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. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. On Aug. 4, 1987, Joy White and Carl Tyson rushed their newborn daughter, Carlina White, to the hospital due to a fever. Later that evening, in a state of shock, White confronted Pettway, who broke down and confessed that she was not White's biological mother. 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. 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. 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's what I gave myself." Please offer your thoughts in the comments section below First published on July 30, 2012 / 11:27 PM. Netty said this about the whole ordeal: Im not mad at Ann any more. Ann Pettway, Kidnapper of Carlina White, Gets 12 Years in Prison - The New York Times Kidnapping of Baby Draws 12-Year Term Joy White, speaking to reporters on Monday. As part of her plea bargain, prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of 10 to 12 years in prison. If they don't accept it, it's understandable. 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. All the dance numbers! Joy White and Carl Tyson both confirmed that most of this money had been spent during the years before their reunion, and that a trust fund that had been established was obtainable only if Carlina had been found before the age of 21. "Pettway was dealing with the stress of trying to be a mom and had had several miscarriages. published October 18, 2020. White ultimately discovered that she had been kidnapped as a baby by searching missing children web sites, and in early 2011, was finally reunited with her real family. 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. 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. Daniels said that Pettway had a relative contact the authorities through Facebook. White's father, Carl Tyson, expressed his disappointment, saying . A woman dressed as a nurse kidnapped Carlina White from the hospital and raised the child as her own. 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. 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. 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. 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. White was abducted from New York City's Harlem Hospital Center in Aug. 1987, when she was just 19 days old. She was wanted on a parole violation in North Carolina but is accused of kidnapping Carlina . NY 10036. Pettway confessed to taking 3-week-old Carlina White from Harlem Hospital's emergency room in 1987. However, the prosecution pointed out that Ann had been convicted of a number of crimes while she was raising the child. The actress opens up about the surreal process of playing the Lark in the Netflix fantasy prequel. 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. Carlina White grew up believing her name was Nejdra Nance. July 30, 2012 / 11:27 PM [14], On February 10, 2012, Pettway pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge. Soon, details began to emerge that for several months, a strange woman had been seen at the hospital. "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. Ann Pettway, 51, had pleaded guilty to kidnapping in February and offered details of the 1987 kidnapping. 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[citation needed] At age 23, White used websites such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, where she found that the images of the kidnapped Carlina resembled infant photos of herself as Nejdra and those of her daughter, Samani. [6], The case was the first known infant abduction from a New York hospital.[7]. 48-year-old Ann Pettway was in federal court in New York on Monday after turning herself in on Sunday. He said his birthday is Oct. 18, 2004, which matches Timmothy's date of birth. As documented in Unsolved Mysteries, White was abducted from a New York hospital in 1987 when she was just 19 days old. PICTURES: Missing Children, Where Are They? "I don't tell [people] my name is Nejdra, and I don't tell them Carlina. Authorities say a woman dressed as a nurse abducted a newborn Carlina White on Aug. 4, 1987 from a crib at Harlem Hospital in New York City. "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. In his, Carl told Pettway, "What you should get is 23 years, what you took away from me," while Joy said, "I'm broken into a million pieces." He said that she was relieved to confess. 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. All the show tunes! 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. 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. Pettway is on probation because of a conviction for attempted embezzlement. 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. Even in the beginning of the year, with all the drama and stuff, I was kind of cloudy. In a flat. "I'm pissed. Netty--the name she went by--eventually found a paper she thought was her birth certificate, but it turned out to be false. White attended Thomas Hooker School and graduated from Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport. Pettway went on the run after the kidnapping and reunion of White with her biological family made headlines, police said. White recognizes that she caused her biological family pain when she pulled away after meeting them, but she was overwhelmed by the media attention and felt guilt about abandoning the family who raised her. Tyson also went on to talk about all the things he never got to experience with his daughter. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Biological family of Carlina White doesn't believe confessed kidnapper is sorry. 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. 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. February 10, 2012, 8:42 AM. White toldNew York (opens in new tab)magazine in 2011 that while Pettway was somewhat distant, she was a responsible caregiver. Authorities checked her DNA against her birth parents and realized she was their missing daughter. (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. When Joy White and Carl Tyson came with their daughter, Carlina, to get her fever checked, Ann even consoled them. "Now I have two moms and two dads and my life is richer now because of that," White told the outlet, noting that she was writing to Pettway in prison. According to her parents, she does not have a relationship with either of them. Pettway was ultimately sentenced to 12 years in prison. 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 . I took a child. 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But I can appreciate what she did for me.. He was last seen at a water park in Wisconsin Dells,. Daniels said that the Pettway family is well known in the area and that his own sister had been friends with Pettway. It wasnt until 2010 that she visited the NCMEC website and expanded her search outside of her home state. How did she accomplish this in the first place? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [citation needed] An arrest warrant for Ann Pettway was issued by the North Carolina Department of Correction on January 21, 2011, for violating her probation from a conviction for attempted embezzlement. "She lied to Carlina, to law enforcement and state authorities for 23 years," the prosecutor said. The mysterious nurse from the hospital was Annugetta Ann Pettway of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The woman had been seen around the hospital for three weeks prior to the abduction. "As we've learned of her involvement in this abduction, we've been working to locate her, and we haven't been able to reach her," Keith Acree, a spokesman for the Department of Correction in North Carolina, told the New York Post. 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. White solved the case herself 23 years later after finding her photo on a website with images of missing children. [18] By the following July, White became estranged from her biological parents. The security guard stated that a heavyset woman (matching the description the parents had given) did leave around 3:30 am, but she did not have a child with her. It was wrong. Today, she is at the Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville(in Alabama). She graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism in 2017 and has also written for W, Brides, Glamour, Women's Health, People and more. 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. She did not believe she would ever be able to be a parent," according to a court document filed by FBI Special Agent Maria Johnson who interviewed Pettway. Though White distanced herself from her birth parents for some time after their initial reunion due to the overwhelming media attention and her complicated feelings for the family that raised her, she toldNew Yorkin late 2011 that they were on good terms and spoke occasionally on the phone. Like Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, White was kidnapped in New York when she was a child in the '80s. Ann Pettway took Carlina White when she was 19 days old from Harlem Hospital in Manhattan. On Jan. 23, 2011, Annugetta Pettway turned herself in to the FBI after a warrant was issued for her arrest. Her parents were thrilled about the new addition to their family, but when White was just 19 days old, she developed a high fever. Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, As the stolen infant's real mother wept in the federal court in . She was raised as Nejdra Nance in Connecticut and later in Georgia. ", 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.". White explained, There was a part of me that wasnt even there, and now I feel whole. (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. As documented in the show, White was was kidnapped by Ann Pettway in 1987 when she was 19 days old. Joy White next to her daughters crib shortly after Carlina Whites kidnapping. Well, we need to go back to 2005. There, she found a photo of a baby who had been kidnapped in 1987 and looked just like her own daughter, Samani. For years she lived with Annugetta Pettway, a woman she believed was her mother, however she later discovered that Pettway was actually her kidnapper. 2023 BBC. She then allegedly told an FBI agent she stole White after. Read about our approach to external linking. Ann Pettway, who pleaded guilty in February to . Since Netty needed to get health insurance, she needed her birth certificate. In her late teens she became suspicious of who she was.. [16] Her lawyers had asked for leniency, saying Pettway had been severely depressed after suffering from multiple miscarriages and stillbirths. Around her 16th birthday, Carlina began to believe she. Please enter valid email address to continue. 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. If they don't accept it, it's understandable. It wasn't until 2010, when she was 23 and living in Atlanta, that she decided to try expanding her search outside of Connecticut, and found a photo of a baby who had been abducted in 1987 and looked just like her own young daughter on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's website. She took a plea bargain, as a result of which the then 50-year-old was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Curtis Cousin Eddie Smith Claims Alex Murdaugh Made Him A Fall Guy, Morgan Doughty Filed A Lawsuit Against The Murdaugh Family, Buster Murdaugh Testified For The Defense At His Fathers Double Murder Trial, TikTok Star Bel Priestley Teases Boundary-Breaking 'Heartstopper' S2, Get Even More From Bustle Sign Up For The Newsletter. In July 2012, Pettway was sentenced to twelve years in prison. 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. Carlina White/FacebookCarlina White was reunited with her birth parents in 2011. [3] A guard said a woman matching the suspect's description left the hospital at 3:30am, and that no infant was visible, although the baby could have been concealed in the heavyset woman's smock. So she went to the woman she had called mom her whole life Annugetta "Ann" Pettway. Pettway lied and told White that she had been abandoned by a drug addict. At that point, Pettway confessed to not being her biological mother, but claimed White's mom had abandoned her. 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. Daniels, with the help of the FBI, arranged a neutral location to meet Pettway. Pettway did not enter a plea at her arraignment at the U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan, where she faced between 20 years and life in prison for kidnapping. NCMEC reached out to Joy White and Carl Tyson through email just before Christmas 2011. Pettway finally had to confess to White that she wasnt her biological mother. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Carlina White said she became skeptical of her past after Pettway could never provide her with a birth certificate. "It was wrong," Pettway told the judge when she entered her guilty plea today in a New York courtroom. She then raised White as her own daughter for over 20 years, renaming her Nejdra "Netty" Nance. WCBS 880's Irene Cornell With More On The Story. Friends and family assumed shed gone elsewhere to give birth to the baby, presumed to be the daughter of her on-again, off-again boyfriend Robert 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. For the mothers of the missing boys in Episode 6 of Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2, Carlina White's case is a beacon of hope. The hospital had video surveillance, but at the time it was not working. "She was strict, but she was cool. Well, she had on a nurses uniform that night, and prior to that, she had spent 2-3 weeks in the hospital. She contacted the agency and finally learned the truth in 2011. Little did these new parents know, however, that this night would be the last time they would see their child for the next 23 years. 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. Prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of 10 to 12.5 years. Pettway told officials that she is "truly sorry," according to the criminal complaint filed Monday. Though White didn't appear at Pettway's trial, her birth parents gave emotional testimonies at the sentencing. "Pettway was dealing with the stress of trying to be a mom and had had several miscarriages. Heres how it works. 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 was raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 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. 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. While Pettway was stalling, White visited a Connecticut Bureau of Vital Statistics, where a clerk was unable to find any records under her name and birth date, accused White of attempting to obtain a false identity, and flagged the case to the state's Department of Children and Families, White toldNew York. 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. Her skin was much lighter than Pettways, and though relatives often called her little Ann, she didnt see a physical resemblance at all. A family member worked with authorities to arrange Pettway's surrender. Pettway's attorney, Robert Baum, plans to obtain her hospital records and review her medical history. Ann Pettway, 51, learned her fate after pleading guilty to a kidnapping charge in February. Timmothy, from Aurora, Illinois, would be 14 years old now. Netty's not what the Pettway family gave me or what the White family gave me. Carlina White was reunited with her birth parents in 2011. 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. Now in her 30s, she seems content to live a private life with her daughter away from media attention. When national news broke of the reunion, White flew back to New York to do a series of interviews which she felt forced parts of the new relationship that hadnt developed yet. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. However, she lied to Netty by saying that the actual parent was a drug addict who abandoned her when she was just a child. ", 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon With More On The Story. 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. In this article, we take a look at a woman who kidnapped a child only 19 days after her birth. 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. For the next twenty-three years Carlina's parents continued to search for their daughter. Pettway, 49, was arraigned on one federal kidnapping charge in Manhattan federal court Monday. Ann Pettway, 51, learned her fate after pleading guilty to a kidnapping charge in February. It turned out that Carlina was actually being raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and went by the name Nejdra Netty Nance. / CBS News. It was wrong.''. Pettway boarded a train for her home in Bridgeport, Conn., and told friends and family member the baby was her child. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Her daughter Carlina. She spent her childhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut, before she and Pettway moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Joy White and Carl Tyson spent the next 23 years wondering what had happened to their daughter. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. discovered her birth certificate was fake, Pettway was sentenced to 12 years in prison. I'm here to right my wrong," she said in court. According to The New York Times, Pettway explained that she kidnapped White after suffering several miscarriages in an attempt to fill the emptiness they left behind. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. As reported by New York magazine, Tyson dropped his girlfriend at her house and returned home to try to get some sleep. North Carolina Department of Correction spokeswoman Pam Walker said officials have tried unsuccessfully to reach Pettway several times. Give her 23 years," Carl Tyson, Carlina White's father, said after the court proceedings. There was no paperwork to follow her such as a birth certificate or social security card. In 2010, she noticed that a photo of a missing child in a database looked like her own daughter Samani, according to the Chicago Tribune. Pettway turned herself into FBI officials in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sunday. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. New York CNN . Ann Pettway faces at least 20 years in prison. 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. [15] On July 30, 2012, Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced Pettway, who was then 50 years old, to 12 years in prison. Carlina White described Pettway to the New York Post last year as an abusive mother who would throw things like shoes at her. Leonardo DiCaprio keeps it low-key as he leaves a friend's birthday party wearing face . How did she accomplish this in the first place? Pettway, 51, was arrested last year after the victim, Carlina White, discovered she had been kidnapped. NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Ann Pettway, the woman believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of Carlina White, who at 19-days-old was abducted from a New York hospital and then was finally reunited. "I took a child. 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. After reading about the kidnapping of Carlina White, read about the Ariel Castro kidnappings and how his victims escaped 10 years of abuse. Pettway, who had experienced several miscarriages, abducted White from a hospital by posing as a nurse. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. 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. She was placed on intravenous antibiotics to fight the infection, and Joy White and Carl Tyson waited anxiously for news of their daughters condition. Johnson is a member of the FBI's Crimes Against Children Squad. She was released in April 2021, after serving her time in Alabama. New York, She then reached out to the organization, which put her in touch with her birth parents. She handled the potentially awkward moment with grace. He had just managed to doze off when the phone rang. "For 23 years, Ann, you had me suffering. It was a full two decades later, when Carlina White was due to become a mother herself, that she discovered the truth. I was, but only because she hid something from me for so long. Her release date is set for April 14,. "I'm not going to say she was the best mom ever, but she did what she had to do to make me who I am," she said. Pettway confessed to the FBI that she kidnapped Carlina White on Aug. 4, 1987 from Harlem Hospital after enduring several miscarriages. 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. 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. Johnson is a member of the FBI's Crimes Against Children Squad. 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. The couple didn't see their daughter until earlier this month when White's true identity was established. Then, in a quest to find some answers, Netty turned to the internet. Even the kidnappers brother was unaware that Netty was not Anns biological child. Thank" Police began a thorough investigation, and for a while they thought they had a suspect. With the center's help, she was ultimately able to narrow down her search for her birth parents to two possible cases. However, the judge said she was selfish and "inflicted a parent's worst nightmare on a couple." 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