Clark and Dorothy Wiley had an extremely toxic marriage in which Clark would constantly abuse his wife even though she suffered from blindness. Clarks anger issues only continued to get worse as the couple had children together, since he had always openly expressed his absolute distain for kids. Eventually his anger became focused on his daughter Genie, who he refused to let out of her room or even speak to. The long term damage this would cause to his developing daughter would turn out to be one of the most shocking cases of child abuse ever seen.