Police have released horrifying photos taken inside the Connecticut house of horrors where a woman is accused of holding her abused stepson captive for more than 20 years. The images reveal the squalid conditions in which they were living before the stepson intentionally lit a fire inside the property in a bid to gain his freedom.

An attorney reported the victim said, "‘Why is she out walking around when I was locked up in a room for 20 years?‘”