As soon as they learned that Miché was born on April 30, 1997, they alerted the authorities.
One day, Miché was called to the Principle’s Office. There were two social workers who told her about the case of the abducted girl some 17 years ago. As the story unfolded, they told Miché they believed she was that girl and asked for a DNA test to be done. In the meantime, she wasn’t allowed to return home to Lavorna and Michael, but was placed at a safe house until she turned 18 and could choose who to stay with.
When the DNA test results came in the following day, they revealed that Zephany and Miché were the same person. Lavorna was immediately arrested, and Michael was set free upon questioning. He was made to believe that Miché was indeed his biological daughter by his wife who faked her pregnancy after failing to conceive for years.
The reunion between Miché and her biological parents wasn’t a straightforward process. Sadly, Miché didn’t have any feelings for them but was sorry for the woman who kidnapped her.
Eventually, she accepted Celeste and Morne but never forgot the people who raised her. She still saw Michael as her father, and was heartbroken Lavorna was sentenced to prison.
In the documentary Girl, Taken, the Nurses and Miché speak of their feelings and how the truth changed their lives.
Recalling the moment he met his first-born daughter after 17 years, Morne said, “It was like ‘wow.’ I had goosebumps and even when I speak about it today now, it feels like it happened yesterday.
“And that same feeling when we did the documentary arose from down deep inside of me, it felt like that day I first met her.”
It was in the documentary that Miché confessed discovering the truth made her love Solomon even more, which surprised the Nurses.
