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Teen abducted at birth returns to Jacksonville for homecoming celebration

Kamiyah Mobley, now known as Alexis Manigo, is back in Jacksonville for a homecoming celebration.

Family and friends say hundreds are celebrating Mobley's return to Jacksonville after 18 years.

Mobley was raised in South Carolina and has been going by the name Alexis Manigo. She was abducted from a Jacksonville hospital in 1998.

Investigators said Gloria Williams, 51, posed as a nurse and abducted Mobley from what is now UF Health Jacksonville. Mobley was just hours old.

Investigators tracked Mobley and Williams to Walterboro, South Carolina, after several tips came in to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Williams was arrested and extradited to Jacksonville.

She faces kidnapping and interference with custody charges.

Mobley's birth parents, who still live in Jacksonville, drove to South Carolina to see her Jan. 14, days after she was found living in South Carolina.

Mobley's family said Saturday night is all about celebrating her.

Meanwhile, Williams remains in the Duval County jail without bond.

More than 18 years after she was abducted, Kamiyah Mobley is back in Jacksonville for a homecoming celebration:

Posted by Action News Jax on Saturday, January 21, 2017

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