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

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

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

Just weeks ago, she — and the world — finally learned his story: He was the 32-year-old emaciated man rescued from a ...

The biological mother of a Connecticut man allegedly held captive for decades by his stepmother has revealed new details ...

The woman briefly appeared in Waterbury Superior Court where she and her attorney learned of the motion and were granted a ...

Heather Tessman discovered her long-lost half-brother, who endured horrific abuse in a Connecticut home for over 20 years.

WATERBURY, Connecticut -- The woman accused of holding her stepson captive for decades pleaded not guilty in court Friday.

I just know that she’s a monster,” Heather Tessman, who identified herself as the man’s sister, told reporters outside court.

In their first on-camera interview together, the man's mother, Tracy Vallerand, and his half sister, Heather Tessman, spoke ...

Tessman had no clue that her half-brother had been locked in a small room of a Connecticut home, starved, and deprived of ...

Judge Joseph Schwartz said he decided that GPS monitoring was appropriate given her mental health conditions and the lack of ...