According to a former FBI agent, Carlethia Carlee Russell, 25, of Alabama, may have been experiencing a mental health crisis at the time of her mysterious 48-hour absence, know if she faked her abduction and theories
Russell, who claimed to have pulled over in Hoover, Alabama because she observed a toddler on the side of the road, vanished on Thursday after dialling 911. Police discovered her car and some of her possessions, but they were unsure of her whereabouts.
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Russell returned home on foot two days after a search for her was started
Carlee Russell, a 25-year-old nursing student, vanished on Interstate 459 shortly after 9.30 p.m. on July 13, setting off a large search effort as authorities and her family expressed significant concerns for her safety.
According to the Hoover Police Department, Ms Russell called 911 from the house she shares with her parents on Saturday at 10:44 p.m. to report that she had come home on foot. According to police transmission audio that Mail Online was able to get, Ms Russell was “unresponsive but breathing”.
Carlee Russell who disappeared from Alabama I459 after stopping to help a child has been found alive
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The parents of Carlee Russell is urging the public not to speculate and to let the investigation play out.
Her mother said there were moments when the 25-year-old had to ‘physically and mentally fight for her life’ pic.twitter.com/BWI8OLthwZ
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023
A former FBI agent has put forth hypotheses about her sudden vanishing.
According to retired FBI special agent and current law enforcement consultant Jennifer Coffindaffer, who works for Eagle Security Group, there are three scenarios that could account for Russell’s disappearance.
It’s possible, according to Coffindaffer, that Russell was genuinely kidnapped, and that’s why she vanished. She speculates that they might have kept her for a while before releasing her or allowing her to escape and return to her home. According to Coffindaffer, it’s also conceivable that the disappearance was a hoax perpetrated for the sake of attention seeking. However, she does not believe that to be the case in Russell’s case, though. The subsequent possibility? A mental health catastrophe struck Russell.
Coffindaffer further said that in her mind, she truly believed that she saw a three- or four-year-old or else she thought she was being kidnapped, which is why she abandoned her car and contacted 911. Moreover, Coffindaffer warned against drawing any hasty judgements, pointing out that the inquiry into what transpired is ongoing and that nobody excepts Russell fully knows what happened at this moment.