In April 1997, a woman dressed as a nurse abducted a three-day-old baby from Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town while the mother slept. Seventeen years later, a chance selfie led to the discovery of the stolen child's true identity.
In January 2015, Miché Solomon, then 17, started her final year at Zwaanswyk High School. Students told her about a new girl, Cassidy Nurse, who looked almost identical to her. When they met, Miché felt an instant connection. They began spending time together, joking that they might be sisters in another life.
After taking a selfie, friends asked Miché if she was adopted. She dismissed the idea, but Cassidy's parents, Celeste and Morne Nurse, noticed the resemblance and asked Miché her birth date. She confirmed she was born on 30 April 1997.
Weeks later, social workers told Miché about Zephany Nurse, abducted from Groote Schuur Hospital in 1997. Despite her birth certificate stating she was born at Retreat Hospital, records showed no such birth. A DNA test confirmed Miché was Zephany Nurse.
Miché was placed in a safe house until she turned 18. Lavona Solomon, the woman she believed was her mother, was arrested. Miché said, 'That broke me. I needed to ask her, "Why?"'
