Found No Jail Time: Woman Disappears After Calling 911 To Report Seeing Child Alone On I-459; Deemed A Hoax

[Sugar Cookie]

A search is underway for a woman missing after she told family she was stopping to check on a child she said was walking on the side of Interstate 459 in Hoover.

Hoover 911 at 9:34 p.m. Thursday received a call from 25-year-old Carlethia Nichole “Carlee” Russell, said Lt. Daniel Lowe.

Russell told the dispatcher that she was near mile marker 11 when she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of I-459 between the flyover to the Galleria and Highway 150.

After calling 911, Russell stopped to check on the child and called a family member to report the same details, Lowe said. The family member lost contact with her, but the line remained open.


Officers who were already en route to the location of the initial 911 call located the female’s vehicle and some of her belongings nearby but were unable to find her or a child in the area.

Hoover police have not received any other calls of someone missing a small child.

Talitha Russell talked to her daughter at 9:19 p.m. as she was leaving Taziki’s and heading to the Hoover home she shared with her parents.

At 9:36 p.m., Talitha Russell said, her daughter was on the phone with her brother’s girlfriend when she was pulling over on the side of the interstate after saying she saw a child alone that appeared to be 3 or 4 years old.

“She called 911 when she pulled over,’’ Talitha Russell said. “She got out of the car. I think she probably let her guard down thinking 911 would be there in a second.”

“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,’’ Talitha Russell said. “From there all you hear on her phone is background noise from the interstate.”

A Hoover police officer dispatched Carlee Russell’s report of a child alone on I-459 arrived within three minutes, Talitha Russell said.

“Her car door was open, the engine was running, and they found her phone on the ground, along with her wig and her hat,’’ Talitha Russell said. “Her purse was still in the car. Her Apple watch was in her purse and her Air Pods as well.”

Talitha Russell said a tip was called in from a trucker who was traveling along I-459 at the time of Carlee Russell’s disappearance.

“He saw her red car with the door open and he saw a grey car with a tall brown skinned man with khaki shorts on leaning over in the car,’’ Talitha Russell said.

“The police did find some tire tracks in the grass,’’ she said. “They said because it was not a muddy area, they were not able to determine what type of vehicle it could have been.”

Search continues for Carlee Russell: Woman vanished in Hoover after reporting child walking on I-459

Russell reportedly stopped to check on the child and has not been heard from since.

www.al.com

 

[thuumpr]

Start with the boyfriend.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

More than likely she would have either known or recognized the child if the boyfriend was involved.

 

[DeeDee]

Did someone use a little kid as bait to catch a victim? That is such a fuckin bizarre concept but what else could have happened?

 

[thuumpr]

More than likely she would have either known or recognized the child if the boyfriend was involved.

Was there really a child or a gun to her head?

 

[Josh P]

I don't trust anyone on the side of the road. The child was the bait.

 

[Sejanus]

She was pretty.

Fearing the worst.

ETA: OH wait, takin' it back as it is shaping up like a grifty scam.

 

[elmgems]

She's been found alive! Taken to a hospital. No details yet. Article just dropped 20mins ago.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Sunday - 1:05 a.m. Update: WBRC FOX6 News interviewed Hoover Police Chief Nicholas Derzis after the return of missing 25-year-old Carlee Russell. Click here to read the story.

Saturday - 11:30 p.m. Update: Per the Hoover Police Department, the Hoover 911 center received a call at 10:45 p.m. that Carlee Russell had returned home to her residence. Hoover Police and Fire responded to the scene to evaluate Carlee and transported her to UAB Hospital for more evaluation. More details will be provided when they become available.

Saturday - 11:09 p.m. Update: WBRC has confirmed through Angela Harris that Carlee Russell has been found alive and taken to UAB Hospital.

Carlee Russell turns herself in to the Hoover City Jail, charged with 2 misdemeanors

The Hoover Police Department released new details in their investigation of what happened between Carlee Russell’s disappearance last Thursday night, July 13, and her return home on Saturday night, July 15.

www.wbrc.com

Saturday - 2:36 p.m. Update: The Hoover Police Department has released an additional photo of Carlee Russell that may accurately depict her current appearance.

Carlee Russell turns herself in to the Hoover City Jail, charged with 2 misdemeanors

The Hoover Police Department released new details in their investigation of what happened between Carlee Russell’s disappearance last Thursday night, July 13, and her return home on Saturday night, July 15.

www.wbrc.com

She was possibly having a mental crisis at the time of her disappearance?

 

[mind the gap]

Carlee Russell turns herself in to the Hoover City Jail, charged with 2 misdemeanors

The Hoover Police Department released new details in their investigation of what happened between Carlee Russell’s disappearance last Thursday night, July 13, and her return home on Saturday night, July 15.

www.wbrc.com

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Carlee Russell turns herself in to the Hoover City Jail, charged with 2 misdemeanors

The Hoover Police Department released new details in their investigation of what happened between Carlee Russell’s disappearance last Thursday night, July 13, and her return home on Saturday night, July 15.

www.wbrc.com

She was possibly having a mental crisis at the time of her disappearance?

Sorry for her, but brilliant she is safe now.

 

[thuumpr]

Sorry for her, but brilliant she is safe now.

MARCO!


POLO!

 

[giantblue]

I could be wrong but starting to have doubts about this story. Did any other driver on that busy interstate report seeing a toddler walking along side of it?

I know the footage that LE released of her stopping is grainy at best, but no toddler is seen.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

No one else reported seeing a toddler on the side of the road.

 

[Sejanus]

So there was no kid afterall?
Hmmmm.

 

[sgr1966]

I thought I read somewhere a truck driver saw another vehicle by hers.

 

[Satanica]

She was dropped off at her parents house by an unknown car. I’m waiting for them to put up a Go Fund. Very hinky. No mention of the alleged kid, so hopefully there was not one. And no mention of where her car might be. Definitely not adding up.

 

[thuumpr]

Alien abduction I tell ya!

She spotted one of those little green men and next think you know, bright lights and anal probe!

And most folks don't really wanna relate much detail 'bout then probes. More than a little skittish so we won't be hearin' nothin' I tell ya. Sure enough - nothing.

Oh sure @Sugar Cookie or @Crazy Cat Lady might've heard somethin' but no one believes anythin' those two might offer up...

Yup. This is goin' to take some detectyin' by the police.

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

Alien abduction I tell ya!

She spotted one of those little green men and next think you know, bright lights and anal probe!

And most folks don't really wanna relate much detail 'bout then probes. More than a little skittish so we won't be hearin' nothin' I tell ya. Sure enough - nothing.

Oh sure @Sugar Cookie or @Crazy Cat Lady might've heard somethin' but no one believes anythin' those two might offer up...

Yup. This is goin' to take some detectyin' by the police.

I resemble that remark.

 

[thuumpr]

I resemble that remark.

Just trying to deflect uninvited attention towards you.

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

Just trying to deflect uninvited attention towards you.

I truly appreciate your able assistance!

 

[thuumpr]

I truly appreciate your able assistance!

Always glad to help

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Seems she was on drugs and stealing.

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

I hope she gets it together (if this is the truth). I’m glad the money is being returned but I’m really glad she’s ok. This is not the first time something like this has happened (Sherri Papini, Jennifer Wilbanks) and even though everyone was fucking pissed it beats finding their remains.

 

[Josh P]

The child was the bait, for $63,000 in donations. When the boyfriend was the one doing the talking, I had a feeling something was up. The truth with eventually come out, and when it does, I'm sure she had a vacation for a few days waiting to get paid.

 

[Sejanus]

What a tangled web of idiocy.

 

[thuumpr]

Nuts!
I only know the MARCO POLO part.
I seriously didn't know how this game was supposed to end.

Is the friend who helped her ex? Guess not - was with the friend...
With dealer to pay for drugs?

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Carlee Russell searched for Liam Neeson film ‘Taken,’ one-way bus tickets to Nashville on day she disappeared​

The Alabama woman who went missing for 49 hours last week had searched for one-way bus tickets to Nashville, details about Amber alerts and the Liam Neeson film “Taken” on the day she vanished, police said.

Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis told reporters Wednesday officers still don’t know exactly what happened in the time Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell vanished on July 13, and they are waiting to interview her again.

“That’s the $100 question, we don’t know what happened after she got out of her car,” Derzis said. “Everything else is unknown.”

Russell, 25, disappeared after she called 911 to report a toddler wandering the I-459 in Alabama at 9:34 p.m.

Derzis said on the day of the disappearance, Russell looked up the film “Taken”, a movie where Neeson plays a retired CIA agent hunting down his daughter’s abductors after they kidnap her in France.

She also looked up, “How to take money from a register without being caught,” as well as info for one-way bus tickets from Birmingham, Alabama, to Nashville.

Records also showed how in the days leading up to the incident, Russell had made several notable searches on her phone about Amber Alerts — the child abduction emergency notification system, including if she was too old to be the subject of one.

Derzis stressed that while Russell’s family has remained cooperative with police, they are still waiting for her to make a full recovery before talking with officials again.

Carlee Russell searched for Liam Neeson film ‘Taken,’ one-way bus tickets to Nashville on day she disappeared: cops

Carlee Russell searched for one-way bus tickets to Nashville, details about Amber alerts and the Liam Neeson film “Taken” on the day she vanished, according to police.

nypost.com

 

[Josh P]

"Derzis stressed that while Russell’s family has remained cooperative with police, they are still waiting for her to make a full recovery before talking with officials again."

It's important she has time to come up with all the details and have her story straight before talking to anyone.

 

[Satanica]

"Derzis stressed that while Russell’s family has remained cooperative with police, they are still waiting for her to make a full recovery before talking with officials again."

It's important she has time to come up with all the details and have her story straight before talking to anyone.

Too late. She’s already given LE several different versions, none of which make sense.

 

[cubby]

I don't think her parents knew about what she was pulling, they just seemed too sincere and heartbroken. They really seem to be circling the wagons and protecting her now, but I don't think they knew to start with.