Florida teen snatched from hospital as baby found in South Carolina defends kidnapper Gloria Williams

Authorities say teen Kamiyah Mobley was found alive and well in Walterbro, South Carolina, almost two decades after she was taken from a Florida hospital.

It's alleged Gloria Williams allegedly posed as a nurse and kidnapped her at just eight-hours-old.

Cops arrested the 51-year-old and charged her with kidnapping and interference with custody.

Now 18, Mobley has been living under the name Alexis Manigo for her entire life, believing Williams to be her pateal mom.

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But after shock DNA tests revealed the truth, the teen’s world has been tued upside down.

Following the arrest of Williams, Mobley leapt to the defence of her kidnapper on social media.

In a defiant post she wrote: "My mother raised me with everything I needed and most of all everything I wanted.

"The ignorant ones won't understand it.

"My mother is no felon."

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In court the pair shared an emotional goodbye when Williams was taken into custody, with Mobley sobbing “momma” as she was led away.

Williams later blew a kiss to Mobley, who shouted: “I love you mom.”

Mobley’s disappearance hit the headlines in July 1998 when she was taken from her mother’s arms at the University Medical Center in Jacksonville.

A week earlier Williams is said to have suffered a miscarriage.

If convicted, Williams could face life in prison.

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