulars on the place and tips on how to watch right here.
NBC Connecticut could have an unique sit-down interview with Vallerand and her daughter, Heather Tessman, the place they spoke in-depth in regards to the case and the years main as much as the sufferer being discovered. You’ll be able to watch it through the NBC Connecticut particular report.
