Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home on July 15 after she was reportedly missing for two days, was never missing, Hoover Police told reporters at a news conference on Monday.
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Carlee Russell's disappearance was 'hoax'; charges possible, police say
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Alabama Woman Admits She Lied About Abduction and Report of Wandering Child
By Alta Spells and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a 911 call about a child on an interstate, said she was not kidnapped and did not see a baby on the side of the road, according to a statement
Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who was reported missing after calling 911 to report a toddler walking along the interstate, reportedly fabricated the whole story, according to her attorney.
The Alabama woman who was reported missing after calling 911 to report a toddler walking along the interstate reportedly fabricated the whole story, according to her attorney.
Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home on July 15 after she was reportedly missing for two days, was never missing, Hoover Police told reporters at a news conference on Monday.
The Alabama woman who was reported missing after calling 911 to report a toddler walking along the interstate reportedly fabricated the whole story, according to her attorney.
Alabama nursing student Carlee Russell admitted Monday that she wasn’t abducted earlier this month — as she apologized for the bizarre hoax that sparked a massive two-day search. “There…
Carlee Russell confirmed there "was no kidnapping" on July 13 in a statement released by her lawyer and shared by the Hoover Police Department on Monday.
Carlee Russell admitted she did not see a toddler wandering on the side of the highway and lied about being kidnapped in a hoax that set off a nationwide effort to find her, an attorney for the Alabama woman said Monday.
Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who was reported missing after calling 911 to report a toddler walking along the interstate, reportedly fabricated the whole story, according to her attorney.
(CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a 911 call about a child on an interstate, said she was not kidnapped and did not see a baby on the side of the road, according to a statement from her attorney.
Carlee Russell, 25, said through a lawyer that she was sorry she had fabricated her disappearance, which captured national attention and prompted a flurry of search efforts.
Russell’s lawyer Emory Anthony revealed Monday that his client never saw a child on the side of the road and that there “was no kidnapping” following mounting questions into her disappearance…
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