Child Locked In Attic For 13 Years

Story of child kept in a cage told by now grown.

Child locked in attic for 13 years.

Genie born 1957 is the pseudonym of an american feral child who was a victim of severe abuse neglect and social isolation her circumstances are prominently recorded in the annals of linguistics and abnormal child psychology. On november 4 1970 her mother who was nearly blind sought public assistance in temple city california after leaving her husband. Because of her father s sensitivity to noice and lack of care for others genie spent the first 13 years of her life strapped to a potty or a chair in a homemade straightjacket. When a drunk driver killed wiley s mother in 1958 he unravelled into anger and paranoia.

Just like any other girl she was searching for her prince charming. An oshkosh couple have been charged with keeping a 13 year old girl locked in a sparsely furnished bedroom in the attic of this home for about 20 hours a day for about two years. A third a boy named john survived followed five years later by the girl who would become known as genie. Even in a storybook i don t think cinderella was even treated like this.

Blanche was 25 years old and was desperate to find a suitor before her flames of youth became extinguished. Her disapproving mother angered by her daughter s defiance locked her in a tiny dark room in the attic of their home where she kept her secluded for 25 years. The social worker soon discovered that the girl had been confined to a small room and an investigation by authorities quickly revealed that the child had spent most of her life in this room often tied to a potty chair. Louise monnier and her brother marcel continued on with their daily lives pretending to mourn blanche s death.

The french socialite locked in her attic for 25 years blanche. Is this something like a cinderella syndrome. When a social worker met with the family genie s appearance and condition gave away the sinister secrets. A social worker discovered the 13 year old girl after her mother sought out services for her own health.

It wasn t until genie was 13 years old that her abuse was discovered. If she made any.