An Alabama woman who had been missing for two days returned home safely on Saturday.
Carlethia “Carlee” Russell’s family told 911 dispatchers that she arrived alone at their Hoover, Alabama, residence, and paramedics were called to transport her to a local hospital for evaluation.
“Additional information will be provided when it becomes available,” a police statement read.
As of Sunday morning, it is still unclear where Russell had been after she made a 911 call to report a toddler walking alone on the side of Interstate 459. Russell’s brother’s girlfriend was on the phone with her after the call and said she heard screaming and shuffling before the line went silent. Russell was unresponsive while her family called her name endlessly on the other end of the phone, according to her mother. They then alerted police.
WBRC reports that Russell was dropped off at her family’s Saturday around 10:45 p.m. and appeared to be in shock.
Concerned friends and family members gathered outside the UAB emergency room until early Sunday morning, according to AL.com.
Before she returned home, she was last seen around 9:30 p.m. on July 13. According to her family, Russell was heading home from work on Thursday night and had stopped at a restaurant to pick up dinner.
While driving on Interstate 459, she noticed a young child walking alone and decided to pull over to assist, her family members reported she told them.
“She was talking to our son’s girlfriend on the phone. She told her that it looks like there’s a little child on the side of the road that looks like a small, small toddler,” the woman’s mother Talitha Russell told News Nation.
“She told her, ‘Don’t get out the car.’ She said, ‘I’m not. I’m going to pull over and call 911.’”
Talitha said Russell put her brother’s girlfriend on hold and called 911, and came back on the line and said “Police were on their way.”
Talitha believes…
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