It was all a ruse, police said Monday, in connection with the disappearance of Alabama woman, Carlee Russell. On Monday, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis shared a statement from Russell’s lawyer, Emory Anthony, during a press conference, stating that 25-year-old Russell admitted to fabricating the story. While police are still actively investigating the case, prosecutors …
Carlee Russell’s return home has elicited a strong reaction from community members, particularly parents who have experienced the loss of their own child to violence, including an Alabama mother whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered. Shea Pilkington-Wiley’s daughter, Madison Pilkington, was found murdered in Hoover 18 months ago. The distraught mother is now calling Carlee …
Despite Alabama woman Carlee Russell vanishing, then reappearing two days after reporting a sighting of a wandering toddler, over $63,000 donated to Crime Stoppers in the search for her will not be refunded, according to reports. Al.com reports that initially, Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama had promised to return the $63,378, but later backtracked and …
Carlee Russell is being excoriated online amid growing skepticism of her abduction claim, according to her boyfriend, who is calling on commenters to show some empathy. “I want everyone to stop bullying her,” Thomar Latrell Simmons told the New York Post. “I know what it seems like what she did. Just stop bullying on social …
Carlee Russell has lost her job at the Alabama spa where she worked before her purported disappearance earlier this month, the New York Post reports. The 25-year-old nursing student has come under intense scrutiny after investigators said they uncovered suspicious activity and internet searches casting doubt on her claims of being kidnapped. Russell’s former boss, …
A former Alabama attorney says that Carlee Russell, who claims she was abducted after spotting a toddler walking alone, should be arrested for false claims and resources taken away from law enforcement. “She says she was kidnaped, and a kidnapping didn’t happen. (They say) our citizens are safe. There’s not a kidnapper out there. So, …
An Alabama woman who went missing earlier this week after calling 911 to report seeing a toddler stranded on an interstate has been found alive. Around 10:45 p.m. Saturday, 25-year-old Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell arrived at her parents’ house in Hoover, Alabama, WBRC-TV reports. “She walked up, banged on the door and that was her,” …
In an interview with NewsNation’s Brian Entin last night on “Dan Abrams Live,” Gannon Stauch’s father condemned the “evil” YouTuber selling his late son’s autopsy photos online, reportedly for $3 each. As CrimeOnline previously reported, YouTuber Zav Girl reportedly filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get the photos from the autopsy and then …
The family of Rudy Farias, a Texas man found eight years after he was reported missing, says Houston police knew his mother was abusing him but did nothing to step in. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Janie Santana reported her son, then 17, missing in 2015, saying Farias had gone out to walk his dogs and …
A Texas mother will not be facing charges after Houston police said that Rudy Farias, a man who vanished eight years ago as a teen, was never actually missing. “During the eight-year time frame where he was missing, investigators followed up on many tips, leads, collected evidence proving that Rudy was not missing during the …
A disturbing display of hate reared its head in Georgia this weekend when a group of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside a Jewish place of worship, WSB-TV reports. On Saturday, around a dozen members of the so-called Goyim Defense League protested outside the Chabad of Cobb County synagogue, located in East Cobb, north of Atlanta. Police officers …
Murcher charges have been dismissed against a Georgia man, and now an investigation is underway to determine if the lead detective involved in the case acted improperly. According to Channel 2 Action News, Marquis Parrish, 29, was taken into custody in 2021 for his alleged involvement in the death of Charles Vinson, who vanished several …
