June married Tim and in the 1970s the couple emigrated to Australia. Interviews with the Colts revealed the family saga began back in New Zealand, in the first half of last century when June Colt was born to parents who were brother and sister. When they finally managed to get test swabs into a laboratory, geneticists uncovered a family tree which was a nightmare of "homozygosity", when a child's parents are closely related.Įight of the Colt children have parents who were either brother and sister, mother and son or father and daughter.Ī further six have parents who were either aunt and nephew, uncle and niece, half siblings or grandparents and grandchild. While the Colt women claim outsiders had fathered their children - itinerant men, a wheat worker, a Swedish backpacker - science told otherwise. When the girls became pregnant, they would often simply miscarry on the farm, not wanting to arouse suspicions among doctors or health professionals. The children also mutilated the genitalia of animals. Ten of the children had parents who were probably father and daughter or brother and sister. Left to their own devices, brothers with sisters, uncles with nieces, fathers with daughters, they engaged in sexual activities. They were profoundly neglected, to the point they didn't know how to shower or use toilet paper, and were covered in sores and racked with disease. ![]() Many of them could not speak intelligibly. Years of interrelations had resulted in some of the children misshapen and intellectually impaired. Under the eye of the family matriarch, Betty Colt, who slept in the marital bed with her brother, the children copulated with each other and with adults. In fear of discovery the appalling facts about their family, the Colts had fled three other Australian states before coming to rest in rural NSW.Īnd it was here that four generations of interbreeding exploded into a life of depravity. Not only were the Colt family closely related by generations of incest. Police and welfare officers were shocked by the appalling squalor and degradation on a property where children were found to be the result of incestuous relationships. It wasn't until a squad of police and child protection officers arrived unannounced on the property one day in early June last year, that the shocking truth about the Colts would be revealed. Occasionally, when the welfare officers came visiting, the children would be forced to attend a few days of school, where they needed remedial teaching. The town people didn't even know their names. Out would pile a dirty troupe of ragtag children, some of them rail thin, wearing dirty clothes. Occasionally, the womenfolk would come into town in a four-wheel drive. The men occasionally sold firewood and two of the adult men worked as council labourers. ![]() Neighbours on one of the large properties or hobby farms occasionally heard a chainsaw, but no laughter or play. Living in a row of ramshackle tents and sheds which had no showers, toilets or running water were 40 adults and children. D.ON A rough block of scrub hidden in the hills above a quiet NSW country town, the Colt family had a terrible secret. Seuss's birthday to be celebrated in Geneva Miss Hayley Paige celebrity endorsement for “Sparkle and Sprinkle” Event for State Street Jewelers OS2 Salon “Sleigh your holiday look” Yelp Event 1910 Geneva Yelp EventĢ018 Journey of love for Geneva couple Geneva's Graham's 318 Coffeehouse are coffee sponsors for charity run Geneva students buy hot cocoa for striking teachers 'Hocus Pocus' theme set for Graham's in Geneva Drink baristas help out at Geneva Golf Outing Geneva's Graham's 318 hosts fundraiser Graham's 318 celebrates March 18 in Geneva 2018 Women of Distinction Community Leadership AwardĢ017 Graham's raises $350 for Geneva Beautification Committee Graham's 318 in Geneva to mark 2nd season of 'Stranger Things' Coffeehouse celebrates ‘Stranger Things’ Graham's marks Earth Day with dirty, earthy treats in Geneva Graham's, Flair to celebrate Harry Potter's birthday Specialty drinks, treats at cozy Graham's 318 CoffeehouseĢ016 'Gilmore Girls' event drew more than 3K fans to Geneva Geneva Coffeeshop to Double as Luke's Diner for Gilmore Girls Netflix Release Geneva restaurant celebrates 'Gilmore Girls' as Luke's Diner Coffeehouse culture Local Businesses Capture Customers With Pokémon GOĢ014 Winter in Kane County Dr. 2020 2020 Geneva Chamber Champion Award Winner Autumn Fest to offer safe, family fun in downtown Geneva Jack O’ Lantern walk returns to downtown Geneva Designed May Issue cover of Kane County Magazine Heartfelt image captures 'stay strong Geneva' campaignĢ019 Autumn Fest in Geneva includes carved pumpkins, drink crawl, pet costumes Geneva coffeehouse hosts bridal event Dr.
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