Kidnapped as a Baby by a Fake Nurse, Kamiyah Mobley Finds Both Her 'Parents' Are Now in Prison
A South Carolina woman who was kidnapped from a hospital as a newborn by a fake nurse and raised by the woman for 18 years has revealed that the man she thought was her father has also now been incarcerated. Kamiyah Mobley, 27, of Walterboro, gained notoriety in 2017 when she discovered the woman she had called mom for 18 years, Gloria Williams, had actually abducted her from a Florida hospital on July 10, 1998. Williams raised Mobley under a different name but her daughter became suspicious when the mother refused to hand over her birth certificate and social security number when she wanted to apply for a job. Williams then broke down and confessed to the abduction. Unbelievable: Charles Jamie Manigo, the man who raised Kamiyah Mobley (pictured together) has been imprisoned for 10 years.
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Arrests, Confession, and Gloria Williams 18‑Year Prison Sentence
According to court documents, investigators arrested Williams in January 2017 based on two tip offs: a friend who said Williams confessed to them, and an individual who claimed to have heard it from Mobley. In June 2018 Williams was sentenced to 18 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and interference with custody.
The Manigo Case: Armed Robbery and a 10‑Year Sentence for the Man Who Raised Her
Mobley has now been served another blow as the man who raised her believing he was her biological father, Charles Jamie Manigo, 53, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in prison. Manigo found himself in trouble after he loaned a former coworker $40 in 2018. After months of no repayment, he took matters into his own hands and robbed him at gunpoint. 'So both of my South Carolina parents are doing prison time. Boy, what a life?' Mobley wrote on Facebook Monday. 'And they will both get out at the same time.' He then chased after his coworker for several miles until the other driver pulled over. Manigo brandished the gun at him and demanded the money before shooting a bullet into the air and taking off with $200 of the victim's cash. Part of the crime was caught on video by the victim's nephew, who was in the car at the time of the crime. Manigo was sentenced to a decade in prison for armed robbery and possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime. 'This was a dangerous and brazen crime that put multiple people at risk,' solicitor JB Bryant said in a statement. 'The defendant chose to escalate a minor dispute into an armed robbery, and the 10-year sentence reflects the seriousness of that conduct and the threat it posed to the community.'
Mobley’s Pain: A Daughter Torn Between Two Families
During Williams sentencing, Manigo had cried on the witness stand and told the press she had lied to him about Mobley's origins. Manigo told ABC News the couple had named the girl Alexis Kelly Manigo after Williams led him to believe she had given birth to her while he was away. He claimed that they even shared custody of her when they split in 2003. Despite Manigo's claim that he had been there for Mobley, she previously complained that he was an absent father in a Facebook rant about prom. Mobley said her experience was quite the opposite to how he saw it. 'He didn't even help with nothing [sic] that was done for that prom,' she wrote. 'He was the reason I didn't go to my senior prom, he was not there when I moved to Georgia, never saw him. 'I can count on my fingers how many times I've spent the night at your house.' Williams is thought to have suffered a miscarriage about a week before she drove the three hours from South Carolina to Florida and abducted Mobley in 1998. Confusing: Williams took Mobley from her biological mother Shanara Mobley (pictured with her daughter) while posing as a nurse at the University Medical Center in Jacksonville Shanara issued an ultimatum to Mobley during an interview with the Daily Mail in June 2018, saying she had to choose which mother she wanted in her life. 'I shouldn't have to compete with a kidnapper - she has to pick one of us,' Shanara said. 'Nobody acknowledges my pain. I feel like I'm being robbed all over again every time she [Williams] reaches out to my daughter,' she added. 'The Daily Mail has contacted Mobley for comment.'
