<P> Six months later, when Genie was 20 months old, her paternal grandmother died in a hit - and - run traffic accident . Her death affected Genie's father far beyond normal levels of grief, and because his son had been walking with her he held his son responsible, further heightening his anger . When the truck's driver received only a probationary sentence for both manslaughter and drunk driving, he became delusional with rage . Scientists believed these events made him feel society had failed him and convinced him he would need to protect his family from the outside world, and that in doing so he lacked the self - awareness to recognize the destruction his actions caused . Because he believed Genie was severely mentally retarded he thought she would require additional protection from him, and he therefore decided he needed to entirely hide her existence . He immediately quit his job and moved his family into his mother's two - bedroom house, where he demanded his late mother's car and bedroom be left completely untouched as shrines to her, and further isolated his family . </P> <P> Upon moving, Genie's father increasingly confined Genie to the second bedroom in the back of the house while the rest of the family slept in the living room . During the daytime, for approximately 13 hours Genie's father tied her to a child's toilet in a makeshift harness designed to function as a straitjacket . While in the harness, she wore only diapers and could only move her extremities . At night, he usually tied her into a sleeping bag and placed her in a crib with a metal - screen cover, keeping her arms and legs immobilized, and researchers believed that he sometimes left her on the child's toilet overnight . </P> <P> Researchers concluded that, if Genie vocalized or made any other noise, her father beat her with a large plank he kept in her room . To keep her quiet he bared his teeth and barked and growled at her like a wild dog, and grew his fingernails out to scratch her . If he suspected her of doing something he did not like he made these noises outside the door, and beat her if he believed she had continued to do it, instilling an intense and persistent fear of cats and dogs in Genie . No one definitively discerned the exact reason for his dog - like behavior, although at least one scientist speculated he may have viewed himself as a guard dog and was acting out the role . As a result, Genie learned to make as little sound as possible and to otherwise give no outward expressions . Genie developed a tendency to masturbate in socially inappropriate contexts, which led doctors to seriously consider the possibility that Genie's father subjected her to sexual abuse or forced her brother to do so, although they never uncovered any definite evidence . </P> <P> Genie's father fed Genie as little as possible and refused to give her solid food, feeding her only baby food, cereal, Pablum, an occasional soft - boiled egg, and liquids . Her father, or when coerced, her brother, spooned food into her mouth as quickly as possible, and if she choked or could not swallow fast enough the person feeding her rubbed her face in her food . These were normally the only times he allowed his wife to be with Genie, although she could not feed Genie herself . Genie's mother claimed her husband always fed Genie three times a day but also said that Genie sometimes risked a beating by making noise when hungry, leading researchers to believe he often refused to feed her . In early 1972 Genie's mother told researchers that at night, when possible, at around 11 PM she surreptitiously tried to give Genie additional food, causing Genie to develop an abnormal sleep pattern in which she slept from 7 to 11 PM, woke up for a few minutes, and fell back asleep for an additional 6 ​ ⁄ hours . This pattern continued for several months after removal from captivity . </P>

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