For 17 years, the devastated couple searched for Zephany, regularly making media appeals, hiring private detectives and following false leads.
Then in 2015, their second daughter, Cassidy, enrolled in a new school, where other pupils pointed out an older pupil, Miche Solomon, who looked much like her.
DNA samples confirmed that Miche was Zephany, and, incredibly, she had grown up only a few miles from the Nurse’s home.
The Nurses were overjoyed, and the story saw them becoming media darlings around the world. However, the arrest and trial of the seamstress whom Miche knew as her loving mother devastated her and ultimately, she chose to remain with the kidnapper’s family.
The Nurses, against all expectations, lost their daughter a second time. This film follows the process of two broken families climbing the difficult path towards forgiveness and wholeness.
Executive Producers are Lesley McKimm for Screen Ireland, Jonathan Ford for Abacus Media Rights, and Guy Davies for Paramount+. David Rane is the producer for Soilsiú Films. Francois Verster also produces, and directs the film alongside Simon Wood.
The film was ordered by Guy Davies, VP Commissioning Editor for Paramount+ from Abacus Media Rights, who also will handle global sales.