Kamiyah Mobley

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American newsmaker and former missing person, abducted from a Florida hospital on her day of birth when she was only a few hours old. In January 2017 she was found alive in Walterboro, South Carolina. DNA testing proved that she was not the daughter of Gloria Williams, her abductor. She had been raised under (and now willingly goes by) the name Alexis Manigo. Her biological mother in Florida, Shanara Mobley, was awarded $1.5 million after settling a lawsuit against the former University Medical Center. She has since had three other children. Mobley was born to sixteen-year-old Shanara Mobley. She was abducted on her day of birth by a woman impersonating a nurse, reportedly dressed in hospital attire. Shanara was interviewed later, pleading for the return of her daughter. It is known that Gloria Williams, about 33 at the time, later forged documents to create a new identity for Mobley. Williams had miscarried a child a week before, which is believed to be her motive for the abduction. After a series of tips, Mobley was swabbed, and a DNA sample taken from Mobley after she was born was matched to a swab taken from the potential match. After the match was confirmed, Mobley was described as "in good health but overwhelmed". She had been living in South Carolina under the name Alexis Manigo and had since graduated from high school and had a boyfriend. She had been raised alongside Gloria Williams' two other children. Williams was arrested in South Carolina and extradited to Florida, where she was charged with kidnapping and interfering with custody. In February, Williams pleaded guilty to kidnapping. She admitted she acted alone in the 1998 abduction. On 8 June 2018, Gloria Williams was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the kidnapping of Kamiyah Mobley. Kamiyah still communicates with her kidnapper Williams, whom she still refers to as her mother. Kamiyah continues to go by the name she was raised under, Alexis Manigo. Kamiyah/Alexis has little contact with her biological mother as of July 2018 despite her biological mother wishing for a relationship. Kamiyah/Alexis has been developing a relationship with her biological father and his family. Link to Wikipedia biography