Ann Pettway Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping Carlina White As A Baby And Raising As Her Own For Two Decades

Guilty: The Woman Who Snatched A Baby And Raised Her As Her Own - For Two Decades

A woman has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a newborn baby from a hospital in America 23 years ago - and raising the child as her own.

Carlina White was snatched by Ann Pettway, 51, when she was three weeks old and brought to hospital in New York for her parents. Her birth mother, Joy White, wept in the courtroom gallery as Pettway admitted the crime, adding "it was wrong".

After the hearing, White told reporters: "I've lost 23 years of being with my daughter."

White speaks to reporters

She told journalists she remembers seeing Pettway dressed as a nurse when her daughter was snatched from the New York hospital.

Found: Carlina White

She had been told she was abandoned by a drug addict.

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