Sehighya Smith Abducts Daughter Milan Gibson Again
According to authorities on Wednesday, August 13, a 9-year-old girl who was kidnapped during a supervised visit in Carlisle has been recovered safe and her mother has taken her before.
Smith, Sehighya
Smith, Sehighya
According to the Carlisle Police Department, Milan Gibson of Carlisle was found by Susquehanna Township Police at approximately 7:30 p.m. and reunited with her guardian.
Her mother, 32-year-old Sehighya Smith, had stated that she had been kidnapped earlier in the evening while on a supervised visit to a facility located in the 200 block of South Hanover Street. Because of past instances concerning Smith’s care, authorities deemed the youngster endangered.
Smith was only allowed supervised visits and does not have custody of Gibson. Prior to her discovery, she was thought to be driving a 2021 black Mitsubishi Mirage hatchback with the Pennsylvania license plate MSX7870.
Smith is accused with felony harming the welfare of children, according to court documents. After a preliminary appearance before Magisterial District Judge Kathryn H. Silcox on July 14, she was freed on $5,000 unsecured bond. Her preliminary hearing has been rescheduled from July 24 until September 4.
Smith is accused of kidnapping her daughter more than once. When Gibson was still a baby in 2016, Chicago police reported that Smith and her daughter, who was 11 months old at the time, had been missing from the city’s South Shore area for almost a week. The two were discovered to be safe on Saturday, August 6, 2016.
Smith’s past also includes an arrest for physical contact and domestic assault in Chicago on October 8, 2014. The following morning, she was set free. Her listed address was 7130 South East End Avenue, Chicago, at the time.
Smith filed an appeal in 2023 after the McHenry County Housing Authority in Illinois determined that she had consistently neglected to submit the necessary paperwork during eligibility checks, leading to the termination of her federal housing assistance benefits. Citing her repeated unwillingness to turn in required paperwork and records, the Illinois Appellate Court upheld the ruling.
