I'M
CHRIS PARENTEAU, THE LOCAL
STATIONING.
>> AS FAR AS THE COURT PROCESS.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO A LOCAL ATTORNEY
WHO FEELS THE CASE AGAINST
GLORIA WILLIAMS IS PRETTY OPEN
AND SHUT.
RANDY REED IS A LAWYER WHO SAYS
IF IT IS OBVIOUS WILLIAMS HAD
KAMIYAH, IT SHOULD BE A SIMPLE
CASE.
PARTICULARLY IF KAMIYAH CAN
CORROBORATE THAT.
HE EXPECTS THE TRIAL TO BE OVER
WITHIN SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
>> THERE IS NO STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF
THE CRIME.
SHE'LL BE CHARGED WITH A
FIRST-DEGREE LIFE FELONY IN
FLORIDA AND SHE'S BOG GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT A SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF PRISON TIME IF NOT
LIFE IN PRISON.
>>> BECAUSE LIKELY KAMIYAH WAS
NOT INJURED DURING THE
KIDNAPPING IT WILL BE DELETE S
EXPECTS IT WILL BE MANY, MANY
YEARS.
ALICIA.
>>> WE ARE TAKING A DEEP LOOK
INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND WHAT
HAPPENED AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT
THE VICTIM AND TWO FAMILIES
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF
THIS.
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST
Dr. STEVEN BLOOMFIELD SAYS THE
YOUNG VICTIM WILL NEED A LOT OF
HELP TO PROCESS THE LAST 18
YEARS OF HER LIFE A LIFE GROWING
UP UNDER THE NAME ALEXIS MANIGO
AND NOT HER ACTUAL BIRTH NAME
KAMIYAH MOBLEY.
>>> SHE'S GOING TO WONDER WHY IT
HAPPENED TO HER.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT SHE DID.
THAT IS NOT TRUE, SHE WAS AN
INFANT.
>>> BLOOMFIELD SAYS A HIGHLY
TRAINED PROFESSIONAL IS GOING TO
HAVE TO HELP HER SORT OUT HER
LIFE AND THAT TRAINED
PROFESSIONAL IS GOING THE HAVE A
REAL CHALLENGE BECAUSE THIS IS
SUCH A RARE CASE INVOLVING A
WOMAN HE HAD NO IDEA SHE HAD
BEEN ABDUCTED AS A BABY
>>> THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS
IN THIS CASE ABOUT METHODS
POLICE USED TO SOLVE THE CASE
THAT WENT COLD ALMOST TWO
DECADES AGO.
JOINING US NOW IS OUR CRIME AND
SAFETY ANALYST, GIL SMITH.
HE WAS ON THE JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN MOBLEY WAS
TAKEN BACK IN 1998.
CAN YOU REMEMBER THIS CASE WHAT
IT WAS LIKE FOR YOU AT ALL?
>>> I CAB REMEMBER IT PERFECTLY,
AS SOON AS I HEARD THE NAME IT
TOOK ME BAN T 1998.
POLICE WORK SO MANY CASES OVER
THE YEARS, BUT MOBLEY IS ONE
EVERYONE REMEMBERS BECAUSE IT IS
TOOK SHERIFF'S OFFICE BY
SURPRISE
>>> SO WHAT WENT INTO THIS
CRIM
WAS THE MOM, THE FAKE MOM, I
GUESS NOW WE CAN CALL HER, WAS
SHE SKILLED AT BEING ABLE TO
FORGE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND
PULL THIS OFF?
WHAT WOULD GO INTO THIS?
>>> SHE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE
CHILD.
IF SHE WENT BACK TO HER HOME,
MAYBE SHE WAS AWAY FROM HOME FOR
A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, SEVERAL
MONTHS AND COMES BACK WITH
KAMIYAH, OTHERWISE PEOPLE WOULD
SAY, YOU WEREN'T PREGNANT, HOW
DID YOU HAVE THIS CHILD.
IF SHE WAS AWAY FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME, THEN IT WAS
POSSIBLE.
FORGE DOCUMENTS, FORGE A BIRTH
CERTIFICATE AND THROUGHOUT THE
CHILD'S LIFE NO ONE THOUGHT TO
AUTOTHENT INDICATE THE DOCUMENT.
SHE DID HAVE TO ENROLL HER IN
SCHOOL AND GIVE HER MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
SHE HAD TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF
DOCUMENTATION THAT THIS WAS HER
CHILD.
>>> ARE YOU SAYING SHE HAD A
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, WE SAW IN
THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THAT,
PRIOR?
THAT GAVE HER SOME IDEA OF HOW
TO DO THIS?
>>> SHE WAS CHARGED WITH WELFARE
FRAUD AT ONE TIME, AND I BELIEVE
SOMEHOW I GUESS HE WAS FAMILIAR
HOW TO FORGE A DOCUMENT.
SHE MUST HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD
JOB WHERE SHE COULD FORGE THIS
BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND USE THAW
THROUGHOUT KAMIYAH'S LIFE TO
VALID DATE HER.
>>> AS SOON AS POLICE GET THE
DNA WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE IN
THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO
THEY'RE GETTING A TIP SOMEHOW
THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON.
>>> THAT WILL COME THROUGH THANK
YOU INVESTIGATION.
OVER THE YEARS THEY RECEIVED
THOUSANDS OF TIPS AND EVEN AS
RECENTLY LAST FEW YEARS THEY
HAVE STILL BEEN GETTING TIPS.
THIS TIP LED TO THIS PERSON.
BECAUSE THE BIRTHDATE WAS THE
SAME.
NOW ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS GET A
DNA SWAB OF HER AND COMPARE THAT
TO WHATEVER THEY MAY HAVE HAD IN
THE HOSPITAL IN 1998 OR COMPARED
TO THE DNA OF THE PARENTS TO
AUTOTHENT INDICATE SHE IS THE
CHILD OF THESE PEOPLE.
>>> THE JAILING, THE PROCESS OF
TRANSFERRING HER BETWEEN
FAMILIES THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE
OF THE MOST COMPLEX FAMILIAL
THINGS WE'LL EVER SEE.
SHE'S 18 NOW LAW ENFORCEMENT
CAN'T COMPEL HER TO GO TO THE
ONE FAMILY OR ANOTHER.
>> THIS IS GOING THE BE VERY
DIFFICULT.
EVEN FOR THAT.
WHAT IS HER NAME?
WHAT DOES SHE CALL HERSELF,
ALEXIS?
KAMIYAH?
THE FAMILY IS EXCITED TO SEE
HER, BUT TO KAMIYAH, THESE ARE
STRANGERS, DO I CALL THIS PERSON
MOM, DO I NOT?
THIS WILL TAKE A LOT OF
COUNSELING FOR HER IS AND FOR
THE REST OF HER LIFE TO REALLY
DEAL WITH THIS.
SOMEONE YOU THOUGHT WAS YOUR
MOTHER, FIND OUT THIS WASN'T
YOUR MOTHER, THESE ARE YOUR
PARENTS HERE.
NOT JUST A QUIT ADJUSTMENT, SIT
DOWN HAVE DINNER AND TALK.
>> NOW THAT SHE'S 18, SHE'S NOT
A MINOR ANYMORE.
IT WILL BE UP TO HER.
SHE WILL HAVE THE RIGHT --
>> IT IS NOT A CUSTODY ISSUE
ANYMORE.
BECAUSE SHE IS 18.
IT IS A MATTER NOW OF HER
ADJUSTING TO THIS FOR THE REST
OF HER LIFE.
HOW IS SHE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH
HER LIFE?
IS SHE GOING TO COME BACK TO
JACKSONVILLE?
IS SHE GOING TO STY THERE?
I'M SURE IT WILL REQUIRE A LOT
OF ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE SHE
THOUGHT WAS HER TEAM IN SOUTH
CAROLINA TO HELP HER THROUGH
THIS PROCESS.
THEY HAVE TO BE SUPPORTIVE WITH
HER AND NOT BE COMBATIVE WITH
HER NATURAL PARENTS T T HELP HER
ADJUST THROUGH THIS.
>> HER CASE HAS CHANGED
HOSPITALS AND HOW THEY DO
POLICIES FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS
HAS THAT BEEN A POSITIVE THING,
A CHANGE FOR HOSPITALS.
>> IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN 18 MONTHS
PRIOR TO THIS AND THE SECURITY
MEASURES WEREN'T IN PLACE THAT
THERE ARE NOW, AS FAR AS HAVING
I. D. BADGES AND STICKERS AND
BRACELETS ON THE CHILD AND
ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON THE DOORS
SO THAT NO ONE CAN LEAVE.
THAT IS GREAT.
IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED YOU KNOW
AFTERWARDS IF THEY HAD NOT DONE
THAT.
THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT IN
SOCIETY, WE PROGRESS AND MAKE
BETTER CHANGES AS.
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH WE'LL BE
FOLLOWING IT WITH YOU IN COMING
WEEKS THIS CASE IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE.
2500 BEFORE FINDING THE ONE THAT
FINALLY LED THEM TO MOBLEY.
>>> KAMIYAH'S FAMILY IN
JACKSONVILLE WAS JUST OVERJOYED
WHEN THEY GOT THE CALL FROM
SHERIFF WILLIAMS TELLING THEM
THE BABY TAKEN FROM THEM NEARLY
TWO DECADES AGO HAD BEEN FOUND
ALIVE AND WELL.
>>> THIS MORNING THEY TELL US
THEY ARE HEADING TO SOUTH
CAROLINA TO SEE HER.
THEY SAY SEEING HER FACE WAS
AMAZING AND THAT SHE SEEMED
HAPPY, HEALTHY AND EXCITED TO
MEET EVERYONE.
THE FAMILY SAYS RIGHT NOW THEIR
MAIN FOCUS IS KAMIYAH.
HER BIOLOGICAL FATHER SAYS THEY
DID TALK WITH HER ON FACE
TOOTIME.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ASK ABOUT
THE LAST 18 YEARS JUST YET.
>>> I SAW HER THE DAY SHE WAS
TAKEN AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HER
SINCE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SCARE HER
AWAY.
SO I'M GOING SLOW MOTION,
BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP HER NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO RUN HER.
>> THE FAMILY SAYS THEY WERE
VERY RANGRY WHEN THIS FIZZER
HAPPEN.
THAT IS GONE NOW, THEY DON'T
HAVE TIME TOW BE ANGRY ANYMORE,
THEY WANT TO LET AUTHORITIES
TAKE CARE OF GLORIA WILLIAMS SO
THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF KAMIYAH.
>>> OUR COVERAGE OF THIS
INCREDIBLE STORY DOES NOT END
HERE.
YOU CAN GO TO NEWS4JAX.COM WHERE
YOU FIND UNCUT VIDEO ANNOUNCING
THE BREAK IN THE CASE.
ALSO YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT OUR
ARCHIVES SHOWING THE FRANTIC
MOMENTS IN 1998 WHEN MOBLEY WAS
TAKEN.
>> AND STILL AHEAD ON THE
MORNING SHOW, WE'RE DIGGING MUCH
DEEPER INTO GLORIA WILLIAMS
PAST.
WHAT OUR I-TEAM HAS FOUND OUT