[post_page_title]Getting into contact[/post_page_title]
As Carlina looked at the information in front of her, she immediately called the authorities. Here, they were able to link her up with her birth parents, and build up a case to take down Ann Pettaway.
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In the end, Pettaway turned herself in and then entered into a plea bargain. This allowed her to take a shortened sentence, and in 2012 she was sentenced to 12 years behind bars. According to this ruling, Ann will not make her way out of prison until she turns 62 years old – a small price to pay for a heinous crime.