| Kidnapping of Carlina White | |
|---|---|
| Location | New York City, U.S. |
| Date | August 4, 1987 |
Attack type | Kidnapping, child abduction |
| Victim | Carlina Renae White |
| Perpetrator | Annugetta Pettway |
| Motive | Desire for a child after multiple miscarriages |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | Kidnapping (18 U.S.C. § 1201)
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| Sentence | 12 years in prison (paroled after 9+2⁄3 years) |
Carlina Renae White (born July 15, 1987), also known as Nejdra "Netty" Nance,[1] is an American woman who solved her own kidnapping case and was reunited with her biological parents 23 years after being abducted as an infant from the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. 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. For years she lived with Annugetta Pettway, a woman she believed was her mother. However, she later discovered that Pettway was actually her kidnapper. White was portrayed by Keke Palmer in the Lifetime film Abducted: The Carlina White Story. Upon discovering her kidnapping and her biological parents, she kept her legal name as Carlina White.[1]