JONATHAN METZ had his left arm stuck in his furnace boiler for about 12 hours when he asked himself “what would MacGyver do?” and concluded that amputating the limb was his only chance for survival.

A teenage American girl who vanished a year ago and was found hidden in a room in a man's home in Connecticut assumed a new identity that made her part of his family, authorities said today, as they investigated whether he had inappropriate relationships with her and other girls.

Three people were arrested after a 15-year-old American girl missing for a year was found locked in a hidden room in a house in Connecticut, US authorities said today.

Police investigating the year-long disappearance of a 15-year-old American girl said they found her yesterday, pale but alive, locked in a hidden room in a home in Connecticut owned by an acquaintance of her parents.