‘Kidnap Mom’ Gets 12 Years In Prison For Stealing Baby 25 Years Ago
Ann Pettway, who stole a newborn from a Harlem hospital and raised the baby as her own, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The long-suffering birth parents demanded a longer prison sentence for snatching their 19-day-old daughter out from under them. Read on for the shocking details.
Ann Pettway, 50, was given a federal prison sentence of only 12 years — half of the life she stole from Carlina White, 24. When Carlina was a sick newborn recovering in a Harlem hospital, Ann dressed up as a nurse in order to snatch the 19-day-old and bring her home, where she raised her as her own daughter for 23 years.