Silke Jasso
Eighteen years ago, Kamiyah Mobley was born in a Jacksonville, Fla., hospital, and was abducted mere hours after being brought into this world.
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Kidnapped newborn Kamiyah Mobley found 18 years after a woman dressed as a nurse stole her from a Florida hospital https://t.co/gtwheTAovS pic.twitter.com/utuEPzuRVW
— CW33 TV (@CW33) January 13, 2017
Today, police have finally tracked her down as an adult in Walterboro, S.C., and arrested her captor, a 51-year-old woman who posed as a nurse in 1998 and took the infant away from the hospital.
Times-Union front pages from July 11-12, 1998 on abduction of #KamiyahMobley pic.twitter.com/Y4r8ooygHn
— Florida Times-Union (@jaxdotcom) January 13, 2017
The kidnapper, it is said, entered Shanara Mobley’s room and claimed her newborn daughter needed a fever treated. That newborn then went missing — until today.
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As First Coast News reported, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that 51-year-old Gloria Williams has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and interfering custody.
The sheriff’s office put out some of the details of the case on Twitter.
Kidnapped in 1998 as an infant, #KamiyahMobley has been located alive and well by #JSO. #JAX #Jacksonville
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) January 13, 2017
#KamiyahMobley – Investigation led #JSO to Walterboro, SC where she was located alive and well. #JAX #Jacksonville
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) January 13, 2017
#KamiyahMobley – More than 2500 tips followed up on. #JAX #JSO #Jacksonville
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) January 13, 2017
Police announced that DNA confirms the victim is Kamiyah Mobley.
#KamiyahMobley – DNA confirmed it was her last night. #JAX #JSO #Jacksonville
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) January 13, 2017
A mugshot of Gloria Williams along with sketches from 1998 have also been made available.
#KamiyahMobley – Sketches from 1998 of the suspect and her current booking photo. #JAX #JSO #Jacksonville pic.twitter.com/Xm8F9ucXJB
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) January 13, 2017
Police said that Mobley appeared to be in good health. Authorities are leaving the possibility of a reunion with her biological family, who were said to be “elated,” up to her, as she is an adult.
#KamiyahMobley – Biological family was notified today. They are elated. #JAX #JSO #Jacksonville
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) January 13, 2017
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Despite authorities only having sketches of the suspect based off grainy hospital surveillance video, and having no real picture of the newborn, this unsettling story has taken an incredible turn for the better.
Clearly, this is what can happen when you never give up on a case, no matter how cold.
Talk about never giving up on a case. Good stuff. https://t.co/JZkNjW8oGI
— Brent Martineau (@BrentASJax) January 13, 2017
