Where did Carlee Russell go missing from?

Carlee Russell, a 25-year-old American woman vanished off the side of Interstate 459 in Hoover on Thursday, July 13 2023.

Carlee Russell vanished after telling a 911 dispatcher and her family she saw a child wandering alone. Her mother, Talitha Russell, told police that her daughter was on the phone with her brother’s girlfriend.

“Carlee pulled over after saying she saw a child that appeared to be 3 or 4 years old. “She probably let her guard down thinking 911 would be there in a second‚” Talitha Russell said.

“My son’s girlfriend heard her asking the child, ‘Are you OK? She never heard the child say anything but then she heard our daughter scream,’’ Talitha Russell said. “All you hear on her phone is background noise from the interstate.”

Carlee Russell was reported to have been found on Saturday night, July 15, 2023, at her family’s front door. Hoover Police reported that Russell showed up there on Saturday night, July 15, 2023.

She was reportedly transferred to a nearby hospital. Nicholas Derzis, the chief of Hoover Police, said he was not sure how Russel got there. Investigations are still ongoing.