Police are casting doubt on a 25-year-old Alabama woman's claim that she was kidnapped from the side of an interstate after calling 911 to report seeing a toddler
In this image taken from video provided by ABC 33/40, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis speaks at a press conference, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Hoover, Ala. Police in Alabama cast doubt Wednesday on the story of Carlee Russell who set off a frantic search when she disappeared for two days after calling 911 to report a toddler wandering on the highway. Derzis said detectives were still investigating her whereabouts, but had so far been “unable to verify most of Carlee's initial statement.
But Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis cast doubt on that account at a news conference, saying detectives were still investigating her whereabouts, but had so far been “unable to verify most of Carlee's initial statement.” “I do think it’s highly unusual the day that someone gets kidnapped that seven or eight hours before that they’re searching the internet, Googling the movie ‘Taken’ about an abduction," Derzis said."I find that very, very strange.”“As you can see, there are many questions left to be answered, but only Carlee can provide those answers," he said, later adding, “We want to know the truth.
Police said Tuesday that detectives did not uncover any evidence of a toddler walking on the interstate. Surveillance video from the Russells’ neighborhood showed Carlee Russell walking down the sidewalk alone before arriving at her home. She was conscious and talking when first responders arrived, and later treated and released from a hospital, police said.
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