Anyone read about this, Carlee Russell missing in AL?

This news article says she has returned home, safe and sound.

Found safe

Mormon Stories Podcast on Youtube has dome several streams about Tim B and the movie. Shaddy stuff for sure! Oh and the girl the movie is based off of? She was 14, met up with her lover, her took her, and she freed HERSELF at age 17. No crazy take down. 

And you are right. Majority is done by family or close friend. 

My question though is why no one else saw the child. Not even a passenger in another vehicle. From the video, there were a lot of cars on the road at that time.

Oh this was my Sunday school this morning. The leader went to see the movie with his wife. "The media is not covering this issue and 'they' are trying to get the movie shut down. Well, this is a true issue and people are concerned about it. I don't know what the issues are around the movie.

I am glad she was found and I truly hope that all is above board. I am hoping we don't find out in the next few weeks this wasn't as it seemed at first.

Yes this! The amount of white women on tik tok sharing about how there are kidnapping rings waiting for them is just not what typically happens. Number one group of people who are vulnerable to human trafficking are migrant workers followed by homeless youth and other marginalized people. Your average white, suburban woman is not the target for trafficking.

I'm glad the young lady was found safe. This story is very strange. I do wonder if she had some type of mental health crisis and never really was kidnapped. I hope she heals from whatever happened.

Someone I know from HS posted on Facebook that her son was involved in this movie. She is very religious and conservative.

It seems odd to me that if she was lured by using a toddler - that the people who did this would leave a Mercedes behind, and surely if you were getting out of your car at night to find a baby - you'd take your phone with you?

I think it's likely something happened...but that 'something' might have been a psychological break down of some kind, either a mental illness issue or possibly drug related (prescription or illegal). It all sounds very erratic and the fact that she made it home rather than to police or hospital in the first instance, and they are reporting that she's in 'shock' suggests that her mental state isn't good.
Also hard to believe that no-one else saw a toddler out on his own, which means she could have been hallucinating.

Whatever happened, it's good that she made it home and has gone to a hospital and will be getting some help.

Four years ago my nephew did an internship with the FBI out of Buffalo New York. Three counties over from us, they busted a huge sex trafficking ring. Most of the women were migrants brought from other countries, so this does go on, regardless of who made the movie. We need to open our eyes.

I know that sex trafficking is real. I also think that the term is often muddied because they use it for any kind of prostitution these days.

I think that people need to have accurate information regarding this issue, and I’m not convinced of that with this movie since there seems to be a link between it and the Qanon messages regarding adenochrome, wayfair, how people are most lieu trafficked, etc.

She has been found

Amen! This is SO well said!

I am glad that Carlee has been found and with her family, regardless of what the situation is, or is not. To be in fear for a family member has to be one of the worst things imaginable. In the end, if she is safe - that is all that matters.

I absolutely agree. 

Exactly someone less likely to be reported missing. That said I know women snd children are often followed in stores. I had a weird situation where a couple of men walked in the store snd they ended up in my isle way too often to be random. It was strange. They split up snd one would walk down the aisle I was in then in another isle the other one would. This happened more than just a couple of times. I didn’t see them when I was getting ready to leave the store but saw them too often snd they seemed to be watching me but they split up they also didn’t have a cart nor did they pick up items. It was strange. I know it happens as a ring was caught in our area. I can’t imagine them wanting me as a short overweight middle aged woman at the time this happened but it was creepy. Our Sheriff has put out warnings for young women and children. I can’t hurt to be cautious. There was a ring that was taken down within the last few years here I think it was 16 people.


I still wonder what happened in this lady’s case. Was there a child? Or did she just have a mental break. I’m glad she is home but because of the mention of a toddler you wonder if there was one or not anc if there was a lot more going on but at the same time she deserves her privacy.

I think it’s odd that there hasn’t been any explanation at all. Her brother was on Tik tok saying that there wasn’t enough coverage and “we know why” when in fact there was a lot of coverage. But now they just say “she was found” with no additional info? I understand if they don’t want to give details for privacy reasons but even some kind of brief explanation would be helpful, especially with peoples fears being heightened these days.