zella agrees to a dna test and guess what? it's a match. >> and it came out 99.997%, that's my baby. >> reporter: diane's children then secretly choreograph a virtual meeting with zella determined to surprise their mom right down to the blindfold. their mom is deaf so they slowly reveal the unbelievable news. we found your mom. our grandmom. >> she's alive! >> yeah, mom. mom, mom? >> reporter: on a laptop, back in st. louis, zella is anxiously waiting to see her daughter for the very first time in nearly 50 years. >> that's your mom. >> she said, mommy. oh, my god, i started howling, both houses was just screaming, from oregon to st. louis. >> i love you. >> reporter: so much love. even after so many years. but how zella and her daughter were separated all this time is a mystery that captivates the city. ♪ you've given me a true love >> reporter: st. louis, missouri, november 25th, 1965, with the supremes blaring on the radio. steelworkers have just finished the sparkling new gateway arch. and a few miles away at homer g. phil

the most recent in our area 22-year-old zella ziona from our county. >> we're demand respect. we want this to stop. >> the protest organizer jess grobeman was arrested. >>> happening today, a court appearance for the former loudoun county supervisor shawn williams. he faces charges after his pushed his way into a neighbor's home and attacks the neighbor. he was drunk at the time. he apologized and said he's seeking treatment for alcohol abuse. >>> it's a weather alert day. take a look at the "storm team 4" radar. all the ran moving toward us. chuck bell will let us know when it's going hit us. >>> thousands of airport workers are on strike and we'll let you know which airports are being impacted. >>> and justice for jamar. >>> new developments in minneapolis this morning. another night of protests following a black man's death while in police custody. protesters sprayed police with a chemical irritant and then the police sprayed protesters. prote p we also heard reports that demonstrators were throwing rocks and bottles. some officers were hurt but not seriously. >>> it's 5:11

nobody was with me, no one. >> reporter: zella says she gave birth here at homer g. phillips hospital but minutes later she says it's a nurse, not a doctor, who takes her newborn baby girl and vanishes. >> they came and told me your baby passed. >> reporter: but now she knows her baby lived and has hired a brash tough-talking attorney al watkins to find out how it could have happened. >> babies were being sold out of the parking lot. it was pay for play, cash on delivery. >> reporter: the day we visited watkins office here's the scene we found. one anxious mothererfter another, all with the same searing question, could my child still be alive? >> they ju took my baby and i want my baby back. >> reporter: u.s. attorney richard callahan began an investigation. >> if true, it was something terrible going on at the time that nobody knew about. >> reporter: but "20/20" has conducted its own eight-month investigation examining hospital records that tell a different story. the results stunning. >> this sounds like, what, the stuff of mystery novels. >> the only mystery is w

the most recent, 22-year-old zella ziona. >> we're demanding justice, dignity, and respect. also we want this to stop. >> d.c. police did block the intersection to protect the protesters after several requests and warnings the organizers and protesters were arrested. >>> a former loudoun county school supervisor said he's seeking treatment for alcohol abuse. >>> in upper marlboro a former teacher could get a 25-year sentence today. the judge found andre brown guilt of having sex in september. he had sex in a boys locker rook at home coming back in 2013. >>> they will question the decision to close the hospital. earlier this month laurel mayor said they'll work dom up with a better plan. more than 100 workers have already been laid off. >>> metro likely to vote on a new leader to address your safety krps. paul wiedefeld is set to take over as new manager. he has yet to sign a deal but they don't anticipate a problem since they unanimously support wiedefeld. the feds are worried right now about safety. while riders have complained about how unreliable the system is. >>> if you

. >> reporteter: zella jackson-price's heartwarming daughter diane. from diane gilmore's twin daughters. >> said like hello my name is mehiska jackson. i believe that you're my grandmother and you're my mom's mom. >> she said my mother was born november 25th, 1965, in st. louis, missouri, in homer g. phillips hospital. does that ring a bell? >> reporter: it sure did. zella agrees to a dna test and guess what, it's a match. >> and it came out 99.9997. that's my baby. >> we found your mom. we found your mother. >> yeah, mom. >> reporter: but how mom and daughter were separated five decades ago is a mystery. >> when she was born i was by myself. nobody was with me, no one. >> reporter: zella says she gave birth here at homer g. phillips hospital but minutes later she who takes her newborn baby girl and vanishes. baby passed. >> reporter: but now shehe knows her baby lived and has hired a brash tough-talking attorney al watkins to find out how it could have happened. >> babies were being sold out of it was pay for play, cash on delivery. watkins office he

the most recent in our country, zella ziona from montgomery county. d.c.e blocked the protesters. after several hours, the protest organizer was arrested. >>> no more chimpanzees will be used for research. they're sending the last of them into retirement. many of of them are still living at research laboratories. they kept 50 on standby in case they were needed for a public emergency. the chimps will be moved. >>> making sure there's no excuse. how uber is bringing the vaccine straight to you. >>> breaking news in pennsylvania where a late joy ride ends with a school bus inside of a store. take a look. i'm krimm tin right at the live desk. >> we're preparing you for the conditions you'll face outside. "storm team 4's" chuck bell has your school forecast at 6:41. imagine a world where the only thing you had to wrestle for on thanksgiving was the last piece of pumpkin pie. and the only place we camped out was in front of a fire and not the parking lot of a store. at t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods, we're closed on thanksgiving because family time comes fir

>>eporter: zella jackson-price'sheartwarming reunion with her long lost daughter diane. it all began w with this message from diane gilmore's twin daughters. >> said like hello my name is mehiska jason. i believe you're my grandmother and your my mom's mom. >>>>y motheras born november 25th, 1965, she said in st. louis, missouri in homer phillips hospital. does that ring a bell. >> reporter: sure did. she agrees to a donald trump test anduess what, it's a match. >> and it came out 99.9997. that's my baby. >> we fou your mom. we found your mother >> yeah, mom. >> reporter:ut how mom andnd daughter were separated five decades ago is a mystery. myself. nobody was with me, no one. >> reporter: she says she gave birth here at homer g. phillips hospital but minutes later she says it's a nurse, not a doctor who tes her newborn baby girl and vanishes. >> they came and told me your baby passed. >> reporter: but now she knows he baby lived and has hired a brash tough-talking attorney al watkins to find out how it cou have happened. >> babies were being sold out of the parking lot.

if they are a match like zella and diane, it could be the ace al desperately needs to support his claim of a baby stealing ring back in the '60s. >> hi! >> reporter: a week later, they're in al watkins' office, anxious to hear the results. >> a little nervous because i don't know the outcome, you know. i know we can't get those years back but we can start from now, you know?