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. >> reporter: tonight, baby kamiyah reuniting with her family 18 years after being kidnapped. her father grateful. >> first meeting was beautiful. it was wonderful. >> reporter: their daughter, kamiyah mobley was just eight hours old when a woman posing as a nurse snuck her out of a hospital. >> i want to know where my baby is at. i want my baby back. >> reporter: police launched an all-out search for the infant. it even featured on "america's most wanted". a tip led authorities to gloria williams. she was charged in the kidnapping after dna testing proved kamiyah's identity. >> this is not a hearing of guilt of innocence. >> reporter: in williams' court appearance, kamiyah shows support for williams using the name she gave her. >> i'm alexis. >> reporter: the 18-year-old breaks down, consoled by loved ones. and then walks over to the only mother she has ever known and says, i love you. >> i love you. >> reporter: those closest to alexis say she is strong, but needs some time. >> she is processing everything. and she is going to probably have to take this day by day. >> report
. >> reporter: tonight, baby kamiyah reuniting with her family 18 years after being kidnapped. her father grateful. >> first meeting was beautiful. it was wonderful. >> reporter: their daughter, kamiyah mobley was just eight hours old when a woman posing as a nurse snuck her out of a hospital. >> i want to know where my baby is at. i want my baby back. >> reporter: police launched an all-out search for the infant. it even featured on "america's most...
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. >> reporter: detectives say alexis, who her biological parents named kamiyah mobley, was taken eight hours after birth in a jacksonville, florida, hospital. williams, said to be posing as a nurse, allegedly entered kamiyah mobley's hospital room and left with a baby in her arms, never to be seen again. authorities launched an all-out search for the infant wrapped in a pink and blue blanket. the kidnapping attracted national attention, even featured on an episode of "america's most wanted." >> i want to know where my baby's at. i just want my baby back. >> reporter: the case went cold for years. but her family never lost hope. >> i feel so strongly that mine is alive out there, mine is alive, somebody raising her like their own. >> reporter: a hunch confirmed when two tips led investigators from jacksonville, florida, to walter rose, south carolina. >> investigators be takened a dna sample from her and last night received confirmation the young woman that we contacted in south carolina is in fact kamiyah mobley. >> reporter: court documents state alex sister divided in a trend william
. >> reporter: detectives say alexis, who her biological parents named kamiyah mobley, was taken eight hours after birth in a jacksonville, florida, hospital. williams, said to be posing as a nurse, allegedly entered kamiyah mobley's hospital room and left with a baby in her arms, never to be seen again. authorities launched an all-out search for the infant wrapped in a pink and blue blanket. the kidnapping attracted national attention, even featured on an episode of "america's most...
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police say 51-year-old gloria williams changed kamiyah's name and raised her as her own. during williams' first court appearance on friday, the teen identifying herself by the name williams allegedly gave her. >> i'm her daughter alexis. >> reporter: openly sobbing seeing the woman now accused of snatching her from her biological mother now behind bars. >> okay. >> i love you. >> and alexis has facetimed with her biological parents. they are hoping to see her later today. >> it has to be so confusing for her. eva, thank you. >> that whole time they were just separated by a couple of hours. >> just several hours just straight up 95. >> oh, eva, thank you. you can imagine complicated emotions. abc news consultant brad garrett, a former fbi agent joins us from washington right now. brad, good morning to you and thanks for joining us. first and foremost, how rare is a case like this? >> it's pretty rare, paula. 308 infant abductions since 1983. think about this. all but 12 have been solved. it's been my experience that within a few hours or days these children are usually fou
police say 51-year-old gloria williams changed kamiyah's name and raised her as her own. during williams' first court appearance on friday, the teen identifying herself by the name williams allegedly gave her. >> i'm her daughter alexis. >> reporter: openly sobbing seeing the woman now accused of snatching her from her biological mother now behind bars. >> okay. >> i love you. >> and alexis has facetimed with her biological parents. they are hoping to see her later...
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after thousands of tips and years of investigation, authorities this week located kamiyah mobley, now an 18-year-old woman in south carolina. her birth mother you see here had setland a lawsuit against the hospital and now has three other children. police say the mother is excited by the news. no word yet on when the two might be reunited. >>> san mateo native and grad tom brady is super bowl bound. whether his team makes it to the big game or not. abc news t.j. holmes explains. >> just three weeks to go until game day and our first look at a super bowl commercial. >> literally anything. >> tom brady stars in this ad for intel, showing off the 360 degrees replay technology. >> wait until you see it in the game. >> super bowl ads are expected to be $5 million for a 30-second spot. companies are pre-releasing ads to try to get the most bang for their buck. >> people get people talking about their ad early and tom brady is football royalty. >> and others are just guessing. >> this year snickers will reboot the famous campaign this time with star wars bad guy adam driver. >> companies adv
after thousands of tips and years of investigation, authorities this week located kamiyah mobley, now an 18-year-old woman in south carolina. her birth mother you see here had setland a lawsuit against the hospital and now has three other children. police say the mother is excited by the news. no word yet on when the two might be reunited. >>> san mateo native and grad tom brady is super bowl bound. whether his team makes it to the big game or not. abc news t.j. holmes explains....
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. >> reporter: dna testing uncovering the truth, alexis was, in fact, baby kamiyah snatched. from a florida hospital in 1998. this morning, 51-year-old williams is behind bars facing charges for the kidnapping. meanwhile, manigo says he had no idea the child he was raising was taken from someone else. eva pilgrim, abc news, walterboro, south carolina. >> eva will have more on that incredible story later on today on "gma." >>> police in suburban chicago are under new scrutiny this morning following some newly released dash cam video that shows officers from the city of evanston forcefully arresting a man suspected of driving a stolen car. the officers can be seen hitting the man and ordering him to the ground. that man, a doctoral student, at northwestern university tells them the car isn't stolen. it's his. >> on the ground. on the ground. >> this is my vehicle, sir. i was trying to stick something on the roof. >> okay, i have evidence. >> when we tell you to get down, you got to get down, man. >> yes, sir. >> i mean, really. even after realizing they had stopped an innocent
. >> reporter: dna testing uncovering the truth, alexis was, in fact, baby kamiyah snatched. from a florida hospital in 1998. this morning, 51-year-old williams is behind bars facing charges for the kidnapping. meanwhile, manigo says he had no idea the child he was raising was taken from someone else. eva pilgrim, abc news, walterboro, south carolina. >> eva will have more on that incredible story later on today on "gma." >>> police in suburban chicago are under...
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> reporter: police aren't sharing the young woman's name tonight, but the name she was born with is kamiyah mobley, and she's learning this evening that she was the missing baby on billboards and in police reports in 1998. last seen in baby diapers, wrapped in a pink and blue blanket and only eight hours old. >> i just want to know where my baby is at, i just want my baby back. >> reporter: the case made headlines. she was snatched from a florida hospital, taken from the arms of her mother by a mysterious woman who pretended to be a nurse to her family. florida investigators finally found her after a tip over the holidays sent them to walterboro, south carolina. >> a further investigation found that fraudulent documents had been used to establish the young woman's identity. >> reporter: late this evening, 51-year-old gloria williams had her first court appearance, and will soon be headed back to florida to face charges. police say she had pretended all these years that she was the young woman's mother. it was still an emotional good-bye. tonight, her real mother and father are on their way
> reporter: police aren't sharing the young woman's name tonight, but the name she was born with is kamiyah mobley, and she's learning this evening that she was the missing baby on billboards and in police reports in 1998. last seen in baby diapers, wrapped in a pink and blue blanket and only eight hours old. >> i just want to know where my baby is at, i just want my baby back. >> reporter: the case made headlines. she was snatched from a florida hospital, taken from the arms of...
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. >> reporter: she was named kamiyah mobley by her parents. she was the subject of an international manhunt. earlier this month dna testing founding she was not williams' boy logical daughter. williams was arrested and charged with kidnapping her. she made her court appearance and the judge offered no bail on the kidnapping charge. >> i understand what she did was wrong, but just don't lock her up and throw away the key. she loved me for 18 years. she cared for me for 18 years. >> reporter: after years of hoping, her biological parents met her for the very first time last week. >> i always thought i'd find her. >> to find out i have another family, that's even more love. >> reporter: alexa says she doesn't know when she will see williams again, but she hopes it will be soon. for now williams remains in jail, due back in court in three weeks. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> an app that could help you and your kids stay healthy. the crowd sourcing technology that makes it work. >>> plus check this out, a bus rapidly filling up with water.
. >> reporter: she was named kamiyah mobley by her parents. she was the subject of an international manhunt. earlier this month dna testing founding she was not williams' boy logical daughter. williams was arrested and charged with kidnapping her. she made her court appearance and the judge offered no bail on the kidnapping charge. >> i understand what she did was wrong, but just don't lock her up and throw away the key. she loved me for 18 years. she cared for me for 18 years....
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: police say a tip led them to the young woman in south carolina with the same birth date as little kamiyah mobley but with a different name and fake documents used to establish her identity. the young woman agreed to a dna test which came back a positive match. the woman she grew up believing was her mother, 51-year-old gloria williams, now arrested, facing charges, including kidnapping. still not explaining to investigators why she allegedly dressed as a nurse that summer day in 1998, took the newborn from her mother and walked out of the hospital. >> we're speaking to as many people as we can to try to paint happened 18 years ago. >> reporter: mobley's birth father telling abc news he was able to talk to his daughter via skype, calling it the end of a nightmare. >> i can't wait, i can't wait. it's been 18 years. i can't wait no longer. >> reporter: his father saying he is excited about a possible reunion, which he believes could happen soon. meanwhile williams was in court today. she's now being held without bond. she'll be extradited to jacksonville to face charges, which if convicted c
: police say a tip led them to the young woman in south carolina with the same birth date as little kamiyah mobley but with a different name and fake documents used to establish her identity. the young woman agreed to a dna test which came back a positive match. the woman she grew up believing was her mother, 51-year-old gloria williams, now arrested, facing charges, including kidnapping. still not explaining to investigators why she allegedly dressed as a nurse that summer day in 1998, took...
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this morning, the woman once known as baby kamiyah reuniting with her birth family, 18 years after being kidnapped from a florida hospital. craig aiken, her biological father, grateful sharing these photo with abc news. >> the first meeting was beautiful. it was wonderful. it couldn't have been no better. >> reporter: the birth family meeting in private at a police department in south carolina where aiken's biological daughter was raised. now going by the name alexis. she was just eight hours old when a mysterious woman snuck her out of the hospital. nurses and staff say they thought the woman was family. >> i just want to know where my baby is at. i just want my baby back. >> reporter: police launched an all-out search for the infant. the case even featured on "america's most wanted," but nothing until now. new tips sending investigators to south carolina. according to police, dna testing proving the 18-year-old is the missing baby. police say the woman who took her, 51-year-old gloria williams raised her as her own. >> we're speaking to as many people as we can to try to paint a pictur
this morning, the woman once known as baby kamiyah reuniting with her birth family, 18 years after being kidnapped from a florida hospital. craig aiken, her biological father, grateful sharing these photo with abc news. >> the first meeting was beautiful. it was wonderful. it couldn't have been no better. >> reporter: the birth family meeting in private at a police department in south carolina where aiken's biological daughter was raised. now going by the name alexis. she was just...
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her she had been kidnapped from a hospital in jacksonville, her mother even telling her that she was kamiyah mobley, the name given to her by her birth mother. police say they discovered the birth certificate and social security card alexis used in high school were both fraudulent. according to the affidavit, her social taken from a virginia man who died in 1983. >> how do you go to school when you don't have a legitimate social security number? you know, how do you go to the doctor and these are things that a kid is not going to know. but the system should know. >> reporter: and gloria williams is being held in jail here in jacksonville, florida. expected back in court in february and has not entered a plea on any charges. robin. >> eva, thank you. for more let's bring in dan abrams. a lot to talk about. >> yeah. >> so, allegedly alexis knew more than a year ago, told a friend about it and some people are wondering, there's no way she could face charges here. >> right. so typically it is not required to report a crime, right? you're not a criminal for not reporting a crime. but if someone w
her she had been kidnapped from a hospital in jacksonville, her mother even telling her that she was kamiyah mobley, the name given to her by her birth mother. police say they discovered the birth certificate and social security card alexis used in high school were both fraudulent. according to the affidavit, her social taken from a virginia man who died in 1983. >> how do you go to school when you don't have a legitimate social security number? you know, how do you go to the doctor and...
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dna testing revealing alexis was in fact baby kamiyah snatched from a florida hospital in 1998 when she was just 8 hours old. >> your whole life you've been known as alexis. lexi, you know, and then now it's like people are referring to you as someone else nationally. >> reporter: this morning the woman she calls mom, 51-year-old gloria williams is facing charges for her kidnapping. >> have you even had a chance amidst all that chaos to sit by yourself and think about what's really going on right now? >> it's not so much i don't want -- i don't want to. i know it's going to come. >> why do you think you're waiting. >> it doesn't happen. it just doesn't. >> you're the one. >> this attention is very overwhelming. >> reporter: after years of hoping and waiting her biological parents made the trip to south carolina. alexis meeting them for the first time. >> i feel like i do owe them that to give them a chance, you know, get to know them. >> do you think about that ever, what your life would have been like -- >> i'm not saying they weren't going to be good parents -- i'm not saying that at
dna testing revealing alexis was in fact baby kamiyah snatched from a florida hospital in 1998 when she was just 8 hours old. >> your whole life you've been known as alexis. lexi, you know, and then now it's like people are referring to you as someone else nationally. >> reporter: this morning the woman she calls mom, 51-year-old gloria williams is facing charges for her kidnapping. >> have you even had a chance amidst all that chaos to sit by yourself and think about what's...
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dna testing revealing alexis with us in fact baby kamiyah, snatched from a hospital in 1998 when she was hours old. >> your whole life you've been known as alexis, and now it's like people are referring to you as someone us. nationally. >> reporter: the woman she calls mom, 51-year-old gloria williams is facing charges for her kidnapping. have you had a chance amid the chaos to sit by yourself and think about what's really going on right now? >> it's not so much -- i don't want to. i know it's going to come. >> reporter: why do you think you're waiting. >> it's not happening. it just doesn't. >> reporter: you're the one. >> this attention is very overwhelming. >> reporter: after years after hoping and waiting, her biological parents made the trip to south carolina, alexis meeting them for the first time. i feel like i do owe them that, to give them a chance. >> you know? get to know them. >> reporter: do you think about that ever? what your life would have been like? >> i'm not saying they weren't going to be good parents. i'm not saying that at all, but it would have been a differen
dna testing revealing alexis with us in fact baby kamiyah, snatched from a hospital in 1998 when she was hours old. >> your whole life you've been known as alexis, and now it's like people are referring to you as someone us. nationally. >> reporter: the woman she calls mom, 51-year-old gloria williams is facing charges for her kidnapping. have you had a chance amid the chaos to sit by yourself and think about what's really going on right now? >> it's not so much -- i don't...
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. >> reporter: dna testing uncovering the truth, alexis was, in fact, baby kamiyah snatched from a florida hospital in 1998. >> the attention is overwhelming to her, you know. she's still processing everything, you know, it's a shock to me. it's a bigger shock to her. >> reporter: this morning 51-year-old williams is behind bars facing charges for the kidnapping. the case getting national attention as the frantic search played out. >> i just want to know where my baby is at. i just want my baby back. >> reporter: meanwhile, manigo says he had no idea the child he was raising was taken from someone else. >> why do you think she did this? >> it's a question that i don't know. >> reporter: he says even though he's not alexis' biological father, he'll always be there for her. >> doesn't change any feelings i have for alexis. the same love i had from the day i held her till now till 43 more years she's my child. i can't cut that off. i won't cut it off. >> reporter: just a really tough situation for everyone involved. amy, williams is being held here in south carolina awaiting extradition to fl
. >> reporter: dna testing uncovering the truth, alexis was, in fact, baby kamiyah snatched from a florida hospital in 1998. >> the attention is overwhelming to her, you know. she's still processing everything, you know, it's a shock to me. it's a bigger shock to her. >> reporter: this morning 51-year-old williams is behind bars facing charges for the kidnapping. the case getting national attention as the frantic search played out. >> i just want to know where my baby is...