Woman missing after reporting seeing a toddler on the highway

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Anonymous wrote:Theory from Reddit

"Carlee planned to party with some friends over the weekend which included a new guy she met online. Carlee would eventually meet him on the side of the express way, ditched her vehicle as well as her belongings, got into a grey sedan with this mystery guy and ended up at the Red Roof partying with a group of people.

The Red Roof manager noticed Carlee as one of the people in the group and alerted the police. Carlee and the mystery man left the Red Roof soon after and a nearby doorbell camera spotted Carlee getting dropped off around the block from her home shortly before arriving back home. (Allegedly)

An alleged person who was with her posted a comment on a video stating that Carlee is going to state she had a mental breakdown and that she was wandering around for 2 days.

This is just what the streets are saying. Y’all think it’s true?"

This seems plausible. Obviously, there was no toddler, so she either hallucinated that or just made it up. Which is pretty messed up, so I hope she was having some kind of lapse in judgement.

It’s not “obvious” there was “no toddler”.

Uh yeah it is. Otherwise the police would still be looking for this wandering toddler. They obviously don’t believe there was a toddler wandering down the highway.

Unless you work for the Hoover police department, you’re guessing. It’s ok to admit you don’t know everything.

NP. This happens on ALL of these threads. People create these crazy narratives as if they have some special insight - mostly just to trash people. It's disgusting.

There’s no special insight being claimed. It’s just pretty obvious there was no toddler on the side of the road. Except apparently to you.

Be sure you figure it out, you online detective with no critical thinking skills.

NP. If you still think there was ever a toddler involved, you don’t get to question anyone else’s critical thinking skills.

I'm not the one speculating based on limited information.

Disgusting how some people are so quick to make up these false narratives about someone based on almost no real information.

Is it “disgusting” to infer that there was never a toddler on the side of the road based on the updated information and the fact that the police are not searching for the toddler in question, or are you just feeling salty about being wrong and digging in your heels?

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but there is a price we all pay for a false kidnapping. When these fake abduction stories come out people get scared and paranoid and do things like murder Uber drivers because they see a highway sign for Mexico and think they are being trafficked, or accuse fellow shoppers of trying to take their kids. It takes a real toll on our society and yes the media is to blame but the more mistrust we have due to these false stories, the more people overreact, shoot through doors, carry guns around, lock their kids indoors all day etc, etc. there is a real social harm.

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Anonymous wrote:but there is a price we all pay for a false kidnapping. When these fake abduction stories come out people get scared and paranoid and do things like murder Uber drivers because they see a highway sign for Mexico and think they are being trafficked, or accuse fellow shoppers of trying to take their kids. It takes a real toll on our society and yes the media is to blame but the more mistrust we have due to these false stories, the more people overreact, shoot through doors, carry guns around, lock their kids indoors all day etc, etc. there is a real social harm.

Wait what? This feels like a win for public awareness of missing persons. A young adult goes missing in concerning circumstances, the public is asked to look out for her, someone sees her and lets the authorities know, she gets safely home. Why would that textbook missing person happy ending make people more paranoid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:but there is a price we all pay for a false kidnapping. When these fake abduction stories come out people get scared and paranoid and do things like murder Uber drivers because they see a highway sign for Mexico and think they are being trafficked, or accuse fellow shoppers of trying to take their kids. It takes a real toll on our society and yes the media is to blame but the more mistrust we have due to these false stories, the more people overreact, shoot through doors, carry guns around, lock their kids indoors all day etc, etc. there is a real social harm.

I agree with this. And it’s even more complicated here with race as an added component. I saw her brothers statement where he was saying this case wasn’t getting the media attention it needed because of her race, and then some articles said her family was critical of the PD’s actions - again implying it was because of race.

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Anonymous wrote:but there is a price we all pay for a false kidnapping. When these fake abduction stories come out people get scared and paranoid and do things like murder Uber drivers because they see a highway sign for Mexico and think they are being trafficked, or accuse fellow shoppers of trying to take their kids. It takes a real toll on our society and yes the media is to blame but the more mistrust we have due to these false stories, the more people overreact, shoot through doors, carry guns around, lock their kids indoors all day etc, etc. there is a real social harm.

I agree with this. And it’s even more complicated here with race as an added component. I saw her brothers statement where he was saying this case wasn’t getting the media attention it needed because of her race, and then some articles said her family was critical of the PD’s actions - again implying it was because of race.

Wasn’t that guy not really her brother? The “my sister in Christ” guy?

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Anonymous wrote:You guys were so quick to dismiss me saying it was a case of a runaway. And so quick to create a “lure” trend that doesn’t even seem to exist.

Whether for fake hostage situation, mental health break, or just to get away to do something her family wouldn’t approve of, this is increasingly likely.

Occam’s razor… random toddlers running around the highway at night to serve as a lure for human trafficking is absurd. Cooking this up intentionally or because of mental health issues was the simplest explanation.

I haven't posted to this thread before. But using Occam's razor, the idea that she somehow cooked up this scheme to go do something fun is absurd. The more likely situation seemed that somehow a toddler did get on the side of the road (Could have been from a neighborhood adjacent to the highway, could have gotten out from a vehicle that was stopped for a flat tire etc.) And, especially as a nurse, she was motivated to find the child. I could see myself being in that situation. The idea that she would create this complicated scheme, involving a call to 911 and a family member, makes no sense. That may be what happened here, but this definitely did not seem like the most likely scenario.

You think a toddler that no one is looking for was just sitting on the side of a highway at 9 pm on a Thursday is a simpler explanation than a 25 year old with controlling parents went looking for a little freedom?

There are a thousand other, simpler ways she could have done this. It happens daily. Lying about where you’re going, sneaking out your window are just two common ones. I think a toddler on the side of the highway is every bit as unlikely and a 25 year old making up that story and staging her abduction to go to a party. Neither story is the obvious truth.

Yes exactly. Any adult knows that calling 911 leaves a host of data and tracking behind that makes it very difficult to hide from. Even a disturbed young person would know that if you want to go under the radar, you don't cook up a scheme that involves calling 911 and then calling a family member.

Sure, people do things all the time that don't make sense, and she just may not have been thinking very well, but again, this scenario seemed less likely than a toddler or what looks like a toddler being on the side of the road

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Anonymous wrote:You guys were so quick to dismiss me saying it was a case of a runaway. And so quick to create a “lure” trend that doesn’t even seem to exist.

Whether for fake hostage situation, mental health break, or just to get away to do something her family wouldn’t approve of, this is increasingly likely.

Occam’s razor… random toddlers running around the highway at night to serve as a lure for human trafficking is absurd. Cooking this up intentionally or because of mental health issues was the simplest explanation.

I haven't posted to this thread before. But using Occam's razor, the idea that she somehow cooked up this scheme to go do something fun is absurd. The more likely situation seemed that somehow a toddler did get on the side of the road (Could have been from a neighborhood adjacent to the highway, could have gotten out from a vehicle that was stopped for a flat tire etc.) And, especially as a nurse, she was motivated to find the child. I could see myself being in that situation. The idea that she would create this complicated scheme, involving a call to 911 and a family member, makes no sense. That may be what happened here, but this definitely did not seem like the most likely scenario.

You think a toddler that no one is looking for was just sitting on the side of a highway at 9 pm on a Thursday is a simpler explanation than a 25 year old with controlling parents went looking for a little freedom?

There are a thousand other, simpler ways she could have done this. It happens daily. Lying about where you’re going, sneaking out your window are just two common ones. I think a toddler on the side of the highway is every bit as unlikely and a 25 year old making up that story and staging her abduction to go to a party. Neither story is the obvious truth.

Yes exactly. Any adult knows that calling 911 leaves a host of data and tracking behind that makes it very difficult to hide from. Even a disturbed young person would know that if you want to go under the radar, you don't cook up a scheme that involves calling 911 and then calling a family member.

Sure, people do things all the time that don't make sense, and she just may not have been thinking very well, but again, this scenario seemed less likely than a toddler or what looks like a toddler being on the side of the road

I think it did until there was video footage, and then there were a lot of things that became less likely after all, and very quickly.

That camera footage is also what makes this situation somewhat different than cases like Abby Hernandez, who was abducted, traumatized, and then released by her captor. In this case, we can see how things started, and there is much that speaks against abduction. Not similar at all anymore.

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There is a big fat headline on Daily Mail - the boyfriend says ‘she WAS kidnapped and fought for her life for 48 hours.’

Then I guess she got dropped at home.

Obviously this is going to end up being something very weird.

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Her boyfriend posted that she was fighting for her life for 48 hours and is not ready to talk about her kidnapping yet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuw-fbZujPo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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Anonymous wrote:Her boyfriend posted that she was fighting for her life for 48 hours and is not ready to talk about her kidnapping yet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuw-fbZujPo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I mean -- she almost certainly was, even if just metaphorically.

I doubt she was physically fighting for her life for 48 hours but was released from the ED assessment within 2 hours. But maybe she's a martial artist or something.

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IDK. If you watch the video very carefully, starting at around the 49 second mark it almost appears there are several moving figures. It's very hard to tell if it's just shadows or actual people, though. The glare from the blinking lights make it hard to spot movement, so you have to watch between blinks (I stopped and started the video). I suppose the LE have technology to filter out the glare from the blinking lights and to zoom?

We need to wait and see what unfolds in the next few days, because we have very few facts at this point. I'm just glad she is alive.

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Also even if she isn't ready to talk seems like the police would release something if someone was out there hurting people.

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To me, the most likely explanation seems to be that she genuinely thought she saw a toddler, but actually didn't, and something unfortunate occurred to her when she stopped to help.

Either way, I am glad she is safe now.

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Anonymous wrote:Her boyfriend posted that she was fighting for her life for 48 hours and is not ready to talk about her kidnapping yet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuw-fbZujPo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I mean -- she almost certainly was, even if just metaphorically.

I doubt she was physically fighting for her life for 48 hours but was released from the ED assessment within 2 hours. But maybe she's a martial artist or something.

Yikes, her bf believes there was a kidnapper? Poor guy.

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Anonymous wrote:Her boyfriend posted that she was fighting for her life for 48 hours and is not ready to talk about her kidnapping yet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuw-fbZujPo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I mean -- she almost certainly was, even if just metaphorically.

I doubt she was physically fighting for her life for 48 hours but was released from the ED assessment within 2 hours. But maybe she's a martial artist or something.

Yikes, her bf believes there was a kidnapper? Poor guy.

Yeah…either this guy is in on it, or he’s the guy she was trying to get away from.