In 1987, A Psycho Kidnapped Her Baby. 23 Years Later, Mom Learns The Horrifying Truth.

“I want my baby back. She didn’t have to do this to me!” – Joy White

Imagine: You’re a young mother, your three-week-old baby has a high fever and you have to rush her to the hospital. You’re relieved you got her in the care of doctors and nurses before things got worse, but little do you know, your experience is about to go from bad to unimaginable. Later on, you’re alerted that someone kidnapped your baby. 

This was the nightmare that became a reality for Joy White in 1987 when she brought her daughter Carlina to the hospital with a fever. While Carlina was in the care of hospital staff, a deranged woman, Ann Petty, posed as a nurse, unhooked baby Carlina’s IV and kidnapped her.

From Connecticut to Georgia, Petty took Joy’s baby halfway across the country, hoping to never be held responsible for the horrible and selfish act she committed over two decades ago.

Twenty-three years later, though, everything changed.

Carlina White, abducted 23 years ago.

“Just when the case couldn’t get any colder, last month, Atlanta resident, 23-year-old Nejdra Nance reportedly learned that the woman who raised her wasn’t her biological mother,” reported the Today Show.

President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Ernie Allen said that in December,  the Center’s 24-hour hotline received a call from Carlina — then Nejdra — who indicated that she was suspicious about her past and had questions about who she was.

This was when the NCMEC searched through their database and informed the NYPD, who shortly after opened up their cold case files on the Carlina White case.

When Carlina saw a baby photo the NYPD had on file, it all made sense.