A woman who answered the door at Mr. Davis's apartment and identified herself as the youth's mother refused to comment.

Bastet became identified as his mother in the Lower Egypt, near the delta.

There needed only a glance from the child to her, to identify her as its mother.

Another woman, who identified herself as his mother, said she would not speak about the charges against him "until I find out the facts."

The man was followed almost at once by a woman whose tall, solid build and handsome face identified her at once as the girl's mother.

Behind a large stack of packages stood a slim form that Nicole correctly identified as her mother.

A single glance would have been enough to identify her as the Steadholder's mother.

Despite her own highly visible profile, she generally identified herself as "Bill's wife and Chris's mother."

"We've got the entire city so we're all over," said Lynden Miller, who wore a campaign button identifying her as the candidate's mother.

Commentators variously identify her as the child's mother, the doctor's assistant or another prostitute.