Tracy Vallerand was in court Tuesday where her son’s alleged captor, Kimberly Sullivan, had been scheduled for a hearing – which was rescheduled for next month without Sullivan’s appearance.

Tracy Vallerand speaks to reporters outside Waterbury Superior Court about abusive conditions her son allegedly endured. (Justin Muszynski/Hartford Courant) Immediately following the hearing ...

The victim’s biological mother, Tracy Vallerand, was in the courtroom on Wednesday to show support for her son as his stepmother’s case goes before the court. And she was there on Friday as well.

Tracy Vallerand, biological mother of the Waterbury man held captive by his step mother, Kimberly Sullivan, for more than two decades, addresses the media outside state Superior Court in Waterbury ...

"It's just disgusting that she's allowed to be on the streets right now," Tracy Vallerand said. In February, the victim deliberately set a fire to draw first responders to the home.

Tracy Vallerand is eager to reunite with her son, but has not yet been able to see him. Douglas Healey The victim was kept in a padlocked room in the House of Horrors for more than two decades.

Tessman and her mother, Tracy Vallerand, believe Kregg and Kimberly Sullivan as well as state and local officials failed him, and they want justice.