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Yesterday — 9 April 2025Main stream

He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.

9 April 2025 at 05:02
Firefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

The house at 2 Blake Street in Waterbury, Conn.

A New Push to Open the Doors on Childhood Sexual Abuse

A man abused as a child at a Missouri Christian camp agreed to remain silent, and took his own life. His sister is pushing several states to ban such nondisclosure agreements.

The childhood desk of Trey Carlock inside his family home in Dallas. Mr. Carlock died by suicide after he was sexually abused at a summer camp.
Before yesterdayMain stream

A $4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement in L.A., After Childhoods of ‘Pure Hell’

Thousands of plaintiffs, once children in Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention and foster care systems, are part of a record-breaking payout.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

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