VIDEO Teen stolen as newborn wants mercy for her abductor

ByDarren O

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The teenage girl who was abducted as a newborn from a Florida hospital has spoken out in her first interview since news of her being located made global headlines.

18-year-old Alexis Manigo, born Kamiya Mobley, came to the defense of Gloria Williams, the woman who posed as a health care worker and took her from a Jacksonville, Florida hospital in the summer of 1998.

Alexis told ABC news:

“She loved me for 18 years. She raised me for 18 years… I will always love her… From that one mistake, I was given the best life. I was. I had everything I ever needed, wanted. I had love especially. I understand what she did was wrong but just don’t lock her up and throw away the key like everything she did was just awful.”

Officials said at a news conference on Friday that she was found living in South Carolina living under the identity of Alexis. Williams was arrested and the prosecutors have charged her with first-degree kidnapping and third-degree interference with custody.

Alexis went on to say that all the attention she’s received is overwhelming. She also explained why she decided to meet her biological parents for the first time. “I feel like I do owe them that, to give them a chance, you know? Get to know them. I’m not saying they weren’t going to be good parents. I’m not saying that at all. But it would have been a different life. When you find out you’ve got another family out there, it’s just more love,” she said.

Now Alexis finds herself in the difficult position of defending the woman she’s always known as mom. She wouldn’t comment too much on the details of her story out of fear that the information would be used against Williams.

“I will always love her,” Alexis said of Williams.


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