Prosecutors confirm they have discussed potentially pressing charges against an Alabama woman who told police she was kidnapped after she went missing for two days.
In this photo released by the Hoover Police Department, Carlee Russell is shown.The Jefferson County District Attorney's Bessemer Division office has talked with police about potentially pressing charges against Carlee Russell, the Alabama womanfor two days, prosecutors confirmed to ABC News.
"We advise what we think the charges should be," Tolbert said, adding that if charges are filed they would be filed by the Circuit Clerk of Jefferson County, Bessemer Division's office. Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis told reporters in a press conference on Monday the disappearance of Russell, the 25-year-old woman whoDerzis read a statement that he said was provided to police by Russell's attorney, Emory Anthony, acknowledging that "there was no kidnapping.""My client has given me permission to make the following statement on her behalf. There was no kidnapping on Thursday, July 13th 2023. My client did not see a baby on the side of the road.
"Taken," the 2008 movie starring Liam Neeson, centers around a young woman who is abducted and the quest to save her from her kidnappers.
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