{"id":31808,"date":"2017-01-14T04:14:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T04:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kidnapped-at-birth-us-woman-found-18-years-later\/"},"modified":"2017-01-14T04:14:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T04:14:27","slug":"kidnapped-at-birth-us-woman-found-18-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kidnapped-at-birth-us-woman-found-18-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped at birth, US woman found 18 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{A girl who was stolen at birth from a Florida hospital 18 years ago has been found in good condition and the woman who raised her has been charged with kidnapping, US authorities said Friday.}<\/p>\n<p>Kamiyah Mobley, whose abduction was national news, was found in Walterboro, South Carolina, a small town where she has lived all her life with the woman she thought was her mother.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last night we received confirmation that the young woman was in fact Kamiyah Mobley,&#8221; Jacksonville sheriff Mike Williams told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She appears to be a normal 18-year-old woman. She has a lot to process,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Informed of the DNA finding early Friday, her biological parents were &#8220;overwhelmed with emotion,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Williams declined to give the victim&#8217;s current name, and asked for privacy for the family.<\/p>\n<p>Gloria Williams, 51, has been charged with kidnapping and interfering with custody, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The saga began on July 10, 1998 when a woman posing as a health care worker approached the young mother of a newborn in a Jacksonville hospital and then disappeared with her baby.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff said investigators checked out more than 2,500 leads until finally finding an 18-year-old born on the same day but with a different last name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even when a case is deemed cold, we&#8217;re always looking for new information, a tip or an advancement in technology,&#8221; Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is what we strive for, justice for our victims, no matter how long it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-17608 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/babypic.jpg\" alt=\"An 18-year-old girl in South Carolina, US has been identified as a child who was kidnapped from a Florida hospital hours after she was born in 1998. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{A girl who was stolen at birth from a Florida hospital 18 years ago has been found in good condition and the woman who raised her has been charged with kidnapping, US authorities said Friday.} Kamiyah Mobley, whose abduction was national news, was found in Walterboro, South Carolina, a small town where she has lived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[101],"byline":[228],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-31808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-internationl","byline-afp"],"bylines":[{"id":228,"name":"AFP","slug":"afp","description":"Agence France-Presse is an international news agency headquartered in Paris. 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