It is at home that Jap Baker catherized his son. The little boy's kidneys began to fail him because they could not carry off the infection from his leg. Against the advice of the doctors, Jap took his son home. He put one in a glass bottle and when it exploded he lost his right eye. His next "accident" occurred at a Fourth of July picnic, when the boy was playing with firecrackers. (4) Jackie would be in and out of hospitals for the remainder of his life. It is around this time that Jackie was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bone and placed in a Louisville hospital. When the cast was taken off, one leg was shorter than the other, because the cast had not allowed it to grow properly. The little boy's leg was placed in a cast. Jap took Jackie to the hospital to help him with his leg. (3) After his divorce from Gladys, Jap kidnapped his children. Because of the accident, Jackie walked with a limp. Jap blamed his wife for the accident saying she was not paying attention to her children. (2) Then, at about the age of three the child fell out of a car while his parents were arguing. The young child picked up the broken glass and almost poked his eye out. It seems that Gladys and Jap were arguing and a glass was broken. (1) His sister tells a story of hearing how a young Jackie almost lost an eye early in his life. Nevertheless, it is believed that Robert Kermit Baker came into the world in January of 1918. This information could show that the boy was conceived before their wedding.
This could be evidence that his parents were trying to hide the exact date of his birth, so it would not be compared to their wedding date. No birth certificate exists for little Jackie. However, current standards of child welfare would have had Social Services look into this child's unfortunate "accidents" as possible abuse.
His sister, Berniece claims in her book My Sister Marilyn: A Memoir of Marilyn Monroe, that her brother was simply "unlucky". Not much information exists about this child's tragic life. Robert Kermit "Jackie" Baker' s (1918-?) life is one of mystery.
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