Bodycam footage from the Waterbury Police Division exhibits suspected Connecticut youngster abuser Kimberly Sullivan denying that her stepson, who was allegedly locked in a storage closet of their residence for 20 years, was imprisoned in the home.
In keeping with the footage obtained by Fox Information Digital, one in all Sullivan’s two daughters arrived on the scene shortly after authorities on Feb. 17, when police mentioned her 32-year-old stepson set fireplace in the home to flee a long time of captivity and abuse.
Sullivan’s daughter picked her up in a black Acura, the place they waited close by as firefighters extinguished the blaze, and as Sullivan’s unnamed stepson was rescued from the house.
Within the footage, which is partially redacted, Sullivan, 56, explains to an officer what occurred after the fireplace began.
Kimberly Sullivan was arrested after allegedly abusing her stepson of their Waterbury, Connecticut residence. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media through AP)
She mentioned that she thought the fireplace began from a TV her stepson plugged into the wall, and mentioned that she got here out of her bed room when she smelled smoke and known as out for him.
“I was trying to go into the room but it was just – there were just flames – he came out of the room, eventually woke up and came out of the room,” she mentioned.
Sullivan mentioned that her son could not escape the room as a result of there have been flames, however that he should have walked by them ultimately.
“Was the door locked on his room, or no?” the officer requested.
“No,” Sullivan replied.
“OK, is it normally locked?” he requested.
“No,” she answered.
“And he has free rein to go out of there whenever he wants?” the detective requested.
“Yeah,” Sullivan mentioned.
However police allege that Sullivan was mendacity throughout that trade.
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This picture supplied by the Waterbury Police Division exhibits Kimberly Sullivan, who was charged Wednesday, March 12, 2025, with kidnapping and cruelty for allegedly holding her 32-year-old stepson captive for greater than 20 years. (Waterbury Police Division through AP)
Sullivan was arrested on March 12 and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree illegal restraint, cruelty to individuals and first-degree reckless endangerment. She is free on $300,000 bond, and pleaded not responsible to all fees on Friday.
In keeping with an arrest warrant for Sullivan, the sufferer, recognized as “Male Victim 1,” was held in a windowless 8-foot by 9-foot storage closet with no air con or warmth and with out entry to a rest room for 20 years. He was saved contained in the closet 22-24 hours per day.
He was allowed two sandwiches and two small water bottles every day, one in all which he would use for bathing. He disposed of his waste utilizing water bottles and newspaper. The person weighed lower than 70 kilos when first responders discovered him after the fireplace.
That warrant additionally says that Sullivan’s stepson instructed them he set the fireplace on function, as a result of he wished his freedom.
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Kimberly Sullivan is taken into custody by the Waterbury Police Division on March 12. (Waterbury Police Division)
Fox Information Digital additionally obtained Sullivan’s distraught 911 name reporting that her home was on fireplace.
LISTEN: Kimberly Sullivan calls 911 to report home fireplace
Extra bodycam footage exhibits a police officer arriving to the scene and yelling at an unidentified individual by a window, telling the individual to exit the house.
WATCH: Waterbury officer yells at individual to exit burning residence
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In a closely redacted portion of the bodycam footage, law enforcement officials will be seen standing outdoors the ambulance wanting in on the sufferer, who’s blurred and being tended to by a paramedic. When audio reemerges from the redaction, one officer tells one other that the sufferer mentioned he hadn’t showered in a 12 months.
WATCH: Kimberly Sullivan’s stepson interviewed by police in ambulance
One other video exhibits a frantic Sullivan asking to return into the home to retrieve her purse and her keys, so she will put her canine inside her automobile.
WATCH: Kimberly Sullivan frantically asks to retrieve purse from burning residence
Police beforehand launched footage exhibiting Sullivan’s stepson being carried out of the house and into an ambulance.
Fox Information Digital reached out to Sullivan’s lawyer Ioannis Kaloidis by a spokesperson.
