The Waterbury fire brigade in the US state of Connecticut has been hit on a shocking case of abuse. When extinguishing a fire in a house, she discovered a 32-year-old man, who turned out to weigh barely 30 kilograms. He confessed that he had lit the fire himself, hoping to get away from his stepmother. He has been holding him in his room since he was 11 and hardly gave him anything to eat and drink. His story reads like a horror book.

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