By Associated Press A 56-year-old woman who was found living in filth had been held captive for years by her brother in dungeon-like conditions inside their Connecticut home, police said Friday. The frail, malnourished woman was covered in urine and human feces when police conducting a welfare check found her Thursday night, according to Paul Satkowski, deputy chief of the Seymour police. A lock was on the outside of her bedroom door and the room's windows were blacked out with paint. The woman's brother, Arthur Gauvin, 58, was arrested and charged with unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment and cruelty to persons. The brother and sister lived in the same house with other relatives, including children.
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Arthur Gauvin, 58, has been arrested after his sister was found living in filth in their home
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Police received an anonymous phone call advising them to check on the woman's welfare
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The woman, 56, was frail and covered from head to foot in feces and urine
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She was kept in a tiny locked room with blacked-out windows
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It's believed the woman once owned the house but signed over the deed to her brother
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Gauvin was arrested a second time for threatening to kick his daughter and granddaughter, who both live at the address, out of the house if they spoke to police
House of horror: Arthur Gauvin allegedly kept his own sister a prisoner in the home they shared in @placeholder