There was no paperwork to follow her such as a birth certificate or social security card. Carlina White was taken from Harlem Hospital, New York City on August 4, 1987. It turned out that she had gotten an infection since she had swallowed some fluid during the delivery. discovered her birth certificate was fake, Pettway was sentenced to 12 years in prison. She brought her beautiful daughter. Carlina White has also reportedly returned to using the name Njedra Nance, which was given to her by Ann Pettway, the woman who raised her--and who is now … She retreated from family and friends — including her newly-discovered biological parents Joy and Carl, with whom she had a complicated relationship. What had happened was that after suing the hospital, the birth parents were awarded $750,000 in a settlement in 1993. When no one stopped Pettway, Pettway took the victim with her on a train to Pettway’s home in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her real mom was Joy White, who gave birth to her at 16 and called her Carlina. Today I’m going to look at the Carlina White case which has many striking similarities. Netflix Who was Carlina White’s kidnapper? Here’s why. "I was on such of a high," White said. "I don't tell [people] my name is Nejdra, and I don't tell them Carlina. A more specific time range for the abduction was determined to be between 2:30 am and 3:55 am. So, she got in touch with the center’s hotline and, eventually, her biological family. Because her page is not public to non-friends, we don't know if this is mostly a fan page or a page she actively uses for her personal life. 6 of 14 7 of 14 In this courtroom sketch, Ann Pettway, left, the woman accused of kidnapping infant Carlina White from a New York hospital more than two decades ago, is … 12 of 14. Plus, a riveting archive of the crimes is also created in the process. DNA evidence also proved that Netty and Carlina were one and the same. Elizabeth White, her aunt, said, “It was wonderful, she didn’t even seem like a stranger, she just fit right in. Carlina White was kidnapped as when she was just a baby. All rights reserved. © 2021 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. As documented in Unsolved Mysteries, White was abducted from a New York hospital in 1987 when she was just 19 days old. 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. In January, Pettway told officials that she is "truly sorry," according to a criminal complaint. Netty scoured the internet for missing children’s websites. There was even a reward of $10,000. Her birth name is Carlina White and she is currently 33 years old. After being reunited with her family for the first time in 23 years, Carlina White has returned to her home in Georgia after a fight over money, her mom said. She was the child, now woman, who was abducted from the hospital and raised by a woman that wasn’t her mother. 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. However, she continued, “When someone asks me what my name is, I say Netty. Pettway told her friends and family members that the victim was her child.” It also stated that the abductor was truly sorry for the wrong action she took. Just three weeks after being born, Carlina White developed a high fever. I don’t tell them my name is Nejdra, and I don’t tell them Carlina. You can learn more about it in this article. However, she continued, “When someone asks me what my name is, I say Netty. Of course, the motive behind such a series is to spread as much information to as many people with the hope that one day, someone may just come forward with the answer. The last time White spoke publicly was at the 2014 Crimes Against Children Conference. We all went up there, we had dinner together, her aunts were there. 13.3k Followers, 947 Following, 210 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Carlina White (@lina2much) She looked up cases from her birth year, and then saw a photo of a baby, along with a rendition of what the child would look like at 19. According to The Mirror, the ensuing press attention became too much for White. Unfortunately, the surveillance cameras in the hospital were also dysfunctional, and no leads were generated. But while White was later found and reunited with her parents, Dansby and Walker's families are still holding out hope that their children will turn up. But when Carlina asked her parents about the funds, they said that most of the money had been spent. So why did Pettway do something like this? © 2021 Bustle Digital Group. Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ features true crime enigmas from across the country that are yet to be cracked, and this is exactly what makes them even more bone-chilling than other cases. She did not believe she would ever be able to be a parent. In her late teens she became suspicious of who she was.” Apart from this, she did not see any resemblance between her family and her, biologically speaking. Still, The Mirror reported that as of 2014, White was in touch with her biological parents as well as the family that raised her. Today, Carlina White, who goes by the name Netty, is 33 years old and she is understood to still have a relationship of sorts with her biological family. Like Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, White was kidnapped in … No one knew that Carlina was being raised by Annugetta “Ann” Pettway, 45 miles away from the birth parents, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A description of the supposed nurse was given by the parents, and in fact, the security guard did say that he saw someone similar leave the premises around 3:30 am. Joy White and Carl Tyson met each other in the Harlem housing projects and had been together for a year when Joy became pregnant with Carlina. Little did the parents know that the nurse who was trying to console them was not even a hospital employee. 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. "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. For this and other reasons, Carlina White’s case remains an extraordinary example of child abduction. Carlina White, now 23 and raised in Connecticut and Georgia, went missing on Aug. 4, 1987, after she had been admitted to Harlem Hospital because she was suffering from a … But late that night, baby Carlina disappeared. What really makes Carlina’s story so extraordinary is that she solved her own case. It was magic.” However, many sources reported that there was a rift between the mother and daughter over money. Netflix Who was Carlina White’s kidnapper? Carlina White, now 23 and living in Georgia, was reunited on Friday with her biological parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, bringing an end to one … There are also some sweet pictures of her with her daughter, Samani. Then, Ann confessed. Carlina White is the main protagonist in Abducted: The Carlina White Story and she was kidnaped as a baby in 1987 where she was raise by the main antagonist Ana Pettway.. Today, according to her Facebook profile, Carlina is based out of Marietta, Georgia, and is self-employed. NEW PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CPOqmg64z4New to my channel? The father also found it odd that the supposed caregiver told Joy, “The baby don’t cry for you—you cry for the baby.”. Both of these cases can teach Jess a thing or two about hope. In an interview, she stated that she was legally changing her name again to Carlina White. I found pages for both Carlina Nance and Carlina White on Facebook. Remember Carlina White? Today, according to her Facebook profile, Carlina is based out of Marietta, Georgia, and is self-employed. The kidnapping of Carlina White gets mentioned in the show, and the story is quite bizarre. Furthermore, the child now went by Nejdra “Netty” Nance and graduated from Warren Harding High School. Carlina White was taken to Bridgeport, Conn., and, later, Atlanta, where she was given a new name, Nejdra Nance, and was raised by a new family, unaware for … Carlina White has not been previously engaged. Carlina White is a Cancer and was born in The Year of the Rabbit She was being given antibiotics intravenously. Carlina White (born July 15, 1987) is famous for being person. Lt. Christopher Zimmerman of the NYPD said, “Nejdra Nance was very suspicious of who she was and what family raised her. Kidnapped when she was only 19 days-old from a hospital where she had been admitted for a fever, she solved her own kidnapping case 23 years later. The photo of Carlina White stood out to Netty, who became convinced that she was the baby that went missing in 1987. Click to join us! She has more than 43,000 "likes." Unsolved Mysteries That Have Actually Been Solved. Now in her 30s, she seems content to live a private life with her daughter away from media attention. Like Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, White was kidnapped in New York when she was a child in the '80s. Carlina Renae White, also known as Nejdra "Netty" Nance, is People born on July 15 fall under the zodiac sign of Cancer. Carl was 22 at the time and used to drive a truck and work at a parking garage, whereas she was 16 and was still in high school. Carlina White Cracks Own Cold Case. Joy and her mother took care of the baby at her place; Carl stopped by at night after work. "If I had all that anger in me it would be me who would suffer and it would stop me from living.". Carlina then grew up as Nejdra Nance in her … Carlina had at least 1 relationship in the past. White was taken to the hospital when she was just 19 days old with a fever of 104 degrees (40C) by her parents. However, this issue has since been resolved, reportedly. Ryan Cameron and Rashan Ali hold the first, exclusive interview with Carlina White. Carlina White was born on July 15, 1987, to Joy White and Carl Tyson. "You couldn't tell me nothing else. Her Story. White spent the next several years searching for her birth parents. But within 19 days of her birth, she was admitted to Harlem Hospital as she had a fever of 104 °F. Carlina White was born on a Wednesday, July 15, 1987 in New York City. Carlina White flew to New York on Jan. 15, Joy White said on Monday, and stayed with her biological family for four days. She was returned to her parents 23 years after she was first taken by her abductor, Ann Pettway, Carlina White (or Netty, as she now goes by) was reunited with her parents. 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. She is not dating anyone currently. Her zodiac animal is Rabbit. Netty’s not what the Pettway family gave me or what the White family gave me. That year, the City of New York witnessed its first infant kidnapping from a hospital. White's case is featured in Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2. Joy White and Carlina's father, Carl Tyson, who told me later he still had feelings of wanting to "strangle" Pettway, wanted her sentenced to 23 years: the exact amount of time they suffered. 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. Carlina currently remains in Atlanta and is reportedly using the name Nejdra Nance, with which she was raised. In an interview, she stated that she was legally changing her name again to Carlina White. 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. In 2005, the kidnapping victim was pregnant with her daughter. Netty's not what the Pettway family gave me or what the White family gave me. Today, Carlina White, who goes by the name Netty, is 33 years old and she is understood to still have a relationship of sorts with her biological family. It's what I gave myself," she said. FBI Special Agent Maria Johnson mentioned the motive in a court document— “Pettway was dealing with the stress of trying to be a mom and had had several miscarriages. Carlina White changed her cover photo to a happy picture of her with Joy and Carl in late November. She currently resides in New York City, New York, USA. Carlina White is a young American woman who was born in 1987 at Harlem Hospital Center. But after just 19 days Carlina developed a fever so Joy and the father, Carl Tyson, 22, took her to Harlem Hospital. However, Pettway claimed that White was abandoned as a child and that she'd taken her in. She also visited the page of the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children. (It is noteworthy that Carlina could be hidden in her abductor’s smock). However, this issue has since been resolved, reportedly. The victim was 23-years-old when she reunited with her biological family. It’s what I gave myself.”, Read More: Unsolved Mysteries That Have Actually Been Solved. For the mothers of the missing boys in Episode 6 of Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2, Carlina White's case is a beacon of hope. There are also some sweet pictures of her with her daughter, Samani. For the mothers of the missing boys in Episode 6 of Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2, Carlina White's case is a beacon of hope. 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. In 2011, she described her kidnapper as a "cool mom." Powered by WordPress.com VIP. Carlina Renae White was born at Harlem Hospital on the afternoon of July 15, a healthy eight pounds. But she lied as she told Netty that her actual mother was a drug addict who abandoned her. However, there was no sign of an infant. Ann Pettway, who pleaded guilty in February to abducting 19-day-old Carlina White in 1987 and raising the child as her own daughter, was sentenced in Federal District Court. 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