woman's name tonight, but the name she was born with is kamiyah mobley, and she's learning this evening that she was the missing baby on billboards and in police reports in 1998. last seen in baby diapers, wrapped in a pink and blue blanket and only eight hours old. >> i just want to know where my baby is at, i just want my baby back. >> reporter: the case made headlines. she was snatched from a florida hospital, taken from the arms of her mother by a mysterious woman who pretended to be a nurse to her family. florida investigators finally found her after a tip over the holidays sent them to walterboro, south carolina. >> a further investigation found that fraudulent documents had been used to establish the young woman's identity. >> reporter: late this evening, 51-year-old gloria williams had her first court appearance, and will soon be headed back to florida to face charges. police say she had pretended all these years that she was the young woman's mother. it was still an emotional good-bye. tonight, her real mother and father are on their way to south carolina. >> been 18 ye

grateful. >> first meeting was beautiful. it was wonderful. >> reporter: their daughter, kamiyah mobley was just eight hours old when a woman posing as a nurse snuck her out of a hospital. >> i want to know where my baby is at. i want my baby back. >> reporter: police launched an all-out search for the infant. it even featured on "america's most wanted". a tip led authorities to gloria williams. she was charged in the kidnapping after dna testing proved kamiyah's identity. >> this is not a hearing of guilt of innocence. >> reporter: in williams' court appearance, kamiyah shows support for williams using the name she gave her. >> i'm alexis. >> reporter: the 18-year-old breaks down, consoled by loved ones. and then walks over to the only mother she has ever known and says, i love you. >> i love you. >> reporter: those closest to alexis say she is strong, but needs some time. >> she is processing everything. and she is going to probably have to take this day by day. >> reporter: tonight williams is behind bars. here in south carolina, authorities plan on extraditing her back to florida, but t

want my baby back. >> reporter: named kamiyah mobley by her birth parents, police launched an all-out search for the infant last seen in baby diapers wrapped in a pink and blue blanket. only eight hours old when police say she was snatched from the hospital. the baby taken from the arms of her mother by a mysterious woman who told the family she was a nurse, all while telling nurses and staff she was part of the family. >> i can't believe what i was hearing, what i seen. >> i feel so strongly that miya is alive out there. miya is alive and somebody is raising her like their own. >> reporter: a grandmother's hunch confirmed. police say 51-year-old gloria williams changed kamiyah's name and raised her as her own. during williams' first court appearance on friday, the teen identifying herself by the name williams allegedly gave her. >> i'm her daughter alexis. >> reporter: openly sobbing seeing the woman now accused of snatching her from her biological mother now behind bars. >> okay. >> i love you. >> and alexis has facetimed with her biological parents. they are hoping to see her later

named kamiyah mobley by her parents. she was the subject of an international manhunt. earlier this month dna testing founding she was not williams' boy logical daughter. williams was arrested and charged with kidnapping her. she made her court appearance and the judge offered no bail on the kidnapping charge. >> i understand what she did was wrong, but just don't lock her up and throw away the key. she loved me for 18 years. she cared for me for 18 years. >> reporter: after years of hoping, her biological parents met her for the very first time last week. >> i always thought i'd find her. >> to find out i have another family, that's even more love. >> reporter: alexa says she doesn't know when she will see williams again, but she hopes it will be soon. for now williams remains in jail, due back in court in three weeks. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> an app that could help you and your kids stay healthy. the crowd sourcing technology that makes it work. >>> plus check this out, a bus rapidly filling up with water. the deepening flood concerns happening right now. >>> and i'm