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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,237 _ _ \ 2 00:00:53,433 --> 00:00:55,768 - My name is Joy White-- l'm here to see Ann Pettway. 3 00:00:55,833 --> 00:00:57,901 - MALE GUARD: Does she know you're coming? 4 00:00:58,166 --> 00:00:59,600 - No. 5 00:00:59,666 --> 00:01:03,503 - GUARD: Park over there--l'll put you through security. 6 00:01:03,566 --> 00:01:06,735 _ _ \ 7 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:18,567 - [groaning in pain] 8 00:01:18,633 --> 00:01:20,901 l was on my way to school and my water broke. 9 00:01:21,166 --> 00:01:22,500 - We almost didn't make it. 10 00:01:22,566 --> 00:01:23,833 - What's your name, honey? 11 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:25,701 - Joy. Joy White. 12 00:01:25,766 --> 00:01:28,401 - And, Joy, how old are you? - She's 16. 13 00:01:28,466 --> 00:01:30,301 - And this is your first pregnancy? 14 00:01:30,366 --> 00:01:31,433 - Yes! 15 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:32,767 - Name? - Ann Pettway. 16 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:34,768 - You want to tell me what happened, Ann? 17 00:01:34,833 --> 00:01:36,701 - l started having pains, so l came here. 18 00:01:36,766 --> 00:01:38,901 - Is this your first pregnancy? - No! 19 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:40,834 - Is there anybody you want us to call? 20 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:42,635 - No. No! No! - A family member? 21 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:46,336 - [machines beeping] 22 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,268 - DOCTOR: Scalpel. 23 00:01:48,333 --> 00:01:50,334 - NURSE: Push! - [groaning] 24 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,468 - Push, now--come on! - You're almost there! 25 00:01:52,533 --> 00:01:54,835 - DOCTOR: Scissors... 26 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:57,202 Forceps... 27 00:01:57,266 --> 00:01:58,400 and suction, please. 28 00:01:58,466 --> 00:02:01,602 - Big push! - [roaring] 29 00:02:01,666 --> 00:02:04,735 - [machine beeping] 30 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:07,169 - [baby crying] 31 00:02:07,233 --> 00:02:11,303 - [machines beeping] 32 00:02:15,233 --> 00:02:17,568 - l told you it was a girl. - But l was sure! 33 00:02:17,633 --> 00:02:19,735 - Your mom owes me a chocolate cake now. 34 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,736 - [both laughing] 35 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,570 - l always wanted a baby girl. - Yeah? 36 00:02:26,633 --> 00:02:30,169 - Don't nobody love a guy like his baby girl. 37 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:34,837 - Isn't she beautiful? [coos] 38 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,470 - She looks just like you. 39 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:40,902 - She's got your eyes. - [laughs] 40 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:42,467 - What are we gonna call her? 41 00:02:42,533 --> 00:02:44,568 - l am not naming her after your mom. 42 00:02:44,633 --> 00:02:47,335 - l guess Carl Jr# s out of the question. 43 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,902 - Who says? - [chuckles] 44 00:02:54,766 --> 00:02:57,869 [chuckles] Carlina Renae White. 45 00:02:57,933 --> 00:03:00,302 - Daddy's little girl. 46 00:03:02,433 --> 00:03:04,268 We love you. 47 00:03:06,833 --> 00:03:08,868 - No! l did everything right. 48 00:03:08,933 --> 00:03:10,801 Everything right! 49 00:03:10,866 --> 00:03:13,702 l didn't drink--l didn't smoke! 50 00:03:13,766 --> 00:03:16,568 Why did this happen again? - DOCTOR: The blood work shows 51 00:03:16,633 --> 00:03:18,634 some abnormalities with your hormone levels. 52 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:20,802 - What?! l don't even know what you sayin'! 53 00:03:20,866 --> 00:03:24,202 - It is unlikely that you could sustain a full-term pregnancy. 54 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:26,234 - Mm. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. l don't even believe you. 55 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:27,934 Stop lying! Stop lying! - Nurse! 56 00:03:28,199 --> 00:03:29,868 - Stop lying-- what you do with my baby?! 57 00:03:29,933 --> 00:03:32,201 - DOCTOR: Nurse! You need to calm down. 58 00:03:32,266 --> 00:03:34,668 - What'd you do with my baby-- l'll find her myself! 59 00:03:34,733 --> 00:03:36,668 l'll find her myself! - Get some Ativan! 60 00:03:36,733 --> 00:03:39,735 - l want to know where it is! - Hold her down! 61 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,868 - What did you do with my baby?! 62 00:03:41,933 --> 00:03:45,836 - This is my grandbaby, 63 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:48,402 Carlina Renae White. 64 00:03:48,466 --> 00:03:50,401 Oh, precious. 65 00:03:50,466 --> 00:03:53,268 Why she's named after her father instead of me, l don't know, 66 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,935 but the Lord works in mysterious ways. 67 00:03:56,199 --> 00:03:58,468 [chuckles] 68 00:03:58,533 --> 00:04:01,302 Can we bow our heads? 69 00:04:01,366 --> 00:04:04,635 Heavenly Father, we'd like to thank you 70 00:04:04,699 --> 00:04:07,736 for bringing this healthy little girl into our family. 71 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,803 May she always know how it feels to be loved. 72 00:04:11,866 --> 00:04:13,367 Amen. - Amen. 73 00:04:13,433 --> 00:04:16,169 - Amen. - Amen! 74 00:04:16,233 --> 00:04:18,435 - What's that Carlina-- l think she said, ''Let's eat!'' 75 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:20,168 - [all chuckling] 76 00:04:20,233 --> 00:04:22,335 - Let's eat. 77 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:24,735 - She's gorgeous. 78 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,235 Welcome home, sweetie pie. 79 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:29,201 - DOCTOR: How is she? 80 00:04:29,266 --> 00:04:32,402 - NURSE: She hasn't eaten in days--she just lays there. 81 00:04:32,466 --> 00:04:35,335 -We need the bed. 82 00:04:35,399 --> 00:04:37,301 - Should we try the psych ward? 83 00:04:37,366 --> 00:04:39,935 - Nah, there's no beds there, either. 84 00:04:44,166 --> 00:04:47,269 - Miss Pettway... 85 00:04:47,333 --> 00:04:48,734 Your vitals look good. 86 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,802 We can have you out of here this afternoon. 87 00:04:51,866 --> 00:04:53,867 How's that sound? 88 00:04:53,933 --> 00:04:57,703 - [machine beeping] 89 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:04,769 - Have you thought of other alternatives? 90 00:05:04,833 --> 00:05:07,535 You can foster a child, you can adopt a baby... 91 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,570 My wife and l adopted just last year. 92 00:05:11,633 --> 00:05:15,436 - [softly] Nobody's gonna give me no baby. 93 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:20,338 _ _ \ 94 00:05:20,399 --> 00:05:24,403 - [babies crying] 95 00:05:24,466 --> 00:05:29,938 _ _ \ 96 00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:34,337 - [cooing to baby] 97 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:37,436 - [baby cries] 98 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:42,271 _ _ \ 99 00:05:48,399 --> 00:05:49,868 - # All night # 100 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:52,302 # All day # 101 00:05:52,366 --> 00:05:56,369 # Angels watching over me, my Lord # 102 00:05:56,433 --> 00:05:59,235 # All night # 103 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:01,535 # All day # 104 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,637 # Angels watching over me # # 105 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:08,502 - [phone ringing] [cash registers ringing] 106 00:06:11,899 --> 00:06:15,203 - Are you ready? 107 00:06:15,266 --> 00:06:16,734 - To try on shoes? 108 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,270 - No, you know--for the baby. 109 00:06:20,333 --> 00:06:23,636 Because you look like you're about ready to drop. 110 00:06:23,699 --> 00:06:27,303 You're carrying it high... like it's a girl. 111 00:06:27,366 --> 00:06:29,835 ls this your first? 112 00:06:29,899 --> 00:06:31,701 l had one last year. 113 00:06:31,766 --> 00:06:34,201 You won't sleep, but you'll love it. 114 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:35,700 You'll see. 115 00:06:35,766 --> 00:06:37,701 Now how do those feel? 116 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:44,802 Mft'ftm? 117 00:06:44,866 --> 00:06:48,436 - l think they're kinda tight-- can l get a size up? 118 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,668 - l'll go check. 119 00:07:02,533 --> 00:07:05,836 _ _ \ 120 00:07:05,899 --> 00:07:08,602 - Good morning, Doctor. 121 00:07:08,666 --> 00:07:11,335 Her history? 122 00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:13,335 The patient's had three miscarriages, 123 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:14,734 and according to her blood work, 124 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,269 it appears her body is too weak to have a child. 125 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:20,536 But, like l told her, there's a cure for everything 126 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,669 if you're willing to take matters in your own hands. 127 00:07:25,533 --> 00:07:27,201 Yes, Doctor? 128 00:07:27,266 --> 00:07:34,539 _ _ \ 129 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,535 [voice breaking] l knew you'd have a solution. 130 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:42,572 _ _ \ 131 00:07:42,633 --> 00:07:43,900 - [baby crying] 132 00:07:44,166 --> 00:07:46,868 - l just took it again--it's 104! 133 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:49,335 l'm leaving right now. 134 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:52,903 No, Carl--tell your boss you're leaving now. 135 00:07:53,166 --> 00:07:55,501 Meet me at the hospital? 136 00:07:55,566 --> 00:07:56,500 Okay, bye. 137 00:07:56,566 --> 00:07:58,768 - [baby crying] 138 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:02,369 - # All night, all day # 139 00:08:02,433 --> 00:08:06,370 # Angels watching over me, my Lord # 140 00:08:06,433 --> 00:08:08,868 - [baby crying, coughing] 141 00:08:08,933 --> 00:08:11,368 - # All night, all day # 142 00:08:11,433 --> 00:08:15,303 # Angels watching over me, my Lord # 143 00:08:15,366 --> 00:08:16,900 - Uh, the children's ward-- where is it? 144 00:08:17,166 --> 00:08:20,235 - # All night, all day # - Thanks. 145 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:23,336 # Angels watching over me # # 146 00:08:23,399 --> 00:08:28,304 [baby crying] 147 00:08:28,366 --> 00:08:30,568 - l never should have took her to the park. 148 00:08:30,633 --> 00:08:32,835 lt was too soon. - It's not your fault. 149 00:08:32,899 --> 00:08:36,370 - No, no--maybe l'm not ready to take care of a child. 150 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:38,835 l'm just--[whimpers] l'm just too tired. 151 00:08:38,899 --> 00:08:41,168 - You are a great mother. 152 00:08:41,233 --> 00:08:42,500 - [sniffles and groans] 153 00:08:42,566 --> 00:08:45,869 - It's gonna be fine, right? 154 00:08:45,933 --> 00:08:49,803 Our baby is gonna be fine. 155 00:08:49,866 --> 00:08:51,901 - Oh, girl, yeah! 156 00:08:52,166 --> 00:08:53,700 l see this all the time. 157 00:08:53,766 --> 00:08:55,701 Babies bounce back faster than us. 158 00:08:55,766 --> 00:08:59,302 - See? - [laughs weakly] 159 00:08:59,366 --> 00:09:01,801 - [baby gurgles] 160 00:09:01,866 --> 00:09:03,567 - What's your baby's name? 161 00:09:03,633 --> 00:09:06,202 - Carlina. 162 00:09:06,266 --> 00:09:07,800 - Your name Carl, right? - Yeah. 163 00:09:07,866 --> 00:09:10,835 - [all laughing] - That's cute--l like that. 164 00:09:10,899 --> 00:09:14,670 - Okay, we're giving her antibiotics now, 165 00:09:14,733 --> 00:09:17,469 and the fever should break by morning. 166 00:09:17,533 --> 00:09:19,701 Did you want to stay the night with her? 167 00:09:19,766 --> 00:09:21,667 - l may have to get back to work. 168 00:09:21,733 --> 00:09:23,568 l'll make a call. - [whispering] Okay. 169 00:09:23,633 --> 00:09:26,268 Okay. 170 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:30,403 - [sighs] You're gonna be okay. 171 00:09:30,466 --> 00:09:32,367 - [baby fusses] 172 00:09:32,433 --> 00:09:36,436 - WOMAN ON INTERCOM: ...on hold, line two--on hold, line two. 173 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:38,301 - Hey. 174 00:09:38,366 --> 00:09:40,801 - Hey. - Hey. 175 00:09:40,866 --> 00:09:43,735 - What's your name? - It's Joy. 176 00:09:43,799 --> 00:09:46,435 - l just want to tell you l overheard you earlier, 177 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:48,869 and you're a good mother, Joy. - You think so? 178 00:09:48,933 --> 00:09:52,369 - Yeah, girl, l can see it. - Thank you, Miss... 179 00:09:52,433 --> 00:09:54,635 - You know what else l can see? - What's that? 180 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,169 - You tired! - [laughs] l am. 181 00:09:57,233 --> 00:09:59,635 The baby keeps me up. - Oh, she keep you up, right? 182 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:02,769 - The baby keeps me up. 183 00:10:02,833 --> 00:10:06,369 - Why don't you go home and rest for a few hours? 184 00:10:06,433 --> 00:10:07,801 - l should stay here. 185 00:10:07,866 --> 00:10:10,401 - Girl, don't be silly--for what? 186 00:10:10,466 --> 00:10:12,768 All you're gonna be doin' is sittin' round here waitin'. 187 00:10:12,833 --> 00:10:15,235 We got your number--if anything happen, we'll call you. 188 00:10:15,299 --> 00:10:17,502 - l don't want to leave her here alone. 189 00:10:17,566 --> 00:10:19,901 - Joy, the baby don't cry for you. 190 00:10:20,166 --> 00:10:22,601 You cry for the baby. 191 00:10:22,666 --> 00:10:24,934 l tell you what-- l tell you what. 192 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,802 l'll watch her myself. 193 00:10:27,866 --> 00:10:29,367 - Okay. 194 00:10:29,433 --> 00:10:31,635 Maybe a quick shower, just... 195 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:33,768 l'll just go home and pick up a few things. 196 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:37,369 - l got you, l got it-- l tell you, l got it. 197 00:10:37,433 --> 00:10:38,934 - l gotta get back to work. 198 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,302 - Can you run me home on your way back? 199 00:10:41,366 --> 00:10:44,569 - Let's go. 200 00:10:44,633 --> 00:10:46,267 - l'll be back soon. 201 00:10:46,333 --> 00:10:47,901 Please look out for my baby. 202 00:10:48,166 --> 00:10:49,433 - l got you--l got you. 203 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,568 Go on... go. - Okay. 204 00:10:53,333 --> 00:10:55,535 - WOMAN ON INTERCOM: ...to radiology, please. 205 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,768 ...to radiology. 206 00:10:57,833 --> 00:10:59,701 - # Watchin' over me # 207 00:10:59,766 --> 00:11:02,768 # All day # 208 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:05,202 # All night # - [baby gurgling] 209 00:11:05,266 --> 00:11:08,335 - # Angels watchin' over me # # 210 00:11:34,366 --> 00:11:38,403 - [suspenseful music] 211 00:11:43,666 --> 00:11:45,734 - [baby fussing] - Oh ! 212 00:11:45,799 --> 00:11:48,269 Oh no! 213 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:52,203 - # All day, all night # 214 00:11:52,266 --> 00:11:56,536 _ Ange-- __ - [bell dings] 215 00:12:07,466 --> 00:12:09,801 - GUARD: l haven't seen you around before. 216 00:12:09,866 --> 00:12:13,169 - l just started. - That explains it. 217 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:14,801 The only way to survive the late shift 218 00:12:14,866 --> 00:12:17,935 is by making sure you get plenty of sleep on your day off. 219 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,402 - l'll keep that in mind, thank you. 220 00:12:23,366 --> 00:12:25,835 - [bell dings] 221 00:12:25,899 --> 00:12:28,535 - Have a nice night. 222 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,203 - [horns beeping] 223 00:12:32,266 --> 00:12:36,436 - MAN: Just keep the meter running--l'll be right back. 224 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:38,602 - [police siren wailing] 225 00:12:42,933 --> 00:12:45,268 - [baby cooing] 226 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:52,935 - [sighs] It's okay! 227 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,634 lt's okay! - [baby fussing] 228 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:56,701 - It's okay. - [baby fussing and coughing] 229 00:12:56,766 --> 00:13:00,402 - l got you-- l got you now. 230 00:13:00,466 --> 00:13:02,401 l got you. 231 00:13:02,466 --> 00:13:06,403 _ _ \ 232 00:13:09,766 --> 00:13:13,202 - [telephone rings] 233 00:13:13,266 --> 00:13:15,768 - Hello? 234 00:13:15,833 --> 00:13:19,937 Yes, this is Carlina White's mother. 235 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,570 No, l left her at the hospital. 236 00:13:23,633 --> 00:13:28,170 Wh-What's wrong? 237 00:13:28,233 --> 00:13:29,634 Missing?! 238 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:31,668 What do you mean she's missing? 239 00:13:31,733 --> 00:13:34,602 - [shouting] What the hell happened?! 240 00:13:34,666 --> 00:13:36,434 - [gasps] 241 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:37,868 - Detective Dalton, N.Y.P.D. 242 00:13:37,933 --> 00:13:39,901 J Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. 243 00:13:40,166 --> 00:13:42,468 medical personnel, or someone posing as medical personnel, 244 00:13:42,533 --> 00:13:43,834 removed your daughter from the ward. 245 00:13:43,899 --> 00:13:45,268 - Will she hurt my baby? 246 00:13:45,333 --> 00:13:46,867 - l can't answer that, Miss White. 247 00:13:46,933 --> 00:13:49,168 - Security cameras--there's gotta be something on those. 248 00:13:49,233 --> 00:13:51,602 - DALTON: Unfortunately, cameras aren't working today. 249 00:13:51,666 --> 00:13:52,900 - Fingerprints! 250 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:55,234 - We can only match them if the perpetrator 251 00:13:55,299 --> 00:13:57,235 has committed a crime in New York. 252 00:13:57,299 --> 00:13:58,901 We believe the kidnapper worked at the hospital 253 00:13:59,166 --> 00:14:00,667 or pretended to work at the hospital, 254 00:14:00,733 --> 00:14:03,302 so we're scouring files. - How long is that gonna take? 255 00:14:03,366 --> 00:14:04,700 - l can't answer that, Miss White. 256 00:14:04,766 --> 00:14:06,434 - Well, maybe you can answer this. 257 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:11,171 How are you gonna find my baby? 258 00:14:11,233 --> 00:14:12,901 - Why don't you tell us what you know. 259 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:14,634 Did you speak to anyone privately? 260 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:16,735 - No. - Yes, that nurse, remember? 261 00:14:16,799 --> 00:14:19,636 - Yeah, she told me, ''The baby don't cry for you. 262 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:23,336 ''You cry for the baby.'' 263 00:14:23,399 --> 00:14:25,502 That lady was trying to get me to leave! 264 00:14:25,566 --> 00:14:28,302 - Did you get her name? - She wasn't wearing a tag. 265 00:14:28,366 --> 00:14:30,801 - Can you describe her? - She was black-- 266 00:14:30,866 --> 00:14:33,168 - Around my complexion-- - O-older-- 267 00:14:33,233 --> 00:14:34,701 - --heavy-set... 268 00:14:34,766 --> 00:14:38,169 - Like she just had a baby... 269 00:14:38,233 --> 00:14:40,168 - Or just lost one. 270 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:48,570 - [sobbing] 271 00:14:48,633 --> 00:14:50,334 - [train clacking over tracks] 272 00:15:01,366 --> 00:15:04,302 - We have reason to believe that this woman is involved 273 00:15:04,366 --> 00:15:06,434 in the kidnapping of Carlina White. 274 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:09,336 The city of New York has posted a _1 O,OOO reward 275 00:15:09,399 --> 00:15:11,468 for any tip leading to the baby's return. 276 00:15:11,533 --> 00:15:13,835 This is the first time in the history of this city 277 00:15:13,899 --> 00:15:16,402 that a child's been taken from the hospital. 278 00:15:16,466 --> 00:15:18,434 - FEMALE REPORTER: Sir, another comment? 279 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:20,235 - [other reporters muttering] 280 00:15:20,299 --> 00:15:21,934 - [sobbing] l want my baby back. 281 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,768 She didn't have to do that to me. 282 00:15:23,833 --> 00:15:26,535 l was carrying her for nine months. 283 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,469 She didn't have to take her from me. 284 00:15:29,533 --> 00:15:33,203 [sobbing] 285 00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:35,534 - l think the lady's just scared 286 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,436 because she thinks we're gonna press charges, 287 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:39,834 but l just want to tell her, 288 00:15:39,899 --> 00:15:42,269 ''l won't press charges against you. 289 00:15:42,333 --> 00:15:44,368 Just bring our daughter back.'' 290 00:15:44,433 --> 00:15:47,202 - [train whistle blows] 291 00:15:47,266 --> 00:15:51,169 - WOMAN: Ohh, hiiii! - ANN: Hey! 292 00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:53,201 l need a picture! Eh--stop--awww! 293 00:15:53,266 --> 00:15:55,868 - [camera clicks] 294 00:15:55,933 --> 00:15:57,834 - Hey! - [cooing] Hi! 295 00:15:57,899 --> 00:16:01,169 [gasps] 296 00:16:01,233 --> 00:16:03,301 - Okay, be careful now. - WOMAN: Okay. 297 00:16:03,366 --> 00:16:04,734 - Be careful. - Okay. 298 00:16:04,799 --> 00:16:06,801 - [baby coughs] - She been a little sick. 299 00:16:06,866 --> 00:16:10,202 - [baby coughing] - l got you. 300 00:16:10,266 --> 00:16:13,268 Hi! - That's my girl! 301 00:16:13,333 --> 00:16:16,369 Hey, baby! - What's your name, baby? 302 00:16:16,433 --> 00:16:18,468 - Say, ''My name's Nejdra Nance.'' 303 00:16:18,533 --> 00:16:21,769 ''My name Nejdra Nance.'' - Where's your daddy, Nejdra? 304 00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:24,368 - ''My daddy's out working today.'' 305 00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:26,501 - Dealing drugs ain't working. 306 00:16:26,566 --> 00:16:29,902 - [baby fusses] 307 00:16:30,166 --> 00:16:31,800 - You look like a Netty 308 00:16:31,866 --> 00:16:34,435 l'm-a call you Netty 309 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:36,335 You hear that, Netty? 310 00:16:36,399 --> 00:16:39,503 l'm your Auntie Cassandra. - l'm gonna get the bottle. 311 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:41,367 . Cftn you sfty, ''Cftssftndrft''? 312 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:46,171 - [horns beeping, traffic droning] 313 00:16:46,233 --> 00:16:48,201 - [street din] 314 00:16:48,266 --> 00:16:50,368 - Excuse me, miss, my daughter's been kidnapped. 315 00:16:50,433 --> 00:16:52,668 lf you could give me a call if you see her-- 316 00:16:52,733 --> 00:16:55,202 Excuse me, sir, my daughter's been-- 317 00:16:55,266 --> 00:16:56,767 [sighs] Excuse me, sir-- 318 00:16:56,833 --> 00:17:00,303 - [child laughing] 319 00:17:00,366 --> 00:17:03,402 - [children playing] 320 00:17:05,533 --> 00:17:10,404 - CARL: Hey. 321 00:17:10,466 --> 00:17:11,834 [sighs] 322 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:14,269 l spoke to my boss. 323 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:16,168 l'm gonna get that raise 324 00:17:16,233 --> 00:17:18,234 so we can start looking for our own place. 325 00:17:18,299 --> 00:17:19,801 - Don't bother. 326 00:17:19,866 --> 00:17:21,834 They're never gonna find her. - Yes, they will. 327 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:23,601 - Carl, just stop. 328 00:17:23,666 --> 00:17:27,169 - [hotly] Why are you so mad at me? 329 00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:29,368 Joy, no one could have known this would happen. 330 00:17:29,433 --> 00:17:31,268 lt was late, a shift change, 331 00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:34,536 the cameras not working-- it was like a perfect storm! 332 00:17:34,599 --> 00:17:36,735 - l keep thinking about that night-- 333 00:17:36,799 --> 00:17:39,669 that... nurse, 334 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:41,835 all those things she said to me. 335 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:45,603 She--l called a lawyer today. 336 00:17:45,666 --> 00:17:48,535 Somebody's gotta pay for this. 337 00:17:48,599 --> 00:17:50,368 Somebody's gotta pay. 338 00:17:56,366 --> 00:17:58,401 - CASSANDRA: When's her birthday? 339 00:17:58,466 --> 00:18:01,202 - July 31. 340 00:18:01,266 --> 00:18:05,269 - Why did it take you three weeks to bring her around? 341 00:18:05,333 --> 00:18:06,701 - They kept us in the hospital 342 00:18:06,766 --> 00:18:09,702 for a little while. - And you didn't call nobody? 343 00:18:09,766 --> 00:18:11,868 - l didn't want to bother folks. 344 00:18:11,933 --> 00:18:13,934 - l ain't ''folks''-- l'm your sister. 345 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,369 - Okay. l started having contractions. 346 00:18:17,433 --> 00:18:18,834 l didn't want to take no chances, 347 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:20,434 so l went straight to the hospital. 348 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:22,768 l didn't want no problems. 349 00:18:22,833 --> 00:18:24,401 l got there. 350 00:18:24,466 --> 00:18:27,602 They didn't think she was gonna make it. 351 00:18:27,666 --> 00:18:29,467 But she did. 352 00:18:29,533 --> 00:18:33,837 - [ominous music] 353 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:37,603 - You're my little miracle baby, Nejdra. 354 00:18:37,666 --> 00:18:40,769 You're my little miracle baby. 355 00:18:40,833 --> 00:18:43,302 - [door creaks] 356 00:18:43,366 --> 00:18:46,435 - [sniffs and sighs] 357 00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:54,438 _ _ \ 358 00:18:59,366 --> 00:19:02,535 - It's been nearly a year that 19-day-old Carlina White 359 00:19:02,599 --> 00:19:04,702 was snatched from a Harlem hospital. 360 00:19:04,766 --> 00:19:07,401 Parents have filed a _1 OO million lawsuit 361 00:19:07,466 --> 00:19:08,900 against the city 362 00:19:09,166 --> 00:19:12,168 that charges lax security and shoddy hiring practices. 363 00:19:12,233 --> 00:19:14,568 - Carlina's life is priceless. 364 00:19:14,633 --> 00:19:16,668 No settlement in the world could ever measure up 365 00:19:16,733 --> 00:19:18,434 to having my daughter back. 366 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:21,269 - l can't believe the police haven't found my daughter yet. 367 00:19:21,333 --> 00:19:23,468 ln the beginning, there were helicopters 368 00:19:23,533 --> 00:19:25,601 and police officers everywhere, 369 00:19:25,666 --> 00:19:28,368 but it all died down rather fast. 370 00:19:28,433 --> 00:19:30,268 - Detective Dalton? - [phones ringing] 371 00:19:30,333 --> 00:19:32,868 l need some good news. - We're working on it. 372 00:19:32,933 --> 00:19:35,568 - [whispering] You said you'd find her. 373 00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:37,401 - Look, there was a woman. 374 00:19:37,466 --> 00:19:40,168 Someone saw her at the hospital, then on the train with a baby. 375 00:19:40,233 --> 00:19:42,201 We're checking-- - If Carlina was a white girl, 376 00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:44,468 you'd have found her by now. - You really believe that? 377 00:19:44,533 --> 00:19:46,835 - At least she'd still be in the papers. 378 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:50,336 - What do you want me to say? - l want you to keep your word. 379 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,502 Find my daughter. 380 00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:57,771 - [printer screeching, phones ringing] 381 00:19:57,833 --> 00:19:59,868 - And that's _43.96. 382 00:19:59,933 --> 00:20:01,701 - WOMAN ON INTERCOM: Cleanup in aisle 2. 383 00:20:01,766 --> 00:20:05,169 Cleanup in aisle 2. - Here you go. 384 00:20:05,233 --> 00:20:08,202 - Keith, l need an authorization. 385 00:20:08,266 --> 00:20:11,268 Hold on a second, Mrs. Alexander. 386 00:20:11,333 --> 00:20:14,836 - Is there a problem? 387 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:17,269 - Uh, no--there's just been an uptick in fraud. 388 00:20:17,333 --> 00:20:19,234 We just need to verify this quickly. 389 00:20:19,299 --> 00:20:21,268 - l got cash. 390 00:20:21,333 --> 00:20:24,202 - Sure. Thank you. 391 00:20:24,266 --> 00:20:26,801 - Okay. 392 00:20:26,866 --> 00:20:28,834 - Hold on a second, Mrs. Alexander. 393 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:30,601 - [irritably] What? - Your change. 394 00:20:30,666 --> 00:20:32,901 - WOMAN ON INTERCOM: Marcus, can you come to the deli? 395 00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:34,700 Marcus to the deli. 396 00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:36,868 - [door swishes] 397 00:20:36,933 --> 00:20:40,503 - [baby crying] 398 00:20:40,566 --> 00:20:43,669 - Auntie Cassandra's gonna get you some milk. 399 00:20:43,733 --> 00:20:45,835 Ugh, we're out of milk. 400 00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:48,369 - That's why l went to the store. 401 00:20:48,433 --> 00:20:51,302 That's why l went to the store-- get my baby some milk! 402 00:20:51,366 --> 00:20:53,868 Yes! Mwah! You miss me? 403 00:20:53,933 --> 00:20:56,535 Yes, you did! - [baby gurgling] 404 00:20:56,599 --> 00:20:59,402 - Oh, baby. - [carton hits trash] 405 00:21:01,766 --> 00:21:03,834 - What you gonna do with that? 406 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:06,369 - l am gonna make Nejdra a new outfit. 407 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:08,468 A dress and a hat--you like it? - That's sweet. 408 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:10,334 l like that. - It's sweet, right? 409 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,768 - l like that--l like that one. 410 00:21:11,833 --> 00:21:14,202 - Her daddy's taking us out for her first birthday, 411 00:21:14,266 --> 00:21:16,635 and l want us to look extra nice. 412 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:20,403 - You need to cut him loose and get yourself a job. 413 00:21:20,466 --> 00:21:22,401 - [baby cooing] - For your information, 414 00:21:22,466 --> 00:21:25,268 Miss Holier-Than-Thou, l gots me a job. 415 00:21:25,333 --> 00:21:26,801 - [scoffs] Well, let me show you 416 00:21:26,866 --> 00:21:29,301 what we been doin' all day. - No! 417 00:21:29,366 --> 00:21:31,401 - [Cassandra, in baby voice] l'll go with you, mama! 418 00:21:31,466 --> 00:21:32,800 - [baby squealing] 419 00:21:32,866 --> 00:21:39,772 - Come here, precious! - [both women squealing] 420 00:21:39,833 --> 00:21:41,801 - CASSANDRA: Hi, mama! 421 00:21:41,866 --> 00:21:43,634 - You did it! - CASSANDRA: That's right! 422 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:45,735 - We'd like to open up three accounts. 423 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:47,935 One in my name. 424 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,168 - One in mine. 425 00:21:50,233 --> 00:21:53,235 - And one is a trust in the name of Carlina White. 426 00:21:53,299 --> 00:21:54,634 - And she is? 427 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:56,902 - Our daughter. 428 00:21:57,166 --> 00:22:00,369 - That's good planning-- where's the little one? 429 00:22:00,433 --> 00:22:03,803 - Do you see her? - Uh, Carlina's not with us, 430 00:22:03,866 --> 00:22:05,467 but we're hoping she will be soon. 431 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:08,636 - Well, our minimum deposit is _100 per account. 432 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:10,802 ls that okay? 433 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:22,668 That's almost half a million dollars. 434 00:22:22,733 --> 00:22:25,335 What do you have to do to make that kind of money? 435 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,301 - It was a settlement, okay? 436 00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:32,767 - Want to get a coffee or something? 437 00:22:32,833 --> 00:22:34,701 - l'm gonna be late. - How about tonight? 438 00:22:34,766 --> 00:22:36,901 - l can't. - You can't keep avoiding me. 439 00:22:37,166 --> 00:22:40,536 - l've got to get to class. 440 00:22:40,599 --> 00:22:43,602 - How's the studying going? 441 00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:46,335 - Carl, l know you've been trying, 442 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,369 but every time l look at you, l see Carlina. 443 00:22:49,433 --> 00:22:50,834 l see her face. 444 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:53,636 l see her eyes. 445 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:55,835 l don't want to be angry anymore. 446 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:57,801 - It's my fault, right? 447 00:22:57,866 --> 00:23:00,401 We both left the hospital that night. 448 00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:02,401 You think you're the only one that's angry. 449 00:23:02,466 --> 00:23:04,201 There's not a day goes by 450 00:23:04,266 --> 00:23:06,401 l don't think about what our lives could've been like 451 00:23:06,466 --> 00:23:08,434 if this didn't happen. 452 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:10,401 - l'm sorry. 453 00:23:10,466 --> 00:23:12,367 l just... can't. 454 00:23:15,599 --> 00:23:17,468 l just can't. 455 00:23:20,666 --> 00:23:23,402 - MAN: Hey, what's up, cutie? 456 00:23:23,466 --> 00:23:26,735 - Don't you ever talk to strangers, you hear me? 457 00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:29,369 What do you do if a stranger tries to give you candy? 458 00:23:29,433 --> 00:23:31,902 - l scream ''No!'' and run. - Good. Good. 459 00:23:32,166 --> 00:23:34,201 - Do l gotta go? - Yes, you gotta go. 460 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,634 - Can't you teach me? 461 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:37,401 - Mama can't teach you everything, baby. 462 00:23:37,466 --> 00:23:39,401 Don't you want to grow up and be smart, 463 00:23:39,466 --> 00:23:41,868 like the Huxtables on TV? - l don't wanna go to school! 464 00:23:41,933 --> 00:23:43,701 - Look here-- don't test me today, okay? 465 00:23:43,766 --> 00:23:45,667 Don't test me today-- do you hear me? 466 00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:47,668 [slap] [loudly] Do you hear me? 467 00:23:47,733 --> 00:23:49,701 - [sobbing] Yes. 468 00:23:49,766 --> 00:23:52,668 - [kids laughing] 469 00:23:52,733 --> 00:23:55,435 - Don't be upset, okay? 470 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:56,834 Mama just loves you so much 471 00:23:56,900 --> 00:23:59,569 that she wants what's best for you. 472 00:23:59,633 --> 00:24:02,836 - You mama's miracle baby, Nejdra. 473 00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:05,535 Can l get a smile? 474 00:24:05,599 --> 00:24:07,401 You can do better than that! 475 00:24:07,466 --> 00:24:09,901 Come on, give me a smile! [laughs] 476 00:24:10,166 --> 00:24:11,767 - [school bell rings] - Come on. 477 00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:13,467 Mwah... Iet's go to school, big girl. 478 00:24:13,533 --> 00:24:15,534 - [Dave Barnes singing ''Very Merry Christmas''] 479 00:24:15,599 --> 00:24:19,403 # The blinds are pulled # - Hurry up, mama--it's time! 480 00:24:19,466 --> 00:24:21,634 - What'd l tell you about bothering me this early? 481 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:25,770 - # With both of us, this house might bust # 482 00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:31,471 . I'm comin'! . .t you ftnd me .t 483 00:24:31,533 --> 00:24:33,468 # And all this family # 484 00:24:33,533 --> 00:24:36,602 - l'm comin'. 485 00:24:36,666 --> 00:24:39,635 - # We're gonna have a merry Christmas, babe # 486 00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:44,571 # A very merry Christmas, baby # - Let's see what you got. 487 00:24:44,633 --> 00:24:47,535 - # A merry Christmas, babe # - Are all these for me? 488 00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:50,769 - # Very merry Christmas, baby # 489 00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:52,768 - Yeah, you been a good girl this year, 490 00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:54,935 so here--open this one first. 491 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,634 No, no, no--open this one. 492 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:58,368 Open this one first. 493 00:24:58,433 --> 00:25:01,469 - [sweetly] Here! - Look, baby. 494 00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:04,769 - # The old neighborhood always looked so good # 495 00:25:04,833 --> 00:25:08,570 - And this one's for you. 496 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:11,602 - # We say hello to the friends we can and can't remember # 497 00:25:11,666 --> 00:25:14,301 - l know you want to do hair when you grow up, 498 00:25:14,366 --> 00:25:16,301 so l say you could practice on her. 499 00:25:16,366 --> 00:25:19,202 - # Then the handbells ring # - Can l brush it now? 500 00:25:19,266 --> 00:25:20,767 Can l, please? - Yeah, yeah. 501 00:25:20,833 --> 00:25:23,769 Go get my brush. - # And then the children sing # 502 00:25:23,833 --> 00:25:25,701 - l don't get no sugar--what? 503 00:25:25,766 --> 00:25:27,334 Huh? [laughs] 504 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,568 - # the fireplace is on the embers # 505 00:25:29,633 --> 00:25:31,167 - And Netty, hurry up, 506 00:25:31,233 --> 00:25:33,168 'cause we're already late to your grandma's house. 507 00:25:33,233 --> 00:25:38,404 - # You and me and all this family # 508 00:25:38,466 --> 00:25:41,335 - Mm... all these presents? 509 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,302 You didn't have but two pennies to rub together last month. 510 00:25:44,366 --> 00:25:46,401 - Ain't you gonna open it? 511 00:25:46,466 --> 00:25:48,835 - Huh... well, whatever you're doin', 512 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:51,168 you better watch out before you end up 513 00:25:51,233 --> 00:25:53,168 in a prison cell right next to Netty's daddy. 514 00:25:53,233 --> 00:25:55,168 - Why don't you see what you got? 515 00:25:55,233 --> 00:25:56,867 You're acting like a prison guard yourself. 516 00:25:56,933 --> 00:25:58,834 - l'm just sayin'-- - l'm just sayin', 517 00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:01,168 it's Christmas-- why don't you enjoy yourself? 518 00:26:01,233 --> 00:26:03,168 - # The old neighborhood # 519 00:26:03,233 --> 00:26:07,770 # always looked so good each December # 520 00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:09,734 - Remember that day? 521 00:26:09,799 --> 00:26:12,836 - # We say hello to the friends we can and can't remember # 522 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:15,168 - Thank you. 523 00:26:15,233 --> 00:26:18,869 - Mama, where's your brush? - Um, it's in my top drawer. 524 00:26:18,933 --> 00:26:20,734 And, Netty, get a move on, all right? 525 00:26:20,799 --> 00:26:24,170 We ain't got all day. 526 00:26:24,233 --> 00:26:25,767 - l can't find it. 527 00:26:25,833 --> 00:26:30,237 - Well, it's in there, but you gotta go. 528 00:26:30,299 --> 00:26:32,402 - Fine. 529 00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:34,534 Bye, mama. 530 00:26:34,599 --> 00:26:37,803 - [sarcastically] Bye... Netty. 531 00:26:37,866 --> 00:26:40,602 - [phones ringing] 532 00:26:40,666 --> 00:26:42,868 - [computer beeping] 533 00:26:42,933 --> 00:26:46,603 - Excuse me, l'm looking for a Detective Dalton. 534 00:26:46,666 --> 00:26:49,668 - Oh, he retired last week. 535 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:53,736 Can l help you? 536 00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:55,434 - l'm Joy White. 537 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,702 My daughter Carlina White was kidnapped 538 00:26:57,766 --> 00:26:59,601 16 years ago. 539 00:26:59,666 --> 00:27:01,234 l'm here to look at the book. 540 00:27:01,299 --> 00:27:03,402 - Yeah, he told me you were gonna come by. 541 00:27:03,466 --> 00:27:05,301 Uh, let's see here. 542 00:27:05,366 --> 00:27:09,369 Here. 543 00:27:09,433 --> 00:27:11,334 Not a lot of new faces in the book 544 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,801 since last month, though. 545 00:27:12,866 --> 00:27:14,667 Here, have a seat. 546 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:19,771 [police siren wailing] 547 00:27:19,833 --> 00:27:22,368 - l'll never forget hers. 548 00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:24,835 ''The baby don't cry for you. 549 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:27,402 You cry for the baby.'' 550 00:27:27,466 --> 00:27:28,900 - [phones ringing] 551 00:27:29,166 --> 00:27:34,237 _ _ \ 552 00:27:34,299 --> 00:27:36,268 - When were you gonna tell me? 553 00:27:36,333 --> 00:27:39,769 - What? 554 00:27:39,833 --> 00:27:42,669 - Ride or die, right? 555 00:27:42,733 --> 00:27:45,502 - Besties. 556 00:27:45,566 --> 00:27:48,602 - Ann ain't stupid. 557 00:27:48,666 --> 00:27:52,169 And when she find out, she gonna be real mad. 558 00:27:52,233 --> 00:27:55,202 - What if she kicks me out? - Come live with me. 559 00:27:55,266 --> 00:27:56,700 - Will you tell her for me? 560 00:27:56,766 --> 00:27:59,568 - Mmmm... we'll tell her together 561 00:27:59,633 --> 00:28:01,801 when l get back from Atlanta. 562 00:28:03,933 --> 00:28:05,868 - You know you're my girl, right? 563 00:28:05,933 --> 00:28:06,933 - Mm-hmm. 564 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,235 - [hip-hop music] # Everybody move, man # 565 00:28:09,299 --> 00:28:11,301 # Just groove, players gotta do your dance # 566 00:28:11,366 --> 00:28:13,468 # Just breathe, ladies better choose a man # 567 00:28:13,533 --> 00:28:15,268 # Let's go, let's go, let's go # 568 00:28:15,333 --> 00:28:18,202 # Just clap # # 569 00:28:18,266 --> 00:28:20,768 - l'm-a have to beat these boys off her with a stick. 570 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:23,302 - Least she got better taste than you do. 571 00:28:23,366 --> 00:28:25,868 - Oh, no, you ain't gonna start. - Hey, hey... 572 00:28:25,933 --> 00:28:28,268 - You ain't startin'! - 'Cause l'm scared of you. 573 00:28:28,333 --> 00:28:30,468 l'm really scared of you. - Oh, you should be. 574 00:28:30,533 --> 00:28:31,934 You should be. 575 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,802 Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! 576 00:28:34,866 --> 00:28:38,236 Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! 577 00:28:38,299 --> 00:28:39,734 - [hip-hop music continues] 578 00:28:39,799 --> 00:28:43,703 - Why don't you go say something to your guests, please? 579 00:28:43,766 --> 00:28:46,335 - [rapping indistinctly] 580 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,635 - And stand still. - [music stops abruptly] 581 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:50,435 - Hi, y'all. - ALL: Hey. 582 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:54,170 - So glad you guys could all come to my ''Sweet 16.'' 583 00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:57,302 lt's really nice to have all my friends here today. 584 00:28:57,366 --> 00:28:59,601 l don't know what l'd do without you guys. 585 00:28:59,666 --> 00:29:01,300 All y'all are me. 586 00:29:01,366 --> 00:29:04,435 Know what l'm sayin'? - ALL: [murmuring and chuckling] 587 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:06,668 - [music resumes] 588 00:29:06,733 --> 00:29:10,470 [rapping indistinctly] 589 00:29:10,533 --> 00:29:15,537 t 590 00:29:15,599 --> 00:29:17,435 # Dudes can't pick that up # 591 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:20,402 # Slackin' in the game so l came here to pick that up # 592 00:29:20,466 --> 00:29:21,900 # Just clap Everybody movin', man # 593 00:29:22,166 --> 00:29:23,934 # Just groove players gotta do your dance # # 594 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,168 - What l tell you-- - [police siren chirps] 595 00:29:26,233 --> 00:29:28,201 - --about getting all close up with these boys? 596 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:30,601 - We weren't doing nothing. - l know what l'm talking about. 597 00:29:30,666 --> 00:29:32,667 - All right, people, party's over. 598 00:29:32,733 --> 00:29:36,403 You all need to go home. 599 00:29:36,466 --> 00:29:37,733 - We are home. 600 00:29:37,799 --> 00:29:39,568 - Go inside. 601 00:29:39,633 --> 00:29:40,900 - Why? 602 00:29:41,166 --> 00:29:43,568 - Because we said so. 603 00:29:43,633 --> 00:29:44,533 - Becau-- [scoffs] 604 00:29:44,599 --> 00:29:46,201 Becau-- [scoffs] 605 00:29:46,266 --> 00:29:48,401 Last time l checked, 606 00:29:48,466 --> 00:29:50,601 it was legal to stand on the street. 607 00:29:50,666 --> 00:29:53,402 - Come on, mama, let's go. - Get your hands off me, girl. 608 00:29:53,466 --> 00:29:55,734 l ain't scared of these cops! 609 00:29:55,799 --> 00:29:57,535 - [doors slam] 610 00:29:57,599 --> 00:29:59,234 - Is there a problem? - No! 611 00:29:59,299 --> 00:30:01,535 - Yes... you. 612 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:04,235 - Mama, he's serious. - So am l! 613 00:30:04,299 --> 00:30:05,868 This is my house. 614 00:30:05,933 --> 00:30:07,734 This is my street! 615 00:30:07,799 --> 00:30:09,701 My street! 616 00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:11,267 - What are you on, ma'am? 617 00:30:11,333 --> 00:30:14,803 - What am l-- [scoffs] 618 00:30:14,866 --> 00:30:16,901 l'm high on life. 619 00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:20,502 All right--l'm high on life. 620 00:30:20,566 --> 00:30:24,536 - [softly] Go inside... right now. 621 00:30:24,599 --> 00:30:26,868 - Or what? - You need to stop and be quiet. 622 00:30:26,933 --> 00:30:28,901 - Get your hands off me, girl! 623 00:30:29,166 --> 00:30:32,235 Don't you touch. 624 00:30:32,299 --> 00:30:34,235 Or what? 625 00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:36,201 What you gonna do? 626 00:30:36,266 --> 00:30:38,201 Huh? 627 00:30:38,266 --> 00:30:39,900 You gonna beat me in the street? 628 00:30:40,166 --> 00:30:42,334 You gonna beat me in the street like Rodney King? 629 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,568 [shrieks] What you gonna do?! - What's goin' on? 630 00:30:44,633 --> 00:30:46,468 - They violatin' my human rights. 631 00:30:46,533 --> 00:30:48,468 That's what's goin' on. - You're coming with me. 632 00:30:48,533 --> 00:30:50,334 - l ain't goin'-- - Officer, wait! Wait! 633 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,602 Please, please, wait-- l'll take her back in the house. 634 00:30:52,666 --> 00:30:54,601 - You don't have to beg for me, girl. 635 00:30:54,666 --> 00:30:56,501 These cops ain't got nothin' on me! 636 00:30:56,566 --> 00:30:58,567 Get off me--l can walk-- l can walk! 637 00:30:58,633 --> 00:31:01,602 Get off me! 638 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,401 - JOY: Bless us, Lord, 639 00:31:09,466 --> 00:31:11,467 make us thankful 640 00:31:11,533 --> 00:31:13,868 through Christ our Lord. 641 00:31:13,933 --> 00:31:18,370 And, Lord, as we celebrate Carlina's 16th birthday, 642 00:31:18,433 --> 00:31:21,836 please keep her safe and happy. 643 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:23,935 And l humbly ask 644 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,834 you bring her back to me 645 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:28,402 when you see fit. 646 00:31:28,466 --> 00:31:31,802 Amen. 647 00:31:31,866 --> 00:31:35,336 - Are you gonna do this every year on her birthday? 648 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,568 l will... 649 00:31:37,633 --> 00:31:40,302 until Carlina comes home or l die. 650 00:31:40,366 --> 00:31:42,601 - That's not healthy. 651 00:31:42,666 --> 00:31:45,835 - So you a psychologist now? 652 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:49,770 - We're just saying maybe it's time to let her go. 653 00:31:49,833 --> 00:31:52,502 - If, God forbid, 654 00:31:52,566 --> 00:31:56,236 something happened to you or your sister, 655 00:31:56,299 --> 00:31:58,535 would you want me to let it go? 656 00:31:58,599 --> 00:32:02,203 - [phone rings] 657 00:32:04,433 --> 00:32:08,303 - [phone rings] 658 00:32:08,366 --> 00:32:10,468 - Hi, Carl. 659 00:32:10,533 --> 00:32:12,601 Thank you for the flowers. 660 00:32:12,666 --> 00:32:14,601 - Thanks for the card. 661 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,367 - How are the kids? 662 00:32:16,433 --> 00:32:18,535 - [laughing] My oldest boy just got his learner's permit 663 00:32:18,599 --> 00:32:20,768 last month. - JOY: Now that can't be good. 664 00:32:20,833 --> 00:32:23,835 - [laughing] You ain't lying. 665 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:26,836 - Really, Carl, how are you? 666 00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:30,370 - [quietly] Well, you know, this is always 667 00:32:30,433 --> 00:32:32,668 one of the hardest days of the year for me. 668 00:32:32,733 --> 00:32:36,269 - Me, too. 669 00:32:36,333 --> 00:32:38,268 - ANN: Hey, sis, so how was the interview? 670 00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:40,535 - CASSANDRA: Well... [squealing] l got the job! 671 00:32:40,599 --> 00:32:41,934 - ANN: [shrieking] 672 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,368 Yeah, Cassie-- Iook at you! 673 00:32:44,433 --> 00:32:46,468 - CASSANDRA: Yeah, l'm gonna be moving down there. 674 00:32:46,533 --> 00:32:48,568 Atlanta is real nice. 675 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:50,468 The streets are full of hard-working brothers 676 00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:52,401 with suits... suits! - Mm-hmm! 677 00:32:52,466 --> 00:32:54,768 - ANN: l don't care if they all Iook like Denzel, 678 00:32:54,833 --> 00:32:56,768 it's too damn hot down there for me. 679 00:32:56,833 --> 00:32:59,235 - CASSANDRA: So maybe Netty could come down there. 680 00:32:59,299 --> 00:33:02,269 lt's a great place to start a family. 681 00:33:02,333 --> 00:33:05,302 - What you talking about? 682 00:33:05,366 --> 00:33:08,368 - l can get a job... 683 00:33:08,433 --> 00:33:10,635 and, uh, a place for me and the baby. 684 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:20,534 - You pregnant? - Wait... 685 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:23,402 before you get mad, remember how you were at that age. 686 00:33:23,466 --> 00:33:26,302 - No. No. 687 00:33:26,366 --> 00:33:29,202 No grandbaby of mine is gonna be raised in no Atlanta. 688 00:33:29,266 --> 00:33:31,835 We puttin' a child-pen right here. 689 00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:35,603 - You're not mad? - No, girl, l'm happy! 690 00:33:35,666 --> 00:33:38,201 l'm happy-- l'm gonna be a grandmama! 691 00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:40,468 [laughing] Is it a girl? 692 00:33:40,533 --> 00:33:42,201 ls it a girl--it's a girl? 693 00:33:42,266 --> 00:33:44,935 Oh, my God, l want a girl-- l want a girl! 694 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,402 - Well, we gotta get prenatal vitamins 695 00:33:47,466 --> 00:33:49,601 and a checkup. - We might need a bigger place. 696 00:33:49,666 --> 00:33:51,501 - How are we gonna pay for all this? 697 00:33:51,566 --> 00:33:53,734 - [scoffs] l can pay! 698 00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:55,735 - The state will pay for some of it. 699 00:33:55,799 --> 00:33:59,703 - No grandbaby of mine is gonna be raised by no welfare. 700 00:33:59,766 --> 00:34:02,735 l can pay. 701 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:06,670 Credit card. 702 00:34:06,733 --> 00:34:10,770 - We'll get her in the system just in case, okay? 703 00:34:13,933 --> 00:34:16,402 - [footsteps descending stairs] 704 00:34:16,466 --> 00:34:18,534 - Hey, did you find my birth certificate? 705 00:34:18,599 --> 00:34:20,435 l need to go to the appointment soon. 706 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:21,734 - It's here somewhere. 707 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,701 l'll handle it when l get home from work. 708 00:34:23,766 --> 00:34:25,801 - That's what you said Iast week. 709 00:34:25,866 --> 00:34:29,336 - l'll handle it when l get home from work. 710 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,203 l promise. 711 00:34:33,266 --> 00:34:35,768 - [door slams] 712 00:34:35,833 --> 00:34:37,768 _ _ \ 713 00:34:37,833 --> 00:34:40,902 - [clattering] 714 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:43,868 - [sighs] 715 00:34:43,933 --> 00:34:47,736 - [drawer clattering] 716 00:34:49,233 --> 00:34:52,636 [drawer clattering] 717 00:35:22,766 --> 00:35:24,734 - MAN: Next. 718 00:35:30,933 --> 00:35:33,268 - Here are the forms and... 719 00:35:33,333 --> 00:35:36,335 my birth certificate. - Okay. 720 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,303 - [paper shuffling, keyboard clicking] 721 00:35:40,366 --> 00:35:41,767 - [phone ringing] 722 00:35:46,766 --> 00:35:48,567 - We have no record of your birth. 723 00:35:48,633 --> 00:35:49,767 - What? 724 00:35:49,833 --> 00:35:52,569 No Nejdra Nance born July 31 , 19$7? 725 00:35:52,633 --> 00:35:55,669 Bridgeport, Connecticut. 726 00:35:55,733 --> 00:35:58,435 - We have no Nejdra Nance in the system. 727 00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:01,502 - l didn't make it up-- can you check again? 728 00:36:06,366 --> 00:36:08,901 - This document is a forgery. - No, it's not. 729 00:36:12,866 --> 00:36:15,802 - Don't make me call the police. 730 00:36:15,866 --> 00:36:19,703 - [ominous music] 731 00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:24,902 - l'd like to thank the DJ for starting my set off 732 00:36:25,166 --> 00:36:26,834 on a racist note. - [laughing] 733 00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:29,202 - Everybody else came up to-- - [switches TV off] 734 00:36:29,266 --> 00:36:31,334 - What did you do with my real birth certificate? 735 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,636 - Have you lost your mind-- l was watching that! 736 00:36:34,699 --> 00:36:38,837 - The state of Connecticut has no record of my birth. 737 00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:41,602 - Who told you that? - l went downtown 738 00:36:41,666 --> 00:36:43,934 with the fake certificate l found in your closet. 739 00:36:48,733 --> 00:36:51,268 - You went in my room? - To find my birth certificate. 740 00:36:51,333 --> 00:36:53,334 - l done told you about goin' in my room! 741 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,435 - They almost called-- - l done told you! 742 00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:58,269 - They almost called the cops on me! 743 00:36:58,333 --> 00:36:59,801 What's goin' on? 744 00:36:59,866 --> 00:37:02,635 Why don't l have a real birth certificate? 745 00:37:02,699 --> 00:37:05,369 Why?! 746 00:37:05,433 --> 00:37:07,301 - She left you and she never came back. 747 00:37:07,366 --> 00:37:08,700 - What? 748 00:37:08,766 --> 00:37:10,834 - She was a friend of your father's. 749 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:13,602 - What are you talkin' about? - Your mother. 750 00:37:13,666 --> 00:37:15,334 She left you on my doorstep. 751 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,835 - [suspenseful music] 752 00:37:17,900 --> 00:37:21,403 - You're not my real mother? 753 00:37:21,466 --> 00:37:23,668 - She left you 754 00:37:23,733 --> 00:37:26,869 because she knew l'd raise you right. 755 00:37:26,933 --> 00:37:29,568 And l did. 756 00:37:29,633 --> 00:37:32,836 l did raise you right, didn't l? 757 00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:35,235 - What was her name? - Didn't l? 758 00:37:35,300 --> 00:37:37,502 - [bitingly] What was my mother's name? 759 00:37:37,566 --> 00:37:39,701 - You don't--you don't even need to know all that. 760 00:37:39,766 --> 00:37:42,201 - Yes, l do. 761 00:37:42,266 --> 00:37:45,268 - All that matters right now is you and me. 762 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:51,402 - You call me ''Little Ann...'' 763 00:37:51,466 --> 00:37:54,635 'cause l look just like you. 764 00:37:54,699 --> 00:37:57,602 You pretended to be my real mother. 765 00:37:57,666 --> 00:38:01,236 What--how could you lie like that? 766 00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:04,236 To me? 767 00:38:07,533 --> 00:38:09,568 - Netty... 768 00:38:11,566 --> 00:38:13,734 Now you can't be mad at me for that now. 769 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,801 Come here-- come on, don't be like that. 770 00:38:15,866 --> 00:38:19,236 Come here. 771 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:21,769 Now you can't be mad at me! 772 00:38:21,833 --> 00:38:24,468 l took you out of a bad situation, 773 00:38:24,533 --> 00:38:26,534 and l did my best for you. 774 00:38:26,599 --> 00:38:29,536 l did my best for you-- that's all you need to know. 775 00:38:32,933 --> 00:38:34,934 Look here. 776 00:38:35,199 --> 00:38:37,835 Netty... l did my best. 777 00:38:43,666 --> 00:38:46,502 What--Netty... Netty! 778 00:38:46,566 --> 00:38:49,735 Netty! 779 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,168 - [door slams] 780 00:38:54,300 --> 00:38:56,301 - CASSANDRA: You sure you don't want me to stay 781 00:38:56,366 --> 00:38:58,835 till you have the baby? - Netty: We'll be fine. 782 00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:01,302 - CASSANDRA: You could always come stay with me. 783 00:39:01,366 --> 00:39:03,735 l mean it. 784 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,235 You and that baby are always welcome. 785 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:07,934 - Tell me the truth. 786 00:39:08,199 --> 00:39:11,169 Did you know? 787 00:39:11,233 --> 00:39:14,436 - She told me she gave birth to you, and l believed her. 788 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,768 - Why--Why did you believe her? 789 00:39:16,833 --> 00:39:20,403 l didn't think she would lie about something like that. 790 00:39:20,466 --> 00:39:23,335 Look, Netty, here's the truth. 791 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,168 l don't care who gave birth to you. 792 00:39:25,233 --> 00:39:28,402 - But l do. 793 00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:30,501 - You sure you want to know? 794 00:39:30,566 --> 00:39:33,368 - 'Cause the truth don't always turn out the way you want. 795 00:39:33,433 --> 00:39:35,434 - Cassie, if l don't know who l am, 796 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,702 how am l gonna tell my baby who she is? 797 00:39:40,233 --> 00:39:41,934 - ANN: All right, l got the last two. 798 00:39:48,266 --> 00:39:51,302 Here you go. 799 00:39:51,366 --> 00:39:55,503 [sighs] 800 00:39:55,566 --> 00:39:57,634 - [laughs] 801 00:39:57,699 --> 00:39:59,501 - l'm gonna miss you, girl. 802 00:40:04,633 --> 00:40:06,768 - Baby on the doorstep? 803 00:40:06,833 --> 00:40:10,336 You gonna have to tell her more than that. 804 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,835 - Mind your business, Cassie. 805 00:40:23,266 --> 00:40:25,368 - You be careful. 806 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:32,369 Call me! 807 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:51,402 - [flipping channels] 808 00:40:51,466 --> 00:40:53,467 - FEMALE REPORTER : She was a tiny figure 809 00:40:53,533 --> 00:40:54,834 they knew for a tiny time, 810 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:57,369 but 17 years after she was snatched away, 811 00:40:57,433 --> 00:40:59,701 the ache remains. - JOY: l feel it in my spirit. 812 00:40:59,766 --> 00:41:01,534 - REPORTER: --says Joy White, 813 00:41:01,599 --> 00:41:03,168 the mother of the abducted child, 814 00:41:03,233 --> 00:41:04,867 who works for a financial brokerage firm. 815 00:41:04,933 --> 00:41:07,368 - JOY: l use that name as my e-mail address, 816 00:41:07,433 --> 00:41:10,302 - Someone out there has her-- l could walk past her any day, 817 00:41:10,366 --> 00:41:12,334 and she wouldn't know her own father. 818 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:13,801 - REPORTER: Back to you, Bill. 819 00:41:13,866 --> 00:41:17,469 - [switches off TV] 820 00:41:19,933 --> 00:41:24,604 _ _ \ 821 00:41:24,666 --> 00:41:27,902 - Netty: [reading] ''Dear Oprah... 822 00:41:28,166 --> 00:41:29,901 ''l'm writing to you because... 823 00:41:30,166 --> 00:41:32,501 ''l can't think of anyone else who can help me. 824 00:41:35,466 --> 00:41:37,734 ''l've recently found out the woman who raised me 825 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,903 ''is not my mother. 826 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:42,767 ''l had a healthy baby girl 827 00:41:42,833 --> 00:41:46,369 ''and moved to Atlanta to be near my aunt. 828 00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:50,236 ''My baby makes me happy, 829 00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,502 ''but inside, l feel lost. 830 00:41:55,533 --> 00:41:59,303 ''Can you help me find my parents? 831 00:41:59,366 --> 00:42:03,236 ''l need to know the truth in a life filled with lies. 832 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:05,869 ''Sincerely... 833 00:42:05,933 --> 00:42:08,268 Nejdra Nance.'' 834 00:42:08,333 --> 00:42:10,735 - Smile! 835 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,334 Perfect. - [shutter clicks] 836 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,302 - Have a great day, beautiful! - Bye! 837 00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:17,634 - CASSANDRA: Bye! 838 00:42:17,699 --> 00:42:20,235 - My name is... - Maya Nance. 839 00:42:20,300 --> 00:42:22,568 l'm 6 years old. - And l live in... 840 00:42:22,633 --> 00:42:25,836 - Atlanta, Georgia. - But l was born in... 841 00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:28,535 - Bridgeport... [faltering] Con-nect-i-cut. 842 00:42:28,599 --> 00:42:30,435 - [laughing] Very good-- that's hard to say. 843 00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:32,702 Your teacher's gonna be very happy. 844 00:42:32,766 --> 00:42:34,534 - Mama? - Mm-hmm? 845 00:42:34,599 --> 00:42:37,703 - Were you born in Con-nect-i-cut, too? 846 00:42:37,766 --> 00:42:40,468 - l don't know where l was born, baby, 847 00:42:40,533 --> 00:42:43,435 but l'm gonna find out. 848 00:42:59,933 --> 00:43:02,468 - Look at this. - You on that web site again? 849 00:43:02,533 --> 00:43:05,869 - No, look at this-- she was born July 15, 19$7. 850 00:43:05,933 --> 00:43:07,434 That's about right. 851 00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:09,835 l was born July 31, 19$7. 852 00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:13,303 You think it's me? 853 00:43:13,366 --> 00:43:14,934 - Mm... that baby ain't you. 854 00:43:15,199 --> 00:43:16,834 She got too much hair. 855 00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:19,269 - She looks just like Maya did. 856 00:43:19,333 --> 00:43:21,334 Look again, for real. 857 00:43:29,366 --> 00:43:31,668 - She does look like you did at that age. 858 00:43:31,733 --> 00:43:33,901 - ''Carlina Renae White was last seen 859 00:43:34,166 --> 00:43:36,368 in the Harlem Hospital Children's Ward.'' 860 00:43:36,433 --> 00:43:38,168 - Hm-mmm... Ann's twisted, 861 00:43:38,233 --> 00:43:41,502 but she wouldn't have done all that. 862 00:43:41,566 --> 00:43:44,502 Call the number. 863 00:43:44,566 --> 00:43:46,267 - [phone ringing] 864 00:43:46,333 --> 00:43:48,234 - Center for Missing and Exploited Children... 865 00:43:48,300 --> 00:43:49,801 This is Keith. 866 00:43:49,866 --> 00:43:51,867 - l may have information on a missing child. 867 00:43:51,933 --> 00:43:53,701 - Well, we're not sure she's missing. 868 00:43:53,766 --> 00:43:56,301 - She's missing. 869 00:43:56,366 --> 00:43:58,334 She thinks she was abducted from a hospital. 870 00:43:58,400 --> 00:43:59,801 - Is the child in immediate danger? 871 00:43:59,866 --> 00:44:01,834 - No, but we been trying to get information 872 00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:04,168 for the last five years with no luck. 873 00:44:04,233 --> 00:44:05,734 - Can you tell me something about her? 874 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,801 - Like what? - How old is she? 875 00:44:07,866 --> 00:44:10,635 - 23. - And her race? 876 00:44:10,699 --> 00:44:12,802 - l guess African-American-- could be Dominican. 877 00:44:12,866 --> 00:44:14,701 - Probably African-American. [sniffs] 878 00:44:14,766 --> 00:44:17,201 - Does she have any identifying characteristics-- 879 00:44:17,266 --> 00:44:20,335 any birthmarks? - No. 880 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:22,702 - Yes, she has a birthmark on her right arm. 881 00:44:22,766 --> 00:44:24,467 - Right, a birthmark. 882 00:44:24,533 --> 00:44:27,369 - Who is ''she''-- wh o's m issi n g ? 883 00:44:27,433 --> 00:44:29,935 - Me. 884 00:44:30,199 --> 00:44:31,935 l am. 885 00:44:32,199 --> 00:44:34,435 - WOMAN: Keith, take a look at this. 886 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:37,169 Okay, we took the photograph that Nejdra Nance sent us 887 00:44:37,233 --> 00:44:38,801 of her at 6 months, 888 00:44:38,866 --> 00:44:41,768 and the one Joy White sent us of Baby Carlina at 9 days old. 889 00:44:41,833 --> 00:44:44,235 - We did an aging progression sequence on both, 890 00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:46,235 and l think we have a match. 891 00:44:49,599 --> 00:44:53,870 - [notification blips] 892 00:44:53,933 --> 00:44:56,402 - [keys clicking] 893 00:44:56,466 --> 00:44:58,868 _ _ \ 894 00:45:04,233 --> 00:45:05,934 - [key clicks] 895 00:45:06,199 --> 00:45:08,802 - [shrieks] Carlina's alive! 896 00:45:08,866 --> 00:45:12,169 Oh, God--praise God! 897 00:45:12,233 --> 00:45:15,469 My baby's alive-- it's Carlina! 898 00:45:15,533 --> 00:45:18,669 [sobbing] My daughter-- she's alive. 899 00:45:18,733 --> 00:45:22,203 _ _ \ 900 00:45:22,266 --> 00:45:24,334 - [street din] 901 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,502 - What's up? 902 00:45:26,566 --> 00:45:28,534 - They think they found her. 903 00:45:28,599 --> 00:45:30,335 - My God. 904 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,335 - She's living in Atlanta. 905 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:33,768 - How do they know it's her? 906 00:45:33,833 --> 00:45:35,834 - We have to take DNA tests. 907 00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:39,937 - We shouldn't get our hopes up. 908 00:45:40,199 --> 00:45:41,935 - Look at this, Carl. 909 00:45:45,733 --> 00:45:47,868 - She has my eyes. 910 00:45:50,333 --> 00:45:53,269 - Oh, my God, Joy, l-- 911 00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:55,601 lt's her. 912 00:45:55,666 --> 00:45:57,501 We found our baby girl! 913 00:45:57,566 --> 00:45:59,901 [laughing] 914 00:46:04,433 --> 00:46:06,201 - [sniffs] 915 00:46:06,266 --> 00:46:14,907 _ _ \ 916 00:46:15,166 --> 00:46:17,902 - [keys clicking] 917 00:46:18,166 --> 00:46:21,235 _ _ \ 918 00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:23,435 - [keys clicking] 919 00:46:28,566 --> 00:46:32,269 - ''He secretly wept at night. - ''...at night. 920 00:46:32,333 --> 00:46:36,904 - [in unison] ''He felt nobody wanted him. 921 00:46:37,166 --> 00:46:39,935 - MAYA: ''Why am l d-- 922 00:46:40,199 --> 00:46:44,537 [in unison] ''different from my brothers?'' 923 00:46:44,599 --> 00:46:47,769 - [squealing] Oh, look at you readin'! 924 00:46:47,833 --> 00:46:50,468 - [giggling] - Look at you! 925 00:46:50,533 --> 00:46:53,302 - He's not ugly. - He ugly for a duckling. 926 00:46:53,366 --> 00:46:54,867 - [both giggling] 927 00:46:54,933 --> 00:46:56,901 - Grandma? - Yeah, baby? 928 00:46:57,166 --> 00:46:59,301 - Why do you live so far away? 929 00:46:59,366 --> 00:47:01,367 l want you to come live with us one day. 930 00:47:01,433 --> 00:47:04,302 - Oh, that' sweet, baby-- maybe one day. 931 00:47:04,366 --> 00:47:07,902 - MAYA: Mama, Grandma Ann might come live with us one day. 932 00:47:08,166 --> 00:47:10,568 - Maya, will you leave me and Grandma 933 00:47:10,633 --> 00:47:13,936 alone for a minute? 934 00:47:14,199 --> 00:47:16,402 - All right, bye, Smarty-Pants. - Bye. 935 00:47:16,466 --> 00:47:18,467 - We gonna read later, okay? - Okay. 936 00:47:18,533 --> 00:47:22,169 - All right-- she readin' so good! 937 00:47:26,233 --> 00:47:28,902 - l need to know about my parents. 938 00:47:31,433 --> 00:47:33,768 - Netty, l didn't come down here to argue with you. 939 00:47:33,833 --> 00:47:35,901 - Mama, no matter what you say, 940 00:47:36,166 --> 00:47:40,370 as long as it's the truth, l won't get mad. 941 00:47:40,433 --> 00:47:43,469 l promise. 942 00:47:43,533 --> 00:47:45,167 - [sucks teeth] 943 00:47:45,233 --> 00:47:49,370 You want to know the truth? 944 00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:51,701 Hmm? - Yes. 945 00:47:51,766 --> 00:47:53,868 - [slams book shut] Okay. 946 00:47:58,366 --> 00:48:00,935 Your mama was a crack ho. 947 00:48:01,199 --> 00:48:03,602 You was a crack baby-- she didn't want you, 948 00:48:03,666 --> 00:48:06,869 so l took you in, and now you sittin' up here 949 00:48:06,933 --> 00:48:08,868 treatin' me like l did something wrong. 950 00:48:08,933 --> 00:48:11,769 Puttin' me on trial like l did something wrong... 951 00:48:11,833 --> 00:48:14,602 when l did the right thing. 952 00:48:14,666 --> 00:48:16,401 You know what l shoulda done? 953 00:48:16,466 --> 00:48:18,601 l shoulda left your little crackhead behind 954 00:48:18,666 --> 00:48:20,601 out on the street, just like your mama. 955 00:48:20,666 --> 00:48:22,634 - Get out! - It's in the genes! 956 00:48:22,699 --> 00:48:24,268 - Get out! - Get out?! 957 00:48:24,333 --> 00:48:25,934 - Girl, who you think you're talkin' to? 958 00:48:26,199 --> 00:48:28,635 - l'm talkin' to you-- l want you out of my house. 959 00:48:28,699 --> 00:48:30,601 Take all your stuff and get out. 960 00:48:30,666 --> 00:48:34,669 [voice breaking] All l wanted was-- 961 00:48:34,733 --> 00:48:38,269 All l wanted was the truth. 962 00:48:38,333 --> 00:48:40,201 That's all. 963 00:48:43,466 --> 00:48:46,202 - [shouting] l don't need this! [slams book] 964 00:48:49,466 --> 00:48:51,868 - [jewelry rattling] 965 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:05,301 - [dialing phone] 966 00:49:09,533 --> 00:49:12,302 - Hello. [Clears throat] 967 00:49:12,366 --> 00:49:14,701 ls Joy White there? 968 00:49:17,699 --> 00:49:23,205 - [engines rev, ambulance siren wails] 969 00:49:23,266 --> 00:49:26,669 _ _ \ 970 00:49:44,933 --> 00:49:47,702 - [doors slamming] 971 00:49:59,766 --> 00:50:02,602 - Thanks. 972 00:50:09,166 --> 00:50:11,835 - [engine starts] 973 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,402 - [exhales and whimpers] 974 00:50:17,466 --> 00:50:19,668 [sobbing] Baby. 975 00:50:23,233 --> 00:50:26,402 - It's you. 976 00:50:26,466 --> 00:50:28,634 - Here, let me get a hug. 977 00:50:28,699 --> 00:50:32,737 _ _ \ 978 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,735 - You must be Maya. 979 00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:37,702 Ohh... [sniffs] 980 00:50:47,166 --> 00:50:49,835 - [all gushing] 981 00:50:49,900 --> 00:50:52,769 - JOY: Carlina, this is your Aunt Lisa. 982 00:50:52,833 --> 00:50:54,901 She's been crying all day. 983 00:50:55,166 --> 00:50:57,501 And this is your auntie and your uncle. 984 00:50:57,566 --> 00:51:00,235 There's your cousin back there. 985 00:51:00,300 --> 00:51:01,401 - [laughs nervously] 986 00:51:01,466 --> 00:51:04,502 - This is your half-sister Tina. 987 00:51:04,566 --> 00:51:06,701 And this is your half-brother Trey. 988 00:51:06,766 --> 00:51:08,667 - How y'all doin', everybody? 989 00:51:08,733 --> 00:51:10,634 This is my daughter, Maya. 990 00:51:10,699 --> 00:51:13,903 - [sobbing] Praise be to God! 991 00:51:14,166 --> 00:51:15,867 Welcome home, child! 992 00:51:15,933 --> 00:51:18,268 l'm your Grandmother Elizabeth. 993 00:51:18,333 --> 00:51:19,901 - Thank you, Grandmother. 994 00:51:20,166 --> 00:51:25,304 - [all laughing and sobbing] 995 00:51:25,366 --> 00:51:27,367 - Let us pray. 996 00:51:33,266 --> 00:51:35,234 Heavenly Father, 997 00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:39,470 You are a mystery we cannot comprehend. 998 00:51:39,533 --> 00:51:42,168 None of us know why we are meant to suffer, 999 00:51:42,233 --> 00:51:44,568 but we do believe in Your infinite wisdom. 1000 00:51:44,633 --> 00:51:48,737 There is always a reason and a purpose. 1001 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:52,470 We hope that one day you will reveal it. 1002 00:51:52,533 --> 00:51:54,534 And we pray that one day 1003 00:51:54,599 --> 00:51:56,935 we will forgive those that took Carlina away. 1004 00:51:57,199 --> 00:51:58,234 - [ominous music] 1005 00:51:58,300 --> 00:52:00,535 - Most of all, we thank You 1006 00:52:00,599 --> 00:52:03,402 for returning our lost daughters to us. 1007 00:52:03,466 --> 00:52:05,668 Amen. - ALL: Amen. 1008 00:52:05,733 --> 00:52:08,902 - Netty: Amen. 1009 00:52:09,166 --> 00:52:13,203 _ _ \ 1010 00:52:13,266 --> 00:52:14,800 - We didn't know what you'd like, 1011 00:52:14,866 --> 00:52:17,435 so we made you macaroni and cheese, and... 1012 00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:19,702 - [all laughing] - curry chicken 1013 00:52:19,766 --> 00:52:22,435 and lasagna and ox-tail soup. 1014 00:52:22,500 --> 00:52:24,735 - [all laughing] 1015 00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:26,601 - CARL: And that's just to start. 1016 00:52:26,666 --> 00:52:28,534 - [all laughing] 1017 00:52:28,599 --> 00:52:35,340 _ _ \ 1018 00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:40,538 - [dishes clinking, hum of conversation] 1019 00:52:43,866 --> 00:52:45,667 - JOY: [sniffs] 1020 00:52:45,733 --> 00:52:48,402 You got your daddy's eyes. 1021 00:52:48,466 --> 00:52:50,234 - And l love music. 1022 00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:53,403 - That's because l used to sing to you when you were a baby. 1023 00:52:53,466 --> 00:52:56,435 - l'm a neat freak-- l clean all the time. 1024 00:52:56,500 --> 00:52:58,468 - l know where she got that from. 1025 00:52:58,533 --> 00:53:01,535 - l wish you would have gotten some of the same from me, too. 1026 00:53:01,599 --> 00:53:02,901 - [laughs] 1027 00:53:03,166 --> 00:53:05,234 - Was the woman who snatched you a neat freak? 1028 00:53:05,300 --> 00:53:07,268 - Not like me and Joy. 1029 00:53:07,333 --> 00:53:10,369 - Is it true that the news said you grew up on welfare? 1030 00:53:10,433 --> 00:53:11,767 - Tina! - And drugs... 1031 00:53:11,833 --> 00:53:14,202 They said the woman who raised you was on drugs. 1032 00:53:14,266 --> 00:53:16,401 - That's enough! - l just want to know 1033 00:53:16,466 --> 00:53:18,901 about her life. - It's okay. 1034 00:53:19,166 --> 00:53:21,801 The house l grew up in was nothin' like this. 1035 00:53:21,866 --> 00:53:26,470 And the woman that took me is nothin' like Joy. 1036 00:53:26,533 --> 00:53:30,203 But you can't believe everything you hear on the news. 1037 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:34,667 - [dishes clatter] 1038 00:53:34,733 --> 00:53:37,869 - Where'd you learn how to do hair like this? 1039 00:53:37,933 --> 00:53:40,835 - When l was 6, this Christmas, 1040 00:53:40,900 --> 00:53:43,902 my mom got me a doll. - Your mom? 1041 00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:52,502 Styling's a good skill to have. 1042 00:53:52,566 --> 00:53:54,167 - l know. 1043 00:53:54,233 --> 00:53:56,668 l just started working at this hair salon part-time 1044 00:53:56,733 --> 00:53:59,302 l know l'll always be able to make money as a stylist. 1045 00:53:59,366 --> 00:54:01,668 People will spend their rent money on their hair. 1046 00:54:01,733 --> 00:54:05,636 But what are you thinking about college? 1047 00:54:05,699 --> 00:54:09,170 - l don't know yet. 1048 00:54:09,233 --> 00:54:11,768 - Carlina... 1049 00:54:11,833 --> 00:54:14,368 we may not have the past together, 1050 00:54:14,433 --> 00:54:16,802 but we will have a future. 1051 00:54:20,300 --> 00:54:22,669 - TINA: Are you mad at Ann Pettway? 1052 00:54:22,733 --> 00:54:25,669 - Netty: What do you think? - Was she mean? 1053 00:54:25,733 --> 00:54:28,602 - Was she scary-- what was she like? 1054 00:54:28,666 --> 00:54:31,402 - She had two sides. 1055 00:54:31,466 --> 00:54:33,301 One time she got so mad at me 1056 00:54:33,366 --> 00:54:35,901 that she hit me in the face with a shoe. 1057 00:54:36,166 --> 00:54:38,234 Then she felt so bad she figured out a way 1058 00:54:38,300 --> 00:54:40,735 to sneak me and all my friends into the movies. 1059 00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,769 - Wow... a shoe? 1060 00:54:46,433 --> 00:54:48,501 - What was it like for you, growing up here? 1061 00:54:48,566 --> 00:54:50,634 - Wasn't perfect. 1062 00:54:50,699 --> 00:54:54,703 Ma was always worried something would happen to me or Trey. 1063 00:54:54,766 --> 00:54:58,236 We didn't have much freedom. 1064 00:54:58,300 --> 00:55:00,635 You know, she cried a lot for you. 1065 00:55:00,699 --> 00:55:03,302 - l'm sorry. 1066 00:55:03,366 --> 00:55:05,334 - Yeah, well, she's happy now, 1067 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:08,236 so even if the DNA doesn't match, 1068 00:55:08,300 --> 00:55:11,603 can you still come visit? 1069 00:55:11,666 --> 00:55:14,368 Just you being here gives her hope. 1070 00:55:17,199 --> 00:55:19,201 - [sighs] 1071 00:55:19,266 --> 00:55:20,734 - Hey, it's me. 1072 00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,269 - CASSANDRA: [on phone] What took you so long to call? 1073 00:55:23,333 --> 00:55:25,168 - We had a big family dinner. 1074 00:55:25,233 --> 00:55:28,302 - Is DNA back? - They're my parents--l know it. 1075 00:55:28,366 --> 00:55:32,770 Kinda feels like home. - [flatly] That's great. 1076 00:55:32,833 --> 00:55:34,868 - Why don't you sound happy for me? 1077 00:55:34,933 --> 00:55:38,403 - Netty, just don't forget who you are. 1078 00:55:38,466 --> 00:55:41,602 Okay? 1079 00:55:41,666 --> 00:55:43,768 - [phone clicks off] 1080 00:55:43,833 --> 00:55:48,771 _ _ \ 1081 00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,401 - Hey! - You're late. 1082 00:56:00,466 --> 00:56:02,534 You were supposed to be here an hour ago. 1083 00:56:02,599 --> 00:56:05,269 - Sorry, l got held up at work. 1084 00:56:08,266 --> 00:56:10,234 [sighs] 1085 00:56:12,733 --> 00:56:15,168 - What? 1086 00:56:15,233 --> 00:56:17,401 Do l have somethin' on my face or somethin'? 1087 00:56:17,466 --> 00:56:19,534 - Nah. 1088 00:56:19,599 --> 00:56:22,302 You don't understand what me and your mother went through. 1089 00:56:22,366 --> 00:56:26,169 Just seeing you standing here... 1090 00:56:26,233 --> 00:56:27,901 [laughs] 1091 00:56:28,166 --> 00:56:31,569 So... if you could do anything today, 1092 00:56:31,633 --> 00:56:33,868 what would you do? 1093 00:56:33,933 --> 00:56:37,303 - l'd like to do a girl thing, like get my hair done, 1094 00:56:37,366 --> 00:56:40,202 but... - But what? 1095 00:56:40,266 --> 00:56:41,734 l'll take you. 1096 00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,169 - Might feel strange having a man come with me. 1097 00:56:44,233 --> 00:56:47,502 - Well, l ain't a man-- l'm your dad. 1098 00:56:47,566 --> 00:56:49,935 - Papers haven't come back yet. - You giving me attitude? 1099 00:56:50,199 --> 00:56:53,236 - [laughs] Sorry. 1100 00:56:53,300 --> 00:56:56,236 l've never had a father before. 1101 00:56:56,300 --> 00:57:01,838 _ _ \ 1102 00:57:17,599 --> 00:57:21,470 - [both laughing] 1103 00:57:22,699 --> 00:57:26,637 - [suspenseful music] 1104 00:57:29,699 --> 00:57:31,201 - It's positive. 1105 00:57:31,266 --> 00:57:32,767 - [gasps] - It's positive? 1106 00:57:32,833 --> 00:57:35,235 - Thank you, God. 1107 00:57:35,300 --> 00:57:38,703 - Mmm! - Mmm! 1108 00:57:38,766 --> 00:57:42,169 - It's a miracle! - l knew it. 1109 00:57:42,233 --> 00:57:44,668 l knew it... from the first time l saw that picture. 1110 00:57:44,733 --> 00:57:46,768 - Oh, the phone's been ringin' off the hook. 1111 00:57:46,833 --> 00:57:50,703 The press is comin' by tomorrow to interview us here. 1112 00:57:50,766 --> 00:57:53,502 lt's official now, Maya. 1113 00:57:53,566 --> 00:57:55,167 You can call me ''Grandma.'' 1114 00:57:55,233 --> 00:57:57,435 - Just like Grandma Ann? 1115 00:57:57,500 --> 00:58:00,169 - [sniffs] 1116 00:58:00,233 --> 00:58:03,235 - CARL: [chuckling] 1117 00:58:03,300 --> 00:58:05,301 Aw, come here! 1118 00:58:05,366 --> 00:58:08,669 - Mmm! - Mmm! 1119 00:58:08,733 --> 00:58:11,368 - We can come down to Atlanta next weekend 1120 00:58:11,433 --> 00:58:13,601 and help you and Maya move up here. 1121 00:58:13,666 --> 00:58:18,804 _ _ \ 1122 00:58:21,500 --> 00:58:23,335 - FEMALE REPORTER: Carlina White, who was kidnapped 1123 00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:25,668 from Harlem Hospital over 22 years ago 1124 00:58:25,733 --> 00:58:27,434 solved her own kidnapping. 1125 00:58:27,500 --> 00:58:29,501 She will be reunited with her biological parents-- 1126 00:58:29,566 --> 00:58:31,601 - [sirens wailing] - [suspenseful music] 1127 00:58:31,666 --> 00:58:34,902 - REPORTER: --today in what is sure to be an emotional reunion. 1128 00:58:35,166 --> 00:58:37,635 ln local news, police say a propane explosion 1129 00:58:37,699 --> 00:58:40,169 destroyed a suburban Charlotte house 1130 00:58:40,233 --> 00:58:43,235 that killed a toddler and injured 17 other people. 1131 00:58:43,300 --> 00:58:45,502 lnvestigators are on the scene now. 1132 00:58:45,566 --> 00:58:47,701 ln other news, Michelle Obama... 1133 00:58:47,766 --> 00:58:52,570 [suspenseful music continues] 1134 00:58:52,633 --> 00:58:54,534 - [knocks] 1135 00:58:56,833 --> 00:59:00,269 [continues knocking] - [police scanner chattering] 1136 00:59:03,733 --> 00:59:07,736 - [suspenseful music continues] 1137 00:59:20,933 --> 00:59:22,601 - WOMAN : l'm Special Agent Thompson. 1138 00:59:22,666 --> 00:59:25,168 Thank you for coming in. - DALTON: Happy to help out. 1139 00:59:25,233 --> 00:59:27,468 lt's the kind of case that haunts you even into retirement. 1140 00:59:27,533 --> 00:59:29,701 - Is there anything that didn't make it into this file? 1141 00:59:29,766 --> 00:59:31,634 - We interviewed just about anyone breathing 1142 00:59:31,699 --> 00:59:33,635 at Harlem Hospital that night-- a number of people 1143 00:59:33,699 --> 00:59:35,735 l.D# ed another woman besides Pettway as the perp. 1144 00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:37,601 We tracked her down to Baltimore, 1145 00:59:37,666 --> 00:59:39,701 but couldn't pin it on her. - THOMPSON: Your gut? 1146 00:59:39,766 --> 00:59:41,400 - It's the woman who raised her. 1147 00:59:41,466 --> 00:59:43,634 - l'm about to run into another conference--what's up? 1148 00:59:43,699 --> 00:59:45,268 - CASSANDRA: Have you heard from Ann? 1149 00:59:45,333 --> 00:59:46,634 - No, why? - The police 1150 00:59:46,699 --> 00:59:48,468 came looking for here-- they say she disappeared. 1151 00:59:48,533 --> 00:59:51,369 She's not answering her phone--l'm worried. 1152 00:59:51,433 --> 00:59:53,835 - Look the conference is about to start--l gotta go. 1153 00:59:53,900 --> 00:59:55,635 - [dial tone buzzing] 1154 00:59:55,699 --> 01:00:01,205 - [suspenseful music] 1155 01:00:16,566 --> 01:00:21,437 - [news droning in background] 1156 01:00:21,500 --> 01:00:24,236 - Fill it up, please. - Yeah, sure. 1157 01:00:31,233 --> 01:00:33,168 Nope. [smacks lips] 1158 01:00:33,233 --> 01:00:34,901 This one's declined. 1159 01:00:35,166 --> 01:00:37,167 - [flatly] Oh. 1160 01:00:40,866 --> 01:00:43,301 Try that one. - Okay. 1161 01:00:43,366 --> 01:00:46,569 - [card swishes, buttons clacking] 1162 01:00:50,599 --> 01:00:52,301 - [machine beeps] - Hunh-unh. 1163 01:00:52,366 --> 01:00:55,902 Sorry. 1164 01:00:56,166 --> 01:00:59,536 - Can l pay another way? 1165 01:00:59,599 --> 01:01:01,168 - Cash. 1166 01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:05,868 - l got a computer in the-- - [tires squeal] 1167 01:01:05,933 --> 01:01:09,703 - [voice falls] --car. - [police scanner chattering] 1168 01:01:09,766 --> 01:01:11,834 - Lady... 1169 01:01:11,900 --> 01:01:14,469 we don't take computers. 1170 01:01:14,533 --> 01:01:16,334 Mm-hmm? 1171 01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:18,702 - Yeah. 1172 01:01:18,766 --> 01:01:21,502 All right. 1173 01:01:21,566 --> 01:01:23,801 - [guffaws] 1174 01:01:23,866 --> 01:01:26,835 - [truck pulling away] 1175 01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:28,868 - MALE REPORTER: ...23 years ago, 1176 01:01:28,933 --> 01:01:31,568 White has reunited with her biological parents. 1177 01:01:31,633 --> 01:01:34,569 Pettway is believed to be in the tri state area. 1178 01:01:34,633 --> 01:01:38,937 - [suspenseful music continues] 1179 01:01:45,166 --> 01:01:47,468 - How do l feel? - [car horns beep] 1180 01:01:47,533 --> 01:01:50,669 - l feel complete. 1181 01:01:50,733 --> 01:01:52,935 - JOY: l've always dreamed about this. 1182 01:01:53,199 --> 01:01:55,535 Now after 23 years... [voice breaks] 1183 01:01:55,599 --> 01:01:57,368 l can sleep. 1184 01:01:57,433 --> 01:02:00,169 - MALE REPORTER: Do you have anything to say to Ann Pettway? 1185 01:02:00,233 --> 01:02:01,834 - l want her to suffer. 1186 01:02:01,900 --> 01:02:04,235 l want her to do time like l suffered 1187 01:02:04,300 --> 01:02:06,702 for 23 years. 1188 01:02:06,766 --> 01:02:09,335 - Carl, you said before you didn't want to press charges. 1189 01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:10,768 Do you still feel that way, 1190 01:02:10,833 --> 01:02:12,634 or have your feelings changed over the years? 1191 01:02:12,699 --> 01:02:14,668 - Well they have changed over the years, 1192 01:02:14,733 --> 01:02:17,235 but right about now, whatever the court decides, 1193 01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:19,368 that's all right with me. 1194 01:02:19,433 --> 01:02:21,501 l don't want to say too much about it, 1195 01:02:21,566 --> 01:02:24,535 because l got other things in my heart. 1196 01:02:24,599 --> 01:02:27,169 - Can l get a shot of the three of you, please? 1197 01:02:27,233 --> 01:02:28,367 - JOY: Sure. 1198 01:02:28,433 --> 01:02:30,334 - [shutters clicking] - Great. 1199 01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,735 How about a kiss on the cheek by both parents? 1200 01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:34,701 - [all laughing] 1201 01:02:34,766 --> 01:02:37,235 - [shutters continue clicking] - CAMERAMAN: Nice, thank you. 1202 01:02:37,300 --> 01:02:38,868 - CARL: All right, thanks. - WOMAN: Carlina, 1203 01:02:38,933 --> 01:02:41,201 do you have anything to say about Ann Pettway? 1204 01:02:41,266 --> 01:02:43,868 ls it true she was drug-addicted and abusive? 1205 01:02:43,933 --> 01:02:47,303 - [street din] 1206 01:02:47,366 --> 01:02:49,267 - When l look at Joy White, 1207 01:02:49,333 --> 01:02:51,368 l see me. 1208 01:02:51,433 --> 01:02:53,568 With Ann, my mother, 1209 01:02:53,633 --> 01:02:56,168 the other lady-- l don't know what to call her-- 1210 01:02:56,233 --> 01:02:58,802 l would always be searching for things we had in common, 1211 01:02:58,866 --> 01:03:01,501 but we had nothing in common. 1212 01:03:01,566 --> 01:03:03,534 - All right, no more questions-- we gotta go. 1213 01:03:03,599 --> 01:03:05,668 Thanks--thank you-- eXCUSe Me. 1214 01:03:05,733 --> 01:03:07,835 Hey. 1215 01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:14,437 [exhales] Can you believe this? 1216 01:03:14,500 --> 01:03:17,836 - JOY: Oh, God is so good. - [cell phone ringing] 1217 01:03:17,900 --> 01:03:20,602 - Hello? 1218 01:03:20,666 --> 01:03:22,768 [louder] Hello? 1219 01:03:22,833 --> 01:03:24,601 - [clicks off cell phone] 1220 01:03:24,666 --> 01:03:26,467 - So what do you think, Carlina? 1221 01:03:26,533 --> 01:03:28,835 She wants to fly us to Chicago and everything. 1222 01:03:28,900 --> 01:03:31,502 - l don't feel like sittin' on Oprah's couch for an hour 1223 01:03:31,566 --> 01:03:33,200 talkin' about Ann. 1224 01:03:35,233 --> 01:03:36,667 - What's wrong? 1225 01:03:36,733 --> 01:03:39,735 - Cassandra's flippin' out, and Ann's missing. 1226 01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:42,335 - You don't have to worry about them anymore. 1227 01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:44,168 They're not your family, Carlina. 1228 01:03:44,233 --> 01:03:47,603 - [cell phone ringing] 1229 01:03:47,666 --> 01:03:50,735 - l know it's you-- say something! 1230 01:03:53,366 --> 01:03:56,402 - l know this looks bad. - You stole my life! 1231 01:03:56,466 --> 01:03:57,800 - Is that her--is that Ann? 1232 01:03:57,866 --> 01:04:00,702 - Just give her a minute-- it's okay. 1233 01:04:00,766 --> 01:04:03,401 - Look, just give me a minute, and l'm-a straighten this out. 1234 01:04:03,466 --> 01:04:05,334 l'm-a straighten it out, okay? 1235 01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:07,168 - Either you did it or you didn't. 1236 01:04:07,233 --> 01:04:09,668 You never take responsibility for anything! 1237 01:04:09,733 --> 01:04:13,803 - [dial tone drones] - Netty! 1238 01:04:13,866 --> 01:04:22,574 _ _ \ 1239 01:04:22,633 --> 01:04:24,334 - [phone ringing] 1240 01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:26,268 - MAN: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1241 01:04:26,333 --> 01:04:28,501 How can l help you? 1242 01:04:36,500 --> 01:04:38,802 - My name is Ann Pettway. 1243 01:04:38,866 --> 01:04:40,467 l'm here to straighten out this mess. 1244 01:04:40,533 --> 01:04:42,468 Where's your boss? 1245 01:04:42,533 --> 01:04:45,335 - [recorder chirps] 1246 01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:47,401 - [exhales] 1247 01:04:47,466 --> 01:04:49,568 Tell me what happened. 1248 01:04:55,566 --> 01:04:59,269 - There was this girl, 1249 01:04:59,333 --> 01:05:01,668 and she loved dolls-- 1250 01:05:01,733 --> 01:05:04,235 - [dramatic music] 1251 01:05:04,300 --> 01:05:08,637 - --all kind of dolls, 1252 01:05:08,699 --> 01:05:12,804 but she got tired of these dolls because... 1253 01:05:12,866 --> 01:05:14,901 they couldn't walk. 1254 01:05:15,166 --> 01:05:17,501 They couldn't talk. 1255 01:05:17,566 --> 01:05:19,801 They couldn't love her back. 1256 01:05:19,866 --> 01:05:23,469 So she got pregnant... 1257 01:05:23,533 --> 01:05:25,301 three times. 1258 01:05:27,699 --> 01:05:30,836 And every time the baby died. 1259 01:05:34,199 --> 01:05:36,435 And that wasn't fair, was it? 1260 01:05:41,566 --> 01:05:43,634 [more quietly] Was it? 1261 01:05:43,699 --> 01:05:46,469 - No. 1262 01:05:46,533 --> 01:05:48,501 - It wasn't fair. 1263 01:05:48,566 --> 01:05:52,903 - [dramatic music continues] 1264 01:05:53,166 --> 01:05:56,202 - She just wanted somebody to love her back. 1265 01:05:58,333 --> 01:06:00,368 - Ann Pettway, you're under arrest 1266 01:06:00,433 --> 01:06:03,502 for the kidnapping of Carlina Renae White. 1267 01:06:03,566 --> 01:06:10,272 - [dramatic music continues] 1268 01:06:10,333 --> 01:06:12,234 - Will you tell my daughter now? 1269 01:06:18,866 --> 01:06:21,868 - Why don't we get a mani-pedi? 1270 01:06:21,933 --> 01:06:24,502 - [sighing] l think it's time to go home. 1271 01:06:24,566 --> 01:06:26,935 - Ok, let's go home. 1272 01:06:27,199 --> 01:06:29,502 - No, l mean back home to Atlanta. 1273 01:06:29,566 --> 01:06:32,468 - No, don't--you-- 1274 01:06:32,533 --> 01:06:34,368 Am l being too pushy? 1275 01:06:34,433 --> 01:06:36,201 - No! No, it's not that. 1276 01:06:36,266 --> 01:06:38,301 l appreciate all of this, really l do. 1277 01:06:38,366 --> 01:06:39,734 - [street din] 1278 01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:42,402 - A reporter told me about the trust fund, 1279 01:06:42,466 --> 01:06:44,201 and l was hoping to take that money, 1280 01:06:44,266 --> 01:06:45,800 close out my life in Atlanta, 1281 01:06:45,866 --> 01:06:47,834 and--l don't know-- 1282 01:06:47,900 --> 01:06:49,735 maybe get a place up here. 1283 01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:52,636 That way l'd be closer. 1284 01:06:52,699 --> 01:06:54,368 - Carlina... 1285 01:06:54,433 --> 01:06:56,301 - What? 1286 01:07:00,699 --> 01:07:03,669 - The trust fund dissolved when you were 21 . 1287 01:07:03,733 --> 01:07:05,234 - What happened to it? 1288 01:07:05,300 --> 01:07:07,902 - We needed that money. 1289 01:07:08,166 --> 01:07:11,335 - Were you ever gonna tell me? 1290 01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:13,335 - l'm sorry, Carlina. 1291 01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:14,934 l-- 1292 01:07:16,766 --> 01:07:18,801 - REPORTER: Hey, Carlina, do you have a quote? 1293 01:07:18,866 --> 01:07:20,901 - REPORTERS: [overlapping] Carlina White! Carlina! 1294 01:07:21,166 --> 01:07:23,167 - REPORTER: Ann Pettway turned herself in--any thoughts? 1295 01:07:23,233 --> 01:07:25,568 - REPORTER: Do you have anything to say to Ann Pettway? 1296 01:07:25,633 --> 01:07:28,202 - Netty: No comment. - REPORTER: How was the reunion? 1297 01:07:28,266 --> 01:07:30,468 - REPORTER: We want to hear your side of the story! 1298 01:07:31,933 --> 01:07:35,569 - MAYA: Auntie! 1299 01:07:35,633 --> 01:07:38,736 - Hey, pretty girl! 1300 01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:40,801 Did you miss me? - Mm-hmm. 1301 01:07:40,866 --> 01:07:43,201 Could you come to New York with us next time? 1302 01:07:43,266 --> 01:07:44,767 - [inhaling] W-- - Netty: Maya, 1303 01:07:44,833 --> 01:07:47,802 go put your stuff in your room-- l'll be there in a minute. 1304 01:07:47,866 --> 01:07:49,667 - 'kay. - Netty: 'kay. 1305 01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:54,668 - So you heard the news? 1306 01:07:54,733 --> 01:07:56,434 - l saw it on TV. 1307 01:07:56,500 --> 01:07:58,235 - Her lawyers want to meet with you 1308 01:07:58,300 --> 01:07:59,934 so they can discuss strategy. 1309 01:08:00,199 --> 01:08:02,602 - l can't. 1310 01:08:02,666 --> 01:08:04,667 - You can and you will. 1311 01:08:04,733 --> 01:08:07,535 She's family. 1312 01:08:07,599 --> 01:08:08,901 Netty, you hear me? 1313 01:08:09,166 --> 01:08:11,368 You can't leave her hangin'. - Look, 1314 01:08:11,433 --> 01:08:14,602 l'm goin' by Carlina now. - You're Netty to me. 1315 01:08:14,666 --> 01:08:17,602 - But my name is Carlina. - Your name is Nejdra. 1316 01:08:17,666 --> 01:08:19,801 - Not according to my birth certificate. 1317 01:08:19,866 --> 01:08:24,937 _ _ \ 1318 01:08:25,199 --> 01:08:27,602 - [footsteps departing] 1319 01:08:27,666 --> 01:08:29,734 - [prison door clangs] - [bangs on door] 1320 01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:32,302 - WOMAN GUARD: Rise and shine! - WOMAN: Stop bangin'! 1321 01:08:32,366 --> 01:08:35,435 - [banging on door] - Rise and shine! 1322 01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:37,535 - WOMAN: [muttering] 1323 01:08:41,899 --> 01:08:43,901 - GUARD: Pettway. 1324 01:08:44,166 --> 01:08:48,537 _ _ \ 1325 01:09:02,366 --> 01:09:06,169 _ _ \ 1326 01:09:14,733 --> 01:09:16,734 - [sighs] 1327 01:09:18,866 --> 01:09:23,470 _ _ \ 1328 01:09:32,833 --> 01:09:34,701 - ANN: You gotta make her. 1329 01:09:34,766 --> 01:09:36,834 lf they convict me, it's 25 to life. 1330 01:09:36,899 --> 01:09:39,369 - She don't wanna testify, and she don't wanna see you. 1331 01:09:39,433 --> 01:09:41,168 - You gotta make her! 1332 01:09:41,233 --> 01:09:43,401 - l can't keep cleanin' up after you where Netty's concerned. 1333 01:09:43,466 --> 01:09:45,801 She's her own person. - Cassie... 1334 01:09:45,866 --> 01:09:48,835 - Ann, you took that child's life from her, 1335 01:09:48,899 --> 01:09:52,436 then you kept her in the dark about her family for years. 1336 01:09:52,500 --> 01:09:55,202 You had plenty of opportunity to make this right, 1337 01:09:55,266 --> 01:09:58,268 but you didn't. 1338 01:09:58,333 --> 01:10:00,668 - What am l supposed to do now? 1339 01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:04,368 [sighs] 1340 01:10:04,433 --> 01:10:08,703 - [gallery muttering] 1341 01:10:08,766 --> 01:10:13,303 - [dramatic music] 1342 01:10:13,366 --> 01:10:17,803 - [muttering continues] 1343 01:10:22,899 --> 01:10:27,237 - [dramatic music continues] 1344 01:10:30,233 --> 01:10:33,336 - That woman took everything from us. 1345 01:10:33,399 --> 01:10:35,502 - BAILIFF: All rise. 1346 01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:45,636 - How does the defendant plead? 1347 01:10:45,699 --> 01:10:48,602 - My client pleads ''not guilty,'' Your Honor. 1348 01:10:48,666 --> 01:10:51,435 - [quietly] Not guilty?! What? 1349 01:11:06,166 --> 01:11:08,334 - ANN: [reading] ''Dear Nejdra, 1350 01:11:08,399 --> 01:11:11,302 ''l think of you every day. 1351 01:11:11,366 --> 01:11:15,403 ''l miss you and Maya so much it makes me want to cry. 1352 01:11:15,466 --> 01:11:18,335 ''l hope l see you soon. 1353 01:11:18,399 --> 01:11:20,835 Love, your mother.'' 1354 01:11:23,833 --> 01:11:26,202 - JOY: Has she returned any of your calls? 1355 01:11:26,266 --> 01:11:27,767 - CARL: l've left five messages. 1356 01:11:27,833 --> 01:11:29,701 - Carl, we can't lose her this time--we can't. 1357 01:11:29,766 --> 01:11:31,734 - CARL: Now that's enough, all right, excuse me. 1358 01:11:31,800 --> 01:11:33,768 - REPORTER: What will you do in the future? 1359 01:11:33,833 --> 01:11:36,302 - REPORTER: Joy? Joy! Give us a statement, please. 1360 01:11:36,366 --> 01:11:38,768 - Hi, Carlina, it's your mom. 1361 01:11:38,833 --> 01:11:42,403 [gasps] l can't believe l can actually say that to you now. 1362 01:11:42,466 --> 01:11:45,302 Listen, l tried to call you the other day 1363 01:11:45,366 --> 01:11:46,767 and never heard back. 1364 01:11:46,833 --> 01:11:49,669 l tried texting you, never heard back. 1365 01:11:49,733 --> 01:11:51,568 Carlina, please call me and your father. 1366 01:11:51,633 --> 01:11:53,768 We need to hear from you. 1367 01:11:53,833 --> 01:11:56,435 - [phone clicks off] 1368 01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:09,604 - [cell phone jingles] 1369 01:12:09,666 --> 01:12:13,536 _ _ \ 1370 01:12:19,899 --> 01:12:22,636 - [scoffs] Now l am happy 1371 01:12:22,699 --> 01:12:25,269 my daughter came back to me, 1372 01:12:25,333 --> 01:12:27,802 The problem we're having right now is just... 1373 01:12:27,866 --> 01:12:30,602 it's hard for her to cope with us. 1374 01:12:30,666 --> 01:12:33,201 She hasn't been with us for 23 years. 1375 01:12:33,266 --> 01:12:35,768 - Is there anything you'd like to say to Carlina? 1376 01:12:38,866 --> 01:12:41,401 l love you. 1377 01:12:41,466 --> 01:12:43,835 l want you to come back. 1378 01:12:43,899 --> 01:12:46,802 Give us a chance. 1379 01:12:46,866 --> 01:12:49,868 Let's make-- make up for lost time. 1380 01:12:49,933 --> 01:12:52,735 - JOY: l was on such a high when l was first reunited 1381 01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:54,701 with my daughter. 1382 01:12:54,766 --> 01:12:57,535 J You couldn't tell me nothin' you know? 1383 01:12:57,600 --> 01:13:00,202 l was floatin' on air. 1384 01:13:00,266 --> 01:13:02,801 That was a great moment. 1385 01:13:02,866 --> 01:13:05,301 And then one day after telling her story 1386 01:13:05,366 --> 01:13:07,401 to ''The New York Post,'' 1387 01:13:07,466 --> 01:13:09,901 she changed. 1388 01:13:10,166 --> 01:13:12,201 ln just that day. 1389 01:13:12,266 --> 01:13:14,635 l think it had a lot to do with the Pettway family. 1390 01:13:14,699 --> 01:13:18,336 She asked a lot of questions about the money-- 1391 01:13:18,399 --> 01:13:20,268 the trust fund 1392 01:13:20,333 --> 01:13:22,635 and the _10,OOO reward. 1393 01:13:22,699 --> 01:13:24,501 That money's gone. 1394 01:13:24,566 --> 01:13:27,435 lt really hurts because it's about money. 1395 01:13:27,500 --> 01:13:31,170 She won't return my calls. 1396 01:13:34,633 --> 01:13:39,471 - [cell phone dialing] 1397 01:13:43,733 --> 01:13:45,935 - l'd like to change my phone number. 1398 01:13:50,500 --> 01:13:52,869 - Where's Grandpa Carl? 1399 01:13:52,933 --> 01:13:54,834 - Netty: He's in New York. 1400 01:13:54,899 --> 01:13:57,168 - Where's Grandma Joy? 1401 01:13:57,233 --> 01:13:58,734 - She's in New York, too. 1402 01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:00,835 - Can we visit her soon? 1403 01:14:00,899 --> 01:14:03,602 - l don't know. 1404 01:14:03,666 --> 01:14:05,601 - Where's Grandma Ann? 1405 01:14:05,666 --> 01:14:07,501 - What's with all the questions? 1406 01:14:07,566 --> 01:14:09,768 - Where's Grandma Ann? 1407 01:14:09,833 --> 01:14:11,601 - [sighs] She went away. 1408 01:14:11,666 --> 01:14:13,434 - Is she mad at me? 1409 01:14:15,899 --> 01:14:18,535 - No, baby, she's not mad at you. 1410 01:14:18,600 --> 01:14:21,502 Sometimes people do bad things. 1411 01:14:21,566 --> 01:14:24,368 When they get caught, they have to go away. 1412 01:14:24,433 --> 01:14:27,469 - Did she say she was sorry? 1413 01:14:27,533 --> 01:14:29,334 When l do something bad, 1414 01:14:29,399 --> 01:14:32,402 l say sorry, and you give me a hug. 1415 01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:40,936 - [exhaling] Ms. Johnson, 1416 01:14:41,199 --> 01:14:43,302 What is your relationship to the defendant? 1417 01:14:43,366 --> 01:14:45,568 - Ann Pettway is my sister. 1418 01:14:45,633 --> 01:14:49,536 What you're saying she did was despicable, 1419 01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:52,836 but l love my sister. 1420 01:14:52,899 --> 01:14:55,269 She's not perfect. 1421 01:14:55,333 --> 01:14:58,302 She's deeply flawed. 1422 01:14:58,366 --> 01:15:00,935 But she loves Netty 1423 01:15:01,199 --> 01:15:03,468 Ann is a good mother. 1424 01:15:03,533 --> 01:15:05,501 - [breathing shakily] 1425 01:15:05,566 --> 01:15:09,269 - Ann Pettway knows she caused a lot of pain. 1426 01:15:09,333 --> 01:15:11,835 She'd had several miscarriages, 1427 01:15:11,899 --> 01:15:15,470 and she never believed she'd be able to be a parent. 1428 01:15:15,533 --> 01:15:19,336 So in my opinion, she did kidnap Carlina White, 1429 01:15:19,399 --> 01:15:23,337 and she as much as confessed to it in my office. 1430 01:15:26,500 --> 01:15:30,370 - [door clattering] 1431 01:15:30,433 --> 01:15:34,837 - [TV droning in background] 1432 01:15:42,166 --> 01:15:44,201 - Get up. 1433 01:15:44,266 --> 01:15:46,534 - [keys jangling] 1434 01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:48,368 - Get up now. 1435 01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:54,336 What happened to your phone? 1436 01:15:54,399 --> 01:15:56,769 - l disconnected it. 1437 01:15:56,833 --> 01:15:59,368 Needed to just drop out. 1438 01:15:59,433 --> 01:16:01,701 - Well, you need to drop back in. 1439 01:16:01,766 --> 01:16:04,368 - Why--so l can help Ann? 1440 01:16:04,433 --> 01:16:06,535 - Because you have a life to live. 1441 01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:08,268 - Whose life am l livin'? 1442 01:16:08,333 --> 01:16:09,901 Joy's? 1443 01:16:10,166 --> 01:16:11,600 Ann's? Yours? 1444 01:16:11,666 --> 01:16:13,868 lf l spend time with Joy, l'm betrayin' you. 1445 01:16:13,933 --> 01:16:16,435 lf l spend time with you and we talk about Ann, 1446 01:16:16,500 --> 01:16:18,869 l'm betrayin' Joy. 1447 01:16:25,666 --> 01:16:29,436 - Look, l know this has been hard on you. 1448 01:16:29,500 --> 01:16:32,369 l know l helped make it hard on you. 1449 01:16:32,433 --> 01:16:36,170 Look, you can call yourself Carlina or Nejdra. 1450 01:16:36,233 --> 01:16:37,667 l don't care. 1451 01:16:37,733 --> 01:16:40,235 lt doesn't matter to me what you call yourself. 1452 01:16:40,300 --> 01:16:42,201 Point is... 1453 01:16:42,266 --> 01:16:44,401 you gotta get up and get on with your life. 1454 01:16:44,466 --> 01:16:47,235 - l just keep wonderin' what my life woulda been... 1455 01:16:49,733 --> 01:16:52,902 had l grown up with my real parents. 1456 01:16:53,166 --> 01:16:54,534 - Okay. 1457 01:16:56,899 --> 01:16:58,901 But where do you go from here? 1458 01:17:03,266 --> 01:17:05,801 - [knocking on door] 1459 01:17:11,699 --> 01:17:14,869 - [gasps] 1460 01:17:17,866 --> 01:17:19,767 Mmm! 1461 01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:24,902 Thank you for comin'. 1462 01:17:32,199 --> 01:17:35,336 - About the money-- - Carlina... 1463 01:17:35,399 --> 01:17:39,403 [sighs] Nobody told us to set up that trust fund. 1464 01:17:39,466 --> 01:17:41,768 We had it for 21 years, 1465 01:17:41,833 --> 01:17:43,868 and if l had to do it all over again, 1466 01:17:43,933 --> 01:17:45,734 l never would have spent it. 1467 01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:47,902 - It's not about the money. 1468 01:17:48,166 --> 01:17:49,734 You could have told me. 1469 01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:51,535 But-- [sighs] 1470 01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:53,802 l'm just tired of people keepin' things from me. 1471 01:17:56,766 --> 01:17:58,567 - l'm sorry. 1472 01:18:01,166 --> 01:18:03,401 - Why didn't you look harder? 1473 01:18:03,466 --> 01:18:05,267 - Excuse me? 1474 01:18:05,333 --> 01:18:08,369 - Anyone who knows me knows how much l want to find my parents. 1475 01:18:08,433 --> 01:18:10,735 l searched and searched for you. 1476 01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:12,601 Why didn't you look harder? 1477 01:18:12,666 --> 01:18:15,602 - Carlina, you have no idea 1478 01:18:15,666 --> 01:18:18,301 how hard we looked. 1479 01:18:18,366 --> 01:18:20,334 l knocked on more doors-- 1480 01:18:20,399 --> 01:18:22,435 l passed out more flyers, 1481 01:18:22,500 --> 01:18:25,369 than you could have ever imagined. 1482 01:18:25,433 --> 01:18:28,736 [voice breaking] We couldn't find you! 1483 01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:32,470 But... we never stopped looking. 1484 01:18:32,533 --> 01:18:34,568 - Sorry. 1485 01:18:36,366 --> 01:18:39,836 - [sniffs] 1486 01:18:39,899 --> 01:18:43,903 There's been so much pain. 1487 01:18:44,166 --> 01:18:45,901 [sighs] 1488 01:18:46,166 --> 01:18:49,369 l just want you to be happy, Carlina. 1489 01:18:49,433 --> 01:18:51,802 - But l'm just not ready. 1490 01:18:51,866 --> 01:18:53,934 l'm not ready to leave my whole life 1491 01:18:54,199 --> 01:18:57,169 and start over as Carlina White. 1492 01:18:57,233 --> 01:19:00,502 - [sighs] 1493 01:19:00,566 --> 01:19:04,536 You know, for the past 23 years, 1494 01:19:04,600 --> 01:19:08,837 l've talked to you in my head... 1495 01:19:08,899 --> 01:19:12,169 and in my dreams. 1496 01:19:12,233 --> 01:19:15,636 All this time, you been a part of my life. 1497 01:19:17,633 --> 01:19:19,634 And you've only just found out about me. 1498 01:19:24,366 --> 01:19:27,268 We'll take it slow. 1499 01:19:27,333 --> 01:19:31,937 _ _ \ 1500 01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:11,669 - [dramatic music] 1501 01:20:11,733 --> 01:20:14,202 - [brakes squeal] - My name is Joy White, 1502 01:20:14,266 --> 01:20:15,900 and l'm here to see Ann Pettway. 1503 01:20:16,166 --> 01:20:18,835 - Does she know you're coming? - No. 1504 01:20:18,899 --> 01:20:21,335 - Park over there-- we'll put you through security. 1505 01:20:21,399 --> 01:20:22,801 - [engine revving] 1506 01:20:25,500 --> 01:20:27,501 - [buzzer honks] 1507 01:20:27,566 --> 01:20:29,567 - [door creaks, slams] 1508 01:20:38,166 --> 01:20:40,801 - [people talking far away] 1509 01:20:44,533 --> 01:20:47,202 - [person whistling a tune] 1510 01:20:49,233 --> 01:20:52,669 - l could just slap that smile off your face. 1511 01:20:52,733 --> 01:20:54,801 - Is that why you're here? 1512 01:20:54,866 --> 01:20:57,235 - l came here 1513 01:20:57,300 --> 01:20:59,602 because l have to find a way to forgive you. 1514 01:21:06,533 --> 01:21:09,469 Why did you do it to me? 1515 01:21:09,533 --> 01:21:12,602 - From over here, it don't look like nothin' been done to you. 1516 01:21:14,433 --> 01:21:16,601 What you so upset for? 1517 01:21:16,666 --> 01:21:17,800 You got her now. 1518 01:21:17,866 --> 01:21:20,835 - [angrily] l may have Carlina now, 1519 01:21:20,899 --> 01:21:24,236 but you stole 23 years of my life. 1520 01:21:24,300 --> 01:21:27,202 l wasn't there when Carlina took her first step. 1521 01:21:27,266 --> 01:21:29,534 l didn't get to see her go to the prom. 1522 01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:33,437 l wasn't there when she had my grandbaby. 1523 01:21:33,500 --> 01:21:36,202 Those are moments l'll never have. 1524 01:21:36,266 --> 01:21:38,635 - l lost three babies. - l lost a child! 1525 01:21:38,699 --> 01:21:40,868 l didn't go around stealin' nobody's babies! 1526 01:21:40,933 --> 01:21:42,868 - See, that's what l'm sayin'-- you lost one. 1527 01:21:42,933 --> 01:21:45,669 l lost three-- l heard you got two more now. 1528 01:21:45,733 --> 01:21:48,202 They told me l couldn't have none. 1529 01:21:48,266 --> 01:21:51,168 - That's no excuse! - l needed that child, okay? 1530 01:21:54,566 --> 01:21:57,368 - [buzzer honks, door slams] 1531 01:21:57,433 --> 01:22:00,269 - l saw y'all on TV, 1532 01:22:00,333 --> 01:22:02,935 and l thought about givin' her back. 1533 01:22:03,199 --> 01:22:05,569 But then Netty would look up at me. 1534 01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:11,436 People started sayin' we looked alike. 1535 01:22:11,500 --> 01:22:13,835 They even called her ''Little Ann.'' 1536 01:22:15,766 --> 01:22:18,268 Every day, she became more and more mine. 1537 01:22:18,333 --> 01:22:19,834 - [shouts] She wasn't yours-- she was mine! 1538 01:22:19,899 --> 01:22:23,637 [pounds table] - l fed her! 1539 01:22:23,699 --> 01:22:25,535 l clothed her! 1540 01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:27,301 l taught her right from wrong! 1541 01:22:27,366 --> 01:22:29,768 That little girl who you paradin' around 1542 01:22:29,833 --> 01:22:32,168 on TV and everything-- 1543 01:22:32,233 --> 01:22:34,602 [pounds table] l did that! 1544 01:22:37,399 --> 01:22:39,335 You should be thankin' me. 1545 01:22:39,399 --> 01:22:41,468 - l should be thankin' you? - Thank me! 1546 01:22:41,533 --> 01:22:44,202 - It's takin' all l got not to jump across this table 1547 01:22:44,266 --> 01:22:47,335 and kill you. - [sucks teeth] 1548 01:22:51,633 --> 01:22:54,502 [quietly] l know you hate me. 1549 01:22:54,566 --> 01:22:56,768 [inhales] And l know, somebody like you, 1550 01:22:56,833 --> 01:22:59,535 you'll never understand this. 1551 01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:01,335 Somebody like you, you know-- [sobbing] 1552 01:23:01,399 --> 01:23:05,337 --you got a lot of love in your life. 1553 01:23:05,399 --> 01:23:07,802 [continues sobbing] Me... 1554 01:23:07,866 --> 01:23:10,568 l been lovin' people and lovin' people 1555 01:23:10,633 --> 01:23:12,768 and doin' for people... 1556 01:23:12,833 --> 01:23:14,634 [continues sobbing] 1557 01:23:14,699 --> 01:23:16,701 lt's one thing to love somebody, 1558 01:23:16,766 --> 01:23:19,602 but it's another thing for somebody to love you back. 1559 01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:26,537 Netty loved me back. 1560 01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:28,501 - [sobbing] 1561 01:23:28,566 --> 01:23:31,936 l ain't ever felt that before. 1562 01:23:32,199 --> 01:23:34,769 [groans] 1563 01:23:34,833 --> 01:23:36,801 [sobs] 1564 01:23:41,233 --> 01:23:44,402 - You could have taken any other child in that nursery. 1565 01:23:46,366 --> 01:23:48,868 Why'd you take mine? 1566 01:23:48,933 --> 01:23:51,268 Was it 'cause l was young? 1567 01:23:51,333 --> 01:23:53,902 - It didn't' have nothin' to do with you, Ms. White. 1568 01:23:54,166 --> 01:23:56,234 - [shouts] It had everything to do with me! 1569 01:23:56,300 --> 01:23:58,669 lt had everything to do with me! 1570 01:23:58,733 --> 01:24:00,734 [sobs] 1571 01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:04,770 - [prison doors clanging] 1572 01:24:04,833 --> 01:24:09,637 _ _ \ 1573 01:24:11,766 --> 01:24:14,168 - [plate rattles] 1574 01:24:14,233 --> 01:24:17,269 - ANN: On August 4, 19$7... 1575 01:24:20,500 --> 01:24:22,368 l went to Harlem Hospital. 1576 01:24:25,266 --> 01:24:26,734 l took a child. 1577 01:24:29,199 --> 01:24:30,901 l got back on the train, 1578 01:24:31,166 --> 01:24:33,201 l went back home, 1579 01:24:33,266 --> 01:24:35,735 And l raised her as my own. 1580 01:24:39,166 --> 01:24:41,167 l knew it was wrong. 1581 01:24:50,199 --> 01:24:51,868 - [sobbing] 1582 01:24:53,633 --> 01:24:54,934 - JUDGE: Ann Pettway. 1583 01:24:58,433 --> 01:25:01,936 You've pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping. 1584 01:25:03,766 --> 01:25:06,235 ln light of your confession, 1585 01:25:06,300 --> 01:25:09,469 the court hereby sentences you to 12 years in prison. 1586 01:25:13,233 --> 01:25:16,369 - [gallery whispering] 1587 01:25:16,433 --> 01:25:18,501 - [bangs gavel] 1588 01:25:18,566 --> 01:25:19,733 - [whispering continues] 1589 01:25:19,800 --> 01:25:23,837 _ _ \ 1590 01:25:23,899 --> 01:25:25,835 - [street din] 1591 01:25:25,899 --> 01:25:27,701 - CARL: That's it? 1592 01:25:27,766 --> 01:25:29,634 That's what our suffering's worth? 1593 01:25:29,699 --> 01:25:31,468 l thought it was a mandatory life sentence. 1594 01:25:31,533 --> 01:25:33,268 - She plea bargained. 1595 01:25:33,333 --> 01:25:35,601 - l lost you, l lost my family-- 1596 01:25:35,666 --> 01:25:37,267 l lost everything. 1597 01:25:37,333 --> 01:25:38,834 We gotta appeal this. 1598 01:25:38,899 --> 01:25:41,569 - We just gotta live with it. 1599 01:25:41,633 --> 01:25:44,635 All of it. 1600 01:25:44,699 --> 01:25:46,835 - HOST: l have a few questions for you, Carlina. 1601 01:25:46,899 --> 01:25:49,636 Or would you prefer l called you Nejdra? 1602 01:25:49,699 --> 01:25:52,702 Or Netty? 1603 01:25:52,766 --> 01:25:55,468 - l'm not Nejdra. 1604 01:25:55,533 --> 01:25:57,301 That's the name that was forced on me. 1605 01:26:00,433 --> 01:26:02,868 l'm not Carlina. 1606 01:26:02,933 --> 01:26:05,669 That's the name that was taken from me. 1607 01:26:14,333 --> 01:26:15,801 My name is Netty 1608 01:26:19,899 --> 01:26:22,369 That's the name that feels more like me... 1609 01:26:30,600 --> 01:26:33,469 ...the name that feels most like home. 1610 01:26:53,399 --> 01:26:55,769 - Grandma! 1611 01:27:13,833 --> 01:27:17,570 - [laughs] 1612 01:29:04,666 --> 01:29:06,367 - [baby crying] 1613 01:29:06,433 --> 01:29:08,434 - FEMALE NARRATOR: It's a story of grief... 1614 01:29:08,500 --> 01:29:10,835 - Will you please bring my baby back, please? 1615 01:29:10,899 --> 01:29:13,102 - [sobbing] 1616 01:29:13,166 --> 01:29:16,402 - NARRATOR: ...and longing... 1617 01:29:16,466 --> 01:29:19,135 - Carlina would always be on my mind every day. 1618 01:29:19,199 --> 01:29:21,135 - NARRATOR: ...betrayal... - [police sirens wailing] 1619 01:29:21,199 --> 01:29:23,302 - Where did you get me from? 1620 01:29:23,366 --> 01:29:26,802 - JOY: She destroyed my life and my family. 1621 01:29:26,866 --> 01:29:28,901 - NARRATOR: ...and discovery. 1622 01:29:28,966 --> 01:29:31,234 - Now to an unbelievable reunion... 1623 01:29:31,300 --> 01:29:33,168 - ERNIE ALLEN: She made this happen herself. 1624 01:29:33,233 --> 01:29:35,535 She's the hero in this. 1625 01:29:35,600 --> 01:29:38,235 - l got my answers now to things that happened in my life. 1626 01:29:38,300 --> 01:29:41,002 - NARRATOR: But Carlina White's newfound family 1627 01:29:41,066 --> 01:29:44,736 faced some hard realities. 1628 01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:47,269 - Everything happened too fast, 1629 01:29:47,333 --> 01:29:50,035 and we're all strangers to each other. 1630 01:29:50,100 --> 01:29:52,368 - It's hard to build a relationship 1631 01:29:52,433 --> 01:29:54,701 with someone that you don't even know. 1632 01:29:54,766 --> 01:29:57,935 - ERNIE : These stories aren't always happy-ever-after. 1633 01:29:58,000 --> 01:30:00,202 They take time. 1634 01:30:00,266 --> 01:30:02,901 - NARRATOR: Now, for the first time on television, 1635 01:30:02,966 --> 01:30:05,168 Carlina, her birth parents, 1636 01:30:05,233 --> 01:30:08,703 and the family that raised her tell the true story 1637 01:30:08,766 --> 01:30:12,269 behind a reunion that captivated the world. 1638 01:30:12,333 --> 01:30:16,270 _ _ \ 1639 01:30:23,199 --> 01:30:25,368 - NARRATOR: In January 201 1 , 1640 01:30:25,433 --> 01:30:27,802 an assistant in a hair salon near Atlanta 1641 01:30:27,866 --> 01:30:31,135 discovered she was really Carlina White, 1642 01:30:31,199 --> 01:30:33,802 abducted as an infant from Harlem Hospital 1643 01:30:33,866 --> 01:30:37,836 23 years earlier. 1644 01:30:37,899 --> 01:30:40,269 But though she had found her true family, 1645 01:30:40,333 --> 01:30:41,867 in the months afterward, 1646 01:30:41,933 --> 01:30:45,236 she still had not made her way home. 1647 01:30:45,300 --> 01:30:47,201 - CARLINA: l still have that family 1648 01:30:47,266 --> 01:30:49,334 that don't really know me. - [shutter clicks] 1649 01:30:49,399 --> 01:30:51,502 - CARLINA: l was brought up differently, 1650 01:30:51,566 --> 01:30:55,069 , and l'm an adult as well so it's like, 1651 01:30:55,133 --> 01:30:57,335 it's gonna take a little bit more time. 1652 01:30:57,399 --> 01:31:00,102 - JOY: She have the family that she was brought up with, 1653 01:31:00,166 --> 01:31:01,534 and she don't know me, 1654 01:31:01,600 --> 01:31:04,035 she don't know, you know, her real mom. 1655 01:31:04,100 --> 01:31:06,135 - ERNIE: This is not easy. 1656 01:31:06,199 --> 01:31:10,671 You don't just wipe out 23 years of history and-- 1657 01:31:10,733 --> 01:31:14,369 and have everything revert to where it was, uh, 1658 01:31:14,433 --> 01:31:16,601 on that day in 19$7. 1659 01:31:16,666 --> 01:31:20,169 - [police siren wailing] - [helicopter buzzing] 1660 01:31:20,233 --> 01:31:25,504 _ _ \ 1661 01:31:25,566 --> 01:31:27,234 - She was a sweet baby 1662 01:31:27,300 --> 01:31:29,802 in the time that l had with her. 1663 01:31:29,866 --> 01:31:33,936 - NARRATOR: Joy White was 16 years old in 19$7, 1664 01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:35,868 when she found out she was pregnant 1665 01:31:35,933 --> 01:31:40,570 by her then-boyfriend, 22-year-old Carl Tyson. 1666 01:31:40,633 --> 01:31:42,067 - CARL: We started talking about it. 1667 01:31:42,133 --> 01:31:44,068 She said she wanted to keep the baby, 1668 01:31:44,133 --> 01:31:46,001 then that's when we really had to sit down 1669 01:31:46,066 --> 01:31:48,168 and talk to our parents. 1670 01:31:48,233 --> 01:31:50,301 - JOY: l had to explain to my mother, 1671 01:31:50,366 --> 01:31:52,634 you know, what was going on, and... 1672 01:31:52,699 --> 01:31:55,769 she was upset at first, but she was very supportive 1673 01:31:55,833 --> 01:31:58,368 throughout the whole thing. 1674 01:31:58,433 --> 01:32:00,034 - NARRATOR: It was a long pregnancy, 1675 01:32:00,100 --> 01:32:02,669 running two weeks past the due date. 1676 01:32:02,733 --> 01:32:06,136 By July 15th, Joy had had enough. 1677 01:32:06,199 --> 01:32:09,303 - l got tired of being pregnant, so, uh, 1678 01:32:09,366 --> 01:32:10,867 what l did was l walked 1679 01:32:10,933 --> 01:32:13,635 all the way from 125th Street and Broadway, 1680 01:32:13,699 --> 01:32:16,035 and l walked down to 34th Street, 1681 01:32:16,100 --> 01:32:18,035 and then after that, l went into labor, 1682 01:32:18,100 --> 01:32:20,135 [laughs] and l had her. 1683 01:32:20,199 --> 01:32:21,701 - [baby cries] 1684 01:32:21,766 --> 01:32:25,069 - NARRATOR: She named the baby Carlina Renae White. 1685 01:32:25,133 --> 01:32:26,968 The first name was for Carl, 1686 01:32:27,033 --> 01:32:29,435 the second was Joy's middle name. 1687 01:32:29,500 --> 01:32:31,001 - That was a wonderful feeling. 1688 01:32:31,066 --> 01:32:33,134 Here was a little girl l was going to raise, 1689 01:32:33,199 --> 01:32:35,702 that l was gonna be able to take to the park. 1690 01:32:35,766 --> 01:32:38,135 - NARRATOR: Joy brought the baby home 1691 01:32:38,199 --> 01:32:40,068 to her mother's apartment in Harlem. 1692 01:32:40,133 --> 01:32:42,635 - We all used to just stand and look at her. 1693 01:32:42,699 --> 01:32:45,469 You know how l'm talkin' about-- What a beautiful little girl. 1694 01:32:45,533 --> 01:32:48,235 - Very pretty, always smiling, 1695 01:32:48,300 --> 01:32:50,435 but she had some lungs on her. 1696 01:32:50,500 --> 01:32:52,835 She used to cry, cry, cry-- 1697 01:32:52,899 --> 01:32:55,135 cry a whole lot. - [baby crying] 1698 01:32:55,199 --> 01:32:56,935 - NARRATOR: Joy was just learning 1699 01:32:57,000 --> 01:32:58,468 to take care of her baby 1700 01:32:58,533 --> 01:33:02,837 when Carlina spiked a high fever, 104 degrees. 1701 01:33:02,899 --> 01:33:04,935 On the evening of August 4th, 1702 01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:08,002 Joy and Carl rushed their 19-day-old baby 1703 01:33:08,066 --> 01:33:10,835 to the emergency room at Harlem Hospital, 1704 01:33:10,899 --> 01:33:12,868 where she had been born. 1705 01:33:12,933 --> 01:33:14,668 The doctors found that Carlina 1706 01:33:14,733 --> 01:33:17,168 had swallowed some fluid during the delivery, 1707 01:33:17,233 --> 01:33:19,368 and now she had an infection. 1708 01:33:19,433 --> 01:33:21,134 - [crying continues] 1709 01:33:21,199 --> 01:33:22,935 - JOY: l was upset because, you know, 1710 01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:24,935 that was my baby and she was sick. 1711 01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:27,435 And then when they told me that they have to keep her, 1712 01:33:27,500 --> 01:33:28,801 you know, l was really, 1713 01:33:28,866 --> 01:33:30,500 you know, upset. - [crying continues] 1714 01:33:30,566 --> 01:33:32,467 - NARRATOR: As Joy cried in the hallway 1715 01:33:32,533 --> 01:33:34,434 outside the pediatric ward, 1716 01:33:34,500 --> 01:33:39,137 a woman dressed in white comforted her. 1717 01:33:39,199 --> 01:33:41,468 - JOY: She came up to me-- she seen me crying, 1718 01:33:41,533 --> 01:33:43,201 and she came up to me and said, 1719 01:33:43,266 --> 01:33:44,934 ''Don't cry-- here's a piece of tissue. 1720 01:33:45,000 --> 01:33:47,035 Don't worry--everything is gonna be okay.'' 1721 01:33:47,100 --> 01:33:49,802 And, um, she kinda made me feel better, you know, 1722 01:33:49,866 --> 01:33:51,834 at that time, because l was, like, so upset 1723 01:33:51,899 --> 01:33:54,302 l didn't know what to do. - [baby cries] 1724 01:33:54,366 --> 01:33:56,701 - NARRATOR: Joy decided to head home to clean up 1725 01:33:56,766 --> 01:33:58,400 and get a little rest. 1726 01:33:58,466 --> 01:34:00,668 - JOY: l'm 16 years old-- l'm a young girl. 1727 01:34:00,733 --> 01:34:02,668 l didn't know any better at the time. 1728 01:34:02,733 --> 01:34:05,836 l think the hospital is safe. - [sirens wailing] 1729 01:34:05,899 --> 01:34:09,570 - NARRATOR: She fell asleep, but not for long. 1730 01:34:09,633 --> 01:34:11,568 - ELIZABETH WHITE: Someone knocked on the door, 1731 01:34:11,633 --> 01:34:14,202 and there was two detectives standing at the door. 1732 01:34:14,266 --> 01:34:15,867 l said, ''Carlina died?'' 1733 01:34:15,933 --> 01:34:17,234 He said, ''No.'' 1734 01:34:17,300 --> 01:34:19,535 He says, ''Somebody took her from the hospital.'' 1735 01:34:19,600 --> 01:34:22,202 - [baby crying] 1736 01:34:22,266 --> 01:34:25,202 - ELIZABETH: So l called Joy, and l said, ''Joy!'' 1737 01:34:25,266 --> 01:34:27,101 and she came running up here and l said, 1738 01:34:27,166 --> 01:34:29,568 ''Somebody done took Carlina,'' and she couldn't believe me. 1739 01:34:29,633 --> 01:34:32,669 She was hollerin' out, ''Oh no, not my baby!'' 1740 01:34:32,733 --> 01:34:34,534 - CARL: l get this phone call. 1741 01:34:34,600 --> 01:34:36,902 Get on the phone, Joy in the background crying, 1742 01:34:36,966 --> 01:34:38,834 ''Carl, someone stole our baby!'' 1743 01:34:38,899 --> 01:34:40,434 l said, ''What are you talking about?'' 1744 01:34:40,500 --> 01:34:43,369 - [sirens wailing] - JOY: l ran to the hospital. 1745 01:34:43,433 --> 01:34:45,902 They had detectives all over the place. 1746 01:34:45,966 --> 01:34:47,200 They had helicopters. 1747 01:34:47,266 --> 01:34:49,134 They had sniffing dogs. 1748 01:34:49,199 --> 01:34:52,770 They had, uh, l mean, it was everybody out there. 1749 01:34:52,833 --> 01:34:55,302 Nobody couldn't tell me anything at the time. 1750 01:34:55,366 --> 01:34:57,401 We had a big conference in-- with the hospital 1751 01:34:57,466 --> 01:35:00,068 and everybody that's worked on that ward that night 1752 01:35:00,133 --> 01:35:02,201 sit at the table, and nobody knew anything. 1753 01:35:02,266 --> 01:35:05,268 - [baby crying] 1754 01:35:05,333 --> 01:35:06,967 - NARRATOR: As they talked about the night, 1755 01:35:07,033 --> 01:35:11,337 Joy remembered the woman in white who had comforted her. 1756 01:35:11,399 --> 01:35:13,335 - And l was like ''Oh my God!'' 1757 01:35:13,399 --> 01:35:14,868 You know, ''lt was that lady!'' 1758 01:35:16,766 --> 01:35:19,034 She saw me crying. 1759 01:35:19,100 --> 01:35:21,001 She knew my baby was in that treatment room 1760 01:35:21,066 --> 01:35:23,635 and she said, ''Stop crying.'' - [baby crying] 1761 01:35:23,699 --> 01:35:25,802 - NARRATOR: It turned out many people in the hospital 1762 01:35:25,866 --> 01:35:27,867 had seen the woman hanging around, 1763 01:35:27,933 --> 01:35:30,568 especially in the pediatric ward. 1764 01:35:30,633 --> 01:35:32,534 Parents thought she worked there. 1765 01:35:32,600 --> 01:35:34,902 Staff members thought she was a parent, 1766 01:35:34,966 --> 01:35:36,634 or a volunteer. 1767 01:35:36,699 --> 01:35:38,368 - l really thought she was a nurse. 1768 01:35:38,433 --> 01:35:40,802 So--l mean, she dressed just like a nurse. 1769 01:35:40,866 --> 01:35:43,668 But she had no name tag. - [crying continues] 1770 01:35:43,733 --> 01:35:45,367 - Obviously the woman 1771 01:35:45,433 --> 01:35:47,635 is some type of a hanger-on in the hospital. 1772 01:35:47,699 --> 01:35:49,301 - NARRATOR: That's typical behavior, 1773 01:35:49,366 --> 01:35:52,502 according to those who study infant abductors. 1774 01:35:52,566 --> 01:35:54,134 - ERNIE: They will go to hospitals 1775 01:35:54,199 --> 01:35:55,768 and birthing centers. 1776 01:35:55,833 --> 01:35:57,601 They will walk the halls. 1777 01:35:57,666 --> 01:35:59,367 They'll look at the nursery. 1778 01:35:59,433 --> 01:36:01,868 They will identify particular children 1779 01:36:01,933 --> 01:36:04,035 that might be of interest to them. 1780 01:36:04,100 --> 01:36:05,468 - [police siren wailing] 1781 01:36:05,533 --> 01:36:07,735 - NARRATOR: Police in Harlem Iaunched a frantic search, 1782 01:36:07,800 --> 01:36:10,802 combing the hospital and surrounding buildings. 1783 01:36:10,866 --> 01:36:13,635 They released pictures of baby Carlina, 1784 01:36:13,699 --> 01:36:16,369 hoping someone would recognize her. 1785 01:36:16,433 --> 01:36:17,934 - ERNIE: Time is the enemy 1786 01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:19,735 in the search for a missing child, 1787 01:36:19,800 --> 01:36:22,836 and that's particularly true with an infant or a newborn. 1788 01:36:22,899 --> 01:36:25,636 Because you want to respond, 1789 01:36:25,699 --> 01:36:27,701 generate visibility 1790 01:36:27,766 --> 01:36:29,367 before the abductor gets 1791 01:36:29,433 --> 01:36:31,968 to where the abductor's trying to get. 1792 01:36:32,033 --> 01:36:34,835 - NARRATOR: When the woman in white left Harlem Hospital, 1793 01:36:34,899 --> 01:36:37,302 there were security cameras in place, 1794 01:36:37,366 --> 01:36:39,134 but they weren't working. 1795 01:36:39,199 --> 01:36:42,336 That left very little information to go on. 1796 01:36:42,399 --> 01:36:45,202 - No one can actually document that woman 1797 01:36:45,266 --> 01:36:46,800 as the one leaving the hospital. 1798 01:36:46,866 --> 01:36:49,501 We have no one seeing a woman fitting that description 1799 01:36:49,566 --> 01:36:52,435 leaving the hospital with a child in tow. 1800 01:36:52,500 --> 01:36:54,268 - NARRATOR: Joy and Carl, 1801 01:36:54,333 --> 01:36:56,168 and other witnesses from the hospital 1802 01:36:56,233 --> 01:36:59,903 helped police develop a sketch of the woman in white. 1803 01:36:59,966 --> 01:37:02,168 Then they identified a mug shot 1804 01:37:02,233 --> 01:37:04,802 of a woman who looked like the sketch. 1805 01:37:04,866 --> 01:37:07,568 Detectives questioned her in the week after the abduction, 1806 01:37:07,633 --> 01:37:09,368 J but she had an alibi 1807 01:37:09,433 --> 01:37:11,935 and there were no other strong leads. 1808 01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:15,603 - We've received over 50 calls from the public, 1809 01:37:15,666 --> 01:37:17,734 and, uh, we are thoroughly investigating 1810 01:37:17,800 --> 01:37:19,635 all of the information that we have received. 1811 01:37:19,699 --> 01:37:21,701 - CARL: Sometimes they said, ''Oh, we have a lead,'' 1812 01:37:21,766 --> 01:37:23,767 and then turn around and it's no lead. 1813 01:37:23,833 --> 01:37:26,835 And you'd be like, ''Oh, man, did they forget about us? 1814 01:37:26,899 --> 01:37:28,601 ''Come on, man, this is our baby.'' 1815 01:37:28,666 --> 01:37:31,468 You know, sometimes l wonder if l had a whole lot of money, 1816 01:37:31,533 --> 01:37:34,202 would they find my baby in a couple of days? 1817 01:37:34,266 --> 01:37:36,301 - [police sirens wailing] 1818 01:37:36,366 --> 01:37:40,069 - ERNIE: My sense is that N.Y.P.D. responded quickly, 1819 01:37:40,133 --> 01:37:43,736 took it seriously, attempted to use the media. 1820 01:37:43,800 --> 01:37:48,137 l think this was a failure on many levels, 1821 01:37:48,199 --> 01:37:52,871 not the least of which was that America's hospitals 1822 01:37:52,933 --> 01:37:56,102 hadn't really thought about, or paid attention 1823 01:37:56,166 --> 01:37:59,335 to these kinds of problems in the 19$Os. 1824 01:37:59,399 --> 01:38:01,068 - NARRATOR: The lack of attention allowed 1825 01:38:01,133 --> 01:38:03,735 several infant abductions in the late '$Os. 1826 01:38:03,800 --> 01:38:05,268 Though they were unrelated, 1827 01:38:05,333 --> 01:38:08,169 they all followed a similar pattern. 1828 01:38:08,233 --> 01:38:10,301 - ERNIE: Typically, the abductor 1829 01:38:10,366 --> 01:38:13,068 WftS SOMeOne-- almost always a woman-- 1830 01:38:13,133 --> 01:38:14,801 who would walk into the hospital, 1831 01:38:14,866 --> 01:38:17,602 find a smock hanging up in a closet, 1832 01:38:17,666 --> 01:38:19,300 pick the baby up 1833 01:38:19,366 --> 01:38:21,367 out of a bassinet in the mother's room 1834 01:38:21,433 --> 01:38:22,467 or in the nursery, 1835 01:38:22,533 --> 01:38:24,701 walk off the floor, out of the hospital, 1836 01:38:24,766 --> 01:38:26,434 out of their lives. 1837 01:38:26,500 --> 01:38:31,338 _ _ \ 1838 01:38:31,399 --> 01:38:33,101 - NARRATOR: In the days and weeks 1839 01:38:33,166 --> 01:38:35,067 that followed Carlina's abduction, 1840 01:38:35,133 --> 01:38:38,936 Joy did everything she could to keep attention on the case. 1841 01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:41,435 - l did any interview that l could possibly do, 1842 01:38:41,500 --> 01:38:43,702 you know, to talk about her. 1843 01:38:43,766 --> 01:38:46,068 [sobbing] l want my baby back. 1844 01:38:46,133 --> 01:38:48,802 She didn't have to do that to me. 1845 01:38:48,866 --> 01:38:50,400 [sniffling] l had her. 1846 01:38:50,466 --> 01:38:52,167 l was carrying her for nine months. 1847 01:38:52,233 --> 01:38:53,934 She didn't have to take her from me. 1848 01:38:54,000 --> 01:38:56,369 - NARRATOR: The loss was devastating. 1849 01:38:56,433 --> 01:38:59,636 - It was hard for me, because l couldn't sleep. 1850 01:38:59,699 --> 01:39:01,234 Every night l had to take, like, 1851 01:39:01,300 --> 01:39:04,903 sleeping pills every night, because l could not sleep. 1852 01:39:04,966 --> 01:39:07,702 - ERNIE: Police run out of leads, 1853 01:39:07,766 --> 01:39:10,602 media spotlight dims, 1854 01:39:10,666 --> 01:39:13,235 but these parents don't forget. 1855 01:39:13,300 --> 01:39:18,738 _ _ \ 1856 01:39:18,800 --> 01:39:21,402 - This is a picture of me with, um, 1857 01:39:21,466 --> 01:39:23,935 Carlina's stroller. 1858 01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:25,468 Empty stroller. 1859 01:39:25,533 --> 01:39:27,501 l was always hoping that, you know, 1860 01:39:27,566 --> 01:39:29,301 one day she could come back, 1861 01:39:29,366 --> 01:39:31,301 and could sit back in that stroller again. 1862 01:39:38,300 --> 01:39:40,135 - NARRATOR: In August 19$7, 1863 01:39:40,199 --> 01:39:42,268 a young woman named Ann Pettway 1864 01:39:42,333 --> 01:39:44,935 got off the train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1865 01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:47,602 with a baby girl. 1866 01:39:47,666 --> 01:39:51,236 She was just 60 miles northeast of New York City, 1867 01:39:51,300 --> 01:39:53,368 where Carlina White had been abducted 1868 01:39:53,433 --> 01:39:56,035 from Harlem Hospital. - [baby cries] 1869 01:39:56,100 --> 01:39:57,835 - NARRATOR: Bridgeport was home for Ann, 1870 01:39:57,899 --> 01:40:00,035 but she hadn't been around in a few months. 1871 01:40:00,100 --> 01:40:03,336 When she left, her family believed she was pregnant, 1872 01:40:03,399 --> 01:40:06,169 and now she was ready to show off the baby. 1873 01:40:06,233 --> 01:40:08,301 - It wasn't a issue, 1874 01:40:08,366 --> 01:40:11,268 because she was pregnant, so it wasn't to say, 1875 01:40:11,333 --> 01:40:14,536 ''Oh, where did you get a baby?'' 1876 01:40:14,600 --> 01:40:16,034 You know, she was pregnant, 1877 01:40:16,100 --> 01:40:18,035 so you come home with your child. 1878 01:40:18,100 --> 01:40:19,301 - [baby crying] 1879 01:40:19,366 --> 01:40:21,868 - NARRATOR: Infant abductions are relatively rare. 1880 01:40:21,933 --> 01:40:26,871 There were fewer than 300 from 19$3 to 2010. 1881 01:40:26,933 --> 01:40:29,001 But experts have been able to develop 1882 01:40:29,066 --> 01:40:31,234 a profile of the perpetrators, 1883 01:40:31,300 --> 01:40:34,903 and it seems Ann Pettway fit that profile to a tee. 1884 01:40:34,966 --> 01:40:37,201 - ERNIE: Overwhelmingly, the abductor 1885 01:40:37,266 --> 01:40:39,267 is a woman--maybe a woman 1886 01:40:39,333 --> 01:40:43,070 who has miscarried, who has lost a baby. 1887 01:40:43,133 --> 01:40:46,503 These cases are more often driven 1888 01:40:46,566 --> 01:40:49,168 by a psychological need 1889 01:40:49,233 --> 01:40:51,101 to keep a particular man in a life, 1890 01:40:51,166 --> 01:40:52,600 keep a relationship alive, 1891 01:40:52,666 --> 01:40:55,869 than it is for the baby, per se. 1892 01:40:55,933 --> 01:40:59,503 So it is-- it's a very manipulative tool 1893 01:40:59,566 --> 01:41:01,634 uh, that these women use. 1894 01:41:01,699 --> 01:41:03,568 - NARRATOR: The man Ann was trying 1895 01:41:03,633 --> 01:41:05,434 to keep in her life at the time 1896 01:41:05,500 --> 01:41:07,835 was Derek Nance, a local drug dealer. 1897 01:41:07,899 --> 01:41:09,768 She would later tell the FBl 1898 01:41:09,833 --> 01:41:11,734 that she wanted to have his baby, 1899 01:41:11,800 --> 01:41:14,369 but had suffered several miscarriages. 1900 01:41:14,433 --> 01:41:16,468 She named the new baby Nejdra, 1901 01:41:16,533 --> 01:41:20,803 but the family always called her Netty. 1902 01:41:20,866 --> 01:41:23,468 The Pettway family was a large clan, 1903 01:41:23,533 --> 01:41:26,102 spread across Bridgeport's East Side. 1904 01:41:26,166 --> 01:41:28,067 - There are so many of us. 1905 01:41:28,133 --> 01:41:30,969 You can walk down the street and see 20 family members. 1906 01:41:31,033 --> 01:41:33,101 - CARLINA: l remember just growin' up 1907 01:41:33,166 --> 01:41:34,600 with a lot of cousins, 1908 01:41:34,666 --> 01:41:37,668 havin' a lot of family events together-- 1909 01:41:37,733 --> 01:41:41,937 cookouts, parties--and it was just family-orientated. 1910 01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:44,702 - She didn't really need friends because we were there. 1911 01:41:44,766 --> 01:41:47,668 We were her friends and her family. 1912 01:41:47,733 --> 01:41:50,135 What's better to have than family? 1913 01:41:50,199 --> 01:41:51,801 - NARRATOR: In the Pettway family, 1914 01:41:51,866 --> 01:41:54,201 Netty became known as an entertainer. 1915 01:41:54,266 --> 01:41:55,800 - CASSANDRA JOHNSON : Every September, 1916 01:41:55,866 --> 01:41:58,802 they'll have a family reunion at the park, 1917 01:41:58,866 --> 01:42:01,902 and they'll have dance contests, 1918 01:42:01,966 --> 01:42:03,834 and she'll get involved in it. 1919 01:42:03,899 --> 01:42:06,402 - l was just into the entertainment-- 1920 01:42:06,466 --> 01:42:08,835 just growin' up, believing one day 1921 01:42:08,899 --> 01:42:10,768 that l would have been a star. 1922 01:42:10,833 --> 01:42:13,602 - NARRATOR: But there was another side to her, as well. 1923 01:42:13,666 --> 01:42:17,803 - She always liked to be to herself sometimes. 1924 01:42:17,866 --> 01:42:22,870 - To this day she's still quiet and to herself. 1925 01:42:22,933 --> 01:42:25,802 - NARRATOR: That quiet girl found her own outlet. 1926 01:42:25,866 --> 01:42:30,503 At the age of ten, she began writing poems. 1927 01:42:30,566 --> 01:42:33,669 - l just like to write-- it expresses me. 1928 01:42:33,733 --> 01:42:35,868 - NARRATOR: When Netty wasn't with her cousins, 1929 01:42:35,933 --> 01:42:38,001 she was home with Ann Pettway. 1930 01:42:38,066 --> 01:42:40,168 For years it was just the two of them, 1931 01:42:40,233 --> 01:42:44,670 until Ann had a baby boy when Netty was 11. 1932 01:42:44,733 --> 01:42:49,037 - Ann is a very outspoken, Ioving person. 1933 01:42:49,100 --> 01:42:50,468 - She made sure Nejdra 1934 01:42:50,533 --> 01:42:53,569 had everything she wanted and everything she needed. 1935 01:42:53,633 --> 01:42:55,267 - NARRATOR: Ann was fairly strict 1936 01:42:55,333 --> 01:42:56,400 with her daughter though. 1937 01:42:56,466 --> 01:42:59,068 - She disciplined her when she needed disciplining. 1938 01:42:59,133 --> 01:43:01,635 - BRITTANY: It was, ''You have to go home, go to school 1939 01:43:01,699 --> 01:43:03,468 go to Brittany's house...'' 1940 01:43:03,533 --> 01:43:06,068 But she still let us have our fun as children, 1941 01:43:06,133 --> 01:43:09,436 but she did have that strict side to her. 1942 01:43:09,500 --> 01:43:14,404 - NARRATOR: The young Netty didn't dare talk back. 1943 01:43:14,466 --> 01:43:16,601 - You didn't ask questions why you should do it. 1944 01:43:16,666 --> 01:43:19,402 lt was just, ''You do it because they told you.'' 1945 01:43:19,466 --> 01:43:20,700 And that's how l grew up. 1946 01:43:20,766 --> 01:43:23,135 l mean, from my uncles, my aunts--everybody. 1947 01:43:23,199 --> 01:43:25,001 - NARRATOR: According to police reports, 1948 01:43:25,066 --> 01:43:27,535 Ann ran into some trouble over the years. 1949 01:43:27,600 --> 01:43:31,603 She was arrested in 1991 , '93, and '97 1950 01:43:31,666 --> 01:43:34,835 on charges of drug possession and larceny. 1951 01:43:34,899 --> 01:43:37,469 Netty had no idea at the time. 1952 01:43:37,533 --> 01:43:39,234 - CARLINA: l really wasn't exposed 1953 01:43:39,300 --> 01:43:42,736 to everything that she was going through... 1954 01:43:42,800 --> 01:43:45,435 until l got older. 1955 01:43:45,500 --> 01:43:49,003 - As a child growin' up, you're not into adult business, 1956 01:43:49,066 --> 01:43:51,635 so those things we wouldn't know. 1957 01:43:54,566 --> 01:43:56,267 - NARRATOR: Netty did shuttle back and forth 1958 01:43:56,333 --> 01:43:58,068 to Ann's mother's home, 1959 01:43:58,133 --> 01:44:00,068 although she was given a different reason 1960 01:44:00,133 --> 01:44:01,634 for the moves. 1961 01:44:01,699 --> 01:44:04,369 - l stayed with my grandmother when l attended school, 1962 01:44:04,433 --> 01:44:06,835 'cause l was going based on her address. 1963 01:44:06,899 --> 01:44:08,635 l went to school in a better district, 1964 01:44:08,699 --> 01:44:10,401 so l stayed with her. 1965 01:44:10,466 --> 01:44:14,236 - CASSANDRA: Other grandkids who needed somewhere to stay 1966 01:44:14,300 --> 01:44:17,336 or have some type of issues going on, 1967 01:44:17,399 --> 01:44:20,269 they'll come and stay with my mom, 1968 01:44:20,333 --> 01:44:23,302 and Netty was one of 'em that stayed. 1969 01:44:23,366 --> 01:44:27,169 And most of the time, the kids choose to stay with my mom. 1970 01:44:27,233 --> 01:44:29,368 - NARRATOR: Through her childhood, 1971 01:44:29,433 --> 01:44:31,701 no one in the immediate family 1972 01:44:31,766 --> 01:44:34,902 seems to have questioned Nejdra's parentage. 1973 01:44:34,966 --> 01:44:37,301 - There was no suspicion that Nejdra was not Ann's daughter. 1974 01:44:37,366 --> 01:44:39,601 - l knew she looked a little bit different, 1975 01:44:39,666 --> 01:44:41,701 but we all look a little bit different [laughs] 1976 01:44:41,766 --> 01:44:43,234 in the family. 1977 01:44:43,300 --> 01:44:45,835 - NARRATOR: And Netty had no reason to question it either. 1978 01:44:45,899 --> 01:44:48,235 - If anything, l probably thought my dad wasn't my dad. 1979 01:44:48,300 --> 01:44:50,368 l just figured, okay, maybe l look like my dad, 1980 01:44:50,433 --> 01:44:51,901 but l don't know who he is. 1981 01:44:51,966 --> 01:44:55,002 But, l thought that she was my mom, 1982 01:44:55,066 --> 01:44:58,102 for me growing up. 1983 01:44:58,166 --> 01:44:59,734 - NARRATOR: In fact, of course, 1984 01:44:59,800 --> 01:45:03,370 her real mother was 60 miles away in New York City, 1985 01:45:03,433 --> 01:45:09,105 still dreaming of her missing baby, Carlina. 1986 01:45:09,166 --> 01:45:10,667 - JOY: No other leads. 1987 01:45:10,733 --> 01:45:12,534 They just had crazy people call, saying that, 1988 01:45:12,600 --> 01:45:14,568 you know, they may have seen Carlina, 1989 01:45:14,633 --> 01:45:16,868 this or that, whatever, but it was nothing... 1990 01:45:16,933 --> 01:45:19,635 - NARRATOR: Joy and Carl split up 1991 01:45:19,699 --> 01:45:21,234 after Carlina was kidnapped, 1992 01:45:21,300 --> 01:45:24,770 but together, they sued Harlem Hospital for negligence 1993 01:45:24,833 --> 01:45:28,836 in allowing their baby to be taken. 1994 01:45:28,899 --> 01:45:30,368 - Anybody could come to a hospital, 1995 01:45:30,433 --> 01:45:32,067 you're supposed to have security around them. 1996 01:45:32,133 --> 01:45:33,634 And you're supposed to watch them. 1997 01:45:33,699 --> 01:45:36,069 That--that's your job. 1998 01:45:36,133 --> 01:45:39,603 - JOY: l think if they had more security at the time, 1999 01:45:39,666 --> 01:45:42,435 this probably would have never happened. 2000 01:45:42,500 --> 01:45:44,902 - NARRATOR: Eventually, in 1992, 2001 01:45:44,966 --> 01:45:48,836 they won a settlement of _750,OOO. 2002 01:45:48,899 --> 01:45:52,536 They put some of it aside for Carlina. 2003 01:45:52,600 --> 01:45:54,635 - We had that hope, our daughter was coming back. 2004 01:45:54,699 --> 01:45:57,269 So that's why me and Joy decided to start this trust fund. 2005 01:45:57,333 --> 01:45:59,935 - So, if she was to be found by 21 years old, 2006 01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:01,401 she would have it. 2007 01:46:01,466 --> 01:46:03,401 - NARRATOR: Meanwhile, all Carlina's parents 2008 01:46:03,466 --> 01:46:05,734 could do was wait. 2009 01:46:05,800 --> 01:46:08,169 - JOY: This is somethin' that you can't explain 2010 01:46:08,233 --> 01:46:10,635 when you have a missing child, 2011 01:46:10,699 --> 01:46:12,568 but it always stayed with me. 2012 01:46:12,633 --> 01:46:14,101 She was always on my mind. 2013 01:46:14,166 --> 01:46:16,368 l always wondered where she was at. 2014 01:46:16,433 --> 01:46:18,735 l would get on trains, and l would look at girls, 2015 01:46:18,800 --> 01:46:21,102 and l would just think that maybe that's her. 2016 01:46:29,399 --> 01:46:31,101 - NARRATOR: As decades passed, 2017 01:46:31,166 --> 01:46:33,101 the kidnapping of Carlina White, 2018 01:46:33,166 --> 01:46:35,801 stolen as an infant from Harlem Hospital, 2019 01:46:35,866 --> 01:46:38,301 became a cold case. 2020 01:46:38,366 --> 01:46:41,168 After all, how do you find a missing baby 2021 01:46:41,233 --> 01:46:44,970 after so many years? 2022 01:46:45,033 --> 01:46:47,735 - JOY: Later on in the years, things kind of, 2023 01:46:47,800 --> 01:46:49,401 you know, died down. 2024 01:46:49,466 --> 01:46:51,467 They just--think they lost hope. 2025 01:46:51,533 --> 01:46:54,435 l didn't, but l-- l think they lost hope. 2026 01:46:54,500 --> 01:46:56,735 - NARRATOR: As often happens with these cases, 2027 01:46:56,800 --> 01:46:58,601 it became the purview 2028 01:46:58,666 --> 01:47:02,636 of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 2029 01:47:02,699 --> 01:47:05,502 The experts there know that infant abductors 2030 01:47:05,566 --> 01:47:08,502 usually take good care of their captives. 2031 01:47:08,566 --> 01:47:10,968 - We were convinced from day one 2032 01:47:11,033 --> 01:47:14,236 that Carlina White was out there somewhere, 2033 01:47:14,300 --> 01:47:17,336 no doubt with a different name, 2034 01:47:17,399 --> 01:47:21,203 no doubt with no recollection or any inkling 2035 01:47:21,266 --> 01:47:24,102 that she, in fact, was a missing child. 2036 01:47:26,266 --> 01:47:28,468 - NARRATOR: The way the center 2037 01:47:28,533 --> 01:47:29,934 keeps these cases in the public eye 2038 01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:31,935 is with age progressions, 2039 01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:34,168 using the last-known picture of the child, 2040 01:47:34,233 --> 01:47:36,468 and information about her family, 2041 01:47:36,533 --> 01:47:40,370 to guess what she might Iook like as she grows up. 2042 01:47:40,433 --> 01:47:42,802 - ERNIE: It doesn't do much good to circulate the photograph 2043 01:47:42,866 --> 01:47:46,202 of a 19-day-old child 2044 01:47:46,266 --> 01:47:48,067 if she's now 5 years old, 2045 01:47:48,133 --> 01:47:50,835 or 10 years old, or 23 years old. 2046 01:47:50,899 --> 01:47:55,137 - That was based on her sister, and l used that photograph 2047 01:47:55,199 --> 01:47:57,936 to create Carlina's age progression, 2048 01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:00,369 based on Mom's statement that her half-sister 2049 01:48:00,433 --> 01:48:03,335 looked just like Carlina when they were born. 2050 01:48:03,399 --> 01:48:06,469 So... can't argue with Mom on that. 2051 01:48:06,533 --> 01:48:09,135 - NARRATOR: Carlina's mother Joy made her own effort 2052 01:48:09,199 --> 01:48:12,603 to keep the story alive and public. 2053 01:48:12,666 --> 01:48:14,801 - ERNIE: What l remember the most about Joy White 2054 01:48:14,866 --> 01:48:18,669 was the fact that she never gave up. 2055 01:48:18,733 --> 01:48:21,702 And periodically, Joy would be in the media, 2056 01:48:21,766 --> 01:48:24,068 in New York, or elsewhere. 2057 01:48:24,133 --> 01:48:26,735 - JOY: Sometimes l--l go to sleep, l think about her. 2058 01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:31,938 Sometimes l wake up thinkin' about her. 2059 01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:34,635 l did a lot of interviews over the years 2060 01:48:34,699 --> 01:48:36,701 because l wanted to find my daughter. 2061 01:48:36,766 --> 01:48:39,768 l wanted her back, you know, with me, and um, 2062 01:48:39,833 --> 01:48:42,569 l really believed that she was out there somewhere, 2063 01:48:42,633 --> 01:48:44,501 and l wanted to get that message out 2064 01:48:44,566 --> 01:48:47,368 that her mother wanted her to come back home. 2065 01:48:47,433 --> 01:48:49,234 - NARRATOR: Joy never stopped believing 2066 01:48:49,300 --> 01:48:51,168 that Carlina was alive. 2067 01:48:51,233 --> 01:48:53,068 - JOY: l always knew that Carlina would probably 2068 01:48:53,133 --> 01:48:55,935 look for her birth certificate or something, or-- 2069 01:48:56,000 --> 01:48:59,303 or try to find out who her real mom was. 2070 01:48:59,366 --> 01:49:03,636 - NARRATOR: And in 2005, that's exactly what happened. 2071 01:49:03,699 --> 01:49:05,134 The girl called Nejdra, 2072 01:49:05,199 --> 01:49:07,201 still living in Bridgeport Connecticut, 2073 01:49:07,266 --> 01:49:09,301 found out she was pregnant. 2074 01:49:09,366 --> 01:49:11,801 She had a serious boyfriend at the time 2075 01:49:11,866 --> 01:49:14,501 and was excited about having a baby. 2076 01:49:14,566 --> 01:49:16,200 The only problem was... 2077 01:49:16,266 --> 01:49:18,701 she didn't have health insurance. 2078 01:49:18,766 --> 01:49:20,167 She asked for help 2079 01:49:20,233 --> 01:49:24,971 from the woman she always called ''Mom''... Ann Pettway. 2080 01:49:25,033 --> 01:49:26,901 - CARLINA: l questioned her about, um, 2081 01:49:26,966 --> 01:49:29,401 my social security card, my birth certificate. 2082 01:49:29,466 --> 01:49:31,267 She just said she'd handle it, you know, 2083 01:49:31,333 --> 01:49:33,034 get everything right for me. 2084 01:49:33,100 --> 01:49:34,668 l don't have to worry about it. 2085 01:49:34,733 --> 01:49:37,869 But, l started gettin' impatient. 2086 01:49:37,933 --> 01:49:41,102 - NARRATOR: Nejdra snooped among Ann's papers 2087 01:49:41,166 --> 01:49:44,936 until she found one that looked like a birth certificate. 2088 01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:47,869 She brought it in to apply for insurance. 2089 01:49:51,333 --> 01:49:53,401 - CARLINA: They told me to take the paper 2090 01:49:53,466 --> 01:49:55,634 and leave out they office before l get arrested. 2091 01:49:55,699 --> 01:49:59,336 And, l just looked at the lady like, 2092 01:49:59,399 --> 01:50:01,568 ''l'm just tryin' to get, you know, prenatal care. 2093 01:50:01,633 --> 01:50:03,668 ''l need to go to the doctor 'cause l'm pregnant.'' 2094 01:50:03,733 --> 01:50:05,935 And she was like, ''Well, this is fraud.'' 2095 01:50:06,000 --> 01:50:08,836 - NARRATOR: The birth certificate was a fake. 2096 01:50:08,899 --> 01:50:12,303 The clerk called the woman who had made it, Ann Pettway. 2097 01:50:12,366 --> 01:50:15,669 Now Ann had to give Nejdra an explanation. 2098 01:50:15,733 --> 01:50:18,102 - CARLINA: When she got back home from work that night, 2099 01:50:18,166 --> 01:50:19,534 she came into my room. 2100 01:50:19,600 --> 01:50:21,601 l was hangin' up my clothes in my closet 2101 01:50:21,666 --> 01:50:27,171 and she sat on my bed and said, um, ''l'm sorry.'' 2102 01:50:27,233 --> 01:50:28,767 And tears started fallin' outta her eyes, 2103 01:50:28,833 --> 01:50:31,101 and l was like, ''What are you sorry about?'' 2104 01:50:31,166 --> 01:50:33,067 and she was like, ''l'm just--l'm sorry. 2105 01:50:33,133 --> 01:50:37,504 ''Um, l wish l coulda told you,'' you know. 2106 01:50:37,566 --> 01:50:39,701 She was just like, ''Your mom just left you there. 2107 01:50:39,766 --> 01:50:41,868 She just left you there and she never came back.'' 2108 01:50:41,933 --> 01:50:43,668 I'm like, ''Whftt?'' 2109 01:50:43,733 --> 01:50:47,870 She just basically told me that she wasn't my mom-- 2110 01:50:47,933 --> 01:50:51,036 that someone left me and she took me in 2111 01:50:51,100 --> 01:50:52,968 and basically took care of me. 2112 01:50:53,033 --> 01:50:55,468 - NARRATOR: The news that Nejdra was not Ann's child 2113 01:50:55,533 --> 01:50:57,434 surprised the whole family, 2114 01:50:57,500 --> 01:51:00,803 but the close-knit Pettway clan closed ranks. 2115 01:51:00,866 --> 01:51:02,968 - No one cared about it, truthfully. 2116 01:51:03,033 --> 01:51:05,568 To me, she-she-she was always my family, 2117 01:51:05,633 --> 01:51:07,768 and she will always be my family. 2118 01:51:07,833 --> 01:51:09,100 - NARRATOR: Meanwhile, 2119 01:51:09,166 --> 01:51:11,668 the Connecticut Department of Child and Families, 2120 01:51:11,733 --> 01:51:15,369 or D.C.F., opened a file on Nejdra's case, 2121 01:51:15,433 --> 01:51:18,102 But there wasn't a lot of information to go on, 2122 01:51:18,166 --> 01:51:20,101 and Ann wasn't much help. 2123 01:51:20,166 --> 01:51:22,001 - CARLINA: It's like, she don't remember anything. 2124 01:51:22,066 --> 01:51:24,902 She don't talk about it. 2125 01:51:24,966 --> 01:51:28,836 l asked her several times. 2126 01:51:28,899 --> 01:51:31,569 - NARRATOR: Ann claimed Nejdra had been born in New Haven, 2127 01:51:31,633 --> 01:51:33,935 but there was no record of the birth. 2128 01:51:34,000 --> 01:51:36,035 D.C.F. took DNA samples 2129 01:51:36,100 --> 01:51:38,569 and confirmed that Ann wasn't the mother, 2130 01:51:38,633 --> 01:51:41,102 but they said they couldn't help Nejdra find out who was. 2131 01:51:41,166 --> 01:51:43,668 - CARLINA: l was like, ''Can you take my blood at least 2132 01:51:43,733 --> 01:51:45,801 to match it up with someone that's out there?'' 2133 01:51:45,866 --> 01:51:47,567 They was like, ''That's TV stuff.'' 2134 01:51:47,633 --> 01:51:50,035 - D.C.F. found out-- they didn't do nothin'. 2135 01:51:50,100 --> 01:51:52,435 What would you do if they say that's not your mother 2136 01:51:52,500 --> 01:51:54,268 but they not finding your mother? 2137 01:51:54,333 --> 01:51:56,301 - CARLINA: It was like l'm startin' from scratch. 2138 01:51:56,366 --> 01:51:58,534 l don't know anything--l don't-- l don't have any names, 2139 01:51:58,600 --> 01:52:01,102 no area where they from, no background, no nothin'. 2140 01:52:01,166 --> 01:52:03,668 - NARRATOR: Nejdra, who had always kept to herself 2141 01:52:03,733 --> 01:52:06,535 --writing poems rather than sharing her feelings-- 2142 01:52:06,600 --> 01:52:09,302 kept this news to herself as well. 2143 01:52:09,366 --> 01:52:12,569 - She dealt with it on her own, basically. 2144 01:52:12,633 --> 01:52:15,068 You would've never known that there was speculation 2145 01:52:15,133 --> 01:52:17,301 that she was her mother, that she wasn't her mother-- 2146 01:52:17,366 --> 01:52:19,000 you never would've known any of that. 2147 01:52:19,066 --> 01:52:20,901 - l'm still healthy, l'm still alive, 2148 01:52:20,966 --> 01:52:23,735 and l just gotta move forward, And that's how l looked at it. 2149 01:52:23,800 --> 01:52:28,104 - NARRATOR: Besides, she had her own baby to look after now. 2150 01:52:28,166 --> 01:52:32,336 On May 6, 2005, Nejdra gave birth to a daughter. 2151 01:52:32,399 --> 01:52:34,668 She named her Samani. 2152 01:52:34,733 --> 01:52:36,734 - That was the best thing that happened to her. 2153 01:52:36,800 --> 01:52:38,434 She loves her. 2154 01:52:38,500 --> 01:52:42,503 To have a daughter that's just like you 2155 01:52:42,566 --> 01:52:45,869 is the one thing she could've ever asked for. 2156 01:52:45,933 --> 01:52:48,235 - NARRATOR: And eventually that daughter 2157 01:52:48,300 --> 01:52:51,169 and the revelations around her birth 2158 01:52:51,233 --> 01:52:54,536 would lead Nejdra to uncover the secrets of her own birth. 2159 01:52:57,399 --> 01:53:01,070 - l thank God that she had a daughter 2160 01:53:01,133 --> 01:53:02,334 so that she could find me. 2161 01:53:05,399 --> 01:53:06,868 - NARRATOR: In 2005, 2162 01:53:06,933 --> 01:53:09,835 the girl called Nejdra was 17 years old, 2163 01:53:09,899 --> 01:53:11,635 living in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2164 01:53:11,699 --> 01:53:13,802 with her new daughter, Samani. 2165 01:53:13,866 --> 01:53:15,367 She'd found out 2166 01:53:15,433 --> 01:53:18,402 that the woman she had always called Mom, Ann Pettway, 2167 01:53:18,466 --> 01:53:21,502 in fact was not her mother. 2168 01:53:21,566 --> 01:53:23,968 Still, as she graduated from high school 2169 01:53:24,033 --> 01:53:25,868 and moved out on her own, 2170 01:53:25,933 --> 01:53:28,168 she kept up a relationship with Ann 2171 01:53:28,233 --> 01:53:31,836 and with the entire Pettway family. 2172 01:53:31,899 --> 01:53:34,502 ln 2009, she moved near Atlanta, 2173 01:53:34,566 --> 01:53:38,202 where more members of the Pettway family lived. 2174 01:53:38,266 --> 01:53:42,236 - l just wanted a new atmosphere for me and my daughter. 2175 01:53:42,300 --> 01:53:46,137 - NARRATOR: Nejdra found a job as an assistant in a hair salon, 2176 01:53:46,199 --> 01:53:50,237 and she worked to build a life for herself and her daughter. 2177 01:53:50,300 --> 01:53:55,638 - She's a very down-to-earth... strict mom. 2178 01:53:55,699 --> 01:53:58,202 - P-e-n-r...So-- 2179 01:53:58,266 --> 01:53:59,734 - P-e... - Yeah. 2180 01:53:59,800 --> 01:54:01,535 lt's cut off so l read the r'est. 2181 01:54:01,600 --> 01:54:04,336 - She makes sure Samani does her homework. 2182 01:54:04,399 --> 01:54:07,636 She makes sure she's on point with everything she needs to do. 2183 01:54:07,699 --> 01:54:10,035 She's actually a great mother. 2184 01:54:10,100 --> 01:54:12,001 - NARRATOR: But being a mother 2185 01:54:12,066 --> 01:54:14,234 made Nejdra wonder about her own mother. 2186 01:54:14,300 --> 01:54:16,802 - Wait, don't tell me... um-- 2187 01:54:16,866 --> 01:54:19,101 - Some days l wake up and look at my daughter 2188 01:54:19,166 --> 01:54:21,401 and wonder, ''Who do l look like?'' 2189 01:54:21,466 --> 01:54:22,934 - NARRATOR: Every so often, 2190 01:54:23,000 --> 01:54:25,936 she would trawl the Internet Iooking for clues. 2191 01:54:29,000 --> 01:54:31,769 - CARLINA: Mainly around July, 2192 01:54:31,833 --> 01:54:35,469 the summertime, when my birthday come around-- 2193 01:54:35,533 --> 01:54:37,835 'cause l already knew that my birthday 2194 01:54:37,899 --> 01:54:39,868 wasn't the date that l was born on. 2195 01:54:39,933 --> 01:54:41,768 - NARRATOR: Still intensely private, 2196 01:54:41,833 --> 01:54:44,635 she told no one what she was doing. 2197 01:54:44,699 --> 01:54:46,968 - That's something l guess that she harbored, 2198 01:54:47,033 --> 01:54:49,101 which l know ate her up inside. 2199 01:54:49,166 --> 01:54:51,101 - LAKEISHA JOHNSON: That was a journey that Nejdra 2200 01:54:51,166 --> 01:54:55,470 had to search and endure on her own. 2201 01:54:55,533 --> 01:54:58,302 - NARRATOR: But in the fall of 2010, 2202 01:54:58,366 --> 01:55:02,236 Nejdra asked her aunt Cassandra for help. 2203 01:55:02,300 --> 01:55:03,734 - CASSANDRA: She was like, ''You know, 2204 01:55:03,800 --> 01:55:06,202 ''l still want to find my mom 2205 01:55:06,266 --> 01:55:09,802 ''and see who my family is.'' 2206 01:55:09,866 --> 01:55:12,902 And l said, ''lf you want me to help you, l'll help you.'' 2207 01:55:12,966 --> 01:55:16,369 l think that was a chapter in her life 2208 01:55:16,433 --> 01:55:19,202 that she needed to complete 2209 01:55:19,266 --> 01:55:22,035 in order to move forward with her life. 2210 01:55:22,100 --> 01:55:23,768 - NARRATOR: Neither of them thought about 2211 01:55:23,833 --> 01:55:25,834 what finding out the truth would mean for Ann Pettway... 2212 01:55:25,899 --> 01:55:27,167 - [police siren wailing] 2213 01:55:27,233 --> 01:55:30,502 - NARRATOR: ...the woman who raised Nejdra. 2214 01:55:30,566 --> 01:55:32,801 The week before Christmas, 2215 01:55:32,866 --> 01:55:36,069 they began to search for answers. 2216 01:55:36,133 --> 01:55:38,001 Nejdra had always looked for stories 2217 01:55:38,066 --> 01:55:40,201 of missing children from Connecticut, 2218 01:55:40,266 --> 01:55:43,302 since Ann had told her she was born in New Haven. 2219 01:55:43,366 --> 01:55:47,369 This time, she decided to cast a wider net. 2220 01:55:47,433 --> 01:55:50,402 - CARLINA: l was just reading through articles 2221 01:55:50,466 --> 01:55:52,167 about African-Americans, Hispanics-- 2222 01:55:52,233 --> 01:55:55,703 anything that was missing around the New England area, 2223 01:55:55,766 --> 01:56:00,137 and l came across that baby picture. 2224 01:56:00,199 --> 01:56:03,336 l thought it looked like it could be me. 2225 01:56:03,399 --> 01:56:05,668 And just how the dates were adding up-- 2226 01:56:05,733 --> 01:56:08,102 it was a little close to my birthday, 2227 01:56:08,166 --> 01:56:10,868 so l got kinda stuck on the whole concept of it-- 2228 01:56:10,933 --> 01:56:14,903 everything about the whole article and the picture. 2229 01:56:14,966 --> 01:56:17,768 - NARRATOR: The picture she found was of Carlina White, 2230 01:56:17,833 --> 01:56:20,268 stolen as a baby from Harlem Hospital 2231 01:56:20,333 --> 01:56:24,603 in August 19$7. 2232 01:56:24,666 --> 01:56:26,467 - CARLINA: And l'm like, ''Auntie, 2233 01:56:26,533 --> 01:56:28,134 Don't you think this look like me?'' 2234 01:56:28,199 --> 01:56:29,801 - CASSANDRA: It look like her, 2235 01:56:29,866 --> 01:56:33,603 but the only thing that was in question for me was the hair. 2236 01:56:33,666 --> 01:56:36,268 lt seemed like too much hair. 2237 01:56:36,333 --> 01:56:38,268 - [keys typing] 2238 01:56:38,333 --> 01:56:40,601 - NARRATOR: The picture was on the web site 2239 01:56:40,666 --> 01:56:43,969 of the National Center for Missing and Exploited children, 2240 01:56:44,033 --> 01:56:47,336 which had followed Carlina's case for years. 2241 01:56:47,399 --> 01:56:49,869 Nejdra called the center's hotline 2242 01:56:49,933 --> 01:56:52,335 and spoke to Jordan Wood. 2243 01:56:52,399 --> 01:56:54,201 - She had strong suspicions. 2244 01:56:54,266 --> 01:56:56,368 - l'm explaining to her my whole story. 2245 01:56:56,433 --> 01:56:58,301 - JORDAN: There were problems with her birth certificate 2246 01:56:58,366 --> 01:57:00,468 and her other documents, so that was her main concern 2247 01:57:00,533 --> 01:57:02,067 and her main reason for feeling 2248 01:57:02,133 --> 01:57:04,969 that she was possibly abducted as an infant. 2249 01:57:05,033 --> 01:57:07,068 She just said, ''l feel that my parents 2250 01:57:07,133 --> 01:57:08,734 ''are still out there Iooking for me, 2251 01:57:08,800 --> 01:57:11,235 ''not knowing that l'm going by another name 2252 01:57:11,300 --> 01:57:13,301 and another social security number.'' 2253 01:57:13,366 --> 01:57:15,301 - NARRATOR: Nejdra did not tell Jordan 2254 01:57:15,366 --> 01:57:18,035 that she had seen the picture of Carlina White. 2255 01:57:18,100 --> 01:57:20,836 - l don't know exactly if that was me in that picture. 2256 01:57:20,899 --> 01:57:22,601 l just called to see 2257 01:57:22,666 --> 01:57:25,168 if someone could match it up and just let me know. 2258 01:57:25,233 --> 01:57:26,968 - JORDAN: l could definitely hear 2259 01:57:27,033 --> 01:57:29,001 a lot of frustration in her voice. 2260 01:57:29,066 --> 01:57:31,435 She had gone to other agencies before she came to us, 2261 01:57:31,500 --> 01:57:34,035 and she hadn't gotten anywhere, 2262 01:57:34,100 --> 01:57:35,901 um, so, you know, out of frustration, 2263 01:57:35,966 --> 01:57:39,235 she said, ''l--l don't know who l am.'' 2264 01:57:39,300 --> 01:57:41,268 - NARRATOR: Jordan took Nejdra's information 2265 01:57:41,333 --> 01:57:43,301 and a complete physical description 2266 01:57:43,366 --> 01:57:46,368 and passed it to the center's analysts. 2267 01:57:46,433 --> 01:57:49,736 - ERNIE: We knew, based upon Netty's age, 2268 01:57:49,800 --> 01:57:53,603 that we could rule out cases prior to 19$7. 2269 01:57:53,666 --> 01:57:56,835 But then we began to look at a wide range of cases 2270 01:57:56,899 --> 01:57:59,068 subsequent to 19$7. 2271 01:57:59,133 --> 01:58:00,767 The child could've been taken when she was 2272 01:58:00,833 --> 01:58:03,869 1 or 2 or even 3 years old 2273 01:58:03,933 --> 01:58:06,702 and not have any memory of her-- of her birth parents. 2274 01:58:06,766 --> 01:58:08,868 - NARRATOR: Finally, the analysts came up 2275 01:58:08,933 --> 01:58:11,268 with what they believed was the best match-- 2276 01:58:11,333 --> 01:58:13,001 Carlina White. 2277 01:58:13,066 --> 01:58:15,701 On January 4, 2011, 2278 01:58:15,766 --> 01:58:19,136 a caseworker called Joy White, Carlina's mother. 2279 01:58:19,199 --> 01:58:21,302 - JOY: l was at work when he called me, 2280 01:58:21,366 --> 01:58:25,303 and l was like, ''You found my daughter?'' 2281 01:58:25,366 --> 01:58:27,601 So l left my desk, and l went downstairs 2282 01:58:27,666 --> 01:58:29,601 and l just started crying, 2283 01:58:29,666 --> 01:58:31,667 and l started screaming. 2284 01:58:31,733 --> 01:58:33,367 - NARRATOR: The caseworker sent pictures 2285 01:58:33,433 --> 01:58:35,501 of the girl they'd identified as Carlina 2286 01:58:35,566 --> 01:58:38,335 to Joy and Carlina's father, Carl. 2287 01:58:38,399 --> 01:58:40,335 - And when he emailed me those pictures, 2288 01:58:40,399 --> 01:58:42,401 l sat there and l cried. 2289 01:58:42,466 --> 01:58:45,402 - CARL: She looked just like Joy used to look like in the day. 2290 01:58:45,466 --> 01:58:47,935 Then l called Joy up-- l said, ''Joy.'' 2291 01:58:48,000 --> 01:58:50,369 she said, ''Yeah''-- l said, ''Joy, 2292 01:58:50,433 --> 01:58:52,334 she look like she could be our daughter.'' 2293 01:58:52,399 --> 01:58:54,668 - NARRATOR: And then Joy got another call. 2294 01:58:54,733 --> 01:58:58,103 - And she said, ''Hi, Mom,'' and that touched me. 2295 01:58:58,166 --> 01:59:00,001 - CARLINA: She had me on speaker--we talked. 2296 01:59:00,066 --> 01:59:01,700 My aunts was in the background yellin', 2297 01:59:01,766 --> 01:59:03,767 saying ''come home''-- they knew it was me. 2298 01:59:03,833 --> 01:59:05,201 - Nobody couldn't believe it. 2299 01:59:05,266 --> 01:59:08,636 We were all in here going crazy--so happy. 2300 01:59:08,699 --> 01:59:10,101 - NARRATOR: Joy notified 2301 01:59:10,166 --> 01:59:12,268 the New York City police department. 2302 01:59:12,333 --> 01:59:14,601 - JOY: l said, ''Hello, my name is Joy White, 2303 01:59:14,666 --> 01:59:16,334 ''and l'm the mother of Carlina White 2304 01:59:16,399 --> 01:59:19,302 ''that was missin' in 19$7, 2305 01:59:19,366 --> 01:59:21,835 and she have been found.'' 2306 01:59:26,199 --> 01:59:28,835 - NARRATOR: In January 201 1 , 2307 01:59:28,899 --> 01:59:32,270 more than 23 years after a baby named Carlina White 2308 01:59:32,333 --> 01:59:34,568 was stolen from Harlem Hospital, 2309 01:59:34,633 --> 01:59:39,471 she was reunited with her birth parents, Joy and Carl. 2310 01:59:39,533 --> 01:59:42,669 - Okay, big smile. - [camera shutter clicks] 2311 01:59:42,733 --> 01:59:45,635 - l was nervous-- l was definitely nervous. 2312 01:59:45,699 --> 01:59:47,501 You want some bread for that pasta? 2313 01:59:47,566 --> 01:59:49,467 - JOY: She flew up here from Atlanta, 2314 01:59:49,533 --> 01:59:52,269 her and my granddaughter, and l made sure that, uh, 2315 01:59:52,333 --> 01:59:53,967 all the family was here. 2316 01:59:54,033 --> 01:59:55,968 They--all the-- all my family came over, 2317 01:59:56,033 --> 01:59:59,269 and we cooked, and we just enjoyed each other. 2318 01:59:59,333 --> 02:00:02,335 - Look, we go, um, forehead and everything over here. 2319 02:00:02,399 --> 02:00:06,804 - Carlina, she was a sweet, adorable, beautiful girl, 2320 02:00:06,866 --> 02:00:10,035 And right away l seen Carl, her father's, eyes. 2321 02:00:10,100 --> 02:00:12,535 ''Oh God,'' l said, ''you got your father's eyes.'' 2322 02:00:12,600 --> 02:00:14,902 - So l hugged her, and l'm like, ''Oh my God.'' 2323 02:00:14,966 --> 02:00:16,434 She saw tears comin' from my eyes. 2324 02:00:16,500 --> 02:00:18,034 l said, ''l can't believe this.'' 2325 02:00:18,100 --> 02:00:21,102 Joy comin' downstairs, and Joy said, ''That's our baby.'' 2326 02:00:21,166 --> 02:00:22,834 And l say, ''Yeah, that's our baby.'' 2327 02:00:22,899 --> 02:00:24,835 - NARRATOR: At the time, the reunion 2328 02:00:24,899 --> 02:00:27,168 was everything they had hoped for. 2329 02:00:27,233 --> 02:00:29,969 - When she was here, it was like, uh, 2330 02:00:30,033 --> 02:00:33,136 nothin' never happened, like she was never lost. 2331 02:00:33,199 --> 02:00:34,901 - l didn't feel anything else but happiness. 2332 02:00:34,966 --> 02:00:36,367 - She would say to me, like, 2333 02:00:36,433 --> 02:00:38,034 ''Why're you staring at me like that?'' 2334 02:00:38,100 --> 02:00:40,435 l don't think that she understood 2335 02:00:40,500 --> 02:00:42,101 how much l missed her, 2336 02:00:42,166 --> 02:00:45,269 and l couldn't believe that she was in front of me, 2337 02:00:45,333 --> 02:00:47,068 and it was just, oh God-- 2338 02:00:47,133 --> 02:00:49,001 it was just so unbelievable. 2339 02:00:49,066 --> 02:00:51,001 The whole thing is unbelievable. 2340 02:00:51,066 --> 02:00:52,667 - NARRATOR: But after the reunion... 2341 02:00:52,733 --> 02:00:54,000 - [camera shutter clicks] 2342 02:00:54,066 --> 02:00:55,667 - NARRATOR: ...problems quickly developed. 2343 02:00:55,733 --> 02:00:58,969 The story of the young woman who discovered her true identity 2344 02:00:59,033 --> 02:01:00,834 became big news. 2345 02:01:00,899 --> 02:01:02,968 - Now to an unbelievable reunion... 2346 02:01:03,033 --> 02:01:05,402 23-year-old Carlina White of Georgia 2347 02:01:05,466 --> 02:01:07,501 had long suspected she wasn't related 2348 02:01:07,566 --> 02:01:09,501 to the people who raised her. 2349 02:01:09,566 --> 02:01:11,868 - NARRATOR: By the time she was headed home to Atlanta, 2350 02:01:11,933 --> 02:01:15,136 where she lived, the media had descended. 2351 02:01:15,199 --> 02:01:17,969 - l think she was a little overwhelmed, 2352 02:01:18,033 --> 02:01:22,036 and l think she was a little spooked 2353 02:01:22,100 --> 02:01:25,803 by the attention. 2354 02:01:25,866 --> 02:01:28,568 - NARRATOR: The media attention had another consequence. 2355 02:01:28,633 --> 02:01:31,435 The Pettway family, who she'd grown up with as Nejdra, 2356 02:01:31,500 --> 02:01:34,769 now heard the whole story. 2357 02:01:34,833 --> 02:01:37,669 - BRITTANY PETTWAY: l found out about it on the news. 2358 02:01:37,733 --> 02:01:40,202 My emotions were so mixed up. 2359 02:01:40,266 --> 02:01:42,568 l was sad. 2360 02:01:42,633 --> 02:01:45,569 l was happy that she got the answers that she wanted. 2361 02:01:45,633 --> 02:01:47,501 l was--it was just a bunch of-- 2362 02:01:47,566 --> 02:01:49,701 a ball of emotions all in me. 2363 02:01:49,766 --> 02:01:51,868 - Everybody was really happy for her, 2364 02:01:51,933 --> 02:01:54,568 and they told her, ''You found your family, 2365 02:01:54,633 --> 02:01:57,635 but we'll still be your family also.'' 2366 02:01:57,699 --> 02:01:59,234 - Once l did reach out, 2367 02:01:59,300 --> 02:02:02,369 they said that nothing really changed for them. 2368 02:02:02,433 --> 02:02:03,934 They still loved me the same way. 2369 02:02:04,000 --> 02:02:05,701 l'm still their cousin. 2370 02:02:05,766 --> 02:02:08,168 - NARRATOR: But there was still a big question: 2371 02:02:08,233 --> 02:02:10,468 What would happen to Ann Pettway, 2372 02:02:10,533 --> 02:02:12,368 whom authorities believed was the one 2373 02:02:12,433 --> 02:02:15,669 who took baby Carlina from Harlem Hospital? 2374 02:02:15,733 --> 02:02:18,802 When police went looking for her in North Carolina, 2375 02:02:18,866 --> 02:02:21,702 where she'd moved, she was gone. 2376 02:02:21,766 --> 02:02:25,035 Her sister says she wanted to bring her 13-year-old son 2377 02:02:25,100 --> 02:02:28,136 to be with her family in Bridgeport Connecticut. 2378 02:02:28,199 --> 02:02:30,902 - CASSANDRA: They make it out to be like she was 2379 02:02:30,966 --> 02:02:33,702 some crazed animal or something like that, 2380 02:02:33,766 --> 02:02:36,235 and--and it wasn't like that. 2381 02:02:36,300 --> 02:02:39,970 She knew she had to go and take care of her responsibilities, 2382 02:02:40,033 --> 02:02:42,969 and that's what she went to go do. 2383 02:02:43,033 --> 02:02:44,434 - [police siren wailing] 2384 02:02:44,500 --> 02:02:46,668 - NARRATOR: On January 23, 201 1 , 2385 02:02:46,733 --> 02:02:50,269 Ann turned herself in to authorities in Bridgeport. 2386 02:02:50,333 --> 02:02:54,303 She gave a statement saying she had caused a lot of pain, 2387 02:02:54,366 --> 02:02:56,367 but she pled ''not guilty'' 2388 02:02:56,433 --> 02:02:59,068 to the kidnapping charge brought against her. 2389 02:02:59,133 --> 02:03:00,767 - She's upset. 2390 02:03:00,833 --> 02:03:03,635 Um, she's concerned about the impact this has 2391 02:03:03,699 --> 02:03:05,902 on all the members of her family. 2392 02:03:05,966 --> 02:03:07,701 - NARRATOR: For every court hearing, 2393 02:03:07,766 --> 02:03:10,735 members of the Pettway family and Carlina White's family 2394 02:03:10,800 --> 02:03:12,835 were on hand. 2395 02:03:12,899 --> 02:03:14,701 - JOY: She act like nothin' never happened, 2396 02:03:14,766 --> 02:03:17,001 like she didn't do anything, and, um, 2397 02:03:17,066 --> 02:03:20,402 she have no remorse whatsoever. 2398 02:03:20,466 --> 02:03:23,869 My stomach feels sick when l see her. 2399 02:03:23,933 --> 02:03:26,435 - NARRATOR: But for Carlina, who was raised by Ann, 2400 02:03:26,500 --> 02:03:29,069 the subject was more complicated. 2401 02:03:29,133 --> 02:03:31,835 - l would just like to know what's the reason behind it. 2402 02:03:31,899 --> 02:03:33,735 l want to know her side of the story, 2403 02:03:33,800 --> 02:03:35,168 because l don't know her side. 2404 02:03:35,233 --> 02:03:37,602 - NARRATOR: Watching the woman who raised her face jail time 2405 02:03:37,666 --> 02:03:40,468 was difficult, especially because she was 2406 02:03:40,533 --> 02:03:43,068 the one who set it in motion. 2407 02:03:43,133 --> 02:03:45,602 - CARLINA: l didn't acknowledge that she was gonna go to jail, 2408 02:03:45,666 --> 02:03:48,735 and get tooken away, you know, from my brother, 2409 02:03:48,800 --> 02:03:50,001 and they're separated, 2410 02:03:50,066 --> 02:03:52,101 and now he has to come up without his mom. 2411 02:03:52,166 --> 02:03:54,234 l'm-a speak from my heart. 2412 02:03:54,300 --> 02:03:56,735 lf l was able to give her another chance, l would. 2413 02:03:56,800 --> 02:03:59,135 Her serving time is... 2414 02:03:59,199 --> 02:04:01,035 not gonna do much. 2415 02:04:01,100 --> 02:04:02,301 - NARRATOR: The disagreement 2416 02:04:02,366 --> 02:04:04,267 over what should happen to Ann Pettway 2417 02:04:04,333 --> 02:04:08,303 caused a serious rift. 2418 02:04:08,366 --> 02:04:10,601 - JOY: l think that they should lock her up, 2419 02:04:10,666 --> 02:04:12,200 and, um, throw away the key. 2420 02:04:12,266 --> 02:04:14,334 l think that she needs to do life, uh, 2421 02:04:14,399 --> 02:04:19,138 for what she did to me. 2422 02:04:19,199 --> 02:04:21,635 - CARLINA: The anger that they givin' off 2423 02:04:21,699 --> 02:04:24,269 is only satisfyin' them. 2424 02:04:24,333 --> 02:04:27,102 lt's like, you doin' that, 2425 02:04:27,166 --> 02:04:29,668 not carin' about how l'm feelin'. 2426 02:04:29,733 --> 02:04:32,969 - NARRATOR: And other disagreements developed. 2427 02:04:33,033 --> 02:04:35,101 At the reunion, a story came out 2428 02:04:35,166 --> 02:04:39,036 that Ann had mistreated Carlina as she was growing up. 2429 02:04:39,100 --> 02:04:42,002 - JOY: She told me that she used to beat her with a shoe 2430 02:04:42,066 --> 02:04:44,635 and leave a shoe print on her face. 2431 02:04:44,699 --> 02:04:48,203 And, um, when she told me that, l cried. 2432 02:04:48,266 --> 02:04:50,368 For someone else to take my daughter 2433 02:04:50,433 --> 02:04:52,668 and to treat her that way, you know, 2434 02:04:52,733 --> 02:04:54,534 that was very hurtful. 2435 02:04:56,933 --> 02:05:01,070 - NARRATOR: The story caused a crisis in the Pettway family. 2436 02:05:01,133 --> 02:05:05,237 - LAKEISHA: Me and Nejdra sat and cried, 2437 02:05:05,300 --> 02:05:09,771 and it hurt us so bad, because it wasn't that bad. 2438 02:05:09,833 --> 02:05:13,036 - She was loved-- she was not mistreated. 2439 02:05:13,100 --> 02:05:14,801 There was no abuse. 2440 02:05:14,866 --> 02:05:16,901 - l don't look at it as me being abused. 2441 02:05:16,966 --> 02:05:21,103 lt's just, l guess, the words that they put out there, 2442 02:05:21,166 --> 02:05:24,335 They take, you know, what you say, mix it up 2443 02:05:24,399 --> 02:05:27,002 and make it sound as how they want it to be. 2444 02:05:28,899 --> 02:05:31,202 - NARRATOR: And then there was the question of money. 2445 02:05:31,266 --> 02:05:33,334 ln a family where no one had much, 2446 02:05:33,399 --> 02:05:36,002 it became a contentious issue. 2447 02:05:36,066 --> 02:05:39,402 The settlement that Joy and Carl received from Harlem Hospital 2448 02:05:39,466 --> 02:05:42,101 had long since been spent. 2449 02:05:42,166 --> 02:05:44,635 - JOY: Things were, uh, rocky, 2450 02:05:44,699 --> 02:05:46,301 with, you know, far as, uh, 2451 02:05:46,366 --> 02:05:48,634 the financial situation. 2452 02:05:48,699 --> 02:05:50,401 Um, l have kids. 2453 02:05:50,466 --> 02:05:52,534 Carl have kids, and, um, 2454 02:05:52,600 --> 02:05:54,635 we used the money to live. 2455 02:05:54,699 --> 02:05:59,037 That was a choice that we had to make at the time. 2456 02:05:59,100 --> 02:06:01,969 - NARRATOR: Carlina insisted it didn't matter. 2457 02:06:02,033 --> 02:06:05,136 - l could care less about that money, 2458 02:06:05,199 --> 02:06:08,136 'cause l didn't have it from the beginning. 2459 02:06:08,199 --> 02:06:11,236 l was searchin' just to find who l was. 2460 02:06:11,300 --> 02:06:15,170 - NARRATOR: The situation, so promising in January 201 1 , 2461 02:06:15,233 --> 02:06:16,901 fell apart quickly. 2462 02:06:16,966 --> 02:06:19,201 - She went back home, 2463 02:06:19,266 --> 02:06:22,302 so we haven't seen her since. 2464 02:06:22,366 --> 02:06:24,367 - NARRATOR: As winter turned to spring, 2465 02:06:24,433 --> 02:06:26,001 there was no second reunion. 2466 02:06:26,066 --> 02:06:29,302 ln fact, there was very little communication. 2467 02:06:29,366 --> 02:06:31,434 - Wow, it's like l found her and, um, 2468 02:06:31,500 --> 02:06:33,568 but she's still lost. 2469 02:06:33,633 --> 02:06:36,235 - ELIZABETH: It's eatin' Joy up inside 2470 02:06:36,300 --> 02:06:39,536 to know that her daughter is alive, 2471 02:06:39,600 --> 02:06:41,668 and her daughter's not with her. 2472 02:06:41,733 --> 02:06:45,269 Her daughter's turnin' back to the people that's kidnapped her. 2473 02:06:45,333 --> 02:06:48,369 - When people all of a sudden are found, 2474 02:06:48,433 --> 02:06:51,302 then there's this great, uh, brouhaha, 2475 02:06:51,366 --> 02:06:53,334 and excitement and celebration, 2476 02:06:53,399 --> 02:06:55,869 there's sort of like a halo effect that takes place, 2477 02:06:55,933 --> 02:06:58,769 and you believe everything's gonna be great from now on, 2478 02:06:58,833 --> 02:07:01,835 but these are very difficult, complicated issues. 2479 02:07:01,899 --> 02:07:04,869 They're not easily resolved. 2480 02:07:04,933 --> 02:07:06,768 - NARRATOR: Dr. Geoffrey Greif has interviewed 2481 02:07:06,833 --> 02:07:09,335 many people who were abducted as children, 2482 02:07:09,399 --> 02:07:11,869 and followed them as they became adults. 2483 02:07:11,933 --> 02:07:13,467 He says the division 2484 02:07:13,533 --> 02:07:15,968 between Carlina and her birth parents is typical. 2485 02:07:16,033 --> 02:07:18,268 - DR. GREIF: There were a lot of people l've interviewed 2486 02:07:18,333 --> 02:07:21,135 who did not know that they'd even been kidnapped. 2487 02:07:21,199 --> 02:07:23,368 That would cause you to question 2488 02:07:23,433 --> 02:07:26,435 the previous 1 5 or 20 years of your life, 2489 02:07:26,500 --> 02:07:29,202 because you don't know what to believe anymore 2490 02:07:29,266 --> 02:07:32,402 when something that significant has been told to you 2491 02:07:32,466 --> 02:07:34,935 that's not true. 2492 02:07:35,000 --> 02:07:36,267 - NARRATOR: For the birth parents, 2493 02:07:36,333 --> 02:07:38,334 there is a different set of issues to reconcile. 2494 02:07:38,399 --> 02:07:39,968 - DR. GREIF: All of the sudden, 2495 02:07:40,033 --> 02:07:41,934 they've received the child back in their life, 2496 02:07:42,000 --> 02:07:44,402 and they are apt to treat the child 2497 02:07:44,466 --> 02:07:46,935 as if the child was still very young. 2498 02:07:47,000 --> 02:07:49,969 They have to step back a long ways 2499 02:07:50,033 --> 02:07:52,535 and try and realize who this person is now 2500 02:07:52,600 --> 02:07:56,637 and try and construct a meaningful relationship 2501 02:07:56,699 --> 02:07:58,935 based on who the person is now, 2502 02:07:59,000 --> 02:08:01,769 not who they wish the person could've been 2503 02:08:01,833 --> 02:08:03,801 had they raised her. 2504 02:08:03,866 --> 02:08:05,267 - NARRATOR: Joy White said that was 2505 02:08:05,333 --> 02:08:07,401 just what she wanted to do. 2506 02:08:07,466 --> 02:08:09,734 - JOY: l was havin' trouble when it first happened, 2507 02:08:09,800 --> 02:08:12,369 but l had to sit down and l had to analyze everything 2508 02:08:12,433 --> 02:08:14,301 and now l feel really bad. 2509 02:08:14,366 --> 02:08:16,735 l feel sorry for her. 2510 02:08:16,800 --> 02:08:18,568 l feel bad for her, 2511 02:08:18,633 --> 02:08:20,735 because l know that she's going through something emotion, 2512 02:08:20,800 --> 02:08:22,134 because l am too. 2513 02:08:22,199 --> 02:08:24,902 l'm her mother, and l'm going through somethin' right now. 2514 02:08:24,966 --> 02:08:26,801 - NARRATOR: But building a relationship would mean 2515 02:08:26,866 --> 02:08:29,034 accepting that her daughter was still loyal 2516 02:08:29,100 --> 02:08:32,203 to the Pettway family. 2517 02:08:32,266 --> 02:08:35,769 - CARLINA: l'm-a have a relationship with that family, 2518 02:08:35,833 --> 02:08:37,901 and if y'all want a relationship with me 2519 02:08:37,966 --> 02:08:39,801 y'all have to be able to accept 2520 02:08:39,866 --> 02:08:42,501 that l'm still going to be affiliated with that family. 2521 02:08:42,566 --> 02:08:45,035 l look at it as l should be free to be able-- 2522 02:08:45,100 --> 02:08:46,968 to speak to who l want to speak to, 2523 02:08:47,033 --> 02:08:49,135 to consider who l want to be my aunt, 2524 02:08:49,199 --> 02:08:51,769 want to be my uncle, my cousins and my friends. 2525 02:08:51,833 --> 02:08:54,202 - NARRATOR: Even her name was an issue. 2526 02:08:54,266 --> 02:08:56,935 Legally, she was changing it to Carlina, 2527 02:08:57,000 --> 02:09:00,837 but she said she would always be Netty. 2528 02:09:00,899 --> 02:09:04,570 - Nejdra and Carlina is like in between two families, 2529 02:09:04,633 --> 02:09:06,434 so one side know Nejdra, 2530 02:09:06,500 --> 02:09:07,667 the other side know Carlina. 2531 02:09:07,733 --> 02:09:09,034 So Netty is just me. 2532 02:09:09,100 --> 02:09:10,568 Go ahead, girl. 2533 02:09:10,633 --> 02:09:12,768 - NARRATOR: She was receiving help from psychologists 2534 02:09:12,833 --> 02:09:16,102 at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 2535 02:09:16,166 --> 02:09:17,901 - ERNIE: Netty is really a good person-- 2536 02:09:17,966 --> 02:09:21,469 really a caring person who is in the middle, 2537 02:09:21,533 --> 02:09:23,902 uh, of a--of a storm. 2538 02:09:23,966 --> 02:09:26,868 l mean, she goes from being the mom of a 5-year-old 2539 02:09:26,933 --> 02:09:29,735 with questions about her history 2540 02:09:29,800 --> 02:09:33,603 to being in the center of a media frenzy, 2541 02:09:33,666 --> 02:09:36,402 with everybody wanting a piece of her 2542 02:09:36,466 --> 02:09:38,935 and everybody wanting to talk to her 2543 02:09:39,000 --> 02:09:41,702 and use her and manipulate her. 2544 02:09:41,766 --> 02:09:45,970 And she needs some time, and some space, 2545 02:09:46,033 --> 02:09:48,935 and the ability to sort through all of this. 2546 02:09:49,000 --> 02:09:50,568 We're trying to help her do that. 2547 02:09:50,633 --> 02:09:52,901 - l think that, um, one day, she'll come along, 2548 02:09:52,966 --> 02:09:55,168 and she'll understand 2549 02:09:55,233 --> 02:09:57,468 what her real mother is goin' through. 2550 02:09:57,533 --> 02:09:59,701 - CARL: Carlina, listen. 2551 02:09:59,766 --> 02:10:02,068 You know your mother and father love you. 2552 02:10:02,133 --> 02:10:05,169 We had a happy beginnin', 2553 02:10:05,233 --> 02:10:07,001 and we can still make this happy. 2554 02:10:07,066 --> 02:10:08,967 We all want to see you. 2555 02:10:09,033 --> 02:10:12,736 You don't know how much love you have from all of us. 2556 02:10:12,800 --> 02:10:14,301 - NARRATOR: Through it all, 2557 02:10:14,366 --> 02:10:17,302 the young woman who found out she was Carlina White 2558 02:10:17,366 --> 02:10:19,367 said she was glad she did. 2559 02:10:19,433 --> 02:10:21,468 - l look at every day as a better day 2560 02:10:21,533 --> 02:10:23,935 for me to just wake up and acknowledge 2561 02:10:24,000 --> 02:10:25,534 that l do know who l am. 2562 02:10:25,600 --> 02:10:27,501 l know who my parents are. 2563 02:10:27,566 --> 02:10:29,467 l'm good at just knowin' that. 2564 02:10:29,533 --> 02:10:32,002 - NARRATOR: And she, too, hoped that someday, 2565 02:10:32,066 --> 02:10:35,702 she would share her life with that family as well. 2566 02:10:35,766 --> 02:10:39,736 t 190539