Grigori Rasputin
Former Somali Minister of Mismanagement & Misinfo.
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Now psychologists have to figure out how to introduce her to her and that's if she wants to be introduced at all
You guys heard abt this crazy news? Girl stolen as an infant found but she's attached 2 her thief
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Grigori Rasputin
Former Somali Minister of Mismanagement & Misinfo.
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Wariyaha SomaliSpot
Mohamud
ʜᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ
Source. Forgive the brits sxb.
Grigori Rasputin
Former Somali Minister of Mismanagement & Misinfo.
Staff Member
Wariyaha SomaliSpot
Media captionWatch: How the story unfolded
The grandmother of a girl stolen more than 18 years ago as a newborn baby has described her "tears of joy" at discovering that she is alive and well.
Velma Aiken told the BBC it was a good feeling to know that Kamiyah Ma Shaqeste was "all right and looking good".
Ms Ma Shaqeste was abducted in July 1998 from a hospital in Jacksonville, in the US state of Florida.
DNA tests confirmed her identity. The woman she thought was her mother was charged with kidnapping.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Ms Ma Shaqeste appeared in good health, a "normal 18-year-old woman".
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The office said it had acted on 2,500 tips since the abduction and received one last year to @MissingKids that eventually broke the case.
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Image captionKamiyah Ma Shaqeste (L), pictured with the woman she thought was her mother
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Image captionMs Aiken (R) said she would take her time to get to know her granddaughter
It showed the original composite images released at the time of the kidnapping, along with a photograph of Gloria Williams, 51, who was arrested on Friday morning at her home in Walterboro, South Carolina, 200 miles (300km) from Jacksonville.
Kamiyah Ma Shaqeste told authorities that she still loves her "adopted mother" .
"All I know are tears of joy and happiness and a good feeling, knowing that she's all right and looking good," Ms Aiken said.
The grandmother added that she always felt that her granddaughter was alive and that whoever she was with was taking care of her.
"We just kept praying, hoping and believing," she said.
Media captionGirl stolen as a baby thought something was wrong - police
The baby was only eight hours old when she was taken by a woman posing as a health care worker at the University Medical Center, now known as UF Health Jacksonville.
The woman told Kamiyah's mother, Shanara, that her baby had a fever and needed to be checked. She took the baby out of the room and disappeared.
The case brought significant media attention as Shanara tried to locate her child.
The grandmother of a girl stolen more than 18 years ago as a newborn baby has described her "tears of joy" at discovering that she is alive and well.
Velma Aiken told the BBC it was a good feeling to know that Kamiyah Ma Shaqeste was "all right and looking good".
Ms Ma Shaqeste was abducted in July 1998 from a hospital in Jacksonville, in the US state of Florida.
DNA tests confirmed her identity. The woman she thought was her mother was charged with kidnapping.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Ms Ma Shaqeste appeared in good health, a "normal 18-year-old woman".
ADVERTISEMENT
The office said it had acted on 2,500 tips since the abduction and received one last year to @MissingKids that eventually broke the case.
Image captionKamiyah Ma Shaqeste (L), pictured with the woman she thought was her mother
Image captionMs Aiken (R) said she would take her time to get to know her granddaughter
It showed the original composite images released at the time of the kidnapping, along with a photograph of Gloria Williams, 51, who was arrested on Friday morning at her home in Walterboro, South Carolina, 200 miles (300km) from Jacksonville.
Kamiyah Ma Shaqeste told authorities that she still loves her "adopted mother" .
"All I know are tears of joy and happiness and a good feeling, knowing that she's all right and looking good," Ms Aiken said.
The grandmother added that she always felt that her granddaughter was alive and that whoever she was with was taking care of her.
"We just kept praying, hoping and believing," she said.
Media captionGirl stolen as a baby thought something was wrong - police
The baby was only eight hours old when she was taken by a woman posing as a health care worker at the University Medical Center, now known as UF Health Jacksonville.
The woman told Kamiyah's mother, Shanara, that her baby had a fever and needed to be checked. She took the baby out of the room and disappeared.
The case brought significant media attention as Shanara tried to locate her child.
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