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"Captive Girl" Susan (aka 'Genie') Wiley's father Clark Wiley committed suicide. Clark Wiley shot himself minutes before he was to have appeared in Alhambra Municipal Court on charges of child abuse. The article was written by Dick Lloyd. With related stories "Note tells instructions for funeral (p. 1)," "A story he wanted to tell sealed by death of father (p. 6)," "Changed laws could have averted tragedy (p. 6)," and "Mrs. Wiley shelters at welfare agency: custody hearing Monday (p. 6)." A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie".

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31553

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1970

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Child Abuse; Feral children; "Genie"; Suicides; Wiley, Clark; Wiley, Irene; Wiley, Susan

Item ID: 31749AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Man with hammer nails piece of gypsum to a stud in the frame. Man holds nails in his mouth. Text on the gypsum reads "Kaiser Gypsum."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1786

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Air ducts; Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1819

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Man with hammer works on an air duct.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1785

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Air ducts; Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1818

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Two workers install insulation on an air duct.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1780

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Air ducts; Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1813

Collection: Photographs

Images