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 ...

The half-sister of a man who was held captive and starved in a Connecticut house of horrors for decades now wants those ...

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

Heather Tessman, the half-sister of the Waterbury man held captive at Blake Street home, spent years looking for him after ...

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 ...

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.

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

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