Genie Wiley
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Like you, these details repeated over and over, on various websites, were not satisfying to me. I wanted to know more. What were her parent's names? Was her mother convicted? Did her father leave a suicide note? What about her grandparents, what did they know or do? Various postings online claim that her real name has been kept private. I had thought that was because documents were sealed, but as you see shortly, I was wrong. At the time she was found, all the details were reported widely, all across the country. And now I'm going to tell you. | Like you, these details repeated over and over, on various websites, were not satisfying to me. I wanted to know more. What were her parent's names? Was her mother convicted? Did her father leave a suicide note? What about her grandparents, what did they know or do? Various postings online claim that her real name has been kept private. I had thought that was because documents were sealed, but as you see shortly, I was wrong. At the time she was found, all the details were reported widely, all across the country. And now I'm going to tell you. | ||
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| + | On 6 Mar 2007, an anonymous editor on Wikipedia, added an newspaper article as an external link to the article on Genie, which identifies her as "Susan Wiley" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genie_%28feral_child%29&diff=113030190&oldid=111647057 here]. In their edit summary they cite "LA Times article, March 18, 1979 by Myrna Oliver." In this same anonymous editors' next change [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genie_%28feral_child%29&diff=next&oldid=113030190 here] they add the parents names "Irene and Clark Wiley" and for this cite a website http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/misc/wild-child.html | ||
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| + | Seeing this, I knew immediately something was fishy. Not only were the names known at some time, but more could be discovered, if one were focused and determined. | ||
===Finding Susan Wiley=== | ===Finding Susan Wiley=== | ||
