At 23 years old, Nejdra Nance learned the woman she had called Mom for her entire life may have actually been her kidnapper. Nance – born Carlina White – disappeared from Harlem hospital in 1987, and reunited recently reunited with her birth parents. Never before in America had so much time lapsed between a kidnapping and a reunion.
In an exclusive interview with New York Magazine this week, White and her birth parents talk about why that reunion wasn't a happy ending.
There's the fact that White said she loves her alleged abductor Ann Pettway, who is behind bars and faces 20 years in prison if convicted of the kidnapping.
Then, there are the rumors of a falling out between her and her now-separated birth parents that centered around money.
Although the story has unfolded in a way that's sometimes been messy, the woman at the center of the saga tells New York Magazine she's happy that she finally knows the truth. “There was a part of me that wasn’t even there, and now I feel whole. Even in the beginning of the year, with all the drama and stuff, I was kind of cloudy," she said. "But now I know who I am. That’s the main thing—just to find out where you come from and who you are."
Read more at New York Magazine and the Huffington Post.
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Carlina White, Kidnapped at Birth, Tells All
Jenée Desmond-Harris
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:26:00 GMT
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