Firefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12.

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 saw him as an infant and searched for him — until a month ago, when she saw ...

I have no words." Vallerand and the accuser’s half-sister, Heather Tessman, have vowed to attend the court proceedings. The biological father of the man at the center of the case died in 2024.

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

The victim's biological mother says she never stopped searching for her son. Heather Tessman, the victim's half-sister, said police have not allowed her or her mother, who gave up custody of her ...