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. Sometimes, it wasnt so splashy. Shortly after police tracked Kamiyah Mobley down, she met her biological parents, Shanara and Craig Aiken, for the first time. Since January 2016, First Coast News has not received a response to multiple attempts to reach Shanara. She expected her daughter would return. And who knows about next year or the year after that, because only one of Mobleys wishes came true. At this writing, Williams is charged with kidnapping and custodial interference and is awaiting trial as an inmate in the Duval County jail. Kamiyah was reunited with her mother and father, Shanara Mobley and Craig Aiken, just a day after being found. 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 Men come and go in her life. A woman who was abducted at birth is now pleading for the early release of her kidnapper, whom she considers her real mother. The Net worth of Kamiyah Mobley is still yet to be revealed. Kamiyah, at age of 19, had an explosive confrontation with host Iyanla Vanzant. The serial podcast, a first for the Times-Union, retells the kidnapping of Kamiyah and search for the missing newborn, offering new insights into the case from key figures, including interviews with Kamiyahs mother, Shanara Mobley, then-Sheriff Nat Glover and others, as well as details from court documents and trial testimony. That image, along with the sketch of Kamiyahs abductor, hit the airwaves, with only the following descriptors of her abductor: a black woman, about 5 feet 5 inches, 150-160 pounds, likely wearing a wig. When we went to look at the video, you could only watch it in real time. Always smiling, always upbeat, up-tempo about everything. We bump heads so much cause we so much alike, Mobley wrote on Facebook with a photo of Shanara in 2021. They currently do not speak. Mobley also learned that when police found her daughter and Williams in Walterboro, S.C., last year, her daughter demanded police return with a search warrant to obtain DNA for testing. She raised me, and not only provided for my needs, but she loved me unconditionally I am fully aware of how our lives came to be, what they are and how my mom came to be my mom., Mobley added: However, at the end of the day, I love my mother and I wholeheartedly support her! Manigo met with her birth parents, Craig Aiken and Shanara Mobley, last weekend in Columbia and says she is trying to That was one of the main things we were concerned with, because the baby hadnt even had all of her shots yet, at eight hours old, he says. On July 10, 1998, Kamiyah Mobley was abducted only eight hours after her birth from a Jacksonville hospital. Alexis Manigo was really Kamiyah Mobley. Offers may be subject to change without notice. She ate well. 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. Nobody gave me half this time off," said Aiken. RELATED: Gloria Williams given 18 years for kidnapping Kamiyah Mobley. Until she was 16 years old, Alexis Manigo led a normal life. Her children, she said, shouldnt have to struggle like she did, and does. She also still goes by the name Williams gave herAlexis Manigoon Facebook and other social media. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Celebs Info | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme. Mobley said she understands that second family, which includes siblings she never before knew, does not change the truth of the past or justify Williams actions. On July 10, 1998, Kamiyah Teresiah Tasha Mobley was taken from a Florida hospital at the age of eight hours. Did she always have this much fun? Aiken said. And I truly feel it in my heart; I just wish she would not have come back. 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. Nobody acknowledges my pain. Another wish. The real estate of Kamiyah Mobley hasnt yet been disclosed in the media. At the same time, she maintained relationships with the people shed known as her older brothers and grandparents in South Carolina, and also with Williams. Gloria Williams passed off the baby as the child of her former romantic partner, Charles Manigo, and they raised her as their own. The first time round, Gloria stole my baby by herself. Kamiyah Mobley. Now, to Mobley, it feels as if Williams and her own daughter are conspiring against her and making a mockery of her life. Mobley went back to her uncles house, but the bassinet, bottles and clothing she had in her room for her daughter haunted her. "I know I wronged you and Im so sorry," Williams said. "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. I will tell you what Gloria did changed hospital facilities forever. They said Alexis was both well-mannered and well-read. Mobleys husband is not known. Later, Shanara was interviewed, pleading for her daughters return. They spent the next five hours together. "Though the sentence imposed today was more than we had hoped for, we appreciate the time and attention Judge Aho took to fully consider this matter," Johnson added. Now, Lowery says, nurses have specific identification, which is disclosed to new mothers on hospital tours and upon entry into the maternity ward. According to Lowery, NCMECs artist traveled to Jacksonville to create a composite drawing. Whether the fund for Kamiyah was paid to Shanara in 2016 or if it is still available, is still not disclosed. It stars Rayven Ferrell as Mobley, Niecy Nash as Gloria Williams, alongside TaRhonda Jones as Shanara Mobley. "What did I gain? Alexis Manigo, 18, whose real name is Kamiyah Mobley, was abducted when she was a newborn from a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida is photographed at a hotel in Columbia, South Carolina, January 18, 2017. She wanted her daughter to understand something: Im still hurting. Copyright 2023 News4JAX.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Over the past two years, Craig Aiken says hes watched his daughter grow from a teenager into an adult. I have to start doing things where I dont hurt no more.. As long as she can call her and go see [Williams], thats her momma, Mobley told USA Today in 2018, even saying that she wished Kamiyah had never been found. 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. Aiken says he wasnt aware that Williams filed this motion. That way she could finally start a relationship with her daughter. Im tired of being hurt.. Her name was Gloria Williams, and though she presented herself as a nurse, the truth was much more complicated. Meanwhile, back in Florida, Shanara Mobley screamed frantically for her missing baby. And though Kamiyah Mobley and her birth mother havent made any recent news, they appear to have slowly reconciled over the years. Obviously we were let down. The Shoneys manager asked Alexis to provide her Social Security card. JSO said her suspicions were sparked when she tried to apply for jobs, and she ran into I.D. Doctors wanted to induce labor on June 30, 1998, and told the teenager to go to the hospital. His mother taught government and economics, and his father, as a football coach, taught world history and US history when he was younger. This time would be different, she vowed. Mobley refused. Three days later, Alexiss biological parents, Shanara Mobley and Craig Aiken, would make the three-hour drive from Jacksonville to the Walterboro Police Department to meet their daughter. I shouldnt have to compete with a kidnappershe has to pick one of us, Shanara said. A woman wearing scrubs who had been lingering around the hospital since the night before came into Room 328 and told the teen mom she was a nurse and had been assigned to care for her and her baby. She blames me for everything. You couldnt see what you wanted to see. They showed up in Walterboro, conducted DNA tests, and confirmed the secret that Williams had tried to hide. For hours, the two women talked. A Maryland Dumping Site Was Actually A Black Cemetery. In February, Williams changed her not guilty plea to guilty, essentially forgoing a full trial. She has accumulated her wealth from her successful career as an actress. Did she always talk this way, or be this funny and laugh? It was one of the most promising leads in the case. Robert Lowery is Vice President for Missing Children at NCMEC. On July 10, 1998, 16-year-old Shanara Mobley gave birth to a healthy, eight-pound baby girl in Jacksonville, Florida. 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. Im your mother.. I dont understand that," said Aiken. Williams neighbors and friends were astounded by the news and never suspected anything unusual about her. So, shes not a threat to me Shes nothing to me.. Police chased down 2,000 leads during the first year alone. I never forget her birthday, he says. It was. Williams had miscarried a child a week before, which is thought to be Kamiyahs motivation for the kidnapping. At the time, she described her relationship with her brothers and sisters as peaceful and harmonious. Im your mother, Kamiyah. Still, Mobley said, she feels like the community still faults her, believing she played a part in order to get money from the hospital. The story got national coverage and was made into a Lifetime movie, Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story. The family told Action News Jax that they did not have a big part in helping with the film. We had to open every door on every room on every floor., Luggage had to be searched. For her part, Shanara described her elation at giving birth, and deep grief at having her baby stolen away from her. Schoenfeld confirms those reports. Velma Aiken, Kamiyahs paternal grandmother, would blame herself for the next 18 years, constantly regretting not acting on the strange feeling she got when she saw that the nurse carrying baby Kamiyah was also carrying a purse. Kamiyah was reunited with her mother and father, Shanara Mobley and Craig Aiken, just a day after being found. Unbeknownst to Mobley, shed been abducted in 1998 from a Florida hospital just hours after she was born. 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. Please, please, bring me my baby, Shanara Mobley pleaded on WJXT-TV4 shortly after Kamiyah was taken. Because [Kamiyah] came back, this has made a mockery of my life. By Adam Carlson. Williams stole Mobley from University Medical Center (now UF Health Jacksonville) in July 1998 while posing as a nurse. Kamiyahs estimated Net Worth is between $1 million $5 million. Did she always act this way? Copyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved. Shop sales in every category.Uh-oh, overstock: Wayfair put their surplus on sale for up to 50% off. I was ready to go then. Shanara Mobley told the Florida Times-Union, in an article published on her first-borns tenth birthday, that each year she would slice a piece of cake for Kamiyah, wrap it in foil, and put it in the freezer. 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