Connecticut house of horrors escapee’s birth mom slams bail for accused stepmom

The biologic parent of the antheral who was allegedly held captive for 20 years by his stepmother successful her Waterbury, Connecticut, location lashed retired astatine the accused pistillate successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital. 

Tracy Vallerand, who mislaid custody of her lad erstwhile helium was 6 months old, slammed his stepmom, Kimberly Sullivan, calling her the "lowest of the low."

Vallerand, who noted that she prefers to telephone Sullivan "it" alternatively than referring to her arsenic a quality being, said Sullivan is simply a formation hazard and shouldn't person been allowed retired connected bail astatine all. 

Tracy Vallerand, the biologic parent of the Waterbury antheral allegedly held captive by his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, for much than 2 decades, addresses the media extracurricular authorities Superior Court successful Waterbury aft an quality by Sullivan March 26, 2025, successful Waterbury, Conn. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

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Sullivan was released from jailhouse connected $300,000 enslaved aft her March 12 apprehension and is required to deterioration an ankle GPS monitor. Her attorney, Ioannis Kaloidis, precocious filed a question to person the ankle show request dropped. 

"He needs justice, and helium needs to cognize that radical are present for him," Vallerand said of her son. "Right now, he's 32 years old, truthful helium has each the say. My God, he's 32, and helium needs to larn to unrecorded his life. That is bittersweet connected truthful galore antithetic levels." 

Vallerand was besides captious of Kaloidis. 

"He's doing a bully occupation for her, but he's virtually astatine the bottommost of the tube with the clientele that helium has," she said. But it's the lowest of the debased that [Kaloidis] aims to beryllium representing, which is beauteous sad. I wouldn't beryllium capable to adjacent my eyes astatine nighttime doing that." 

Kimberly Sullivan is accused of kid maltreatment successful her Waterbury, Conn., home. (Associated Press; Waterbury Police)

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Sullivan allegedly locked her 32-year-old stepson — Vallerand's biologic lad — successful a windowless 8-foot by 9-foot retention closet with nary aerial conditioning oregon vigor and without entree to a bath for 20 years. 

He was allegedly kept wrong the closet 22-24 hours per day, receiving small nutrient oregon water, and weighed lone 68 pounds erstwhile helium was rescued from the location aft intentionally mounting occurrence to it Feb. 27.

The location wherever a Connecticut antheral told authorities his stepmother held him captive for 2 decades since helium was a boy. (Waterbury Police Department via AP)

In March, Sullivan was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment.

Vallerand said that during her son's childhood, she tried to reconnect with him aggregate times, but that his father, Kregg Sullivan, would not let it. 

Kregg died past year. 

When her lad turned 18, Vallerand said she searched the web for him to effort to reconnect with him. She couldn't find immoderate records of him, which made her fearfulness the worst. 

"Well, I mean, things that spell done your caput wherever you can't find idiosyncratic who's an adult, particularly nowadays connected societal media, it's precise uncommon that you would really find zero c footprints," she said. "Did helium tally away? What else? So galore things spell done your head. Now, successful this case, helium didn't person immoderate decease records, truthful I knew helium was inactive alive."

Vallerand noted that her son's begetter was not technologically savvy, and she thought that possibly her lad simply took aft his begetter successful that regard. 

Kimberly Sullivan is taken into custody by the Waterbury Police Department March 12. (Waterbury Police Department)

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Kaloidis antecedently denied the allegations against his lawsuit successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital. 

"This has been an utmost daze to her," helium said of Sullivan. "She lived a comparatively quiescent life. Her broadside of the communicative is rather simple. She did not harm him. She did not restrain him. She did not imprison him."

Kaloidis declined to remark done a spokesperson. 

Ioannis Kaloidis, lawyer for Kimberly Sullivan, speaks with Fox News Digital.  (Fox News)

Last week, Sullivan's stepson broke his silence, going lone by the sanction "S."

"I americium overmuch amended and stronger than I was the time the archetypal responders carried maine retired of my home. I americium beyond grateful for the attraction I person received since then," helium said successful a statement. "To each the wellness attraction professionals who person helped and nurtured me, convey you. In summation to each of your care, I appreciated the accidental to person my archetypal ever day enactment to observe turning 32."

"I besides privation to convey the archetypal responders, the instrumentality enforcement investigators and everyone who is moving to clasp those liable for my maltreatment accountable," helium said.

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"Much has already been said that tells portion of the communicative of the maltreatment I endured. Someday, possibly my full communicative volition beryllium told.

"I inquire everyone progressive successful my communicative to afloat cooperate with the authorities who are helping maine question justness for these crimes. I besides inquire the nationalist and the media to respect those investigations and my privateness arsenic this process plays out. This isn’t conscionable a story. It’s my life."