Genie Wiley: America's Ferie Child

Depressing Reality

John, Genie’s brother, was never able to escape the abuse of his father, even after Clark Wiley’s death. “I feel at times God failed me,” he told ABC News in 2008. “Maybe I failed him.” He saw Genie for the last time in 1982 and lost touch with his mother, who died in 2003. His marriage failed, and John then passed away in 2012…

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