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In April 1997, a woman dressed in a nurse's uniform walked Out of a Cape Town hospital wearing a three-day-old baby from the maternity ward as The Baby 's mother were, and slept. It was only by chance, 17 years later, the Stolen Child , she discovered her true identity.

It was The First day of the term at Zwaanswyk High School in Cape Town and the beginning of Miché Solomon 's last Year .

And The Day in January 2015, a 17-Year -old, the Miché was bullied by other students, the enthusiastically tell You something about the New Girl , Cassidy nurse, three years younger, but they looked almost identical to her.

First of all, Miché didn't think much of him.

But When the two girls later met in the hallway, Miché, says she felt an immediate connection she couldn't explain.

"I almost felt like I knew them," she says. "It was so Scary - I couldn't understand why I was feeling like this. "

began, in Spite of the age Difference , Miché and Cassidy , together spend a lot of time.

"I would say, 'Hey, baby girl!' And they would say, 'Hey, big Sis !'" Miché reminds. "Sometimes I would go into The Bathroom with her and say," Let me brush your hair, let me fix it with a little lip gloss. '"

Miché Solomon today, If someone asked, Miché and Cassidy , if You were sisters, they joke would be, "We know it Maybe in Another Life !"

Then, One Day , the two girls took a selfie and showed it to their friends. Some have asked, Miché, When she was sure she had not accepted. "No! Don't be crazy!", It Consisted Of.

Then went Miché and Cassidy Home and showed their family, the image also. Lavona, Miché, The Mother called her Daughter "Princess" and would have commented on her in The Mall and to The Movies , how similar the two girls looked.

Michael , Miché Father , said That he recognized his Daughter 's new friend - Cassidy 's Father had a business of an electric, where he purchased sometimes.

But Cassidy 's parents, Celeste and Morne nurse, staring intensely at the picture. She told Cassidy she had A Question for Miché, and as the two girls continue, with met Cassidy came: "Were You born on the 30. April 1997?"

"I said, 'Why? You are stalking me on Facebook?'" Miché says.

Cassidy insured, Miché, That You are not stalking, You just wanted to know When Miché was born. So Miché replied That Yes, she was born on the 30. April 1997.

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weeks later, Miché was unexpectedly the math lesson called her to The Headmaster 's office, where the two waited for The Social worker. She told Miché a story about a three-day-old baby girl named Zephany Nurse , who came, kidnapped from Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town 17 years before and had never been Found .

Miché heard the story unfold, the feeling of unsure why You said this. Then The Social worker said That there is evidence to suggest That Miché, The Child That had been taken could be, all those years ago.

place to ask, Miché stated That they are not born at the Groote-Schuur-Hospital - she was born at retreat hospital, about 20 Minutes Away by car. That 's what on Her Birth certificate, She Said . But The Social worker replied That it was born in no record of her being there.

Lavona Solomon , pictured at Home with the Newborn Miché Still the feeling That everything agreed to is a terrible mistake, Miché, a DNA test.

"I had so much faith in The Mother That raised me - she would never lie to me, especially about who says I Am and where I come from," Miché. "So my mind made That the DNA test was negative. "

But things did not go as You hoped. The Test results came back the next day and proved to be indisputable That Miché Solomon and Zephany, The Baby snatched from Groote Schuur Hospital in 1997, one and the same person were working as a nurse.

"I sat there, in shock," Miché says. "My Life was Out of control. "

The story of the stolen baby, now a young woman on the threshold of the adult age, the changed, by chance, almost two decades later, made headlines in South Africa and around The World , and Miché Life immediately.

she was not told, You would be able to Return Home - it is Still three months would be before she would be 18 and allowed to make their own decisions. Now she had to stay in a Safe House .

Then Miché received more devastating news. To Believe Lavona Solomon , The Woman she had grown, her mother had been arrested.

", That broke me," Miché reminds. "I needed her. I needed to ask: 'Why? What's going on?' I was so overwhelmed That I belongs to Someone Else . "

Eight-month-old Miché with Michael Miché was present, as Lavona's husband, Michael - The Man Miché as her Father - was questioned by The Police .

"I could see the tension in his face, I could see how bloodshot scared in his eyes and I really was," Miché says.

The Police wanted to know if he was part of the kidnapping plot.

"My Father is soft and he is gentle," Miché says. "But he is my rock, he is My Hero , he's my dad, he is The Man . And here is this other man, the look of him as a small child, while My Father says: "no, I have not made. Miché is My Daughter - how can she not be My Daughter ? I was not part of this. '"

The Police never Found any evidence That Michael Solomon had known That the Miché had been taken from their birth parents without permission, and he was released.

Michael says That Lavona was pregnant. It is assumed That You have lied about a miscarriage, And Then faked the Rest of the pregnancy, from theft Zephany Nurse , brings her Home and she did had of the birth of The Baby itself.

And now Lavona Solomon was waiting in the prison on their trial on charges of kidnapping and fraudulently claimed to be The Mother of The Child .

Celeste nurse (left) and her second child, Cassidy , even Though Celeste and Morne were born to nurse three more children, she never stopped looking for their first, Zephany, and had her birthday celebrated every Year - even after they divorced.

But all the while her Stolen Child Growing Up in the vicinity. The Solomon house is only 5 km from The Nurses ' as a small child, Miché would run on The Field opposite The Nurses ' Home , while Michael played football.

Now, after an extraordinary turn of events, the sick, answered the sister, The Family , the prayers were. Miché guard again with their biological parents at a police station with The Social workers on hand.

"she hugged me and pressed me and started to cry," Miché says. But she was not well. Something didn't feel right.

"I was like, 'You Just with him because it is a shame for these people, You have been through a lot," " You . "It's sad, but You , I felt not know anything, I had the feeling That I missed You . "

Miché was in emotional turmoil. A Number of parents were thrilled and desperate to Make Up for Lost Time , but alien to her. The other - The One That she Loved - had been destroyed on the ground, And One of them was behind Bars .

Lavona Solomon (with her face covered) arrival at the Cape Town High Court during your trial, Lavona Solomon process at The High court in Cape Town , began in August of 2015. Both Miché and their biological parents were there to hear, Lavona testimony.

During the process, Lavona Solomon any failure denied behavior. She told the court how You understand your numerous attempts to A Number of miscarriages, and to adopt their despair, a child. Lavona then said she had offered a baby by a woman named Sylvia, he had the desire to have children-treatment. Sylvia had told, Lavona, to be The Baby a young girl who was not interested in, to keep You and wanted to assumed The Baby belonged to. But there was no evidence That Sylvia did not exist.

In addition, almost two decades after The Incident , A Witness , remembered The Woman dressed as a nurse, wore baby Zephany were Away as Celeste and slept, took Lavona Solomon in an identity parade. The Judge concluded That The Evidence against You was overwhelming.

Morne nurse, Zephany biological Father , leaves court after The Guilty verdict In the Year 2016, Lavona Solomon was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the abduction, fraud, and violation of the act of The Children . The Judge is criticised for showing No Remorse during The Trial .

"I felt like death was happening to me," Miché says. "I was like, 'How am I done now? How will I get through Life without The Mother , the I had to Every Day in My Life ?'"

a Year Later, Miché visited Lavona in prison, and was able to talk to her, for the First Time since The Social worker had came to their school.

", And You said, " One Day I'm going to tell You . '

"it does not say That they do, but I think That You did it. "

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