Woman missing after reporting seeing a toddler on the highway

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Anonymous wrote:I think this story needs to stop. She clearly was having a mental health crisis. Young people do dumb things. Let it go.

Dumb is running away.

Criminal is calling 911 and lying before doing so.

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Anonymous wrote:She's a lying, manipulattive, nutjob. People need to stop giving her and her family attention.

Her career is basically ruined but honestly I wish she would be brought up on charges

I’m not sure her career is ruined, but she has a lot of growing up to do.

She’s young. 25 year olds—especially sheltered 25 year olds—are a little unhinged. Hopefully this experience will knock some sense into her. It needs to start with her parents though.

Come on. By 25 I was married, in law school, and preparing for the birth of my first child. A 25 year old is not a teen.

This. At 25, I was engaged, in law school with strong job prospects lined up, living on the other side of the country from my family.

My mom likes to remind me that when she was 25, my dad was the dean of a phd program, and my mom would host the 15+ phd students and their SOs to a full seated meal at our home.

My "unhinged" friends at age 25 were doing dumb stuff like driving by an ex's house or drinking too much.

Such a SAH mom accomplishment to post.

What was the age difference between your parents? Did their reposted from him dating a student?

Weird. I'm the PP you're responding to. I'm a partner in biglaw - 18 years later. Making 7 figures.

My dad was 30. He and my mom met while she was in undergrad and he was doing his first masters. He is a genius who they fast tracked through his phd program in 2 years, worked a couple years on tenure and then was promoted to dean at 30. My mom was not a student; she worked in retail management until having kids. She was hosting as the wife of the dean, not as a student.

Weird that you hated my post so much.

NP. I’m not the poster you’re replying to, but I think she thought it was weird that your mom liked to remind you that she hosted seated dinners for your dad’s students when she was 25. I think that’s what she was referring to as a “SAH mom accomplishment.”

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Anonymous wrote:I have to say, I’m fairly impressed with Hoover/Alabama LE. I understand I’m from not the south and it’s generally a whole other universe to me, but I don’t believe they could’ve handled this clear fabrication any better. Especially as family and friends still continue to lie to media and the public. It would’ve been so much easier to make a statement thanking LE and everyone who came out and supported them and now that Carlee is home, the family is going to take some time and require privacy to do so. It would’ve even been reasonable to say school pressure is tough and sometimes people need a break etc etc. But between the fighting physically yet somehow having the foresight to grab her Target snacks, this girl is a real nutcase.

Are you such a snob that you expect Hoover/Alabama LE to be stupid? Check yourself.

It’s a fair assumption that many smaller PDs, and some larger ones, will be pretty incompetent in many things. The police botching an investigation is something you hear about rather frequently.

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You singled it out based on it being in the south. Own your prejudice and do better.

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I think this story needs to stop. She clearly was having a mental health crisis. Young people do dumb things. Let it go.

I don't know what happened to her. However, if her story was made up intentionally, that's really horrible for the mother of the girl who was actually kidnapped and killed, who helped and supported the family. I'm not saying Carlee's family did anything wrong (assuming they believed she had been taken), but I truly feel sorry for that poor woman, who must have been re-living her own situation.

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My mom likes to remind me that when she was 25, my dad was the dean of a phd program, and my mom would host the 15+ phd students and their SOs to a full seated meal at our home.

Why would she like to remind you of that? Bizarre.

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Can someone recommend a good Reddit for this. I’ve googled some and haven’t found one with details.

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Anonymous wrote:What happens when you're sick? Or recovering from a surgery? Or lose a loved one?
People pay extra attention to you.

That's really what it all comes down to.

Attention.

Most missing person's cases don't blow up like this, she fabricated a really bizarre story and so the public latched onto it. I don't think she ever imagined it would blow up like this. I don't think she ever accounted for things like ALDOT footage.

This was a ruse for extra special attention. From who? Maybe the boyfriend, maybe family, maybe friends, maybe everyone. It doesn't really matter now. I hope she finds peace in her confusing ass life.

I am following this story. Apparently, the “bf” is an ex. The ex cheated on her with another woman and he was leaning more towards the new girl than her. Carlee staged this story, with a friend, with whom met her at the highway/hoods. Carlee wanted the attention of the ex. She got it! He posted her on Instagram for her safe return and was so excited when she returned. She stayed safely with a friend at a hotel all weekend until they realized this went too far and she returned home. The parents were not initially in on it but is playing it off now as to not disturb the world. Carlee did not mean for this to get nationwide attention, I do not believe. However, it was so stupid of her and I hope she gets the maximum penalty. She messed with the African American community, the small town, the black women that go missing, and the religious community. Shame on her.

I agree this is what happened. She is dumber than a box of rocks and I don’t understand why her family keeps insisting the kidnapper is out there when they know better. The story would die quicker if they hushed up.

The smartest thing they could have done when she returned was not to continue the story but claim that she had mental health issues and getting the help she needs. We would have sympathy for her and this would have all died by now. But no, she and her family continues this nonsense of a story.

Agree with this. The two inconsistent pieces of evidence were the phone call where she is heard talking to a toddler and screaming and the traffic camera that shows only Carlee. The only explanation is mental health crisis. They could still spin it that way.

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Anonymous wrote:Did she actually say she was kidnapped by a trucker?

That’s a rumor. The police haven’t spoken with her since the initial statement which was probably brief. The latest press release says the police are waiting for her to made available for a more detailed statement.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone recommend a good Reddit for this. I’ve googled some and haven’t found one with details.

I think there is a subreddit named CarleeRussell, fully dedicated to her

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Anonymous wrote:She's a lying, manipulattive, nutjob. People need to stop giving her and her family attention.

Her career is basically ruined but honestly I wish she would be brought up on charges

I’m not sure her career is ruined, but she has a lot of growing up to do.

She’s young. 25 year olds—especially sheltered 25 year olds—are a little unhinged. Hopefully this experience will knock some sense into her. It needs to start with her parents though.

Come on. By 25 I was married, in law school, and preparing for the birth of my first child. A 25 year old is not a teen.

Right. I was too, but DC (and thus the demographic of DCUM) skews Type A.

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Anonymous wrote:She's a lying, manipulattive, nutjob. People need to stop giving her and her family attention.

Her career is basically ruined but honestly I wish she would be brought up on charges

I’m not sure her career is ruined, but she has a lot of growing up to do.

She’s young. 25 year olds—especially sheltered 25 year olds—are a little unhinged. Hopefully this experience will knock some sense into her. It needs to start with her parents though.

Come on. By 25 I was married, in law school, and preparing for the birth of my first child. A 25 year old is not a teen.

This. At 25, I was engaged, in law school with strong job prospects lined up, living on the other side of the country from my family.

My mom likes to remind me that when she was 25, my dad was the dean of a phd program, and my mom would host the 15+ phd students and their SOs to a full seated meal at our home.

My "unhinged" friends at age 25 were doing dumb stuff like driving by an ex's house or drinking too much.

I was once a sheltered, dumb and (unbeknownst to me at that time, mentally ill) twenty-five year old. I decided to drop out of law school and live on the beach in Mexico. That was considered pretty nuts by pre-social media standards, but no one outside of my circle knew and I didn't wasted millions of people's time and money. (I ended up finishing law school and then dropping out of big law after a few years like a pretty normal thirty year old lol).

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Anonymous wrote:I have to say, I’m fairly impressed with Hoover/Alabama LE. I understand I’m from not the south and it’s generally a whole other universe to me, but I don’t believe they could’ve handled this clear fabrication any better. Especially as family and friends still continue to lie to media and the public. It would’ve been so much easier to make a statement thanking LE and everyone who came out and supported them and now that Carlee is home, the family is going to take some time and require privacy to do so. It would’ve even been reasonable to say school pressure is tough and sometimes people need a break etc etc. But between the fighting physically yet somehow having the foresight to grab her Target snacks, this girl is a real nutcase.

Are you such a snob that you expect Hoover/Alabama LE to be stupid? Check yourself.

I completely agree with the pp you're replying to... they were being complimentary, they weren't deriding them.

Most bigger LE agencies in major cities would've exposed her immediately and made her lies a spectacle by now.

They'd be afraid that the public would think they're rubes for initially falling for the hoax, so they would've rushed to expose her just as soon as they realized it... all to save face.

These cops seem to be leading with empathy, grace, patience and compassion... and isn't that EXACTLY what people wanted when they were saying to defund the police?

LE agencies around the country should take a note from this one.

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Anonymous wrote:She's a lying, manipulattive, nutjob. People need to stop giving her and her family attention.

Her career is basically ruined but honestly I wish she would be brought up on charges

I’m not sure her career is ruined, but she has a lot of growing up to do.

She’s young. 25 year olds—especially sheltered 25 year olds—are a little unhinged. Hopefully this experience will knock some sense into her. It needs to start with her parents though.

Come on. By 25 I was married, in law school, and preparing for the birth of my first child. A 25 year old is not a teen.

Right. I was too, but DC (and thus the demographic of DCUM) skews Type A.

A sheltered 25 year old in a highly religious family is going to behave more like a teen.

I insisted to leaving home for college, and then moving for work. If my parents could have forced me to stay living with them until I was 30, and controlled my social life, they would have.

Hope this lady gets the help she needs.

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My mom likes to remind me that when she was 25, my dad was the dean of a phd program, and my mom would host the 15+ phd students and their SOs to a full seated meal at our home.

Why would she like to remind you of that? Bizarre.

I find it amazing a professor had space to sit 30 for a plated dinner. I make lots of money and couldn’t do that. Not enough china or space.

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Anonymous wrote:Runaway. Too convenient that she was on the phone with relatives and left all her apple devices in the car.

My post aged very well.

Congrats! I remember your post and thought it was dismissive lol