Current Events > Alabama woman vanishes after calling 911 to report child walking on the highway

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Quorthon109
07/15/23 12:20:05 AM
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carlee-russell-missing-side-of-highway-toddler-hoover-alabama-search/

A search is underway for a 25-year-old woman who went missing Thursday night after she called 911 from a highway in Hoover, Alabama, to report that she had seen a toddler walking along the side of the interstate, authorities said.

The Hoover Police Department reports that Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell called 911 emergency dispatchers just after 9:30 p.m. local time Thursday and informed them that she had stopped to check on a young child that she had seen walking on the side of Interstate 459.

Police said that after speaking to 911, Russell immediately called a family member. During that call, the family member "lost contact with" Russell, "but the line remained open," Hoover Police Lt. Daniel Lowe said in a news conference Friday.

Responding officers located Russell's abandoned car along with some of her belongings nearby, Lowe said, but no sign of her or a child.

"A single witness has reported possibly seeing gray vehicle with a light-complected male standing outside of Carlee's vehicle, but we have no further information on that individual or the vehicle at this time," Lowe said.

Russell was on her way home from work after having stopped off to pick up food, police said.

Talitha Russell, Carlee's mother, told reporters that her daughter was on the phone with her sister-in-law at the time that her voice dropped out.

"She's known to be helpful and she has a big heart," Talitha Russell said of Carlee. "And she does know not to stop for anyone, even a child on the side of the road. But she did call 911. And I think she kind of let her guard down thinking they were so close. And when she got out the car, she did tell my daughter-in-law, 'I can't just leave this little child on the side of the road.'"

Lowe said a massive search was ongoing involving local, state and federal agencies. A large group of volunteers organized by Russell's parents were also assisting in the search effort.

Pretty scary, just stopped to do the right thing. I hate to assume she was abducted but what else could have happened? Can only hope she's found.

Traffic cam footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKSqzeipaI

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andel
07/15/23 12:23:48 AM
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definitely some psycho lured her by using the kid as a trap and abducted her. hope they find her and catch the lunatic responsible

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Tyranthraxus
07/15/23 12:24:40 AM
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This is a fucking horror story if I ever heard one

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Zikten
07/15/23 12:29:04 AM
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Very creepy story. Almost sounds like a horror movie
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FolkenRawr
07/15/23 12:30:18 AM
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andel posted...
definitely some psycho lured her by using the kid as a trap and abducted her. hope they find her and catch the lunatic responsible

This. Unfortunately it's a common tactic.

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Questionmarktarius
07/15/23 12:30:46 AM
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Zikten posted...
Very creepy story. Almost sounds like a horror movie
I think I've seen this movie about a dozen times. Liam Neeson was in at least three of them.
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Quorthon109
07/15/23 12:39:05 AM
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andel posted...
definitely some psycho lured her by using the kid as a trap and abducted her. hope they find her and catch the lunatic responsible

But to pull that off on the interstate without anyone seeing and within minutes? It didn't take police long to get there. Pretty fucking terrifying to think it can happen just like that.

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Quorthon109
07/15/23 1:00:54 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKSqzeipaI

Here's the traffic cam. That's presumably her pulling over with the emergency lights on. Police were there 4 minutes after she pulled over. Steady stream of cars going by but none stopped. You can see movement initially but it's hard to really see anything.

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Seaman_Prime
07/15/23 2:49:01 AM
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Damn thats scary. Poor woman, just wanted to do the right thing
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StormSignal
07/15/23 2:54:27 AM
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holy shit, i used to live Right There. scary

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Thermador446
07/15/23 3:01:57 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
This is a fucking horror story if I ever heard one

I've seen dashcam footage of a 'child on highway' at night where it made no sense.
The people reporting called 911 and police found nothing.
Maybe this is what happens when you get out of the car.....

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Quorthon109
07/15/23 8:48:14 AM
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https://www.al.com/news/2023/07/carlee-russell-what-we-know-today-about-woman-who-vanished-on-i-459-in-hoover.html

Some more details in this article. She called her brother's girlfriend after calling police and a scream was heard before losing contact. People are speculating that she either had already been taken or someone was with her in the car by the time her vehicle shows up in the footage.

There's also the one witness who says they saw a grey vehicle and a guy leaning into her vehicle, and around 35 seconds a gray vehicle with no taillights appears on camera. Bizarre stuff.

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Punished_Blinx
07/15/23 8:55:08 AM
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I'm gonna be honest. Isn't the simpler explanation here is that there was no toddler? She hallucinated and something went wrong when she left the car?

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Vegy
07/15/23 8:57:40 AM
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Dis is why it never pays to be nice

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brestugo
07/15/23 9:52:49 AM
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Zikten posted...
Very creepy story. Almost sounds like a horror movie
I was thinking the same.

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VampireCoyote
07/15/23 9:57:56 AM
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Punished_Blinx posted...
I'm gonna be honest. Isn't the simpler explanation here is that there was no toddler? She hallucinated and something went wrong when she left the car?

With the amount of trafficking that happens and the amount of violence that happens towards women by themselves at night, no the much more likely scenario is that someone abducted and has likely killed her

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Quorthon109
07/15/23 10:23:57 AM
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Punished_Blinx posted...
I'm gonna be honest. Isn't the simpler explanation here is that there was no toddler? She hallucinated and something went wrong when she left the car?

The idea of using a toddler to abduct a woman on the interstate is definitely hard to believe and there were no other 911 calls about a wandering kid but something made her stop her car and she vanished within several minutes of making the phone calls, which points to a planned attack.

All I know is it's fucking scary and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since last night

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Bigpapaplut
07/15/23 10:27:23 AM
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Shit like this is why I will never bother with trying to help anyone ever

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brestugo
07/15/23 10:42:25 AM
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Punished_Blinx posted...
I'm gonna be honest. Isn't the simpler explanation here is that there was no toddler? She hallucinated and something went wrong when she left the car?

That's simpler?

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mercurydude
07/15/23 10:47:19 AM
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Quorthon109 posted...
https://www.al.com/news/2023/07/carlee-russell-what-we-know-today-about-woman-who-vanished-on-i-459-in-hoover.html

Some more details in this article. She called her brother's girlfriend after calling police and a scream was heard before losing contact. People are speculating that she either had already been taken or someone was with her in the car by the time her vehicle shows up in the footage.

There's also the one witness who says they saw a grey vehicle and a guy leaning into her vehicle, and around 35 seconds a gray vehicle with no taillights appears on camera. Bizarre stuff.

It's similar to the case of Angela Hammond, which was covered on Unsolved Mysteries. She was kidnapped from a phone booth while talking to her boyfriend. He was almost able to follow her kidnapper but he'd messed up the transmission from the way he was driving and his car died as he heard her screaming his name from the kidnapper's truck. Imagine having to live with that...

https://youtu.be/D2jhrLbLKGI?t=1829

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Thermador446
07/15/23 12:21:45 PM
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Punished_Blinx posted...
I'm gonna be honest. Isn't the simpler explanation here is that there was no toddler? She hallucinated and something went wrong when she left the car?

Similar sounding 'hallucinations' have been caught on camera.


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Turbam
07/15/23 12:24:56 PM
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Thermador446 posted...
Similar sounding 'hallucinations' have been caught on camera.
Isn't it simpler to believe that the camera was simply malfunctioning, and was splicing together two separate film reels that it had already recorded?

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Sexypwnstar
07/15/23 1:09:05 PM
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Crazy

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burns112233
07/15/23 1:30:06 PM
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I didn't see all of the traffic cam footage but did it show another vehicle behind hers or anything?
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Quorthon109
07/16/23 12:46:33 AM
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She's alive! Returned home on her own and was then taken to a hospital

https://www.wbrc.com/2023/07/14/hoover-police-searching-missing-25-year-old-woman

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 a local hospital for more evaluation. More details will be provided when they become available.

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Zikten
07/16/23 1:10:26 AM
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I wonder what happened

Maybe she just had an accident or something and hurt herself and fell down for a while, then woke up and went home
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Punished_Blinx
07/16/23 1:14:05 AM
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Yeah I don't think there was any kid or kidnapping trap. It never really made sense. In the video the car is in the pullover lane with the hazard lights on driving quite a while. Where was the kid supposed to be? I know the whole 'kid is used as bait' is a big urban legend kind of story but it doesn't make sense to do that next to a busy motorway like that.

I guess we'll see if we'll hear anything else. Im thinking either mental break or some weird ass lie she organised with someone else.

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TaylorHeinicke
07/16/23 1:14:20 AM
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Odd

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Quorthon109
07/16/23 1:20:36 AM
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https://twitter.com/MillieMoo1212/status/1680446034311512064

Details can come later. With everything pointing to her being abducted and likely dead, this is the best possible news.

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KaZooo
07/16/23 4:00:21 AM
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This one's a head scratcher. I mean great she's back, but how that/what happened is a real guessing game atm

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spikethedevil
07/16/23 4:05:47 AM
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Take your pick.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbseYAkzRM&pp=ygUTdHdpbGlnaHQgem9uZSB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D

Or

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiQy6pmGPs0&pp=ygUZeCBmaWxlcyBvcGVuaW5nIHNlYXNvbiAxMQ%3D%3D


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PrettyBoyFloyd
07/16/23 4:16:43 AM
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Some "Black Lodge" shit.

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BurmesePenguin
07/16/23 4:18:04 AM
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Could also be a hoax.

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GameGodOfAll
07/16/23 4:19:37 AM
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Jesus

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Returning_CEmen
07/16/23 5:14:36 AM
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Tag

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Southernfatman
07/16/23 7:03:51 AM
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PrettyBoyFloyd posted...
Some "Black Lodge" shit.

I thought the same thing. Now the question is, is it the real her?

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deoxxys
07/16/23 7:19:19 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
This is a fucking horror story if I ever heard one

Zikten posted...
Very creepy story. Almost sounds like a horror movie

Oh theres lots of these

viewer/listener discretion advised:
https://youtu.be/iRg7flUbuBs

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AceMos
07/16/23 7:33:20 AM
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glad she is ok

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party_animal07
07/16/23 7:44:11 AM
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Thus is certainly odd. I don't know what yo make of it. Maybe a hoax or (less likely) a potential kidnapper who got cold feet.

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CableZL
07/16/23 7:45:32 AM
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I'm never stopping to help anyone on the road again. If something looks bad, I'm calling the police and keeping it moving.

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chitown82
07/16/23 8:35:50 AM
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For sure a hoax. I'll never understand people's need for attention.
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brestugo
07/16/23 12:06:14 PM
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KaZooo posted...
This one's a head scratcher. I mean great she's back, but how that/what happened is a real guessing game atm


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PrettyBoyFloyd
07/16/23 12:36:09 PM
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I recall like several years back people were doing fake kidnappings just to freak bystanders out.

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BearlyWilling
07/16/23 12:44:31 PM
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Shes been replaced.

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brestugo
07/16/23 12:46:42 PM
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BearlyWilling posted...
Shes been replaced.
Yeah, there's horror story material here.

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Strider102
07/16/23 1:02:51 PM
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Invasion of the body snatchers playing out irl.

Humanity is doomed

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CM_Ponch
07/16/23 1:14:33 PM
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Tag

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Yazarogi
07/16/23 1:25:40 PM
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Fugue state.

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Quorthon109
07/16/23 3:06:32 PM
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Statements from mom & boyfriend

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