A 32-year-old emaciated man, weighing just 68 pounds at 5 feet, 9 inches tall, was allegedly held captive by his stepmother in a Waterbury residence in conditions described by police as worse than a jail cell since he was pulled out of school 20 years ago after school officials allegedly began raising red flags to the Department of Children and Families.

Officials described the disturbing conditions that a Waterbury, Connecticut, man endured during 20 years of captivity.

Patrick Jones was arrested Monday at about 4:25 a.m. for an active theft warrant out of Dallas County, police said. Just over 24 hours later at 4:45

A severely emaciated Connecticut man was allegedly forced to urinate in bottles and locked inside for nearly 24 hours a day during two decades of captivity by his stepmother, police

A man who police say was held captive 24 hours a day and forced to urinate in bottles for two decades was rescued after he set his room ablaze in a desperate attempt to free himself from his abusive stepmother.