{"id":25763,"date":"2023-07-25T05:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25763"},"modified":"2023-07-25T05:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:29:18","slug":"carlee-russell-woman-whose-kidnapping-sparked-nationwide-search-admits-she-wasnt-abducted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/07\/25\/carlee-russell-woman-whose-kidnapping-sparked-nationwide-search-admits-she-wasnt-abducted\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlee Russell: Woman whose kidnapping sparked nationwide search admits she wasn’t abducted"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman has admitted that she lied about being kidnapped in Alabama.<\/p>\n

Carlee Russell had claimed she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler who was walking on the side of a busy highway.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old had called 911 shortly before disappearing on 13 July – sparking a nationwide search – but she returned home 49 hours later.<\/p>\n

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Last week, detectives uncovered evidence that cast doubt on her story, including Google searches about a film where a woman is abducted – and how to steal money from a cash register without getting caught.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Russell’s lawyer confirmed there was no kidnapping – and apologised to her friends, family, and volunteers who had scoured the area looking for her.<\/p>\n

“We ask for your prayers for Carlee as she addresses her issues and attempts to move forward, understanding she made a mistake in this matter. Carlee again asks for your forgiveness and prayers,” her lawyer Emory Anthony said.<\/p>\n

Police in the city of Hoover are now considering whether to press criminal charges, and she is set to be interviewed in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Russell had initially claimed that she was forced into an 18-wheeler truck and taken to a home where she was blindfolded and fed cheese crackers.<\/p>\n

Before doubts over her story emerged, her mother Talitha had told NBC News: “There were moments when she physically had to fight for her life, and there were moments when she had to mentally fight for her life. She made it back.”<\/p>\n

While Russell’s story was a hoax, campaigners say this shouldn’t diminish the fact that more than 30,000 black people were missing in the US at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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