But her mother balked at giving it to her, no matter how often Alexis hounded her. DNA testing proved that she was not the daughter of Gloria Williams, her abductor. For nearly two decades, through thousands of unfruitful leads investigated by scores of law enforcement officials, and despite a $250,000 reward offered by University Medical Center, Kamiyah would remain Jacksonvilles stolen child. He says shes gotten close with her five sisters and two brothers. By doing so, a potential life sentence was off the table and the prosecutor and Williams defense attorney agreed to a sentence of no more than 22 years. National Center For Missing And Exploited ChildrenKamiyah Mobley was just hours old when she was abducted from her mothers hospital room. According to Schoenfeld, Connecticut authorities ended up handing a DNA sample from that baby to an airline pilot, and then I had a detective standing at the gate when he arrived to take that sample straight to the FDLE. His mother taught government and economics, and his father, as a football coach, taught world history and US history when he was younger. Mobleys relationship with her biological mother, Shanara Mobley had been strained in part due to Kamiyahs continued relationship with her kidnapper, Gloria Williams.Williams is now serving an 18-year prison sentence for stealing baby Kamiyah. She served as youth-group leader for her Methodist church, which she attended every Sunday. Mobley said she ran the streets pretty hard in her younger years running away, getting into trouble. We got a 48-hour turnaround, which was outstanding back then. So many days so many days so many days I just wanted to pick that child up and say, Come on, lets get in this car and go. I just couldnt. 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. ), Arika Williams, the woman whom Alexis was raised to believe was her half-sister, confirmed these witness reports to People magazine. Gloria Williams passed off the baby as the child of her former romantic partner, Charles Manigo, and they raised her as their own. She shouldnt have never left outta my arms from the beginning, the distraught young mother cried. Kamiyah was reunited with her mother and father, Shanara Mobley and Craig Aiken, just a day after being found. Gloria was looking for a child she could raise as her own, Lowery says. She was tired, she said, of being disrespected., I didnt know this kidnapper had such a hold on her. Thats my first child.. I mean, I feel nothing. There was no social mediano Twitter, Facebook or Amber Alerts to inform the publicjust TV, radio, print media and a fledgling Internet. We had to open every door on every room on every floor., Luggage had to be searched. The JSO and FBI made the best of what technology offered at the time, including keyword searches on the internet, phones and beepers and hour upon hour of videotape from approximately 65 cameras across the hospital campus. DNA testing proved that Kamiyah was not the daughter of Gloria Williams, her abductor. First meeting was beautiful, it was wonderful, couldnt [sic] went no better, he told CBS News. When we went to look at the video, you could only watch it in real time. Mobley sat hunched over much of the time and cried. She was raised by her abductor, Gloria Williams, who had two other children from her marriage with Wernoskie Williams. She is building a relationship with her biological father and his wife. So do you recommend the maximum sentence the court can give?. The profile developed by the NCMEC, based on an analysis of 292 cases occurring over a span of 31 years, says the typical baby stealer operates closer to home, in her own community. She was in an abusive relationship, shed recently lost custody of her two sons, and, worst of all, shed suffered from a miscarriage that she kept from her loved ones. Oh man, I was ready to go. Her life at the time was half circumstance and half the result of choices she made as a teenager, she said. If you feel any sympathy for me, let her go, please., Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude. It wasnt working., Detectives had Kamiyahs footprints to work with. Her name was Gloria Williams, and though she presented herself as a nurse, the truth was much more complicated. Struggling with postpartum depression, Williams didnt go home to South Carolina but instead drove for four hours to Floridas University Medical Center. Kamiyah's opinions didn't change in the following months. For her part, Shanara described her elation at giving birth, and deep grief at having her baby stolen away from her. But what may have seemed like a fairy-tale ending to a heartbreaking story is apparently not meant to be. A funny process getting know her sisters and brothers. At this time, Kamiyah Mobley kept her personal life private. Kamiyahs estimated Net Worth is between $1 million $5 million. The no-contact order wasnt pursued again in court. Mobley declined to say anything to the press, but Aiken was exuberant. She has not received any major honors yet but based on her work, she may receive nominations in the future. Kamiyah Mobley/Alexis Manigo. They showed up in Walterboro, conducted DNA tests, and confirmed the secret that Williams had tried to hide. Pretending to be a nurse, Williams kidnapped Kamiyah just hours after the little girls birth at University Hospital, which is now known as UF Health Jacksonville. Gloria Williams the well-educated, God-fearing woman who provided care to veterans, her elderly parents and the abducted girl admitted in a Duval County court to abducting Kamiyah after she had a miscarriage in 1998. The sentences run concurrently and Williams received credit for 511 days of time served. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. The kidnapper spent approximately five of those hours befriending Mobley. Police were able to compile a few sketches of Williams. Family, Parents, Siblings, Education. To date, Gloria Williams remains in prison, her plea for an early release denied by a judge. The only picture of Kamiyah was a composite because she was abducted just hours after being born. Kamiyah openly acknowledges that she still loves her imposter mom, and speaks to the woman regularly, sending her biological mother into a despair that has created a gaping chasm between them. This is a battle that I cant keep fighting. Meanwhile, just three hours away in Jacksonville, a perpetually heartsick young mother baked a cake every year for her missing daughters birthday. And it was not her. Arika Williams confirmed in her People Magazine interview that Gloria Williams miscarriage occurred very late in the pregnancy, and that she had already been given a baby shower. Help me to forgive you. Yes, Mobley said, adding she wished there was a way to get a court order so that her daughter and Williams could not have any contact. She tilted her head toward the stairway: Those kids up there love me. In a Florida Times-Union interview from his dorm at the Montgomery Correctional Facility in Jacksonville, Aiken alleged that police were barking up the wrong tree by investigating the Mobley family. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Celebs Info | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme. Nobody saved me. None are possible without subscribers like you. This time would be different, she vowed. WebBirth Name: Kamiyah Teresiah Tasha Mobley NickName: Alexis Manigo Age: 24 years Date of Birth: 10 July 1998 Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, United States Height: 5 feet 4 inches Weight: Moderate Education: Not available Father: Craig Aiken Mother: Shanara Mobley Siblings: Three Marital Status: Not known Childrens: Not available The fabricated documents, along with two tips relayed to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in August and November of 2016, were key to dismantling the falsehood that, by then, had stretched into its eighteenth year. The baby was beautiful, she said, and she loved the how the name rolled off her tongue. Shanara Mobley, Kamiyahs biological mother in Florida, was awarded $1.5 million after settling a lawsuit against the previous University Medical Center. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Craig Aiken, Kamiyah Mobleys father, says his daughter is doing well and living in Jacksonville with her mother. This time round, now youve got the legal system helping her to steal her all over again. Alexis Manigo was really Kamiyah Mobley. Kamaiyah Mobley, now 22 years old, first learned about her abduction in 2017. She has since had three more children. Harms was assigned the case to help Mobley understand the court process and to have a voice. Her uncle drove her to the hospital late that Thursday night. Mobley went back to her uncles house, but the bassinet, bottles and clothing she had in her room for her daughter haunted her. "I need her away, far away, where she cannot contact my baby, where my baby cannot get to her, she said. Gloria Bolden Williams was arrested the next day in Walterboro, South Carolina. There is no other information on her height, weight, or other physical characteristics. Lowery scoffs at the idea that Williams years spent caring for Alexis diminishes the severity of her crime. Im serious. After the sentencing was announced, Mobleys birth mother left the courtroom with a smile on her face. An eight-hour-old baby is going to fit in just about any small bag, he continues. JSO said her suspicions were sparked when she tried to apply for jobs, and she ran into I.D. She was kidnapped by a woman dressed as a nurse who entered the room, assisted and conversed with the Some tips were easily disproven. On July 10, 1998, Schoenfeld had just reported for his 4 PM shift as supervisor for the JSOs homicide division, which investigates stranger abductions. Its good to know that the case is closed. Her salary is under review. In one interview Arika Williams surmises that Gloria Williams may have targeted then-pregnant Mobley at the hospital because she was only 16. Kamiyah, then 19, was introduced to her biological mother, Shanara Mobley, and father, Craig Aiken, raced to South Carolina following Williams' arrest. Shanara Mobley, Kamiyahs biological mother in Florida, was awarded $1.5 million after settling a lawsuit against the previous University Medical Center. Doctors wanted to induce labor on June 30, 1998, and told the teenager to go to the hospital. At age 17, most girls just want to have fun. When asked if he forgives Williams, Aiken responded, Thats a hard question., I feel nothing towards her. Police tracked down Kamiyah, who was going under the name Alexis Manigo, in Walterboro, South Carolina on January 13, 2017.Police in Walterboro matched up the birthday of the missing girl with a different name and fraudulent documents. We can only ask that everyone respect her privacy, give her time to take things in, and continue to pray for the well-being of each and every person whose life has been touched by this almost 20-year chain of events.". Williams had miscarried a child a week prior to, which is believed to be Kamiyahs motive for the abduction. Last month in court Williams apologized to Mobley's birth parents. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Over the past two years, Craig Aiken says hes watched his daughter grow from a teenager into an adult. In March 2022, she even wrote a letter asking for Williams early release. But Manigo's relationship with Mobley is tenuous at best. On the day Kamiyah was born and abducted, helicopters swarmed the locked-down hospital complex as dozens of sheriffs officers and FBI agents searched through every corner and closet in every room, on every floor, in every building. Then, she walked into Shanaras room and found her with her infant daughter. Shes in jail. Im like, 'This is really my baby; so big, so beautiful.' "It hurt me more that she was in cuffs, it was just so surreal for me," she added. Kamiyah disappeared from the public eye shortly afterward. Police in Walterboro matched up the birthday of the missing girl with a different name and fraudulent documents. Mobley named Vanzant expletives as well as threatened to assault her several times. By 13, she was pretty much on her own. I chose to do right: to have a beautiful baby.. I didnt know what you went through.. But her imprisonment didnt heal Shanaras wounds. Williams had abducted her as a baby and her real name was Kamiyah Mobley. Health Jacksonville (Florida), was abducted by a woman posing as a nurse at the hospital. But it wasnt exactly the happy reunion shed always imagined. 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The sentencing "closes a painful chapter for all involved," Mobley's attorney, Justin Bamberg, said in a statement. I ask for the courts grace and mercy, as I need my mother home, she wrote. In January 2017, after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received two tips, investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office found Kamiyah Mobley living in rural South Carolina. More than 2,500 tips were given to officials that led to the arrest of then-51-year-old Gloria Williams. When she went to school, she went to Eugene Butler Middle. Oh man, I was ready to go, Shanara told USA Today. Her claim was repelled. First meeting was beautiful, it was wonderful, couldnt have gone any better she was glad to meet us, Aiken said, as reported by the Independent. Kamiyah had been raised under the name Alexis Manigo. "I still feel the same way about her," she told CNN in the summer of 2018. Shanara Mobley, 16, gave birth to Kamiyah on July 10, 1998. 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