SPEECHES MANY OF US REMEMBER
THE DETAILS OF THE ALL OUT
NEARLY FRANTIC SEARCH FOR THE
MISSING NEWBORN AMAYA MOBLEY
INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS THAT TRY TO SOLVE IT.
THIS AFTERNOON SHE SPOKWITH
INVESTIGATOR THAT WAS ON THE
CASE.
>> IS A YOUNG REPORT IN MY 20S
I WAS DYING TO KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON INSIDE HOSPITAL.AS I
COVERED THE STORY OUTSIDE THING
HELP HELICOPTERS SEARCHING IN
THE AIR MUST POLICE EVERYWHERE.
IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
ACCUSED KIDNAPPER GLORIA
WILLIAMS WAS BEING WALKED INTO
JAIL THE ORIGINAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ON THE CASE
WAS IN OUR NEWSROOM WITHOUT
WATCHING.
STILL IN DISBELIEF.I AM
TALKING ABOUT THRETIRED
SERGEANT, HE WAS THE SUPERVISOR
FOR THE TEAM OF HOMICIDE
DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THE
CASE.
HE SAYS WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE
HOSPITAL IT WAS CHAOTIC.
>> YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE ON
9/11.
I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE WAS
STANDING WHEN THAT FIRST PLANE
HIT THE TOWER.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN
A PERSON'S CAREER, AND SURE
NONE OF US WAS A SUPERVISOR OF
FORGETS THE DATE AND TIME OF
WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
>> WHEN THE SECOND HE STEPPED
FOOT INTO THE UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL CENTERRETIRED SURGEON
SAYS JUST TO SEARCH THE
HOSPITAL GROUND FOR HER TO 6 TO
8 HOURS.
ROOM BY ROOM, FLOOR TO FLOOR,
BUILDING TO BUILDING.
INCLUDING THE PARKING GARAGE IN
LOT.
>> IT WAS VERY VERY INTENSE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF STRESS.
A LOT OF PRESSURE.
A LOT OF IT WAS SELF-IMPOSED.
WE HAD TO FIND THAT BABY.
>> HUNDREDS OF LEADS A DAY.
TOOK LOCAL DETECTIVES
NATIONWIDE.
HE REMEMBERS ONE LEAVING
CONNECTICUT THAT HAD OFFICES
THEY ARE DETAINING A SUSPICIOUS
PERSON WITH THE BABY.
>> THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US, THAT
IS A DNA SAMPLE, THEY HANDED IT
TO AN AIRLINE PILOT AND HANDED
TO US WHEN HE LANDED IN
JACKSONVILLE.
ANDREW TOOK THAT DNA SAMPLE TO
THE CRIME LAB AND IN LESS THAN
48 HOURS WE DETERMINED IT WAS
NOTHE CHILD.
OF COURSE THERE WAS A LETDOWN.
>> AND WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HITS YOU AND YOU REALIZE YOU
ARE NOW BACK TO SQUARE ONE
YOU JUST KEEP GOING.
YOU DON'T SLOW DOWN.
BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL LEADS
COMING IN.
>> LAST FRIDAY MORNING HE SAYS
HE WAS WORKING IN HIS YARD WHEN
HIS FORMER LIEUTENANT PAULSON.
>> THEY SAID THAT THEY FOUND
KAMIYAH MOBLEY.
AND I SAID HONESTLY.
AND HE SAID NO THEY FOUND HER.
>> AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS
PROBABLY HEARD ME YELL WHAT WE
I WAS STUNNED.
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS CHILD HAS
BEEN FOUND AND SHE HAS BEEN
FOUND ALIVE.
18 YEARS LATER.
BUT STILL ALIVE.
>> LATER TONIGHT YOU CAN HEAR
THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW ONLINE ON
www.NEWS4JAX.com.
BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE
DETECTIVES THAT WORKED ON THIS
HOMICIDE TEAM BACK IN 1998 WAS
DETECTIVE GLENN 18 YEARS
LATER THE DETECTIVE WORKS IN
JSO'S COLD CASE UNIT.
IT WAS ONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO
BROUGHT THE ACCUSED KIDNAPPER
GLORIA WILLIAMS BACK TO
JACKSONVILLE.
>>> AT 11 O'CLOCK ANOTHER
PERSPECTIVE OF THE SEARCH FROM
NEWBORN.
>> INCREDIBLE.
AND BECAUSE YOU WERE GONE LAST
FRIDAY WERE OUT OF TOWN, THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD TO
TALK ABOUT THIS REACTION OF
WHEN SHE WAS FOUND.
>> WHAT WERE YOU DOING AND HOW
DID YOU REACT?
>> WELL, EXCUSE MY VOICE.
IT MAKES ME NERVOUS TO TALK
ABOUT.
I WAS GONE.
MY FATHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER
FOR 30 YEARS.
HE PASSED AWAY SO FRIDAY WAS
HIS BURIAL IN HIS FUNERAL.
AND IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY YOU
KNOW, FUNERALS CAN LAST ALL
DAY.
SO WERE THERE FROM EIGHT UNTIL
FOUR.
CANNOT REMEMBER AT WHAT POINT
DURING THE DAY FOR MY HUSBAND
WAS A JACKSONVILLE POLICE
OFFICER AT THE TIME OF THIS
KIDNAPPING, GOT A TEXT AND READ
IT AND HE SAID JOY, YOU NOT
GOING TO BELIEVE THIS.
AND HE TOLD ME.
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE A FLOOD OF
EMOTION.
YOU KNOW?
ALL OF THE EMOTION OF THE DAY
AND THEN THIS.
SO FOR ME IT WAS LIKE A
MIRACLE.
>> SEE YOARE INVESTED IN IS
BECAUSE SINCE THEN YOU HAVE THE
CHILDREN OF YOUR OWN NOW THAT
YOU DID NOT HAVE ANY COVERED
THE STORY.
>> IT IS INTERESTING TO EXPLAIN
TO THEM WHAT HAPPENED.
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE MOVIE
TANGLED NIQOS A STORY OF
RAPUNZEL AND A STORY OF A WOMAN
WHO TAKES THE BABY AND AS THE
BABY TURNS 18, SHE LEARNS THAT
SHE IS IN FACT THE KING AND
QUEEN'S DAUGHTER.