WATERBURY, Conn. -- The biological family of a Connecticut man who said he was held captive for 20 years spoke out on Wednesday as his stepmother appeared in court. Kimberly Sullivan said nothing as she rushed past a crush of cameras. The walk into court took nearly as long as the abbreviated proceeding.

After a Connecticut man allegedly escaped captivity after 20 years by lighting the home he and his stepmother lived in on fire, the victim’s biological mother addressed the harrowing discovery.