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  • He also got to see the good that’s still there too.

    Detectives took up a collection and shopped for some things the man might need – clothes, books, puzzles to pass the time – then put together a care package, complete with gift bags and tissue paper, Brownell says.

    Having seen the conditions the young man was living in, Brownell wondered, “Does he even know how to receive a gift?”

    It turns out, he does.

    “He’s appreciative. It put a smile on his face. He was very curious,” he says of the sweet, friendly person who greeted him with a warm smile in the hospital.

    “He’s just kind of staring at it, like, ‘What could be in there?’”

    Residents have offered to help with his care. Some say they plan to come out to demonstrate their support for him when his stepmother has her day in court. And to date, a fundraiser organized by Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury, a non-profit that serves people facing domestic violence, has raised over $134,000 to help him recover.