2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. But no one ever came forward, and the parents had to wait 23 years before gaining some closure. She apologized to White's real family during her court appearance, but they weren't exactly in a forgiving mood. DNA tests last year confirmed her as the daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson. She did not believe she would ever be able to be a parent," a court document filed by FBI Special Agent Maria Johnson, who interviewed Pettway, stated. Like Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, White was kidnapped in New York when she was a child in the '80s. Ann Pettway abducted baby Carlina White from Harlem Hospital on August4, 1987, and raised the child as her own. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Carlina White's father, Carl Tyson, insinuated the punishment was too lenient and felt as though Pettway should receive prison time equivalent to the years his daughter was kept away from him. Meanwhile, Carlina's abductor, Ann Pettway, had renamed her Nejdra Nance. Still, The Mirror reported that as of 2014, White was in touch with her biological parents as well as the family that raised her. It wasn't until White was in high school that she. In fact, many of the other staff members even believed that Ann was a part of the team (despite not being employed by the facility). Pettway confessed to taking 3-week-old Carlina White from Harlem Hospital's emergency room in 1987. Kates coat was a Catherine Walker rewear; Diana wore her Moschino suit numerous times. First published on January 21, 2011 / 6:45 PM. [13] On February 17, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted Pettway on the kidnapping charge. The parents spared no effort in trying to locate their child. 2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. She has reconnected with her biological parents but admits that she still has love for the woman she called Mom for the first 23 years of her life. New York CNN . "We say listen, the Whites . White solved the case herself 23 years later after finding her photo on a website with images of missing children. Ann Pettway took Carlina White when she was 19 days old from Harlem Hospital in Manhattan. In thesecond volume (opens in new tab)of Netflix's reboot of the classic true crime seriesUnsolved Mysteries (opens in new tab), one episode explores the tragic back-to-back kidnappings ofChristopher Dansby and Shane Walker. Fast forwarding to 2005, she had graduated from high school and was pregnant with her first child. [4][5] The baby had been receiving intravenous antibiotics when, between 2:30am and 3:55am, someone removed the IV line and abducted her. Sentencing is scheduled for May 14, 2012. 2011 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. For this, she required her birth certificate, something that Ann was never able to produce. The mysterious nurse from the hospital was Annugetta Ann Pettway of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. She then allegedly told an FBI agent she stole White after. White added to New York magazine that she intended to change all of her official documentation to her legal name of Carlina White, but that she would continue to go by her nickname Netty. Though White didn't appear at Pettway's trial, her birth parents gave emotional testimonies at the sentencing. 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Ann Pettway abducted baby Carlina White from Harlem Hospital on August 4, 1987, and raised the child as her own. He had just managed to doze off when the phone rang. Paleontologists In North Dakota Just Found The Remains Of A Dinosaur That Was Killed The Day The Asteroid Struck, The Disturbing Disappearance Of 18-Year-Old Zebb Quinn And The Series Of Bizarre Clues Left Behind, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. There was no paperwork to follow her such as a birth certificate or social security card. Tyson and Joy White decided that she would stay at the hospital with the baby, but she needed to get some things from home first. White was raised as Nejdra Nance. Now in her 30s, she seems content to live a private life with her daughter away from media attention. But when they returned they received the Carlina Renae White was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on July 15, 1987. That was something that I always believed in myself, you know, that she would come and find me and thats the same way that I thought it would happen, Joy White said of receiving the miraculous email. White explained, There was a part of me that wasnt even there, and now I feel whole. The Whites had brought their 19-day-old infant, who had a high fever, to Harlem Hospital in Manhattan on August 4, 1987. Joy White and Carl Tyson spent the next 23 years wondering what had happened to their daughter. In this article, we take a look at a woman who kidnapped a child only 19 days after her birth. The case represents one of the longest known gaps in an abduction in which the victim was reunited with the family in the United States. Daniels said that the Pettway family is well known in the area and that his own sister had been friends with Pettway. / CBS News. "Pettway took the victim from the victim's family and this was totally unacceptable. All the dance numbers! The father remembered that the culprit had said, The baby dont cry for youyou cry for the baby. He found this method of assuring someone a bit weird. A North Carolina woman accused of snatching a newborn from a New York hospital more than two decades ago has been indicted on a kidnapping charge. WCBS 880's Irene Cornell With More On The Story. In 2012, Ann pleaded guilty to federal charges of kidnapping. Carlina White's father said he thought the sentence was too lenient and that Pettway should've received the amount of time as she'd kept his daughter, 23 years. Pettway told officials that she is "truly sorry," according to the criminal complaint filed Monday. She handled the potentially awkward moment with grace. Jan. 25, 2011 — -- The family of Ann Pettway, the woman who confessed to kidnapping Carlina White 23 years ago, has asked for compassion following Pettway's arraignment. Public DomainPettway Surrendered on Jan. 23, 2011. "She's concerned about the impact this has on all the members of her family, but she is trusting that all the true facts will come out and when they do, she will be looked at in a very different light," Baum said. Daniels, with the help of the FBI, arranged a neutral location to meet Pettway. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Pettway acquired a forged Connecticut birth certificate, which White attempted to use as proof of identity so she could obtain the health insurance, but the officials told her the document was forged. After being unable to shake off a sense that she did not belong to the family that raised her, Carlina White began her own inquiries. Johnson is a member of the FBI's Crimes Against Children Squad. Finally, as White was about to board her plane back home to Atlanta, the NYPD contacted her to tell her that her DNA matched Joy and Carl's. Authorities issued a warrant for Pettway's arrest for violating her parole in a North Carolina embezzlement case. Pettway was convicted of five crimes while Ms White was in her custody, according to a probation department, and had used cocaine from 1983 to 2005. She then allegedly told an FBI agent she stole White after. Pettway and White later moved to Atlanta, Georgia. shocking news that their newborn was gone. Even though the hospital had video cameras, they were not working that night. When Joy White and Carl Tyson came with their daughter, Carlina, to get her fever checked, Ann even consoled them. That sounded like a bold request for the biological family of Carlina White. Carlina White was snatched from a Harlem hospital as an infant in 1987 and raised as "Nejdra Nance" by her kidnapper Annugetta Pettway, who claimed to be her mother. Netty graduated from Warren Harding High School, following which, Ann and her moved out to Atlanta for a while. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Pettway's attorney, Robert Baum, plans to obtain her hospital records and review her medical history. With NYPD unable to track her down, Carlina was raised in Bridgeport, Conn., under the name Nejdra Nance by a woman named Ann Pettway. [1] Joy White later stated that there had been a falling out over the issue of the money. [3] The baby disappeared during the early morning, around 2 am when the shifts were changing. Netflix owes us answers after that ending. "I'm not really satisfied with the sentence because I figure Ann Pettway should have received 23 years in jail because Ann took 23 from me," said White's biological father, Carl Tyson. She "looked like the world was lifted off her shoulders looked a bit relieved because she had been running," Lt. David Daniels of the Bridgeport Police Department said. Feb. 10, 2012— -- A woman who snatched an infant from a New York City hospital 24 years ago and raised her as her daughter pleaded guilty today to a federal kidnapping charge and faces at least 10 years in prison. In July 2012, she was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Pettway went on the run after the kidnapping and reunion of White with her biological family made headlines, police said. Dis friends have said she referred to the doctor as the love of her life.. White nonetheless searched for her biological parents for several years, eventually finding a photo on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's website that looked like her own daughter. White spent the next several years searching for her birth parents. Add to this the fact that Netty had noted that she looked different than most in her family, and suspicions were at an all-time high. "We say listen, the Whites, we're sorry this happened, but at the same time too, have some compassion for our relative," Brian Pettway, a cousin of Ann Pettway, said. ", In court, Carlina White's mother, Joy White, said she cried for days after her child was kidnapped and "wondered if she was being fed, washed and loved.". Though it's been more than 30 years since they last saw their children, however, Dansby and Walker's parents are still holding out hope that they'll be reunited with their sons, bolstered by the story of another Harlem native, Carlina White, who essentially solved her own kidnapping case after 23 years in her abductor's custody. White's parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, had taken their feverish daughter to the hospital 23 years ago. Pettway confessed to the FBI that she kidnapped Carlina White on Aug. 4, 1987 from Harlem Hospital after enduring several miscarriages. To secure medical assistance from the state, she had to provide her original birth certificate. Pettway is on parole in North Carolina until June 2012. [8], In 1987, New York City Police Department detectives questioned a woman in Baltimore, who witnesses had identified as having been seen in the hospital, without apparent result. "[5], Pettway turned herself in to the FBI office at Bridgeport on the morning of January 23, 2011. Rajasthan News: . Charges against Ann Pettway were filed after it was determined what had occurred, and in July 2012, the New York Times reported that she had been given a 12-year prison sentence at 50. Pettway offered an emotional apology in court, saying it was understandable if the family didn't accept it. Let her get the same amount of time," Carl Tyson told the New York Post. At Manhattan Federal Court, the judge said that what Pettway did was "not a crime of greed or vengeance, but was a crime of selfishness. Ann Pettway, 51, received less than the life sentence she was facing and the 23 years the mother of the kidnapped girl requested. Even in the beginning of the year, with all the drama and stuff, I was kind of cloudy. I was, but only because she hid something from me for so long. "I wasn't able to take my daughter to school, take my daughter to day care, watch my daughter get on the bus and, you know, have birthday parties with my daughter," he said. After White pressed her about it for several days, Pettway finally gave her the birth certificate but when White tried to submit it, officials said it was a forgery. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. A woman who admitted to stealing a 19-day-old infant from a Manhattan hospital in 1987 was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison. Shockingly, between 2:30 a.m. and 3:55 a.m., someone removed the IV from baby White and abducted her from the hospital. Carlina White solved her own kidnapping case in 2005. 2023 BBC. If they don't accept it, it's understandable. You took something away from me," Tyson said. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Carlina White was reunited with her birth parents in 2011. She was wanted on a parole violation in North Carolina but is accused of kidnapping Carlina . Pettway lied and told White that she had been abandoned by a drug addict. Carlina keeps in touch with her birth parents, but they are not. During the hearing, Pettway apologized, saying "I would like to apologize to the family. Pettway acquired a forged Connecticut birth certificate, which White attempted to use as proof of identity so she could obtain the health insurance, but the officials told her the document was forged. Johnson is a member of the FBI's Crimes Against Children Squad. 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Joy White and Carl Tyson had brought their newborn daughter to the hospital after she developed an infection and high fever; within a few hours, she was smuggled out of the hospital by Ann Pettway. Growing up, White sometimes wondered if Pettway was her real mother. "Pettway was dealing with the stress of trying to be a mom and had had several miscarriages. "Because of my actions so many lives were hurt," she said, adding that she had raised "a wonderful bright young woman". Carlina White's real mother, Joy White and her father Carl Tyson describe their feelings about Ann Pettway. Pettway, who had experienced several miscarriages, abducted White from a hospital by posing as a nurse. (Craig Warga/New York Daily News) A mother faced her baby's kidnapper in a New York courtroom Monday, and it was clear that the wound she suffered when the woman stole her infant from Harlem. [14], On February 10, 2012, Pettway pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge. She discovered her true identity after contacting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. White asked Pettway for the document, but she couldnt provide it. How did she accomplish this in the first place? For the next twenty-three years Carlina's parents continued to search for their daughter. I can take your bike and give it back to you the next day, you are okay, but not a child," Shannon Tyson, the uncle of Carlina White, told the Associated Press. She then raised White as her own daughter for over 20 years, renaming her Nejdra "Netty" Nance. A US woman who stole a baby from a New York City hospital in 1987 and raised the child as her own has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person whos on TikTok, even if you arent. While on the website of theNational Center for Missing and Exploited Children, she found baby Carlinas photos and realized that they matched her own features. Upon being reunited with her biological parents, Carlina White's attorney advised her to ask them about the cash settlement from the hospital. However, Pettway claimed that White was abandoned as a child and that she'd taken her in. She was convicted for kidnapping Carlina White in 2012. And though this reunion brought cathartic closure, White soon struggled to navigate her new life after living while unwittingly trapped in a lie for so many years. Netty--the name she went by--eventually found a paper she thought was her birth certificate, but it turned out to be false. It was a full two decades later, when Carlina White was due to become a mother herself, that she discovered the truth. Soon, details began to emerge that for several months, a strange woman had been seen at the hospital. A woman reportedly dressed as a nurse had comforted the parents at the hospital, but was not a hospital employee. Pettway changed White's name to "Nejdra Nance" and raised her in Bridgeport, Conn. White said she had long suspected Pettway wasn't her biological mother becausethey didn't look anything alike and Pettway could never provide her with a birth certificate. Carlina White pulled away from her birth parents and returned home to Atlanta. [5] DNA profiling confirmed in January 2011 that she was the missing Carlina White. Netflix has, thankfully, rebooted a show that we could never get enough of in the first place, and were sure the same is the case with true-crime buffs. In her late teens she became suspicious of who she was.. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children helped reunite White with her biological mother. 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Marie Claire is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Nejdra Nance was very suspicious of who she was and what family raised her, Lieutenant Christopher Zimmerman of the New York Police Department later told ABC News. She retreated from family and friends including her newly-discovered biological parents Joy and Carl, with whom she had a complicated relationship. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? But the judge said they did not serve as an excuse for her actions, saying Pettway's actions created one couple's worst nightmare and made countless other parents fearful. White then got in touch with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, submitted a DNA sample, and eventually learned her true identity in 2011; the following year, Pettway was sentenced to 12 years in prison for kidnapping after turning herself in. It may be rejected, but I am deeply sorry for what I've done. Perhaps they'll have a reunion of their own when Pettway is released. The woman had been seen around the hospital for three weeks prior to the abduction. Pettway, 51, was arrested last year after the victim,. A woman dressed as a nurse kidnapped Carlina White from the hospital and raised the child as her own. Pettway served her sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville in Alabama until she was released on April 14, 2021. Pettway, the woman who White called Mom while growing up, has several aliases as well as a criminal history that includes charges of embezzlement, forgery, theft and drugs. After comparing baby photos of "Nejdra" to Carlina's, and with White sporting the same birthmark on her arm as baby Carlina, the NYPD contacted Joy and Carl for DNA samples. Ann Pettway, 51, learned her fate after pleading guilty to a kidnapping charge in February. Even the City of New York offered a $10,000 reward. Where Are Carlina Whites Biological Parents Now. Though White was already somewhat suspicious of the fact that she seemingly bore no physical resemblance to Pettway, the first real red flag appeared in 2005, when White got pregnant and asked Pettway for her birth certificate so she could obtain health insurance. A US woman who stole a baby from a New York City hospital in 1987 and raised the child as her own has pleaded guilty to kidnapping. Pettway confessed to taking 3-week-old Carlina White from Harlem Hospital's emergency room in 1987. Even before the DNA analysis was complete, with all three feeling certain it would be a match, White began talking to Joy and Carl on the phone, and flew to New York to meet them in early 2011. Her release date is set for April 14,. Pettway boarded a train for her home in Bridgeport, Conn., and told friends and family member the baby was her child. Pettway, 51, was arrested last year after the victim, Carlina White, discovered she had been kidnapped. In a letter ahead of the sentencing hearing, Pettway apologised and said the kidnapping would have never occurred if she had sought professional help after her failed pregnancies. NCMEC reached out to Joy White and Carl Tyson through email just before Christmas 2011. It wasn't until White was in high school that she discovered her birth certificate was fake and confronted Pettway about it, per New York Magazine. hospital to rest after their baby was admitted in the middle of the There was no way of knowing what the woman in white looked like except for the description given by Joy White and Carl Tyson. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Pettway posed as a nurse, took the baby from the couple and pretended to take her for treatment. Well, she had on a nurses uniform that night, and prior to that, she had spent 2-3 weeks in the hospital. They also said that the indicted had experienced a traumatic childhood where Anns mother beat her with belts and extension cords. It wasnt until 2010 that she visited the NCMEC website and expanded her search outside of her home state. Her parents already did that on her behalf and had long since spent the $750,000 settlement by the time she learned her true identity. If convicted, Pettway faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison. Upon discovering her kidnapping and her biological parents, she kept her legal name as Carlina White. ABC News' Kaitlyn Folmer contributed to this report. So how exactly was the mystery solved? Ms White traced her true mother after finding a photo of herself on the website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She was declared an absconder Friday and put into a national law enforcement database. White's father, Carl Tyson, expressed his disappointment, saying . Of all the missing children cases in Episode 6 of Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2, only one has a happy ending: the case of Carlina White, who was eventually reunited with her family. Carlina was raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [2], Carlina was 19 days old when her parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, took her to the hospital with a fever of 104F (40C) on August4, 1987. After a quick visit, White returned to the airport to catch her flight back to Atlanta. Carlina Renae White (born July 15, 1987), also known as Nejdra "Netty" Nance,[1] is an American woman who solved her own kidnapping case and was reunited with her biological parents 23 years after being abducted as an infant from the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. Pettway then admitted that she was someone else's daughter, but claimed she had been abandoned by a drug addict. However, the prosecution pointed out that Ann had been convicted of a number of crimes while she was raising the child. Well, she had on a nurse's uniform that night, and prior to that, she had spent 2-3 weeks in the hospital. Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine. NY 10036. For her part, Pettway turned herself in to authorities in Jan. 2011 and pleaded guilty to the federal kidnapping charge,The New York Timesreported (opens in new tab)at the time. The dad is like I was talking to a stranger.. "I went to the hospital," said Pettway. 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