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How Carlina White Figured Out She Had Been Kidnapped
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 20, 2011
Modified Jan 20, 2011
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Published Jan 20, 2011
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The tabloids today have more info (and video) on how baby Carlina White (who grew up as Nejdra Nance) was able to find her parents 23 years after being kidnapped from Harlem Hospital.
Nance apparently become suspicious of her "mother" Agnotta Pettway—who allegedly abused both her "daughter" and drugs—when she became pregnant at 16 and wanted her birth certificate in order to file for prenatal care. When Pettway, who apparently has multiple aliases, couldn't help her, Nance got curious and confronted the woman who she noticed didn't really look like her. When Pettway finally admitted she wasn't her mother, Nance began the search for her biological parents in earnest.
Nance also explained how Pettway was able to pass the child off as her own: she had just lost a child in pregnancy without telling anyone so the baby did not seem suspicious. However, the police and the feds have yet to decide if they have enough probable cause to make an arrest. When reached by the Post in North Carolina, Pettway said she was coming back North post haste to "straighten this all out," though when the News reached her she snapped "What do you think my relationship is with her? Mother? No, that's why I won't talk to the media. They have it all wrong."
Meanwhile, its hard not to feel happy for Nance and her parents when you see them smiling together after such a long separation.
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