Baby was stolen from a st. louis hospital actually gave up her child for adoption. we have been following this story for weeks now, as you know. that mom zella jackson price and her baby, diane, they were reunited eyears, 40 yearses at least after she gave birth. zella says she contends somebody stole her baby and told her that her baby had died. more than two dozen women have made the same kind of allegations about their newborns saying they were stolen and now a decade s old document appears to show the lost time between the two is the mom s own fault. adoption records say she gave up her daughter just five months after giving birth and she did tell a different hospital which raises all kinds of questions what really happens. al watkins is joining us. al, thank you, again, for being with us. first of all, do you believe
High performance skincare™ only from roc®. thoerts in st. louis will cooperate from an alleged baby ring 50 years ago. gary tuchman has the story. reporter: for almost a half century zella jackson price has mourned a baby girl who a nurse told her died hours after she gave birth to her. diane was born november the 21st, 1965. reporter: diane the name she gave to her daughter, the
Hospital closed down in 1979 and now the site of a senior apartment complex. zella never received a birth certificate or death certific e certificate. it was like diane never existed. did any of the nurses or doctors say would you like to see her? no, they did not do that, never. reporter: across the country in eugene, oregon, a woman born the very same day who had been adopted always wondering why her birth mother had given her away. melanie gilmore lost her hearing from an illness when she was a child found a piece of paper when it years ago that said her birth mother s name was zella jackson. her adoptive mother told her her birth mother passed away. melanie and her daughter tell us what happened after her adopted mother got sick in the 80s. translator: before she died she was afraid to tell me that my mom was alive. and i told her that i forgive you and i love you. reporter: a search would begin and as melanie closed in
On her 50th birthday this year her children investigated using facebook and sent this text to zella jackson price. and i know you do not know me but my mother was adopted when she was born. she said that her mother s name is zella jackson. reporter: her daughter did not die. melanie gilmore is diane, zella s daughter, a dna test has now proven it. melanie s children surprised her by setting up a video call so melanie and zella could see each other for the first time since melanie was born. we re telling the truth. yes, mom. mom? mom, mom, mom, mom, mom. i love you, mom. oh my gosh i m shaking. oh, my gosh, mom. are you okay? it s okay. it s okay. it s okay. that s your mom. mommy.
What happened after her adoptive mother got very sick in the 1980s. before she died she was afraid to tell me that my mom was alive and told her that i forgive you and i love you. and a search would begin. and as melanie closed in on her 50th birthday her children zoned in and said this to zella jackson-price. and i know you don t know, must my mother was adopted and her mother s name is zella jackson. sher daughter did not die. this is zella s daughter. and a dna has proven it. melanie melanie s children surprised her by setting them up with a video call so they could see each other for the first time since they found each other. we re telling you the truth. she s alive.