Police Say No Evidence of Toddler Near Highway in Carlee Russell Case

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Police investigating the disappearance–and subsequent
reappearance–of Alabama woman Carlee Russell released new
details on the investigation Tuesday night, revealing that while
they were able to speak briefly with the 25-year-old after she
turned up at her home 49 hours after an eerie 911 call, they are
now waiting “for her to be made available to obtain a more
detailed statement.”

Russell disappeared last week after calling 911 to report a
child walking on the interstate in Hoover, Alabama. According to
an earlier statement from police, after the 911 call, she phoned
a family member to report the same details. The family member
“lost contact with her, but the line remained open.” Police
found her car abandoned—still running with her belongings
inside, sparking fears she had been abducted.

She then turned up at her home approximately 49 hours later–and
details of what happened to the nursing student are slim, though
her parents told the Today show that their daughter was abducted
and left mentally and physically traumatized.

On Tuesday night, Hoover police said that before her
disappearance, Russell stopped in at a Target on Highway 280 to
buy some “snack food type items.” Those items were not recovered
in or around her car where her keys and wig were discovered,
police said.

They claim that despite heavy traffic in the area, and
surveillance footage, police have been unable to verify
Russell’s report of a toddler walking down the interstate.

Then, in more security footage taken from her neighborhood just
before she arrives home, Russell is seen “walking down the
sidewalk alone.” Police have not yet described additional
details from the video.

While initial 911 reports indicated Russell was “unresponsive
but breathing,” police say first responders found her “conscious
and speaking.”

“That was the term used in the initial dispatch of the Hoover
Fire Department to the residence, and the information about her
condition was simply a dispatcher relaying information from what
a 911 caller told the emergency communicator,” police said.

Numerous items of evidence are “key in the processes of
determining exactly what took place in the approximately 49
hours Carlee was missing,” police said, adding that the unnamed
items are under evaluation.

While police were able to speak with Russell briefly after her
reappearance, it is unclear when they may speak with her again.

A press conference is scheduled Wednesday where police are
expected to discuss the case in more detail.

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