A 19-day - old child disappeared from a Seattle hospital in 1987 . Police say she was taken by a woman who raised the child under a different name . The victim became suspicious as an adult , and DNA tests established her true identity . Pettway , now 50 , told authorities she took the baby because she had suffered two stillborn births , one just months before the abduction . The woman who pleaded guilty to taking the infant apologizes .
A 19-day - old child disappeared from a Seattle hospital in 1987 . Police say she was taken by a woman who raised the child under a different name . The victim became suspicious as an adult , and DNA tests established her true identity . The woman who pleaded guilty to taking the infant apologizes .