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WATCH: In My Feed - Carlee Russell Admits That She Was Not Kidnapped

By Essence · Updated July 25, 2023
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Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student who told police she was abducted, admitted Monday through a statement from her lawyer that she was not kidnapped. Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis read the statement from Russell’s attorney Emory Anthony during a news conference on Monday afternoon. “There was no kidnapping on July 13. My client did not see a baby and did not leave the Hoover area, she did not have an accomplice, she was not in a hotel or was with anyone while she was missing,” Derzis read on behalf of Russell’s lawyer.

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