Always smiling, always upbeat, up-tempo about everything. She was one of those mothers, she was like open to sleepovers, open to company. She enjoys keeping herself in shape. Mobley never gave up hope that her daughter was alive and would be found. Kamiyah Mobley was just hours old when she was abducted from her mothers hospital room. That was about a six- to seven-hour job right there, Schoenfeld says. WebThe woman convicted of kidnapping Kamiyah Mobley from a Jacksonville hospital and raising her as her own daughter wants prison sentence cut in half. Its good to know that the case is closed. Published on January 18, 2017 12:47 PM. National Center For Missing And Exploited ChildrenKamiyah Mobley was just hours old when she was abducted from her mothers hospital room. After reading about Kamiyah Mobley, look through these mysterious disappearances that remain puzzling to this day. I had love, especially.. She graduated from Oberlin College, where she earned a double degree in American History and French. Thus it is not publicly clear whether she is married or in a relationship. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Its been six years since Kamiyah Mobley was reunited with her parents. Mobley said she understands that second family, which includes siblings she never before knew, does not change the truth of the past or justify Williams actions. Its done on a cart or bassinet. Kamaiyah Mobley, now 22 years old, first learned about her abduction in 2017. first learned about her abduction in 2017. a judge sentenced Williams to 18 years in prison. WebIn one of her most explosive episodes, Iyanla works with Kamiyah Mobley, a 19-year-old who was kidnapped at birth and raised by her kidnapper. "I think in part she's still processing [] if I have to be honest," said Robin Roberts in a recently-published interview with Eyewitness News. On January 12, 2017, DNA tests confirmed that Alexis Manigo is, in fact, Kamiyah Mobley, a baby who was taken from her mothers arms by a stranger posing as a nurse at what was then University Medical Center in Jacksonville. Gloria Bolden Williams was arrested the next day in Walterboro, South Carolina. She tilted her head toward the stairway: Those kids up there love me. Launching on Tuesday, July 10, Have You Seen Kamiyah? can be heard atjacksonville.com/kamiyah, Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. She would defend the kidnapper to me. As local authorities scoured bus terminals and airports, the search would soon rivet the nation. Meanwhile, back in Florida, Shanara Mobley screamed frantically for her missing baby. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. "Though the sentence imposed today was more than we had hoped for, we appreciate the time and attention Judge Aho took to fully consider this matter," Johnson added. Kamiyah, at age of 19, had an explosive confrontation with host Iyanla Vanzant. However, as a new Instagram post by her biological father, Craig Aiken, reveals, she moved to Jacksonville on Dec. 7, 2019. "I've spent a lot of time around her, and I always feel better after I've been around her. Also read about Matt Zaffino. According to the Post and Courier, Williams had left her job at a Charleston nursing home that afternoon in a fog of despair. The 52-year-old was sentenced last month to 18 years in prison for kidnapping and interference of custody. Kamiyah, then 19, was introduced to her biological mother, Shanara Mobley, and father, Craig Aiken, raced to South Carolina following Williams' arrest. The baby was taken hours later by Gloria Williams, a woman posing as a nurse. If we see a child leave a maternity ward in someones arms, we know theres a problem.. Her attorney told the Washington Post that Williams always kept Alexiss doctors appointments and provided her with the braces she wears today. Kamiyahs biological mother Shanara Mobley was awarded $1.5 million after settling a lawsuit against the previous University Medical Center. The kidnapper, according to news reports, was dressed in a blue floral smock and green scrub pants. When interacting with the family, she impersonated a nurse. Their loved one, husband, or significant other is aware that a child is expected. Theres nothing she can do thats going to make me stop loving her. Im your mother.. There are monitors placed on children now in many facilities. She admitted to posing as a nurse to kidnap the newborn. By December 2017, the young woman began the transition period, splitting her time between Walterboro, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla. At the time, she described her relationship with her brothers and sisters as peaceful and harmonious. Still, Mobley said, she feels like the community still faults her, believing she played a part in order to get money from the hospital. Oh man, I was ready to go. For hours, the two women talked. "However, she understands Gloria had to be held accountable for her actions. Gloria Williams enters the courtroom for sentencing, May 3, 2018, at the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. Police chased down 2,000 leads during the first year alone. Motherhood, she said, has always been her desire. She said shed like to have another child. Kamiyah was raised as Alexis Manigo, the daughter of Craig Aiken (father) and Shanara Mobley (mother) (mother). She was awarded a $1.2 million settlement after the hospital was sued for lax oversight and security. Not even a text message. We got the cord blood to FDLE. The serial podcast, a first for the Times-Union, retells the kidnapping of Kamiyah and search for the missing newborn, offering new insights into the case from key figures, including interviews with Kamiyahs mother, Shanara Mobley, then-Sheriff Nat Glover and others, as well as details from court documents and trial testimony. But the relationship between Kamiyah Mobley, her kidnapper, and her birth parents, is anything but simple today. To her, its a purpose. Shortly after police tracked Kamiyah Mobley down, she met her biological parents, Shanara and Craig Aiken, for the first time. Mobley also learned that when police found her daughter and Williams in Walterboro, S.C., last year, her daughter demanded police return with a search warrant to obtain DNA for testing. This composite image provided by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Jacksonville, Fla., shows a photo of Kamiyah Mobley, an infant girl who was kidnapped by a woman, seen in separate sketches provided by police in 1998 during the initial search. Virginia Woman Saved From Swamp As A Baby Reunites With Rescuer 35 Years Later She's also read comments on social media that side with her daughter's kidnapper. Distractify is a registered trademark. Kamiyah's opinions didn't change in the following months. Mobley continued to have children: Christopher, Chrisanna, Savannah and Journye, who, at 3, is the youngest. This is a battle that nobody is going to win.". Theyre a game-changer., Strangers, Lowery adds, have to be checked in from hospital staff, and they have to be there for a purpose, so we wont have someone loitering for 14 hours as Gloria allegedly did.. New court documents that First Coast News uncovered show that Williams filed a motion asking the judge to cut her sentence in half to 9 years. In 1998, newborn Kamiyah Mobley was kidnapped from a Florida hospital by Gloria Williams, who had recently miscarried a baby of her own. It was a wish that her child who was stolen from the hospital on July 10, 1998, would return home, a wish that her nightmare would end. Stories that inspire. Shes in jail. On January 17, Jacksonville Sheriffs Office detective Glen Warkentien went to South Carolina and brought Williams back to Jacksonville. Birth, Age, Ethnicity, NationalityContents 1 Who is Fuquan, Who is Kamiyah Mobley? A JSO arrest warrant identifies a witness who said Manigo was told about her false identity a year and a half ago. Her net worth includes her assets, money, and income. Thats my first child.. If you dont have no kids, she cried, choking back sobs, her voice rising as she wept. (For purposes of this article, and out of respect for the young woman who only recently confirmed her birth identity, Williams now-18-year-old kidnapping victim will be called Alexis when referring to her recent experiences, and Kamiyah when referring to the infant kidnapping case in general. Sometimes, thered be family trip or a big party in honor of the child that wouldnt be there. Shanara Mobleys mother relinquished her rights as plaintiff in June 2000, the year Shanara turned 18, and the parties settled the lawsuit for $1.9 million. Who is Fuquan Johnson? PHOTOS: Whos who in the Kamiyah Mobley kidnapping case. ", Falcon 9 launches Crew-6 from Cape Canaveral, Almost a dozen people hospitalized after fire onboard Spirit flight that diverted to Jacksonville, Local Weather: The heat holds as windy becomes the weather word Friday, 'I need my mother home': Kamiyah Mobley tells judge she supports early release for her mother, kidnapper, Kamiyah Mobley's father releases new movie trailer, crowdfunding to complete his documentary "Share the Truth"- Craig Aiken, Keystone Heights man sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder of Jordan Cooper. She had been pregnant before, when she was 14, but miscarried. And if thats taking me to talk to the enemy, thats what I would do to build a relationship with my daughter, Aiken said. She expected she would want to be part of the family. At age 17, most girls just want to have fun. She also still goes by the name Williams gave herAlexis Manigoon Facebook and other social media. The settlement was sizable. In 2018, she asked the court for leniency, CNN notes. "Kamiyah is now processing what it means for the woman shes known as [her] mother to receive an 18-year prison sentence," he said. Now, to Mobley, it feels as if Williams and her own daughter are conspiring against her and making a mockery of her life. I chose to do right: to have a beautiful baby.. Ive never talked to her before. Kamiyah Mobley. Oh man, I was ready to go, Shanara told USA Today. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Craig Aiken, Kamiyah Mobleys father, says his daughter is doing well and living in Jacksonville with her mother. Kamiyah has three siblings from her biological mother in Florida. She tried to stay away from smokers. If children leave, alarms start sounding, he says. WebKamiyah Teresiah Tasha Mobley was abducted from a Florida hospital on July 10, 1998, when she was only eight hours old. Days prior to Aikens re-arrest, Kamiyahs maternal grandmother, Sheila Mobley, would sue hospital personnel for, among other things, being too slow to call the police. Until now.. Im serious. Jobs meant shelter and money. Becky Little. Williams had miscarried a child a week prior to, which is believed to be Kamiyahs motive for the abduction. Schoenfeld confirms those reports. Gloria Williams, who was about thirty-three years old at the time, later forged documents to create a new identity for Mobley. Im tired of being hurt.. Back in Florida, Shanara was ecstatic. She still calls her Mommy. Very hard-working, very hard-working.. Theres nothing she can stop me from doing with my daughter. On July 10, 1998, Kamiyah Teresiah Tasha Mobley was taken from a Florida hospital at the age of eight hours. JSO said her suspicions were sparked when she tried to apply for jobs, and she ran into I.D. Her uncle drove her to the hospital late that Thursday night. Growing up in Walterboro, South Carolina, Manigo went to school, attended church, and spent time with her mother, Gloria Williams. Then Miss Gloria just broke down and told her, This is why right here, you cant do this. This is what Gloria [Williams] and Kamiyah brought upon my children. Those facilities are much more difficult to get into, because of what Gloria did. Im being rejected for a kidnapper; how do you think that feels?. His mother taught government and economics, and his father, as a football coach, taught world history and US history when he was younger. The pair argued, and Shanara cut the visit short and drove home. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. During the show was hosted by an inspirational speaker, lawyer, New Thought spiritual teacher, author, life coach, Iyanla Vanzant. Lowery credits hospital security directors and nursing staff for the plunge in maternity ward abductions. "I need her away, far away, where she cannot contact my baby, where my baby cannot get to her, she said. The movie premiered in January 2020. Mobley was ecstatic to hear the words she waited 18 years to hear: We found your daughter. Family, Parents, Siblings, Education Shanara Mobley, 16, gave birth to Kamiyah on July 10, 1998. Kamiyah Mobley, after all, saw Gloria Williams as her mother. On Jan. 13, 2017, police tracked down Kamiyah, who was going under the name Alexis Manigo, in Walterboro, South Carolina. Currently, mother and daughter are not on speaking terms. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. In that time the kidnapper, Gloria Williams, was tried and recently sentenced to 18 years in prison, and Kamiyah was reunited with her biological family. Im not saying theres not a time that we can get closer, but I really should not have to compete with that woman, she explained. Whenever I feel Im winning her back, boom, the other side pulls me down, Shanara Mobley, Kamiyahs biological mom, recently told the Daily Mail. Copyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved. Shes not any more apart of my life. 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