![]() When first responders arrived, they found Russell conscious and speaking, police said in the statement sent to USA TODAY. on July 15, Hoover police received a 911 call saying Russell had returned home on foot, according to police. Russell's whereabouts over the next 49 hours were unclear. ![]() Hoover police partnered with local, state and federal authorities during the search. They also didn’t receive any calls about a missing child. ![]() Police were " unable to find her or a child in the area," police said. They also found Russell's wig, cell phone and purse with an Apple Watch inside, on the roadway near her vehicle. Police officers arrived at the scene within "five minutes of being dispatched" and found her car abandoned on the side of the interstate, Hoover police said. July 13 around 9:40 p.m.: Hoover police arrive to the scene Hoover police said the family member lost contact with Russell, but the line remained open. “From there, all you hear on her phone is background noise from the interstate.” ![]() “My son’s girlfriend heard her asking the child, ‘Are you OK?’ She never heard the child say anything but then she heard our daughter scream,’’ her mother, Talitha Russell, told AL.com. Russell stayed on the phone with the girlfriend as Russell got out of her and said she was checking on the child, AL.com reported. “Traffic camera footage was obtained which depicted this portion of the incident, and that footage is still being analyzed as part of the investigation,” police said.Īfter calling 911, Russell called her brother's girlfriend to tell her about the situation. after she claimed to see “a male toddler in a diaper” on the side of Interstate 459 South and was “stopping to check on him,” police said. July 13 at 9:30 p.m.: Russell calls 911 after claiming to see a child walking along the interstate "These items were not located in the vehicle," police said in a statement sent to USA TODAY. Russell went to Target after leaving the shopping center and bought snacks. She had items with her from her work, including a dark-colored bathrobe and a roll of toilet paper, Derzis said Wednesday. CDT and ordered food from The Colonnade, a local shopping center. On July 13, Hoover police said Russell left work around 8:20 p.m. July 13 at 8:20 p.m.: Russell leaves work, picks up food and stops at Target A few searches made about Amber Alerts were made on the computer at Russell's work, including one about the maximum age for an Amber Alert.July 13 at 12:10 p.m.: A search for the movie "Taken".July 13 at 2:35 a.m.: A search for a one-way bus ticket from Birmingham to Nashville departing July 13.July 13 at 2:13 a.m.: "Birmingham bus station".July 13 at 1:03 a.m.: "How to take money from a register without being caught".July 11 at 7:30 a.m.: "Do you have to pay for an Amber Alert".Carlee Russell's search history before she was reported missingĭuring a July 19 press conference, Derzis said Russell made a number of internet searches on her phone and computer at work that were "very relevant" to her disappearance, Derzis said, including searches about a movie on abductions and questions about Amber Alerts. Here’s a timeline of events starting from the days leading up to the 911 call. In a Monday press conference, Hoover Chief of Police Nick Derzis read a statement from Russell's attorney saying she was never kidnapped and she never saw a child on the interstate, the statement said. However, Hoover police were unable to verify much of her story. Prior to her disappearance, Russell called 911 to report a toddler walking along the interstate, the Hoover Police Department said in a statement. After Russell returned home, she told police she was kidnapped. The 25-year-old Alabama woman who sparked a police search and national media headlines when she disappeared from an Alabama highway after claiming to see a toddler was never missing, her lawyer said Monday.Ĭarlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell returned home on foot on July 15 after she was reported missing off a highway in a Birmingham suburb on July 13. Hall, Becky Kellogg, Ariana Triggs and Tracy Martinez, USA TODAY
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