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Zephany Nurse | |
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| Born | Zephany Nurse 28 April 1997 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Disappeared | 30 April 1997 Groote Schuur Hospital |
| Status | Found (February 2015) |
| Other names | Miché Solomon |
| Parent(s) | Morne Nurse (father) Celeste Nurse (mother) |
Zephany Nurse[1] (born 28 April 1997) is a South African woman who was abducted from Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa on 30 April 1997, when she was two days old. Nurse was reunited with her biological parents, Morne and Celeste Nurse, 17 years later after DNA tests confirmed her identity.[2][3]
After the ban on publication of her legal name was lifted, Zephany announced that her book entitled Zephany: Two mothers, one daughter, an astonishing true story[4] would be published. Miché Solomon,[1] as she is now called after the high court ruling on 13 August 2019,[5] dedicated the book to both mothers in an article by Times Live.[6] Her kidnapper was identified as Lavona Solomon.
Miché Solomon chose to keep that name that she had been raised with. After turning 18, as her biological parents were then divorced, she chose to move back in with the father she had grown up with, who had been absolved of any involvement in her kidnapping. She said she has forgiven Lavona and regularly visits her in prison. Miché, who now has two children of her own, was still living in the family home, waiting for the woman she still refers to as "my mother" to return.[7] Lavona Solomon was released from prison on parole on 18 August 2023.
- ^ a b "IN PICTURES | SA finally gets to see the young woman known as Zephany Nurse". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Lynsey Chutel (27 February 2015). "South Africa: Parents Find Daughter 17 Years After Kidnap". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ Aislinn Laing (27 February 2015). "Baby stolen from sleeping mother's arms in hospital reunited after 17 years". Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ "The story of Zephany Nurse, who grew up believing she was Miché Solomon". TimesLIVE. NB Publishers. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "'It gets confusing': Zephany dedicates new book to her two mothers". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "The selfie that revealed I was a stolen baby". BBC News. 27 October 2019.