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Days aft Carlee Russell returned location pursuing her disappearance, the 25-year-old's parents are reflecting connected the infinitesimal they were reunited with their daughter.
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Carlee Russell's parents are detailing the affectional reunion they had with their girl aft she was recovered safe.
After her instrumentality home pursuing her 48-hour disappearance, Russell's household is reflecting connected seeing her again for the archetypal clip aft she vanished connected an Alabama highway connected July 13 nether harrowing circumstances.
"We tried to hug her arsenic champion we could, but I had to basal backmost due to the fact that she was not successful a bully state," her ma Talitha Robinson-Russell told NBC News successful a July 18 interview. "So, we had to basal backmost and fto aesculapian professionals enactment with her."
According to a property merchandise shared by the Hoover Police Department, astatine astir 9:34 p.m. connected July 13, Russell called some 911 and a household subordinate to study seeing a young kid wandering unsocial connected the interstate. However, erstwhile constabulary arrived, they recovered Russell's car and immoderate of her belongings—but nary motion of the 25-year-old oregon immoderate toddler. Authorities besides confirmed did not person immoderate different calls involving a missing child.
Russell's parents declined to stock details connected what their girl has told them astir the clip she went missing, citing the ongoing investigation. However, they did code speculation that the disappearance was a hoax.
"She's having to woody with the trauma of radical conscionable making wholly mendacious allegations astir her," her ma said. "Carlee has fixed detectives her statement, truthful that they tin proceed to prosecute her abductor."
Her ma besides made it wide that they judge she fought to enactment live during those 2 days.
In an exclusive beryllium down with @NBCNews, the parents of 25-year-old Carlee Russell, Alabama pistillate who had been missing for 2 days, are speaking out. @PriscillaWT shares the details. pic.twitter.com/s6z5e3maO4
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 18, 2023"There were moments erstwhile she physically had to combat for her life," Robinson-Russell said, "and determination were moments erstwhile she had to mentally combat for her life. She made it back."
When asked if they were looking astatine an idiosyncratic involved, constabulary told NBC News that they're "following up connected each accusation provided by Carlee."
Hoover Police Capt. Keith Czeskleba previously confirmed that Russell was taken to a infirmary for further valuation and was treated and released upon her instrumentality home. Additionally, she besides gave a connection to authorities.
"The details of that connection are a portion of the ongoing probe which is expected to proceed implicit the adjacent fewer days," a spokesperson for the section antecedently told NBC News. "During the archetypal information of the investigation, detectives were capable to retrace astir each of Carlee's steps until the constituent she went missing and are assured that volition proceed to beryllium the case."
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