Genie was born in 1957 and is a pseudonym of yet another case of a feral child who was subjected to negligence, abuse, and social isolation. Genie was born in Arcadia California and her circumstances have been recorded in annals of abnormal child psychology. When Genie was born, she was kept locked in a room from since the age of about 20 months to 13 years and 7 months. She was almost always strapped to a kid’s toilet or was bound in a crib while her legs and arms were completely immobilized.
Genie was born in 1957, and only 20 months old when her father Clark Wiley who, thinking she was mentally retarded, locked her up in one of the family’s bedrooms. The room was located at the back of the house. The windows were. Genie Wiley is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Genie Wiley and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the.
During this time, she did not get any significant exposure to speech which means that she did not acquire a first language in her childhood. The attention of abuse of Genie came to the limelight in November 4, 1970 through Los Angeles child welfare authorities. During the first years since the discovery of the cruel life of Genie, psychologists and linguists focused on her attention to try and help her out in learning the basic social skills.
Since she had not learned any development aspect from her childhood including language. The linguists saw that Genie’s case was potentially essential in offering more insight into the process of control of language acquisition and the linguistic developments. Various academic works were published from the newly found human subject with some of the research showing critical periods in which humans learn to understand and use languages.
After she was found, he was kept under the care of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where she spend about 8 months before being moved to a foster home for about one month and half. Thereafter, she was taken to the home of the scientist who was conducting the research for about 4 years. After she turned 18, Genie was taken back to mom but she could not provide for her adequately.
The following months, she was placed in a series of institutions for disabled persons but she experienced further emotional and physical abuse. The skills she had acquired through the help of the scientists are said to have regressed so fast and after early 1978, the mom forbid the scientists from getting in contact with her. In 2008, news sources indicated that Genie was living somewhere in California, and she is speechless.
Genie was the fourth but last child of parents living in Arcadia, California. Genie’s mother was sick and suffering from frequent beatings from her husband. Genie’s mother had also vision problems from an accident she had when in childhood. Genie’s father had made it clear that he did not like children nor did he want to have any. Genie’s father continued to beat her wife and after about 5 years of marriage, she became pregnant.
From the beatings and an attempted strangling to death by the husband, the wife was admitted to hospitable where during that time she delivered a baby. However, the girl baby was crying and the father placed her in garage were after 10 weeks, she died of pneumonia. A second child was born one year later but had Rh incompatibility and died two days after birth.
The wife gave birth to another son three years later but the father forced the mother to keep quiet, but the paternal grandmother was concerned about the son’s instability and the delay in development of the grandson. The grandmother took care of the grandson but later returned him when he acquired good developmental growth. The mother then gave birth to the fourth child, the miserable Genie. This is where the miserable life of Genie began.
Where is Genie now?
The girl now lives as a ward in Los Angeles, California, in an undisclosed location. In 2003,a detective had tracked her down and found out that she was living a fairly happy life. She had become adept at communicating with sign language though speaking words were still a challenge to her. Her mother died at the age of 87 while her father had killed himself y firing a gun-shot, on the day of trial when the LA Police had pressed charges on him.
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The article below was retired from 'Genie Wiley', by Will Johnson, professional genealogist [email protected], at http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Genie_Wiley, copyright 2007-8, all rights reserved.
Clark G Wiley was born as 'Pearl Wiley' on 29 Mar 1901 in Oregon, to a Mr Wiley and his wife Pearl May somebody. (see here for his name) He was teased for this girl's name, and later changed it to Clark. His son John Wiley stated that Clark was 'raised by a bar-girl in a bordello'. (See here)
Clark Wiley married Dorothy Irene Oglesby in Los Angeles County on 28 Sep 1944 where her parents were living at that time. Clark and Irene had four children, all born in Los Angeles County, California but two died young, probably at his hands. The eldest child has been reported to have died due to Clark's neglect and the second child's death, only two days old, 'choking on his own mucus' seems suspicious.
Clark and Irene's children were:
Dorothy Irene Wiley born 2 Jun 1948, died 19 Aug 1948
Robert Clark Wiley born 15 Sep 1949, died 17 Sep 1949
John Gray Wiley born 11 Mar 1952, died 18 Feb 2011
Susan M Wiley born 18 Apr 1957
Clark's middle name could possibly be 'Gray' as his second son carries that middle name. This son John died in 2011. When John was age four he was taken to live with his grandmother 'Mrs Pearl Martin', Clark's mother. He lived with her about two years, up to the time, when he saw her get struck by an out-of-control pickup truck when he was six. John then went back to live with his parents. His father Clark blamed John for the death of 'Clark's beloved mother' (John's grandmother).
ABCnews has just reported that 'Clark Wiley was devasted by the death of his mother in a hit-and-run accident in 1958. Within months of her death, he moved in to her two-bedroom house on Golden West Road in Temple City, Calif.' (see here) 'He became enraged when the teen arrested for his mother's death was not prosecuted' (see here)
Clark Wiley, a retired machinist, has been described as some sort of recluse — 'They never went anywhere and never took the children anywhere. They never spoke to anybody.' Clark was the main power in the home, his wife Dorothy being nearly blind was totally dependent on and frightened of him. Their son John has stated that Clark often sat with a gun in his lap. Clark and Dorothy were the parents of Susan Wiley called 'Genie' in some of the popular books and scientific papers about her case.
Clark and Dorothy were arrested once the authorities found that Susan had been kept virtually isolated from normal human contact almost her entire life of thirteen years. Susan still wore diapers, couldn't talk, and was fed a substandard diet which stunted her growth. It has been reported that when found she weighed 59 pounds and was the size of a 7 to 8 year old. From years of confinement, her muscles had not developed normally, which caused her to walk in a peculiar way. The family were described as 'strange people who kept to themselves.'
Just moments before his scheduled arraignment, with his wife Dorothy, on Felony Child Abuse charges, Clark Wiley shot himself in the head on 20 Nov 1970, using a 38-revolver. His body was found in their home, by their son John aged 18, who was waiting outside to drive Clark to the courthouse. (Arcadia Tribune, 22 Nov 1970) Clark's death was handled as a suicide, since he was alone in the house, while his son and other boys were waiting outside to drive him to court. 'John Wiley had been staying with a friend Bruce Moore for the past two months.'
Irene had entered a plea of 'not guilty' just prior to being told, at the arraignment, that Clark was dead. Irene went to trial in Municipal Court, but the judge dismissed the charges against her.
Bruce Moore said 'up to a thousand cars have been driving by here, and between 100 and 150 of them have stopped in front of the house.' Moore laid the blame for the elder Wiley's suicide on the press. He also said of Susan, 'I've seen her outside. She wasn't kept a prisoner. The girl had been retarded since birth... And she had toys, I've seen her playing with them.'