Reunion mum in custody

A WOMAN who raised a child kidnapped 23 years ago from a New York hospital was in custody yesterday after surrendering on a probation violation charge.

Ann Pettway, Raleigh, North Carolina, gave herself up days after a widely publicised reunion between the biological mother and the daughter taken from her as a baby. She is expected to appear in a New York court on kidnapping charges.

Correction officials there tried repeatedly to contact her after finding out investigators wanted to question her over the 1987 abduction of Carlina White.