I don’t hate people at all,” Tracy Vallerand said of alleged wicked stepmother Kimberly Sullivan. “This one, I hate.” ...

For 14 years, Heather Tessman had looked for her half-brother, whom she'd last seen as a young child in the 1990s, yet nothing turned up in internet and public records searches beyond the fact he'd ...

The biological mother of a Connecticut man allegedly held captive for decades by his stepmother has revealed new details about why she gave up custody — and vowed to be there for him now.

Heather Tessman, who claims she spent years searching for her brother, lashed out after her 32-year-old sibling’s dramatic rescue from a burning Waterbury home last month uncovered a pattern of ...

Heather Tessman, the half-sister of the 69-pound man known as “Male Victim One,” joined NewsNation to discuss his case.

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US For 14 years, Heather Tessman had looked for ...

State prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday seeking to put Kimberly Sullivan under electronic or GPS monitoring while she is out on bond for charges alleging that she held her 32-year-old stepson ...

During an exclusive sit-down interview with NBC Connecticut, Vallerand said she gave up custody of her son shortly after his birth in 1993 because she was struggling after losing custody of her ...