Fox News: Bodycam in Connecticut house of horrors shows suspect after stepson's fiery escape

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Bodycam in Connecticut house of horrors shows suspect after stepson's fiery escape

A Waterbury, Connecticut police officer asked alleged child abuser Kimberly Sullivan if her stepson "has free rein" to leave his room in bodycam footage after her house fire.......                    ...                        ...Bodycam footage from the Waterbury Police Department shows suspected You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Kimberly Sullivan denying that her stepson, who was allegedly locked in a storage closet in their home for 20 years, was imprisoned in the house. ......According to the footage obtained by Fox News Digital, one of Sullivan's two daughters arrived at the scene shortly after authorities on Feb. 17, when police said her 32-year-old stepson set fire in the house to escape decades of captivity and abuse.......Sullivan's daughter picked her up in a black Acura, where they waited nearby as firefighters extinguished the blaze, and as Sullivan's unnamed stepson was rescued from the home. ......In the footage, which is partially redacted, Sullivan, 56, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login what happened after the fire started. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She said that she thought the fire You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login her stepson plugged into the wall, and said that she came out of her bedroom when she smelled smoke and called 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 said. ......Sullivan said that her son couldn't escape the room because there were flames, but that he must have walked through them eventually.  ......"Was the door locked on his room, or no?" the officer asked. ......"No," Sullivan replied. ......"OK, is it normally locked?" he asked......."No," she answered. ......"And he has free rein to go out of there whenever he wants?" the detective asked. ......"Yeah," Sullivan said. ......But police allege that Sullivan was lying during that exchange. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Sullivan was You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment. She is free on $300,000 bond, and pleaded not guilty to all charges on Friday. ......According to an arrest warrant for Sullivan, the victim, identified as "Male Victim 1," was held in a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login with no air conditioning or heat and without access to a bathroom for 20 years. He was kept inside the closet 22-24 hours per day.......He was allowed two sandwiches and two small water bottles each day, one of which he would use for bathing. He disposed of his waste using water bottles and newspaper. The man weighed less than 70 pounds when first responders found him after the fire.......That warrant also says that Sullivan's stepson told them he set the fire on purpose, because he wanted his freedom. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Fox News Digital also obtained Sullivan's distraught 911 call reporting that her house was on fire.......LISTEN: Kimberly Sullivan calls 911 to report house fire......More bodycam footage shows a police officer arriving to the scene and yelling at an unidentified person through a window, telling the person to exit the home. ......WATCH: Waterbury officer yells at person to exit burning home......In a heavily redacted portion of the bodycam footage, police officers can be seen standing outside the ambulance looking in at the victim, who is blurred and being tended to by a paramedic. When audio reemerges from the redaction, one officer tells another that the victim said he hadn't showered in a year. ......WATCH: Kimberly Sullivan's stepson interviewed by police in ambulance......Another video shows a frantic Sullivan asking to go back into the house to retrieve her purse and her keys, so she can put her dog inside her car.......WATCH: Kimberly Sullivan frantically asks to retrieve purse from burning home......Police You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login showing Sullivan's stepson being carried out of the home and into an ambulance. ......Fox News Digital reached out to Sullivan's attorney Ioannis Kaloidis through a spokesperson. ...

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