Carlee Russell is a woman who went missing in Alabama on July 15, 2023.
According to media reports, she disappeared after calling 911 to report a toddler walking alone along I-459 in Hoover, Alabama.
According to Hoover Police Chief Nicholas Derzis, Russell told detectives she saw a toddler wandering along the shoulder of Interstate 459, prompting her to call 911.
She told detectives that after she got out of the car to check on the toddler, a man came out of the trees and said that he was checking on the child.
Russell claimed that the man then picked her up, made her climb a fence inside the woods, and then forced her into a car before she said she was in the back of an 18-wheeler.
She added that the man was with a woman, but she only recalled hearing the woman’s voice, and also said she could hear a baby crying.
She told detectives she was able to escape the bed of the tractor-trailer, but was later captured and then blindfolded.
Russell claimed that the abductors made her go into a home and take her clothes off.
She told police at the house she was undressed by the pair and believed they took pictures of her, but she did not remember sexual or physical contact.
When she woke up, Russell told detectives she was fed cheese crackers by the woman, but does not remember anything else after she woke up.
A disturbing video shows Russell stopping her vehicle moments before vanishing after receiving a disturbing 911 call.
The next thing Russell claimed she remembered is being in the back of a vehicle, where she said she escaped in the west Hoover area.
She told detectives she ran through the woods for a while before she ended up making it back to her home on July 17.
Russell is a Community Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and internet industry.
Carlee Russell search history
Police have revealed her phone search history, which included queries about Amber Alerts, bus tickets and more.
Below is a summary of what was found in her phone search history;
- On July 11 at 7:30 AM; Russell searched the term “Do you have to pay for an Amber Alert or search?”
- On July 13 at 1:03 AM; She searched for the term “How to take money from a register without being caught.”
- On July 13 at 2:13 AM; Russell searched “Birmingham bus station.”
- On July 13 at 2:35 AM; She searched for a one-way bus ticket from Birmingham to Nashville with a departure date of July 13.
- On July 13 at 2:10 PM; Russell searched for the movie “Taken,” a film that features a woman being abducted.
NEW TODAY: Alabama police reveal Carlee Russell's Google searches leading up to her disappearance:
-"Need to pay/max age for an Amber Alert?"
-"How to take money from register w/o being caught" -"Birmingham bus station"
-"One way bus ticket to Nashville"
-"The movie 'Taken'" pic.twitter.com/QFccdEuyP7— WEAR ABC 3 (@weartv) July 19, 2023