Josh Margolin
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He was deprived of food, allegedly. So he was asking classmates for food. He was taking classmates' food. He was taking food out of the garbage. This is unbelievable. Obviously not typical, I want your Hershey bar kind of behavior. Right, right. And so the child welfare agency in Connecticut ended up going to the house a couple of times. And it's that...
He was deprived of food, allegedly. So he was asking classmates for food. He was taking classmates' food. He was taking food out of the garbage. This is unbelievable. Obviously not typical, I want your Hershey bar kind of behavior. Right, right. And so the child welfare agency in Connecticut ended up going to the house a couple of times. And it's that...
He was deprived of food, allegedly. So he was asking classmates for food. He was taking classmates' food. He was taking food out of the garbage. This is unbelievable. Obviously not typical, I want your Hershey bar kind of behavior. Right, right. And so the child welfare agency in Connecticut ended up going to the house a couple of times. And it's that...
that leads to the man being kept at home and in captivity and not being allowed to go to school. Okay, so it's at this point then that the parents take him out of school. Right. It's not understood right now what leads the alleged captivity and abuse to start when it actually started, other than this issue of him taking food that the stepmother didn't want him to have.
that leads to the man being kept at home and in captivity and not being allowed to go to school. Okay, so it's at this point then that the parents take him out of school. Right. It's not understood right now what leads the alleged captivity and abuse to start when it actually started, other than this issue of him taking food that the stepmother didn't want him to have.
that leads to the man being kept at home and in captivity and not being allowed to go to school. Okay, so it's at this point then that the parents take him out of school. Right. It's not understood right now what leads the alleged captivity and abuse to start when it actually started, other than this issue of him taking food that the stepmother didn't want him to have.
But we do know, according to the police, What changed in the fourth grade to take him from going to school and interacting with other people to the point of being held alone in captivity.
But we do know, according to the police, What changed in the fourth grade to take him from going to school and interacting with other people to the point of being held alone in captivity.
But we do know, according to the police, What changed in the fourth grade to take him from going to school and interacting with other people to the point of being held alone in captivity.
Well, there's something of a routine according to the police reports. So what we understand is that his days would end seven o'clock, 7.30 at night. And that's when he would go to sleep and it was fitful sleeps. He wasn't well fed ever. So obviously he wasn't sleeping well. From his description of the room to police, it's not clear that there was even a bed in there.
Well, there's something of a routine according to the police reports. So what we understand is that his days would end seven o'clock, 7.30 at night. And that's when he would go to sleep and it was fitful sleeps. He wasn't well fed ever. So obviously he wasn't sleeping well. From his description of the room to police, it's not clear that there was even a bed in there.
Well, there's something of a routine according to the police reports. So what we understand is that his days would end seven o'clock, 7.30 at night. And that's when he would go to sleep and it was fitful sleeps. He wasn't well fed ever. So obviously he wasn't sleeping well. From his description of the room to police, it's not clear that there was even a bed in there.
At a certain point, there was a black and white television, he said, but he's in the room, 7, 7.30 at night. He sleeps till somewhere between 3 and 4.30 is when he wakes up each day. And some days he's allowed out to do chores. Those chores vary in the length of time he's out of the room, like from 15 minutes on some days to as much as two hours.
At a certain point, there was a black and white television, he said, but he's in the room, 7, 7.30 at night. He sleeps till somewhere between 3 and 4.30 is when he wakes up each day. And some days he's allowed out to do chores. Those chores vary in the length of time he's out of the room, like from 15 minutes on some days to as much as two hours.
At a certain point, there was a black and white television, he said, but he's in the room, 7, 7.30 at night. He sleeps till somewhere between 3 and 4.30 is when he wakes up each day. And some days he's allowed out to do chores. Those chores vary in the length of time he's out of the room, like from 15 minutes on some days to as much as two hours.
There was some discussion that at a point he was allowed to clean the stepmother's car outside in the driveway. So he was actually outside. But for the most part, he describes a life of just counting the cars that go by. Wow. So that's how he would spend his days. And it seems that over the course of the years, the conduct grew more extreme.
There was some discussion that at a point he was allowed to clean the stepmother's car outside in the driveway. So he was actually outside. But for the most part, he describes a life of just counting the cars that go by. Wow. So that's how he would spend his days. And it seems that over the course of the years, the conduct grew more extreme.
There was some discussion that at a point he was allowed to clean the stepmother's car outside in the driveway. So he was actually outside. But for the most part, he describes a life of just counting the cars that go by. Wow. So that's how he would spend his days. And it seems that over the course of the years, the conduct grew more extreme.
The room that he was allowed to remain in, the room where he was being held, At one point he was held in a bedroom, then he was held in a storage room. It becomes more and more like a cell, basically. Right, and when the fire department and the ambulance comes in the night of the fire, the room that he had been occupying that had the slide bolt lock on the door
The room that he was allowed to remain in, the room where he was being held, At one point he was held in a bedroom, then he was held in a storage room. It becomes more and more like a cell, basically. Right, and when the fire department and the ambulance comes in the night of the fire, the room that he had been occupying that had the slide bolt lock on the door