Editor's note: This story contains descriptions of alleged domestic abuse. After firefighters responded to a fire at a Connecticut home last month, one of its occupants revealed that they hadn't only ...

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, weighed only 68 pounds when he escaped by setting fire to ...

The 32-year-old victim alleges that his stepmother locked him in a small room for over 22 hours a day. Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at PEOPLE who joined the crime team in 2025. Chris is an ...

A Connecticut man alleged to have been held captive and starved by his stepmother for more than two decades escaped the small room he had been locked away in by setting their house on fire, ...

HALIFAX, Pa. -- Authorities in Halifax, Pennsylvania, said three young children were locked in a room for three months and abused to the point of near starvation. A 5-year-old child found in the home ...

HALIFAX, Pa. -- Authorities in Halifax, Pennsylvania say three young children were locked in a room for three months and abused to the point of near starvation. Authorities said a 5-year-old child ...