You took something away from me," Tyson said. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. 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. She recalled, The mom had that mother instinct. It was the same woman who had given Tyson directions earlier. 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. 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. Ann eventually gave birth to a son. Finally, more than 23 years after her kidnapping, White was reunited with her parents in 2011. Pettway, 51, was arrested last year after the victim, Carlina White, discovered she had been kidnapped. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. The Whites had brought their 19-day-old infant, who had a high fever, to Harlem Hospital in Manhattan on August 4, 1987. Carlina was raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In her last interview in 2014, White told the Mirror that she'd forgiven Pettway and was in contact with her. Netty's not what the Pettway family gave me or what the White family gave me. (There is always the possibility that the infant was hiding in Anns smock). As the stolen infant's real mother wept in the federal court in . White's parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, had taken their feverish daughter to the hospital 23 years ago. Netflix owes us answers after that ending. The hospital had video surveillance, but at the time it was not working. The lack of a birth certificate was one of the things that made Carlina White suspicious that something was not right. She brought her beautiful daughter. [1], Annugetta Pettway had an abusive upbringing, her mother often beating her with belts and extension cords. They told him his daughter was missing while his girlfriend screamed in the background. If they don't accept it, it's understandable. Joy White and Carl Tyson spent the next 23 years wondering what had happened to their daughter. North Carolina Department of Correction spokeswoman Pam Walker said officials have tried unsuccessfully to reach Pettway several times. [12] She had driven from North Carolina to Connecticut to arrange care for her biological son. 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. Thank" "You didn't take a bike. Nurses said they had checked on baby White every five minutes and had discovered she was missing at 3:40 a.m. The indictment against Ann Pettway was. As part of a plea bargain, prosecutors agreed to recommend to the judge a prison sentence of 10 to 12 years. 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." [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. "I'm pissed. Pettway confessed to the FBI that she kidnapped Carlina White on Aug. 4, 1987 from Harlem Hospital after enduring several miscarriages. 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. White toldNew York (opens in new tab)magazine in 2011 that while Pettway was somewhat distant, she was a responsible caregiver. 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. 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. [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. How did she accomplish this in the first place? The mysterious nurse from the hospital was Annugetta Ann Pettway of Bridgeport, Connecticut. All the dance numbers! Ann Pettway faces at least 20 years in prison. Since Netty needed to get health insurance, she needed her birth certificate. / CBS News. On Aug. 4, 1987, Joy White and Carl Tyson rushed their newborn daughter, Carlina White, to the hospital due to a fever. He said that she was relieved to confess. She pleaded guilty in February to kidnapping the three-week-old Ms White from hospital. With NYPD unable to track her down, Carlina was raised in Bridgeport, Conn., under the name Nejdra Nance by a woman named Ann Pettway. [16] Her lawyers had asked for leniency, saying Pettway had been severely depressed after suffering from multiple miscarriages and stillbirths. "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. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? "She took [Carlina] for 23 years. 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. Timmothy, from Aurora, Illinois, would be 14 years old now. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? February 10, 2012, 8:42 AM. 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. ", 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.". "[5], Pettway turned herself in to the FBI office at Bridgeport on the morning of January 23, 2011. 2023 BBC. Pettway turned herself into FBI officials in Bridgeport, Conn., on Sunday. [14], On February 10, 2012, Pettway pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge. Authorities checked her DNA against her birth parents and realized she was their missing daughter. You took somebody's child, so this ain't no remorse. 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. 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. According to The Mirror, the ensuing press attention became too much for White. I was, but only because she hid something from me for so long. She retreated from family and friends including her newly-discovered biological parents Joy and Carl, with whom she had a complicated relationship. 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. This was when Netty was pregnant and needed health insurance. [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. January 21, 2011 / 6:45 PM 2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The case made headlines internationally and solved a mystery that had baffled police for more than two decades. Fugitive in $18 million COVID fraud scheme extradited to U.S. Where things stand in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial, Alex Murdaugh testifies 4 years after fatal boat crash involving son, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, January 20, 2011 - Carlina White: Kidnapped Girl Finds Her Mother After 23 Years. "I don't tell [people] my name is Nejdra, and I don't tell them Carlina. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Ann Pettway took Carlina White when she was 19 days old from Harlem Hospital in Manhattan. 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. Who Is Hasnat Khan, Princess Dianas Boyfriend on Season 5 of The Crown. The couple didn't see their daughter until earlier this month when White's true identity was established. Like Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, White was kidnapped in New York when she was a child in the '80s. Joy White said she remembered Pettway, posing as a nurse, consoling her before picking up the baby and waking away. Meanwhile, Carlina's abductor, Ann Pettway, had renamed her Nejdra Nance. 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. Her skin was much lighter than Pettways, and though relatives often called her little Ann, she didnt see a physical resemblance at all. night with a high fever. As Carlina grew older she began to wonder why she did not look like the rest of her family. Biological family of Carlina White doesn't believe confessed kidnapper is sorry. Netty graduated from Warren Harding High School, following which, Ann and her moved out to Atlanta for a while. White was not present at today's hearings. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. That sounded like a bold request for the biological family of Carlina White. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children helped reunite White with her biological mother. 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. Carlina keeps in touch with her birth parents, but they are not. 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. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. "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. After a quick visit, White returned to the airport to catch her flight back to Atlanta. Carlina White said she became skeptical of her past after Pettway could never provide her with a birth certificate. 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. 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. 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. 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. He had just managed to doze off when the phone rang. Before her verdict, she wrote an apology letter that read: I went to the hospital. 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. 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. Visit our corporate site. [13] On February 17, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted Pettway on the kidnapping charge. Nevertheless, the family continued to try to build a relationship, and White flew to New York to meet them for the first time. "It was wrong," Pettway told the judge when she entered her guilty plea today in a New York courtroom. Please enter valid email address to continue. She called the center's hotline and was able to contact her birth family. 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. The Mountbatten-Windsors have been recastagain. Carlina White described Pettway to the New York Post last year as an abusive mother who would throw things like shoes at her. He said his birthday is Oct. 18, 2004, which matches Timmothy's date of birth. 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. 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. Pettway offered an emotional apology in court, saying it was understandable if the family didn't accept it. Now, the former Nejdra Nance has legally changed her name to Carlina White, but she informally goes by Netty a name she chose all for herself. There was no paperwork to follow her such as a birth certificate or social security card. Pettway posed as a nurse, took the baby from the couple and pretended to take her for treatment. However, the prosecution pointed out that Ann had been convicted of a number of crimes while she was raising the child. For this, she required her birth certificate, something that Ann was never able to produce. In a flat. A woman reportedly dressed as a nurse had comforted the parents at the hospital, but was not a hospital employee. Well, she had on a nurses uniform that night, and prior to that, she had spent 2-3 weeks in the hospital. As reported by New York magazine, Tyson dropped his girlfriend at her house and returned home to try to get some sleep. The woman had been seen around the hospital for three weeks prior to the abduction. When Netty was 10 years old, Ann gave birth to a son, and the children were raised as siblings. Shockingly, between 2:30 a.m. and 3:55 a.m., someone removed the IV from baby White and abducted her from the hospital. Pettway is truly sorry," according to Johnson's court document. 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. Pettway went on the run after the kidnapping and reunion of White with her biological family made headlines, police said. Carlina White solved her own kidnapping case in 2005. Her biological parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, said they left the For the next twenty-three years Carlina's parents continued to search for their daughter. 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