Pettway is truly sorry," according to Johnson's court document. They also said that the indicted had experienced a traumatic childhood where Anns mother beat her with belts and extension cords. 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. In her late teens she became suspicious of who she was.. Ann Pettway surrendered to FBI agents last year after a warrant was issued for her arrest. Johnson is a member of the FBI's Crimes Against Children Squad. Visit our corporate site. According to ABC News, Pettway initially went on the run after White's story made the news, but she eventually surrendered to police. 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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. Soon, she got in touch with her biological 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. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. She is being held without bail. Her parents were thrilled about the new addition to their family, but when White was just 19 days old, she developed a high fever. In this article, we take a look at a woman who kidnapped a child only 19 days after her birth. Dis friends have said she referred to the doctor as the love of her life.. Well, she had on a nurses uniform that night, and prior to that, she had spent 2-3 weeks in the hospital. 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). There was no way of knowing what the woman in white looked like except for the description given by Joy White and Carl Tyson. Growing up, White sometimes wondered if Pettway was her real mother. First published on January 21, 2011 / 6:45 PM. Even in the beginning of the year, with all the drama and stuff, I was kind of cloudy. 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. Daniels, with the help of the FBI, arranged a neutral location to meet Pettway. Pettway is on parole in North Carolina until June 2012. [16] Her lawyers had asked for leniency, saying Pettway had been severely depressed after suffering from multiple miscarriages and stillbirths. Pettway, 49, was arraigned on one federal kidnapping charge in Manhattan federal court Monday. 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He said his birthday is Oct. 18, 2004, which matches Timmothy's date of birth. 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 was dealing with the stress of trying to be a mom and had had several miscarriages. 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." White solved the case herself 23 years later after finding her photo on a website with images of missing children. She then allegedly told an FBI agent she stole White after. "Pettway was dealing with the stress of trying to be a mom and had had several miscarriages. 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. 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. published October 18, 2020. White's father, Carl Tyson, expressed his disappointment, saying . Perhaps they'll have a reunion of their own when Pettway is released. According to her parents, she does not have a relationship with either of them. The Associated Press contributed to this report. How did she accomplish this in the first place? 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. 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. 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. NY 10036. It may be rejected, but I am deeply sorry for what I've done. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Pettway finally had to confess to White that she wasnt her biological mother. He had just managed to doze off when the phone rang. In July 2012, she was sentenced to 12 years in prison. (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. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. "I would like to apologize to the family. The defense pointed to Pettway's suffering, including miscarriages and three still births. It wasnt until 2010 that she visited the NCMEC website and expanded her search outside of her home state. If they don't accept it, it's understandable. For the next few weeks, White was in constant contact with her birth parents, but she sometimes struggled to form a relationship with them. 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. 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, had pleaded guilty to kidnapping in February and offered details of the 1987 kidnapping. 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. A few days later, Pettway confessed that she was not White's birth mother, but claimed White had been abandoned by her parents at birth. 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. Then, in a quest to find some answers, Netty turned to the internet. Authorities checked her DNA against her birth parents and realized she was their missing daughter. She had swallowed fluid during her delivery and had an infection. "I took a child. She contacted the agency and finally learned the truth in 2011. Ann eventually gave birth to a son. It was the same woman who had given Tyson directions earlier. Who Is Hasnat Khan, Princess Dianas Boyfriend on Season 5 of The Crown. For years she lived with Annugetta Pettway, a woman she believed was her mother, however she later discovered that Pettway was actually her kidnapper. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The woman who snatched a newborn baby from a Manhattan hospital more than two decades ago and raised the child as her own was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday. 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. Here's everything we know about White's miraculous case, from her shocking kidnapping to her triumphant reunion with her birth parents. "If I had all that anger in me it would be me who would suffer and it would stop me from living.". If they don't accept it, it's understandable. Carlina White grew up believing her name was Nejdra Nance. Carlina White's real mother, Joy White and her father Carl Tyson describe their feelings about Ann Pettway. Meanwhile, Carlina's abductor, Ann Pettway, had renamed her Nejdra Nance. "She was strict, but she was cool. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. This also included an attempted embezzlement charge from 2010. Plus, flyers with her photos and information had been circulated nationwide. She was convicted for kidnapping Carlina White in 2012. Sentencing is scheduled for May 14, 2012. 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. Shell be crowned alongside her husband King Charles at the Coronation. As documented in the show, White was was kidnapped by Ann Pettway in 1987 when she was 19 days old. Carlina was raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [15] On July 30, 2012, Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced Pettway, who was then 50 years old, to 12 years in prison. The Connecticut Post reports that Pettways sister Cassandra Johnson helped White reach out to NCMEC in December 2010. As part of a plea bargain, prosecutors agreed to recommend to the judge a prison sentence of 10 to 12 years. It was a full two decades later, when Carlina White was due to become a mother herself, that she discovered the truth. But I can appreciate what she did for me.. 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. [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. Pettway confessed to the FBI that she kidnapped Carlina White on Aug. 4, 1987 from Harlem Hospital after enduring several miscarriages. The dad is like I was talking to a stranger.. [19] As of 2014, she continues to have a relationship with her biological parents.[19][20]. "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. "You hurt me so bad. 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. [1] Joy White later stated that there had been a falling out over the issue of the money. Thank" However, the judge said she was selfish and "inflicted a parent's worst nightmare on a couple." Ms White traced her true mother after finding a photo of herself on the website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Kates coat was a Catherine Walker rewear; Diana wore her Moschino suit numerous times. [14], On February 10, 2012, Pettway pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge. It's believed that she is incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama, to complete her term. DNA testing was performed to confirm that Carlina White was indeed their child. 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. 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. For the following 23 years, Carlina White became Nejdra Nance. 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. The lack of a birth certificate was one of the things that made Carlina White suspicious that something was not right. You took something away from me," Tyson said. 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. 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. 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But they soon came to a dead end, and the case of Carlina Whites kidnapping went cold. White asked Pettway for the document, but she couldnt provide it. That sounded like a bold request for the biological family of Carlina White. 48-year-old Ann Pettway was in federal court in New York on Monday after turning herself in on Sunday. [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. White was discovered missing early in the morning of Aug. 4, and a security guard reported having seen a woman matching Pettway's description leaving the hospital around 3:30 a.m. Pettway raised White as Nejdra Nance, nicknamed Netty, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with the help of her own mother. "[1], In 2014, White spoke at the Crimes Against Children Conference, the leading national training event for law enforcement professionals working to combat child victimization. 2011 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. "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. There was no paperwork to follow her such as a birth certificate or social security card. 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. It may be rejected, but I am deeply sorry for what I've done. 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. 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 called the center's hotline in Dec. 2010, encouraged and aided by Pettway's sister, Cassandra Johnson, per theConnecticut Post (opens in new tab). But when they returned they received the Pettway turned herself into FBI officials in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sunday. 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. She pleaded guilty in February to kidnapping the three-week-old Ms White from hospital. The infant even had the same birthmark as White. Pettway told federal investigators that she kidnapped White after enduring several miscarriages because of the stress over whether "she would ever be able to be a parent." Authorities issued a warrant for Pettway's arrest for violating her parole in a North Carolina embezzlement case. It's what I gave myself." Lt. David Daniels was the point person from the Bridgeport Police Department who helped arrange the surrender. She brought her beautiful daughter. The last time White spoke publicly was at the 2014 Crimes Against Children Conference. With NYPD unable to track her down, Carlina was raised in Bridgeport, Conn., under the name Nejdra Nance by a woman named Ann Pettway. [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. 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. Pettway's attorney, Robert Baum, plans to obtain her hospital records and review her medical history. After all, Unsolved Mysteries aims to not only give us well-researched reports on some really chilling cases, but it has also successfully solved some of them with the help of its viewers. White, who had been brought to the hospital with a fever by her concerned parents at 19 days old and was hooked up to an IV. All my friends used to say she was a cool mom.". The last thing Joy White could recall about the nurse was a bizarre comment she made as her newborn daughter was admitted: The baby dont cry for you, you cry for the baby. She now believes it was the womans attempt to get rid of her. 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. Thats the main thing just to find out where you come from and who you are.. [12] She had driven from North Carolina to Connecticut to arrange care for her biological son. Then, learn more about the Jim Twins, who were separated at birth only to discover they lived the same life. [6], The case was the first known infant abduction from a New York hospital.[7]. (There is always the possibility that the infant was hiding in Anns smock). On Jan. 23, 2011, Annugetta Pettway turned herself in to the FBI after a warrant was issued for her arrest. "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 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. She was declared an absconder Friday and put into a national law enforcement database. For the next year, White kept pressing Pettway for more details about her birth mother, but Pettway claimed she couldnt remember anything. "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. Still, The Mirror reported that as of 2014, White was in touch with her biological parents as well as the family that raised her. 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. She apologized to White's real family during her court appearance, but they weren't exactly in a forgiving mood. As reported by New York magazine, Tyson dropped his girlfriend at her house and returned home to try to get some sleep. 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. 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. Where Are Carlina Whites Biological Parents Now. There, she found a photo of a baby who had been kidnapped in 1987 and looked just like her own daughter, Samani. Let her get the same amount of time," Carl Tyson told the New York Post. I'm here to right my wrong."[17]. At that point, 23-year-old White started scouring the internet for clues as to her true identity. Prosecutors increased their recommended sentence to 20 years, saying they had uncovered new facts about the case. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Pettway boarded a train for her home in Bridgeport, Conn., and told friends and family member the baby was her child. He said that she was relieved to confess. She was wanted on a parole violation in North Carolina but is accused of kidnapping Carlina . Joy White (Sherri Shepherd) confronts Ann Pettway (Aunjanue Ellis), the woman who kidnapped her baby girl and raised her as her own, in this scene from Abduc. 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. "Pettway took the victim from the victim's family and this was totally unacceptable. Pettway kept repeating, She left you and never came back.. New York CNN . She discovered her true identity after contacting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 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. Public DomainPettway Surrendered on Jan. 23, 2011. 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. 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. 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. It was wrong.''. "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. Heres how it works. According to New York magazine, White was in high school when she discovered that her birth certificate was fake. 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. Prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of 10 to 12.5 years. The mysterious nurse from the hospital was Annugetta Ann Pettway of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Pettway posed a nurse, took the baby from the couple and pretended to take her for treatment. It's what I gave myself," she said. Pettway was ultimately sentenced 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. As part of her plea bargain, prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of 10 to 12 years in prison. Biological family of Carlina White doesn't believe confessed kidnapper is sorry. 1987 kidnapping 's understandable December 2010 abduction from a New York on Monday after turning herself on! `` Pettway was in federal court in New York hospital. 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