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Newborn abducted from hospital found alive 18 years later

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ElectricBlanketFire

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Holy shit.

CNN said:
Kamiyah Mobley, who was abducted as a newborn from a Florida hospital in July 1998, has been found alive in South Carolina, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said Friday.

DNA tests confirmed an 18-year-old woman was the baby taken by a woman posing as a health care worker, Williams said.

Mobley was found this week in Walterboro, South Carolina, where authorities arrested Gloria Williams, 51, in connection with the abduction.

For 18 years, Mobley believed that Williams was her mother, the sheriff said. She now goes by another name than her given one.
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I couldn't even fathom how I would react to this.
 
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Patryn

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StayDead said:
The scary thing is it could happen to anyone.
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From what I understand, there are a ton more security measures in maternity wards now due to stuff like this.

However, I feel a bit for the girl. The person she knew as her mother is going away. Meanwhile there are these strangers who you have no emotional attachment to.
 
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gaugebozo

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Patryn said:
From what I understand, there are a ton more security measures in maternity wards now due to stuff like this.

However, I feel a bit for the girl. The person she knew as her mother is going away. Meanwhile there are these strangers who you have no emotional attachment to.
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Babies are now tagged at birth, and of they get close to doors or an elevator, an alarm sounds
 
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Laiza

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I would like to remind folks that, as tempting as it may be to want to give her LIFE IMPRISONMENT for what is, frankly, a pretty heinous crime, that won't give the girl the 18 years of her life back, it won't remove whatever emotional attachment the two have after living together for so long, and it certainly won't prevent this particular type of crime from being repeated elsewhere (thankfully, we already have measures to prevent this in modern times). Ultimately, your desire for punishment is little more than empty vindictiveness based on an emotional knee-jerk reaction, and it doesn't help anything get better for any party involved.

Retribution culture in the US really does scare me a lot of the time. If only you guys would put all that energy into thinking of ways to measurably improve our country instead of seeking vengeance with mindless fervor...
 
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kirblar

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Laiza said:
I would like to remind folks that, as tempting as it may be to want to give her LIFE IMPRISONMENT for what is, frankly, a pretty heinous crime, that won't give the girl the 18 years of her life back, it won't remove whatever emotional attachment the two have after living together for so long, and it certainly won't prevent this particular type of crime from being repeated elsewhere (thankfully, we already have measures to prevent this in modern times). Ultimately, your desire for punishment is little more than empty vindictiveness based on an emotional knee-jerk reaction, and it doesn't help anything get better for any party involved.

Retribution culture in the US really does scare me a lot of the time. If only you guys would put all that energy into thinking of ways to measurably improve your country instead of seeking vengeance with mindless fervor...
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If you are willing to do something like this, chances are society is better off without you present.

Rehabilitation is great, but this isn't some minor economic-circumstance induced crime. This is violating a girl and her family in one of the most vile ways possible.
 
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mnannola

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How in the hell does this kid begin to live a normal life after this? Your parents ? A lie. Your grandparents? Not yours. Your traditions, customs, way of life? Big fat lie.

How do you decide what to keep as part of your upbringing, and what to discard because you were raised by so many lies?

I really feel for this person and hope they can find a way to come to terms with it.
 
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Chmpocalypse

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Killer Queen said:
Man, I'm incredibly sorry to hear that :(
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Thank you. But I'm very good and happy now, with a wonderful group of friends who are my family, and an awesome son who just turned 18 and makes me so proud every day. It can and did get better, despite how dark life was for a long time.

So be excellent to each other. It's worth it! : )
 
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xDUMPWEEDx

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Laiza said:
I would like to remind folks that, as tempting as it may be to want to give her LIFE IMPRISONMENT for what is, frankly, a pretty heinous crime, that won't give the girl the 18 years of her life back, it won't remove whatever emotional attachment the two have after living together for so long, and it certainly won't prevent this particular type of crime from being repeated elsewhere (thankfully, we already have measures to prevent this in modern times). Ultimately, your desire for punishment is little more than empty vindictiveness based on an emotional knee-jerk reaction, and it doesn't help anything get better for any party involved.

Retribution culture in the US really does scare me a lot of the time. If only you guys would put all that energy into thinking of ways to measurably improve our country instead of seeking vengeance with mindless fervor...
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All of the standard kidnapping charges, etc. should apply. She won't get "life without parole", but she is pretty old so a non-life sentence could end up being lifetime for her.

I think an 18 year sentence would be fair, personally.
 
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Felix Lighter

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What if kidnapper was a wonderful beloved mother as well? How do you process those feelings and the inevitable incarceration? It beyond me how this would impact a person. This is horrific.
 
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CrazyIvan1978

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Her life was not a lie. It was different because of the abduction, but what she experienced up to now was real and true and shouldn't be dismissed.
 
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Vladimir Putin

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Felix Lighter said:
What if kidnapper was a wonderful beloved mother as well? How do you process those feelings and the inevitable incarceration? It beyond me how this would impact a person. This is horrific.
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This is what I was thinking. What happens if she was a great mother and the person that was kidnapped doesn't want her incarcerated? Obviously it wouldn't excuse the crime, morally and legally, but that is such a crazy situation
 
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