Kimberly Sullivan, the woman accused of holding her stepson captive in a locked room for more than two decades, was freed on bond Thursday.

A man started a fire in an attempt to escape from a room in which he had been held captive for more than 20 years, police in Waterbury said.Waterbury police held a news conference Thursday morning to discuss the case.

A Connecticut woman has been arrested after police say she held her stepson captive for over two decades, subjecting him to extreme neglect and abuse before he allegedly set fire to their home in a desperate bid for freedom.

State child protection officials and Waterbury police said they deemed a child safe at home who later was found to be held in squalor for two decades.

The numbers are chilling. A 32-year-old man, standing five feet nine inches tall and weighing just 68 pounds, was forced to live in an 8-by-9-foot room for 20 years. All because his 56-year-old stepmother said so,

A Waterbury woman is accused of holding her stepson captive for 20 years and providing little water and little food during that time. The investigation started last month when the man, who is now 32, set a fire to escape, according to police. The state prosecutor called the case “something out of a horror movie.”

Emergency workers responding to a fire in Waterbury, Conn., found the man, 32, who weighed only 68 pounds and had been held captive in a tiny room.

A woman has been arrested in Waterbury after allegedly kidnapping a man and holding him captive for over 20 years, according to police.