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Alabama Disappearance

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:21:16 GMT

A 25-year-old woman called 911 Thursday night to say there was a child walking alone on I-459 and she was stopping to check on it.

She then called a family member to tell them the same thing. The woman suddenly stopped talking but did not hang up.

When the police arrived they found the woman's car and cell phone. No sign of her or the child.

Not an easy investigation. Hoping for a good outcome.

Google: Carlethia Russell missing

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Icegoddess — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:21:34 GMT

Hate to think someone might be using a child to entice and kidnap someone.

I shared her missing poster on Facebook yesterday although I didn't know at the time the circumstances about her disappearance.

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MezzieStarr — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:23:11 GMT

Probably using the child as a decoy in order to kidnap the woman. Terrifying.

When I was a teenager in the 1990s we had someone placing a baby stroller on the road to get people to stop. They would then rob the person. Police were warning people not to stop for out of the ordinary things on the road. I don't think they were ever caught. Very scary.

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Caaareful Shopper — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:46:39 GMT

I shared this story on my social media pages as well. Sadly, it's not the first time toddlers have been used as decoys in human trafficking & kidnapping.

She was on the phone with her SIL telling her the same thing she told 911 about seeing the toddler. She got out of her car to go to the toddler. Then her SIL says she heard Carlethia scream, then heard highway background noise.

So scary & sad.

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icezeus — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:53:17 GMT

This story is absolutely terrifying and sad. More than likely she did not even think about it. You see a child on the side of the road most people with a heartbeat are going to stop and try to help.

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NicksmomESQ — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 18:22:20 GMT

WOW!! Now you can't even stop to help a child or an adult. At this point, I would stay in my car & call the police.

What a sad world we live in 🥲.

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PansyBoo — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:07:51 GMT

Went and read the article as had not heard about this. Very disturbing to think about using a child to lure some innocent person who's stopping out of concern. I do hope she is found alive....she sounds like a lovely woman.

Unfortunately in the world we live in, it would have been better for her to remain in her car, watch the child, and wait for the authorities she had called to get there. Soooo sad.

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SusieQ_2 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:19:32 GMT

How cruel to use a child in this way and to use a person's kindness and compassion to their detriment.

Hoping for the best and that the kindhearted Carlethia Russell be found safe.

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San Antonio Gal — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:33:02 GMT

I heard about this yesterday @PickyPicky3 . This is so terrible. Praying for a good outcome for this beautiful lady.

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Puzzle Piece — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:33:48 GMT

What have we come to as a society. It's dangerous and becoming more so out there.

At least that Long Island Serial killer has been found and stopped.

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Boomernichols — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:36:02 GMT

@PickyPicky3 Rhis story was on our local news again this morning. There has been no leads as of yet but I suspect that foul play is at work here. The child was possibly a decoy......

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PickyPicky3 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:39:02 GMT

AL.com seems to be a good source for updates.

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songbird — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:50:30 GMT

@MezzieStarr wrote:
Probably using the child as a decoy in order to kidnap the woman. Terrifying.

When I was a teenager in the 1990s we had someone placing a baby stroller on the road to get people to stop. They would then rob the person. Police were warning people not to stop for out of the ordinary things on the road. I don't think they were ever caught. Very scary.

When you wrote this....I remembered the very same thing. That was so weird.....I don't think they were ever caught either.

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Lucky Charm — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:06:09 GMT

I wonder why she didn't stay on the phone with 911? Did her brother's GF call her and it interupted the 911 call?

If people saw a gray vehicle and a light complected man pulled over, did anyone see a toddler?

Seeing a toddler on the side of a highway really sticks out (in someone's mind) even if they are exiting a pulled over vehicle along with adults, I would think. Have any other driver's come forward to seeing the child?

This is the first I heard of this story. Am not on any other social media except here.

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GingerHead — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:17:21 GMT

So terrible! What's the world coming to? Stuff like this makes it such that people are too scared to react like they should and help out others in need. Horrible thought.

My heart goes out to the family. So sad.

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skatting44 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:28:24 GMT

@Puzzle Piece

however they believe there may have been other serial killers who left their victims buried in the same area besides the guy they just arrested

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Roni18 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:31:29 GMT

This is just horrible. I hope someone saw something and comes forward. This was on the interstate and in this area, even at that time of night, there would have been plenty of traffic.

I don't think I could leave a small child out there like that either, so I don't know what I would have done. I know of a situation that happened near my work where a man put his small stepchild out on the side of the road one rainy night "to teach him a lesson." The man claimed he was going to come back for him, but the child was struck and killed before that happened.

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1Professor — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:51:11 GMT

@Caaareful Shopper @PickyPicky3 + all

Odd, though.

1. Nothing taken, car left running, cell phone lying on ground.

2. Did she ever give ANY description of the child (race, gender, age range)?

3. If a child was purposely put out there, it would take awhile for her to pass that child. Meanwhile, other pass. Did ANYONE else report a child on the freeway? So odd, someone would call it in.

4. Was her life more or less stable when this happened?

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Bri369 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:53:20 GMT

This story is frightening. Someone stops to help a child and now may be a victim of a horrible crime. So sad

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PickyPicky3 — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 18:01:26 GMT

@1Professor Read AL.com Good coverage with latest details