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Teenager stolen at birth says ‘I love you Mom’ to alleged kidnapper | Teenager stolen at birth says ‘I love you Mom’ to alleged kidnapper |
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A teenager who was abducted at birth has told her alleged kidnapper, who is believed to have raised her for the rest of her life, that she loves her. | A teenager who was abducted at birth has told her alleged kidnapper, who is believed to have raised her for the rest of her life, that she loves her. |
The 18-year-old had been living as Alexis Manigo but is now believed to actually be Kamiyah Mobley, who was taken from a hospital in Florida as a baby. | The 18-year-old had been living as Alexis Manigo but is now believed to actually be Kamiyah Mobley, who was taken from a hospital in Florida as a baby. |
She was reunited with the people who are believed to be her biological family for the first time in 18 years via video chat. | She was reunited with the people who are believed to be her biological family for the first time in 18 years via video chat. |
A woman posing as a nurse took the child just hours after she was born, leading to a massive search with helicopters circling Jacksonville University Medical Centre. | A woman posing as a nurse took the child just hours after she was born, leading to a massive search with helicopters circling Jacksonville University Medical Centre. |
Investigators said a DNA test had confirmed the teenager was the child who was kidnapped and police have arrested Gloria Williams in South Carolina about 200 miles from the hospital. | Investigators said a DNA test had confirmed the teenager was the child who was kidnapped and police have arrested Gloria Williams in South Carolina about 200 miles from the hospital. |
Ms Mobley walked up to Ms Williams during a hearing and told the 51-year-old: “I love you Mom.” | |
“My mother raised me with everything I needed and most of all everything I wanted,” Ms Mobley said on Facebook, according to the New York Post. | |
“The ignorant ones won't understand it. My mother is no felon.” | |
The Jacksonville sheriff said Ms Mobley “had an inclination beginning a couple of months ago” that she may have been kidnapped, according to CNN. | |
“She's taking it as well as you can imagine,” he said. “She has a lot to process. She has a lot to think about.” | |
Ms Mobley’s biological parents and grandmother were “extremely excited and overwhelmed” according to the sheriff. | Ms Mobley’s biological parents and grandmother were “extremely excited and overwhelmed” according to the sheriff. |
Shanara Mobley, Kamiyah’s apparent biological mother, told the Florida Times-Union that on every one of Kamiyah’s birthdays she wrapped a piece of cake in foil and put it in her freezer. | Shanara Mobley, Kamiyah’s apparent biological mother, told the Florida Times-Union that on every one of Kamiyah’s birthdays she wrapped a piece of cake in foil and put it in her freezer. |
“It’s stressful to wake up every day, knowing that your child is out there and you have no way to reach her or talk to her,” she said. |
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