Inside Connecticut 'House of Horrors': Stepmom Accused of Decades-Long Imprisonment

The 'House of Horrors' Interior

• 📸 Skin-crawling photos reveal the haunting interior of a Connecticut home where a stepmother allegedly imprisoned her stepson for over two decades.
• 🏚️ The house, now empty after a fire set by the stepson to escape, shows rooms reduced to bare beams, with drywall and plaster ripped out, leaving debris-littered halls uninhabitable.
• 🎨 One untouched room features a hot pink den with a large-eyed painting, a kitten poster, and a doll watching over the space, offering clues to the alleged captor's tastes.
• 💔 A half-melted Marilyn Monroe poster hangs in the remains of the kitchen.

Allegations of Imprisonment and Abuse

• ⚖️ Kimberly Sullivan, 57, is accused of holding her 32-year-old stepson captive for over 20 years, keeping him in an 8x9 ft storage space with minimal food and water for most of each day.
• 🆘 The stepson, identified only as 'S', weighed just 68 lb. when discovered by firefighters amidst the fire he set to escape.
• 🚨 Sullivan was arrested weeks after the fire on charges including unlawful restraint and kidnapping, though she has pleaded not guilty.

Defense and Legal Proceedings

• 👨‍⚖️ Sullivan denies holding her stepson captive, instead blaming his deceased father for his condition.
• 🚶 Her lawyer claims the stepson could have left the home at any time.
• 🗓️ Sullivan is scheduled to return to court on Halloween.