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. They scoured every building in the hospital complex, including the parking garage. According to an arrest warrant filed by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office in January of this year, Alexis told a National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) tipster that shed suspected since 2015 that the woman who raised her, 51-year-old Gloria Bolden Williams, was not her biological mother. Since January 2016, First Coast News has not received a response to multiple attempts to reach Shanara. Kamiyah was abducted eight hours after birth by a woman dressed in hospital garb who entered the room, assisted and conversed with the mother, and then walked out of the room with Kamiyah in her arms. Mobley starred on a nationally syndicated talk show named Iyanla: Fix My Life which airs on Oprah Winfreys OWN Network. According to USA Today, Mobleys continued loyalty to Williams caused tension with her birth mother, who even blocked her daughters number at one point. Her salary is under review. She bought a house with some of the money but lost it to foreclosure. She was tired, she said, of being disrespected., I didnt know this kidnapper had such a hold on her. But in January 2017, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received two tips about Gloria Williams. Come on now, if I thought it was going to be this hard, I could have got an abortion. She said shed like to have another child. One of the homemade quilts was emblazoned with the name that Williams had already chosen for her unborn baby, Alexis Kelli Manigo. So she left and went back to her old ways. I chose to do right: to have a beautiful baby.. Just a few hours after Mobley birth, a woman wearing scrubs walked into Room 328 at the University Medical Center where Shanara and her daughter were resting. Theres nothing she can stop me from doing with my daughter. She was born at 6:55 AM. Coverage that informs. People saying shes a good lady and all this. Same thing this year. Distractify is a registered trademark. But shes so perfect to me.. As long as she can call her and go see her, thats her momma, Mobley said. According to USA Today, Shanara had had a tough life, and she saw her new baby as a chance to get things right. Kliff was born in San Antonio, Texas to a Vietnam War veteran father Tim Kingsbury, and a soft tissue sarcoma mother Sally, who died in 2005. We got the cord blood to FDLE. She was born 10 July 1998, in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Accompanied by her attorney, Justin Bamberg, Alexis was gracious but guarded in responding to questions about how her life might have differed, if not for the, Jacksonville Magazines Signature Event Series, How Floridas agricultural heartland is fighting for survivors, A look backand forwardfrom Hurricane Irma, The State of Medical Marijuana in Florida. Im only, true enough, Im only 16 years old but I have feelings, too. A funny process getting know her sisters and brothers. Kamiyahs estimated Net Worth is between $1 million $5 million. Some tips were easily disproven. I pray to God he changes my heart towards you, but I hate you and that hate is very, very, very strong, Shanara said, addressing Williams directly. The filing also included a letter from Mobley writing in support of Williams, who she called mom. Her claim was repelled. Currently, mother and daughter are not on speaking terms. It fits with the behaviors weve seen with these abductors They present themselves as a healthcare worker or a nurse. She has since had three more children. But it wasnt exactly the happy reunion shed always imagined. "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. To her, its a purpose. She said her daughter, LaShawnye, who is heading into the 10th grade, argues with people on Facebook in defense of her mother. It stars Rayven Ferrell as Mobley, Niecy Nash as Gloria Williams, alongside TaRhonda Jones as Shanara Mobley. She said its rare for her to have a relationship with a man that lasts longer than two years. In 1998, a newborn was stolen from a maternity ward at a Downtown hospital just hours after her birth. I still do call her Mom, Kamiyah told ABC News. She left her abusive relationship, regained custody of her sons, remarried, and raised Mobley as her own daughter though now renamed Alexis Manigo. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. At the time, she described her relationship with her brothers and sisters as peaceful and harmonious. She said she gave some of the money away. She expected her daughter would return. She never had a drivers license or state-issued ID. Shanara was pregnant with Kamiyahs fourth maternal sibling at the time. Im serious. She served as youth-group leader for her Methodist church, which she attended every Sunday. This year there wont be any cake. Having a baby was supposed to make Mobleys life right, perhaps for the first time. Mobley was raised in South Carolina under the name Alexis Manigo. That was about a six- to seven-hour job right there, Schoenfeld says. Her attorney told the Washington Post that Williams always kept Alexiss doctors appointments and provided her with the braces she wears today. I had everything I needed, wanted. Mobley said she was willing to look past some things, like her daughter knowing she was abducted but not doing anything. They talk on the phone. However, as a new Instagram post by her biological father, Craig Aiken, reveals, she moved to Jacksonville on Dec. 7, 2019. And though Kamiyah Mobley and her birth mother havent made any recent news, they appear to have slowly reconciled over the years. DNA tests confirmed that the girl was the missing newborn. Nobody is leaving me unattended, she said. Stories that inspire. Gloria Williams enters the courtroom for her sentencing in the kidnapping of newborn Kamiyah Mobley, June 8, 2018 at the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. Gloria Williams enters the courtroom for sentencing, May 3, 2018, at the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. Will Dickey/The Florida Times-Union via AP. We were going to be this big, happy family, she said. Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Nationality, Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Hair Color, Tik Tok Star Accused of Cheating With Tana Mongeaus Ex Brooke Schofield, Ysabel Jordan and Victoria Jordan is a Sibling of the Jordan Twins. They said Alexis was both well-mannered and well-read. But the name Gloria Williams is a name the family will not bring up, he says. The young adult came forward to defend Williams on many occasions, insisting that she raised her with everything she needed. The baby was taken hours later by Gloria Williams, a woman posing as a nurse. Kamiyah traveled to Florida to meet her biological mother, father and five younger siblings, and began to build relationships with them. 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. On July 10, 1998, Kamiyah Mobley was abducted only eight hours after her birth from a Jacksonville hospital. As local authorities scoured bus terminals and airports, the search would soon rivet the nation. Since January 2017, the emotions of the soon-to-be-20-year-old woman with two names Kamiyah Mobley and Alexis Manigo have been playing out like some nonstop tug of war. When we went to look at the video, you could only watch it in real time. Another wish. He was serving a sentence on an unrelated charge at the time of the sex crimes arrest, and was rearrested in the correctional facility. I ask for the courts grace and mercy, as I need my mother home, she wrote. Nothing.". She blames me for everything. Money meant freedom to run the streets, to skip school, to do what she wanted. Williams stole Mobley from University Medical Center (now UF Health Jacksonville) in July 1998 while posing as a nurse. Shanara Mobley, Kamiyahs biological mother in Florida, was awarded $1.5 million after settling a lawsuit against the previous University Medical Center. Because [Kamiyah] came back, this has made a mockery of my life. Instead, she took these opportunities to defend her abductor, describing how grateful she was to have her as her mother. Im your mother.. At this writing, Williams is charged with kidnapping and custodial interference and is awaiting trial as an inmate in the Duval County jail. Another year without her daughter. Mobley declined to say anything to the press, but Aiken was exuberant. I was. The real estate of Kamiyah Mobley hasnt yet been disclosed in the media. Offers may be subject to change without notice. In February, Williams changed her not guilty plea to guilty, essentially forgoing a full trial. Kamiyah was abducted eight hours after birth by a woman dressed in hospital garb who entered the room, assisted and conversed with the mother, and then walked out of the room with Kamiyah in her arms. As for Williams, Shanarawho readily acknowledges that she hates the kidnapperis hoping that the woman will let her daughter go. Since then had three other children. Obviously we were let down. Presenting herself as a hospital nurse, Gloria offered Shanara comfort and support and even fetched her a new hospital gown. If you dont have no kids, she cried, choking back sobs, her voice rising as she wept. I have to start doing things where I dont hurt no more.. News accounts from 1998 report that the kidnapper escaped with the baby on the pretense of taking her to the hospital nursery for routine tests, to test for fever, or to administer baby vaccines. She graduated from Oberlin College, where she earned a double degree in American History and French. Schoenfeld confirms those reports. Unbeknownst to Mobley, shed been abducted in 1998 from a Florida hospital just hours after she was born. "Nobody spared my feelings for 18 years so why should I spare hers. Until she was 16 years old, Alexis Manigo led a normal life. But when Alexis Manigo applied for a job at a South Carolina Shoneys Restaurant in 2015, the year she turned 17, she put into motion a series of electrifying, life-changing events. Each July 10, Shanara Mobley cut a slice of cake for herself and then cut a piece for her missing child, Kamiyah. I dont understand that," said Aiken. She believes people, even the very people she helped financially, have snickered at her. 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. 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