Genie Wiley
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| − | <table><tr><td>http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_wiley_080519_mn.jpg</td><td>The picture on the far-left shows Dorothy Irene (Oglesby) Wiley with her two surviving children John and Susan "Genie". The side-by-side photo is of that son John Wiley today. The original photo is at the ABCnews article linked below in Sources | + | <table><tr><td>http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_wiley_080519_mn.jpg</td><td>The picture on the far-left shows Dorothy Irene (Oglesby) Wiley with her two surviving children John and Susan "Genie". The side-by-side photo is of that son John Wiley today. The original photo is at the ABCnews article linked below in Sources |
| − | Dorothy Irene Oglesby was born probably about 1920. She is described as "age 50" in newspaper accounts dated Nov 1970. She married Clark G Wiley and they had four children, two of whom survived childhood. | + | Dorothy Irene Oglesby was born probably about 1920. She is described as "age 50" in newspaper accounts dated Nov 1970. She married Clark G Wiley and they had four children, two of whom survived childhood.</td></tr></table> |
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| + | About 1956, Irene became mentally unstable and was briefly institutionalized. At this time John, went to live with his grandmother, but on her death in 1958, John returned to the unstable household. (see [http://abcnews.go.com/US/popup?id=4870528&contentIndex=1&page=12&start=false here]) | ||
The condition of her daughter Genie was discovered when she left her abusive husband and went to stay with her own parents, while seeking public assistance. The child was initially made a ward of the state. Much later Irene regained custody but finding Genie too much to handle, she was placed with a series of foster homes. | The condition of her daughter Genie was discovered when she left her abusive husband and went to stay with her own parents, while seeking public assistance. The child was initially made a ward of the state. Much later Irene regained custody but finding Genie too much to handle, she was placed with a series of foster homes. | ||
