Posted on 07/24/2023 2:33:45 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A 26-year-old nursing student in Alabama who claimed she was abducted after spotting a toddler along the interstate admitted on Monday she made up the entire story.
Carlee Russell claimed that she was kidnapped on July 13 after she stopped to check on a toddler at 9:30pm. She turned up at her parents' house 49 hours later and told police she had been abducted, spinning an elaborate story of fighting for freedom.
Yet on Monday, Hoover police chief Nick Derzis read a statement from Russell's lawyer in which she admitted she had invented the story.
'There was no kidnapping on Thursday, July 13,' he said.
'Carlee again asks for your forgiveness and prayers.'
Derzis said police are continuing to work on the case and prosecutors are still deciding if criminal charges should be filed.
There was no indication of any motive for her staging her disappearance, or any information on where she was for 49 hours. She said in the statement she was alone.
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College football offseason in Alabama.
What else are we supposed to do?
My bet is that her chances of becoming a nurse suddenly disappeared either due to lack of discipline or lack of competency (or both). She may have been unwilling to face her parents, family, and friends and admit this.
Perhaps she chose to fake a crime, using this as an excuse to stop working toward a nursing career. She could just claim that she has PTSD and cannot go on as before.
There are cases on record where a person has been supported by parents financially to attend school only to have the parents discover later that the youngster hasn't attended school in years.
By about day three, I was suspecting it was a scam/hoax so the media could say that child kidnapping and sex-trafficking was all a hoax created by conservatives. Now that the truth has come out, the media will point to this instance to back up their assertions. It’s all a giant right-wing conspiracy. Watch and see if they don’t.
It would be interesting to see if Carlee suddenly becomes very wealthy and starts “movin’ on up”.
so...was the imaginary baby wearing a Maga hat like smollets imaginary assailants? And was there a nearby garage door pull that could be mistaken as a noose?
Coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs!
“If you were in a hospital I don’t think you’d want this kind as a nurse.”
my thoughts exactly ...
“I didn’t see anywhere she claimed it was racial.”
uh, she told the police that a white guy with ORANGE hair abducted her ...
Surprise, surprise, surprise. Bless her little heart.
what was she doing in a police station the day before...on business they said...
So sad for the parents and boyfriend. They all look like nice middle-class people who have worked and earned, and that she had material comforts growing up. Wonder if this is the onset of schizophrenia or a case of manic depression. Very sad wreckage of potential. May God restore all that is broken.
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