The saga that left residents of Hoover, people across Alabama, and audiences worldwide gripped in the mysterious disappearance of Carlee Russell turned out to be a hoax.
Last week, Russell was charged with false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. Each are misdemeanors carrying up to a year in jail. Russell turned herself into jail Friday and was released on bond.
Russell told investigators that she was abducted by a man who emerged from the trees while she paused to tend to a child. The man forced her into a car and then an 18-wheeler truck, after which she was blindfolded, she said. Russell claimed she was subsequently confined in a house where a woman provided her with cheese crackers for sustenance.
At the time those details were announced, officials also revealed internet searches Russell performed before her disappearance related to Amber Alerts, the movie “Taken,” and a one-way bus ticket from Birmingham to Nashville.
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