Carlee Russell—the Alabama woman who disappeared for days earlier this month—admitted Monday to making up a shocking story that she was kidnapped by a trucker while attempting to help a toddler on the interstate, local police said.

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>Hoover, Alabama Police Chief <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HooverPD/videos/313297044463174" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://www.facebook.com/HooverPD/videos/313297044463174" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.facebook.com/HooverPD/videos/313297044463174" aria-label="Nick Derzis">Nick Derzis</a> said Monday that Russell’s attorney acknowledged in a statement there was no kidnapping and no baby, and Russell “did not leave the Hoover area when she was identified as a missing person.”</p>  </div>


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Russell claimed two weeks ago she was abducted while trying to help a toddler who was wandering an Alabama highway.{ai:summary}<p>Alabama woman Carlee Russell, who went missing earlier this month, confessed that she fabricated a story about being kidnapped by a trucker while trying to help a toddler on the highway. The police confirmed that there was no kidnapping or baby involved, and Russell never actually left the Hoover area. #crime</p>

Carlee Russell Admits She Wasn’t Kidnapped On Alabama Highway, Police Say

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