HOOVER, Ala. — (HOOVER, Ala.) -- Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home on Saturday after she went missing for two days, searched for Amber Alerts and the movie 'Taken' on her phone before her disappearance, Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis told reporters Wednesday.
In this photo released by the Hoover Police Department, Carlee Russell is shown. -- Hoover Police DepartmentHOOVER, Ala. — -- Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home on Saturday after she went missing for two days, searched for Amber Alerts and the movie"Taken" on her phone before her disappearance, Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis told reporters Wednesday.
Derzis said Russell told police that she was abducted and while the investigation is ongoing,"We have no reason to believe there's a threat to public safety." "She stated when she got out of her vehicle to check on the child a man came out of the trees and mumbled that he was checking on the baby. She claimed that the man then picked her up and she screamed," he said.
"The Hoover Police Department has not located any evidence of a toddler walking down the interstate, nor did we receive any additional calls about a toddler walking down the interstate, despite numerous vehicles passing through that area as depicted by the traffic camera surveillance video," the press release said.The update came amid questions surrounding the circumstances of Russell's disappearance.
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