Advocates say Carlee Russell's story should not diminish the reality that more than 30,000 Black people in the U.S. remained missing at the end of 2022. “I would never apologize for believing a Black girl,' one expert says.
Russell’s account of having been abducted, and cited that she had recently searched online about paying for Amber Alerts and the movie “Taken.” Russell’s parents had no comment about the police comments, but said Tuesday on NBC’s “TODAY” show that their daughter had been abducted.
“That’s one of the first times I’ve seen that kind of groundswell around a missing Black girl, a woman, in quite some time,” she added. “Every missing person deserves that kind of investment.” Lt. Shane Foley of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told NBC News there were no updates on Williams’ case as of Friday afternoon.
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