All the show tunes! Daniels said that the Pettway family is well known in the area and that his own sister had been friends with Pettway. January 21, 2011 / 6:45 PM Timmothy, from Aurora, Illinois, would be 14 years old now. Prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of 10 to 12.5 years. Carlina White grew up believing her name was Nejdra Nance. 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. / CBS News. Read More: Where Are Carlina Whites Biological Parents Now? Upon being reunited with her biological parents, Carlina White's attorney advised her to ask them about the cash settlement from the hospital. 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. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The infant even had the same birthmark as White. Later that evening, in a state of shock, White confronted Pettway, who broke down and confessed that she was not White's biological mother. 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. It was the same woman who had given Tyson directions earlier. White grew suspicious during her teens that Pettway was not her biological mother, because of her inability to provide a birth certificate. The woman who raised White told authorities that she tried to create a fake birth certificate for her, renaming her Nejdra Nance, but was unable to create a fake document that appeared real, according to court documents. 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. While "Carlina White" is her legal name, as it appears on official documents, she says that she will continue to go by "Netty" in public since it was neither the name her biological parents gave her nor the name given to her by the woman who raised her, but rather is "[the name] I gave myself. Pettway, 51, was arrested last year after the victim, Carlina White, discovered she had been kidnapped. 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. She was released in April 2021, after serving her time in Alabama. As part of a plea bargain, prosecutors agreed to recommend to the judge a prison sentence of 10 to 12 years. 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. [9], After the confirmation that Nejdra Nance was really Carlina White, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began a search for Ann Pettway. 2011 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. . 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. Before her verdict, she wrote an apology letter that read: I went to the hospital. If convicted, Pettway faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison. "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 had swallowed fluid during her delivery and had an infection. How did she accomplish this in the first place? Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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. However, the prosecution pointed out that Ann had been convicted of a number of crimes while she was raising the child. It was wrong. Today, she is at the Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville(in Alabama). 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. 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. 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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. Give her 23 years," Carl Tyson, Carlina White's father, said after the court proceedings. 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. The dad is like I was talking to a stranger.. Pettway is on probation because of a conviction for attempted embezzlement. 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. Pettway, 49, was arraigned on one federal kidnapping charge in Manhattan federal court Monday. Netty graduated from Warren Harding High School, following which, Ann and her moved out to Atlanta for a while. In this article, we take a look at a woman who kidnapped a child only 19 days after her birth. First published on January 21, 2011 / 6:45 PM. She began to think about Pettway, who at the time was on the run from the FBI. But now I know who I am. Johnson is a member of the FBI's Crimes Against Children Squad. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? With the center's help, she was ultimately able to narrow down her search for her birth parents to two possible cases. This was when Netty was pregnant and needed health insurance. I was, but only because she hid something from me for so long. Joy White said she remembered Pettway, posing as a nurse, consoling her before picking up the baby and waking away. Relatives told CBS station WCBS that White was raised in an abusive home in Connecticut and then later moved to Georgia. Pettway boarded a train for her home in Bridgeport, Conn., and told friends and family member the baby was her child. 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. / CBS New York. 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. The last time White spoke publicly was at the 2014 Crimes Against Children Conference. As reported by New York magazine, Tyson dropped his girlfriend at her house and returned home to try to get some sleep. Joy White and Carl Tyson spent the next 23 years wondering what had happened to their daughter. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Public DomainPettway Surrendered on Jan. 23, 2011. Carlina White described Pettway to the New York Post last year as an abusive mother who would throw things like shoes at her. [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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. She called the center's hotline and was able to contact her birth family. 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. If they don't accept it, it's understandable. Pettway was ultimately sentenced to 12 years in prison. It wasnt until 2010 that she visited the NCMEC website and expanded her search outside of her home state. Joy White told reporters afterwards that Pettway should serve 23 years in jail, one for every year she had been separated from her daughter. It was the police calling from Joy Whites apartment. Staggering snowfall in California mountains leaves residents trapped for days, SpaceX launches new crew on flight to space station, Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Firefighter dies battling blaze in downtown Buffalo, mayor says, Several hospitalized after Lufthansa flight diverted to Dulles due to turbulence, Explosive found in checked luggage at Pennsylvania airport, feds say, Prosecution wraps its case at Alex Murdaugh murder trial, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother. 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. 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. Joy White next to her daughters crib shortly after Carlina Whites kidnapping. As Carlina grew older she began to wonder why she did not look like the rest of her family. One day, Ann confessed that she was not the biological mother. It turned out that Carlina was actually being raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and went by the name Nejdra Netty Nance. 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. Though White didn't appear at Pettway's trial, her birth parents gave emotional testimonies at the sentencing. NCMEC reached out to Joy White and Carl Tyson through email just before Christmas 2011. "If I had all that anger in me it would be me who would suffer and it would stop me from living.". He had just managed to doze off when the phone rang. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Morgan Doughty Filed A Lawsuit Against The Murdaugh Family, Curtis Cousin Eddie Smith Claims Alex Murdaugh Made Him A Fall Guy, Buster Murdaugh Testified For The Defense At His Fathers Double Murder Trial, Love Is Blinds SK Addressed Cheating Claims Following Raven's 'After The Altar' Interview, Get Even More From Bustle Sign Up For The Newsletter. As documented in the show, White was was kidnapped by Ann Pettway in 1987 when she was 19 days old. Later, Carl Tyson recalled that a woman wearing a nurses uniform directed them upon their arrival, and he saw her again while looking for a phone to update Whites grandparents on her condition. North Carolina officials saying they believe she's actively fleeing authorities. Police began a thorough investigation, and for a while they thought they had a suspect. Daniels said that Pettway had a relative contact the authorities through Facebook. Pettway's attorney, Robert Baum, plans to obtain her hospital records and review her medical history. 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. This also included an attempted embezzlement charge from 2010. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. Pettway served her sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville in Alabama until she was released on April 14, 2021. "For 23 years, Ann, you had me suffering. 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. The defense pointed to Pettway's suffering, including miscarriages and three still births. So how exactly was the mystery solved? They rushed her to the hospital, where doctors discovered White had an infection from swallowing fluid during her birth. "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. "She was strict, but she was cool. "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," Tyson told reporters. She spent her childhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut, before she and Pettway moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Pettway then admitted that she was someone else's daughter, but claimed she had been abandoned by a drug addict. In 2005, when White was pregnant with her daughter, she requested Pettway obtain her birth certificate so she could get health insurance. Well, she had on a nurse's uniform that night, and prior to that, she had spent 2-3 weeks in the hospital. However, Pettway claimed that White was abandoned as a child and that she'd taken her in. It wasn't until White was in high school that she. February 10, 2012, 8:42 AM. 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. [1], Annugetta Pettway had an abusive upbringing, her mother often beating her with belts and extension cords. Pettway and White later moved to Atlanta, Georgia. As documented in Unsolved Mysteries, White was abducted from a New York hospital in 1987 when she was just 19 days old. Before she boarded her plane, she was stopped by a police detective who told her that her DNA results had come back and that Joy White and Carl Tyson were indeed her biological parents. She brought her beautiful daughter. Pettway is truly sorry," according to Johnson's court document. But when they returned they received the 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. 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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. 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. 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 . We all went up there, we had dinner together, her aunts were there. For the next year, White kept pressing Pettway for more details about her birth mother, but Pettway claimed she couldnt remember anything. 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. Carlina Renae White was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on July 15, 1987. At first, White only searched for kidnappings that had occured near Bridgeport, Connecticut. (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. 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. She then raised White as her own daughter for over 20 years, renaming her Nejdra "Netty" Nance. 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. She discovered her true identity after contacting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 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