Imagine if you were Carlina White. 23 years ago, she was a 19-day-old infant who was kidnapped from a New York City hospital after being admitted their for a fever. Now, after a frantic search by her mother, Carlina White has been reunited with her.
That's right: 23 years later.
Carlina White was at Harlem Hospital at the time of her kidnapping, according to New York Daily News. She was taken on this blogger's birthday, August 4, 1987. Ouch.
Now, in Atlanta, and named Nejdra Nance, she was spotted by a woman who thought she thought was Ms. White, and told her she knew the woman who is her mother.
Soon, all were reunited.
What's not explained in any of the reports on this story, is just what was going on at Harlem Hospital to allow a baby to be stolen?
Or who kidnapped her. One clue rests in these sentences from the NY Daily News:
The Huffington Post version of the story is wrong as of this writing. It has Nejdra Nance as two people, rather than the new name of Carlina White. The NY Daily News is the originator of the story.
What happened was that Carlina White started to realize her mother wasn't really her mother around her 16th birthday. When she asked, Cassandra told her that she wasn't her mother. It's not clear how she became Carlina's mother, and she's not talking. In the New York Daily News story, Carlina refers to her as "the lady."
At that point, Carlina started a search for her Mom, and found the 1987 missing persons report online. She then contacted authorities, who helped her track down her Mom.
Sad, wild, and it's over.
That's right: 23 years later.
Carlina White was at Harlem Hospital at the time of her kidnapping, according to New York Daily News. She was taken on this blogger's birthday, August 4, 1987. Ouch.
Now, in Atlanta, and named Nejdra Nance, she was spotted by a woman who thought she thought was Ms. White, and told her she knew the woman who is her mother.
Soon, all were reunited.
What's not explained in any of the reports on this story, is just what was going on at Harlem Hospital to allow a baby to be stolen?
Or who kidnapped her. One clue rests in these sentences from the NY Daily News:
A Bridgeport woman named Mary Pettway confirmed that her daughter, Cassandra, had raised Carlina. She refused to discuss the relationship further.Clearing Decks On The Story,
Cassandra Pettway lives in Georgia, and Mary Pettway said she and Carlina were with her at Christmas.
Reached by The News on her cell phone, Cassandra declined to discuss the family history.
"Are you serious?" 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."
The Huffington Post version of the story is wrong as of this writing. It has Nejdra Nance as two people, rather than the new name of Carlina White. The NY Daily News is the originator of the story.
What happened was that Carlina White started to realize her mother wasn't really her mother around her 16th birthday. When she asked, Cassandra told her that she wasn't her mother. It's not clear how she became Carlina's mother, and she's not talking. In the New York Daily News story, Carlina refers to her as "the lady."
At that point, Carlina started a search for her Mom, and found the 1987 missing persons report online. She then contacted authorities, who helped her track down her Mom.
Sad, wild, and it's over.
What an astonishing story. I want to know more about the type of person who could go through with such a deplorable act, assuming her husband went along with it. Obviously the child must have grown up in a twisted environment, and I would be curious to see the emotions that must be at play.
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