Genie Wiley, the Feral Child - ThoughtCo Genie cry. He married Dorothy Irene, Genies mother, and the two bore 4 children together. She had a growing list of words under her belt and could communicate through basic sign language. Genie was found dirty, unbathed, and wearing a soiled diaper; she had never learned to use a toilet. A medical appointment three months later showed that she was gaining weight almost normally, but she had a congenital hip dislocation which required her to wear a highly restrictiveFrejka splintfrom the age of 412to 11 months. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. Genie appeared to be six or seven years old and possibly autistic. Genie quickly began growing and gaining weight, gradually becoming more confident in her movements, and after a while, she had good hand-eye coordination. Perhaps one of the most frightening side effects of Genies Hawthorne - Mr. Wiley Richard Clark, age 72, of Hawthorne passed away from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident Sunday, June 22, 2014. When Clark left the house the next day, Irene left with Genie to visit her parents in Monterey Park. Clark was the son of a brother owner, who had been bounced around from foster home to foster home his whole life. Be a good boy, I love you,Clark wrote in a second note addressed to John. Like Genie, two of the youngest children emerged physically hunched and grunting in animal noises rather than speaking after years in isolation. Russells monitored life in New Jersey. His mother, allegedly a prostitute, neglected Clark and he eventually went to live with his grandmother. He tied her to a childrens toilet, wearing this harness and only a diaper, for approximately 13 hours a day. He fed her as little as possible and refused to give her any solid food, instead sticking to baby food, cereal, pablum, an occasional soft-boiled egg, and liquids. Susan was quickly taken by child services to the Los Angeles Childrens Hospital. The initial result of the assessment showed that Wiley had the mental ability equivalent to a one-year-old. One day she brought the 13-year-old to welfare offices, mistakenly seeking assistance for the blind. However, her mother told the researchers that she was not allowed to feed Genie, and she tried to give her food late at night around 11:00 PM. Your email address will not be published. They just connected and communicated somehow. She had been a victim of severe abuse, neglect, and isolation since her birth. She was, however, diagnosed with a congenital hip dislocation. When the researchers did try to reach out or find Genie, they were often disappointed to hear that she was not making the progress that she had been making as a teenager. Im pretty sure shes still alive because Ive asked each time I called and they told me shes well, Curtiss said. The day Clark was scheduled to appear in court, John and a friend stood outside the house when they heard a gunshot.