Aho ruled that Williams filed the motion too late, and maintained that even if it was on time, she “did not find a basis to undo the original sentencing judges’ decision.”

Williams took Mobley away from her mother five hours after she was born. Williams previously told the court that at the time of the incident she “had just suffered a devastating miscarriage and was exhibiting symptoms conducive to postpartum depression, as well as experiencing extreme mental and emotional disturbance. At the time she took the child, she was not in her right state of mind.”

She named the child Alexis Manigo and moved to South Carolina, where she raised Mobley until she was found in 2017.

Mobley, was 18 at the time, allegedly learned about her abduction a year and a half before Williams’ arrest. However, didn’t go to the authorities and tried to delay it. Since then Mobley has stayed in contact with her kidnapper and still considers Williams her “mom.” Mobley told Aho she had a “well-rounded life” with Williams.

“I would like to make it very clear that she is my mother,” Mobley wrote in the letter to the judge. “She raised me, and not only provided for my needs, but she loved me unconditionally.”

“I understand none of this modifies the truth of the past, nor does it justify my mom’s actions in any way,” she added. “However, at the end of the day, I love my mother and I wholeheartedly support her! I ask the court’s grace and mercy, as I need my mother home.”

Williams asked Aho to allow her to serve nine years in prison and the other nine on probation. Williams said she has kept her distance from Mobley out of respect for her biological family.