(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Ann Pettway, the woman who kidnapped a newborn from a New York City hospital more than two decades ago and raised the girl as her own, pleaded guilty Friday to a kidnapping. 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. Authorities issued a warrant for Pettway's arrest for violating her parole in a North Carolina embezzlement case. Soon, the trial began, where her lawyers stated that the kidnapping did not stem from a vicious intent. "For 23 years, Ann, you had me suffering. If convicted, Pettway faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison. However, the judge said she was selfish and "inflicted a parent's worst nightmare on a couple." "It was wrong," Pettway told the judge when she entered her guilty plea today in a New York courtroom. 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. In her plea agreement, Pettway told the court how she had caught a train from her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to New York, where she snatched the 19-day-old from Harlem Hospital, after the baby was brought there with a fever by her parents. Her release date is set for April 14, 2021, and she's reportedly been moved to a New York program to facilitate reentry into the world. White has not been heard from since late 2011, presumably hoping to give herself and her family as normal a life as possible now that her lifelong mystery has been solved. Plus, flyers with her photos and information had been circulated nationwide. In 1987, Pettway told her friends she was pregnant, and a friend later said Pettway left town for a while before returning with a child. WCBS 880's Irene Cornell With More On The Story. 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. The center quickly contacted Joy White and Carl Tyson to inform them their long-lost daughter was found. 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. ", 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon With More On The Story. She claimed that White was abandoned by her mother at birth. The Mountbatten-Windsors have been recastagain. It may be rejected, but I am deeply sorry for what I've done. "I went to the hospital," said Pettway. Kates coat was a Catherine Walker rewear; Diana wore her Moschino suit numerous times. [5] DNA profiling confirmed in January 2011 that she was the missing Carlina White. Pettway then admitted that she was someone else's daughter, but claimed she had been abandoned by a drug addict. They told him his daughter was missing while his girlfriend screamed in the background. Though the hospital had a surveillance system, it was not working at the time of the abduction, and there were few potential witnesses. Lt. David Daniels was the point person from the Bridgeport Police Department who helped arrange the surrender. Thank" Ann Pettway abducted baby Carlina White from Harlem Hospital on August 4, 1987, 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. White was not present at today's hearings. He had just managed to doze off when the phone rang. Andrea Park is a Chicago-based writer and reporter with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of the extended Kardashian-Jenner kingdom, early 2000s rom-coms and celebrity book club selections. I'm here to right my wrong."[17]. According to records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Pettway is still serving her sentence in New York, but she won't be serving all 12 years of it. 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. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. "[5], Pettway turned herself in to the FBI office at Bridgeport on the morning of January 23, 2011. 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. As the stolen infant's real mother wept in the federal court in . 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Dressed like a nurse, Pettway reportedly told Mrs. White, "Don't cry . 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. NCMEC reached out to Joy White and Carl Tyson through email just before Christmas 2011. She was wanted on a parole violation in North Carolina but is accused of kidnapping Carlina . She has been incarcerated since surrendering to Bridgeport police in January, ending a several-day manhunt that began in North Carolina. (There is always the possibility that the infant was hiding in Anns smock). 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. In this article, we take a look at a woman who kidnapped a child only 19 days after her birth. [19] As of 2014, she continues to have a relationship with her biological parents.[19][20]. There was no way of knowing what the woman in white looked like except for the description given by Joy White and Carl Tyson. White grew suspicious during her teens that Pettway was not her biological mother, because of her inability to provide a birth certificate. February 10, 2012, 8:42 AM. Tyson also went on to talk about all the things he never got to experience with his daughter. 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. [16] Her lawyers had asked for leniency, saying Pettway had been severely depressed after suffering from multiple miscarriages and stillbirths. Pettway, 51, was arrested last year after the victim, Carlina White, discovered she had been kidnapped. 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. . "You didn't take a bike. Since Netty needed to get health insurance, she needed her birth certificate. The dad is like I was talking to a stranger.. She knew something was wrong but when Netty confronted Ann Pettway, the woman who raised her, Pettway told her that her mother was a crack addict who deserted her and never came back. It was magic.. How did she accomplish this in the first place? A woman dressed as a nurse kidnapped Carlina White from the hospital and raised the child as her own. 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. A woman posing as a nurse later revealed to be Ann Pettway took White and raised her as her own child, renaming her Nejdra "Netty" Nance. 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[6], The case was the first known infant abduction from a New York hospital.[7]. Carlina keeps in touch with her birth parents, but they are not. "You hurt me so bad. With the center's help, she was ultimately able to narrow down her search for her birth parents to two possible cases. At that point, 23-year-old White started scouring the internet for clues as to her true identity. [1], Annugetta Pettway had an abusive upbringing, her mother often beating her with belts and extension cords. Biological family of Carlina White doesn't believe confessed kidnapper is sorry. 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. It wasn't until White was in high school that she. According to ABC News, Pettway initially went on the run after White's story made the news, but she eventually surrendered to police. discovered her birth certificate was fake, Pettway was sentenced to 12 years in prison. She is being held without bail. / CBS News. 135 Likes, 3 Comments - Angelin Ann (@anngelinan) on Instagram: " As Eris finally decided to open the pyxis her mother left behind for her 21st birthday." It was wrong. Today, she is at the Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville(in Alabama). So how exactly was the mystery solved? 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Nurses said they had checked on baby White every five minutes and had discovered she was missing at 3:40 a.m. A woman reportedly dressed as a nurse had comforted the parents at the hospital, but was not a hospital employee. January 21, 2011 / 6:45 PM According to the Chicago Tribune, this was partly due to the press attention, but also because White wasn't able to sue New York state for what happened to her. So she went to the woman she had called mom her whole life Annugetta "Ann" Pettway. White was abducted from New York City's Harlem Hospital Center in Aug. 1987, when she was just 19 days old. She spent her childhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut, before she and Pettway moved to Atlanta, Georgia. The indictment against Ann Pettway was. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. On Aug. 4, 1987, Joy White and Carl Tyson rushed their newborn daughter, Carlina White, to the hospital due to a fever. Pettway offered an emotional apology in court, saying it was understandable if the family didn't accept it. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Ann Pettway took Carlina White when she was 19 days old from Harlem Hospital in Manhattan. In 2012, Ann pleaded guilty to federal charges of kidnapping. Visit our corporate site. Even the kidnappers brother was unaware that Netty was not Anns biological child. If they don't accept it, it's understandable. However, Pettway claimed that White was abandoned as a child and that she'd taken her in. Later that evening, in a state of shock, White confronted Pettway, who broke down and confessed that she was not White's biological mother. It was the police calling from Joy Whites apartment. By Andrea Park. 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. Pettway confessed to the FBI that she kidnapped Carlina White on Aug. 4, 1987 from Harlem Hospital after enduring several miscarriages. He was last seen at a water park in Wisconsin Dells,. The Connecticut Post reports that Pettways sister Cassandra Johnson helped White reach out to NCMEC in December 2010. Ann Pettway, who pleaded guilty in February to . 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 . Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Pettway had been in trouble with the law several times as a teen on charges of larceny, theft, and forgery, but police who knew her said she wasnt a hell-raiser. As an adult, she struggled with a drug addiction. She retreated from family and friends including her newly-discovered biological parents Joy and Carl, with whom she had a complicated relationship. Carlina White solved her own kidnapping case in 2005. Pettway's attorney, Robert Baum, plans to obtain her hospital records and review her medical history. Perhaps they'll have a reunion of their own when Pettway is released. The woman who sparked a nationwide manhunt by snatching a baby from Harlem Hospital a quarter century ago closed the book on the sensational case Friday by pleading guilty to kidnapping. "I took a child. Carlina White/FacebookCarlina White solved her own kidnapping case in 2005. For the following 23 years, Carlina White became Nejdra Nance. 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. This was when Netty was pregnant and needed health insurance. [14], On February 10, 2012, Pettway pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge. Marie Claire is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Pettway boarded a train for her home in Bridgeport, Conn., and told friends and family member the baby was her child. [9], After the confirmation that Nejdra Nance was really Carlina White, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began a search for Ann Pettway. Like Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, White was kidnapped in New York when she was a child in the '80s. "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. [10][11] White stated, "I just hope that the officials be able to get her in their hands, so we can just hear her side of the story now. White was portrayed by Keke Palmer in the Lifetime film Abducted: The Carlina White Story. The lack of a birth certificate was one of the things that made Carlina White suspicious that something was not right. 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She then raised White as her own daughter for over 20 years, renaming her Nejdra "Netty" Nance. But no one ever came forward, and the parents had to wait 23 years before gaining some closure. Daniels said that the Pettway family is well known in the area and that his own sister had been friends with Pettway. 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. 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. In May 2011, public defender Robert Baum said that he met Carlina White during preparations for Ann Pettway's trial and that White agreed to testify on Pettway's behalf. 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. Ann Pettway, 51, learned her fate after pleading guilty to a kidnapping charge in February. Pettway told officials that she is "truly sorry," according to the criminal complaint filed Monday. Authorities checked her DNA against her birth parents and realized she was their missing daughter. As documented in the show, White was was kidnapped by Ann Pettway in 1987 when she was 19 days old. White attended Thomas Hooker School and graduated from Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport. Pettway, 49, was arraigned on one federal kidnapping charge in Manhattan federal court Monday. The hospital had video surveillance, but at the time it was not working. The last time White spoke publicly was at the 2014 Crimes Against Children Conference. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Pettway, 50, could have been sentenced to life in prison or a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison had she chosen to stand trial. (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. White solved the case herself 23 years later after finding her photo on a website with images of missing children. When Pettway refused to offer any further information, White's suspicions grew, and she spent the next several years searching for stories of kidnappings in the Bridgeport area. Carlina White grew up believing her name was Nejdra Nance. Nevertheless, the family continued to try to build a relationship, and White flew to New York to meet them for the first time. The woman had been seen around the hospital for three weeks prior to the abduction. Pettway, who had been loitering around the facility for at least a few weeks, if not months, before the abduction, police toldThe New York Times (opens in new tab), had been dressed as a nurse and interacted with White's parents upon their arrival at the hospital. 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. Furthermore, the mother also told the probation department that she used cocaine daily from 1983 to 2005 and that she smoked pot every day till her 30s. Pettway and White later moved to Atlanta, Georgia. The Whites had brought their 19-day-old infant, who had a high fever, to Harlem Hospital in Manhattan on August 4, 1987. 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Netty graduated from Warren Harding High School, following which, Ann and her moved out to Atlanta for a while. She was released in April 2021, after serving her time in Alabama. 2023 BBC. White was separated from her parents from 1987 until 2011, making hers the longest child abduction case to be solved in the Center for Missing and Exploited Children's history, as well as the first in which the kidnapping victim led the reunification efforts, the center's Bob Lowerytold (opens in new tab)theConnecticut Postin 2011. She called the center's hotline in Dec. 2010, encouraged and aided by Pettway's sister, Cassandra Johnson, per theConnecticut Post (opens in new tab). Sentencing is scheduled for May 14, 2012. First published on January 21, 2011 / 6:45 PM. For this, she required her birth certificate, something that Ann was never able to produce. Suspicious that her mother wasnt who she said she was, White began doing research on the website for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and she soon saw herself in their database. 1 of 6 Ann Pettway turned herself in on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011 to authorities in Bridgeport, Conn. Pettway was charged in 1987 kidnapping of Carlina White from Harlem Hospital in New York City. 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. Ann eventually gave birth to a son. Netty--the name she went by--eventually found a paper she thought was her birth certificate, but it turned out to be false. Pettway is on probation because of a conviction for attempted embezzlement. Carlina White's real mother, Joy White and her father Carl Tyson describe their feelings about Ann Pettway. White's case is featured in Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2. Carlina Renae White was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on July 15, 1987. She then allegedly told an FBI agent she stole White after. She told the magazine of her plans to revert to her birth name, but said she would still go by Netty, since the name is "not what the Pettway family gave me or what the White family gave me. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? A security guard had seen someone matching the womans description leave the hospital around 3:30 a.m. She didnt have a baby with her, but he believed it was possible that the missing infant had been hidden in her smock. "If I had all that anger in me it would be me who would suffer and it would stop me from living.". Carlina Renae White was raised as Nejdra "Netty" Nance by Annugetta "Ann" Pettway in Bridgeport, Connecticut, just 45 miles from where her parents had lived. Ann Pettway, 51, had pleaded guilty to kidnapping in February and offered details of the 1987 kidnapping. 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