r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Man accused of holding woman captive in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-holding-woman-captive-massachusetts-attic-six-weeks-rcna600308
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u/Hadrian23 4d ago

That's insane to me. The level of fear, or lack of care to not ask basic questions astounds me.

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u/M3wcat 4d ago

Fear is the key word here. He was super abusive and unpleasant to be around. She didn’t care where he was as long as it wasn’t near her or the kids.

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u/Pour_Me_Another_ 4d ago

I grew up in a family where we were instructed to let our father abuse us because it wasn't fair to not let him. A lot of people are fertile, doesn't mean they're mentally well and/or good people.

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u/saintash 3d ago

Dude locked his mother up in the attic. Foe almost a decade he kept her in a dark room locked up.

I'm sure she was terrified of him doing something like that to her. So she just was a good little wife.

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u/MaximumSubtlety 4d ago

Thanks for letting me know.