Father-daughter reunion follows mother’s arrest in The Villages for 1983 abduction case

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – New details about a woman abducted as a toddler and found more than 40 years later, leading to the arrest of her mother in The Villages.

The case has gained national attention because the child, who is now in her 40s, never knew she was listed as missing for decades. She is now navigating a relationship with a father she never knew, while her mother faces criminal charges.

Body camera footage from the arrest has gone viral. In the video, a neighbor in The Villages can be heard joking that police were coming for Sharon Nealy—only to have officers show up at her door moments later…

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