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How a man used printer paper and hand sanitizer to escape an alleged 20 years of captivity by his stepmother

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Kimberly Sullivan , 56 , is charged with assault, kidnapping and cruelty, police say.

Her lawyer says the allegations against her are "absolutely not true" The Connecticut Department of Children and Families is “shocked and saddened for the victim and his unspeakable conditions he endured, it says.

The man, now known as “Male Victim 1,” told police he had started the fire on purpose.

He was never allowed friends, he told police.

Alleged victim was locked in a small room for 22 to 24 hours a day, police say.

He was forced to relieve himself in a bottle, fed urine via straws out through a hole in a storm window frame.

He would be let out of his room for 15 minutes and a couple hours each day, the police chief says.

Kimberly Sullivan , stepmother of alleged victim, is charged with child abuse.

Waterbury detectives take up a collection to buy clothes, books and other items that might make him more comfortable.

“There’s a lot of healing that he’ll have to go through mentally.” Waterbury mayor: “We’re committed to supporting him in every way possible as he begins to heal.

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