Police detail what Carlee Russell told them in interview & her search history before disappearance
At 10:44 PM on July 15th, Hoover 911 son receives a call from Carter’s residence stating that she returned home on foot. In subsequent investigations, detectives obtained surveillance footage of Carly walking down the sidewalk alone Prior to arrival at a residence. She was constant conscious and speaking with paramedics. When she was transported to U A/B, detectives were able to obtain a brief statement from her prior to being treated and released. During the statement, she told detectives that while traveling down the Interstate she saw a baby walking down the side of the road and called 911. She
started when she got out of her vehicle to check on the child, a man came out of the trees and mumbled that he was checking on the baby. She claimed that the man then picked her up and she screamed. She stated he then made her go over a fence. She claims he then forced her into a car and the next thing she remembers is being in the trailer of an 18 Wheeler. She stated the male was with a female, however, she never saw the female, only hearing her voice. She also told detectives she could hear
a baby crying. She told detectives the male had orange hair with a big bald spot on the back. She said she was able
sexual contact. She stated the next day she woke up and was fried cheese crackers by the female. She said the woman also played with her hair but could not remember anything else. At some point she was put back in a vehicle she claims was able to escape while it was in the West Hoover area. She told detectives she ran through lots of woods. Just came out near her residence. During this interview, detectives noted that Carly had a small injury to her lip and she claimed that her head was hurting. She also had a tail in
her shirt. Detectives also needed that she had $107.00 cash and her right sock. Add respect for Carly and her family. Detectives did not press for additional information in this interview. And made plans to speak with her in detail. After giving her time to rest, detectives continue analyzing data from Carly’s cell phone that was left behind at the scene. We enlisted the help of the United States Secret Service and conducting this analysis, part of what data includes several Internet searches and the days leading up to their disappearance that I think are very relevant to this case
on July 11th at 7:30 AM the term. You have to pay for an Amber Alert was searched on July 13th at one O 3:00 AM the day of her disappearance. The term How to take money from a register without being caught was searched on July 13th at 2:13 AM, the day of her disappearance. The term Birmingham Bus station was searched on July 13th 2:35 AM. A search for a one way bus ticket from Birmingham to Nashville was conducted with a departure date of July 13th. On July 13th at 12:10 PM, a search for the movie
Taken, a film about a production was conducted. There were two searches later to Amber Alerts on a computer at Carter’s place of employment, including one regarding the maximum age of an Amber Alert. There are other searches on Carly’s phone that appeared to shed some light on her mindset, but our respect for her privacy. We will not be releasing the content of those searches at this time. We’ve asked interview Carly a second time, but have not been granted that request. As you can see, there are many questions left to be answered, but only Carly can provide
those answers. What we can say is we’ve been unable to verify most of Carly’s initial statement made to investigators and we have no reason to believe. That there is a threat to the public safety related related to this particular case. Thank you very much.
