A woman in Connecticut has appeared in court charged with holding her stepson captive for more than two decades and starving him.
The local police chief in Waterbury described the case as “one of the worst acts of inhumanity” he had experienced in 33 years in law enforcement.
When officers discovered the man, 32, he was “extremely emaciated, his hair was matted and unkempt, he was very dirty and his teeth all appeared to be rotten,” according to a statement from Waterbury Police Department.
Officers, who attended a house fire at an address on 17 February, said the man – who has not been named – had been subjected to “prolonged abuse, starvation, severe neglect and inhumane treatment”. (Skynews)
