“She claimed she was blindfolded but was not tied up because the captors said they did not want to leave impressions on her wrists. She told them at one point she was able to escape the 18-wheeler but was caught again and put into a car. Russell told detectives that her abductor had orange hair with a bald spot. She also told detectives she could hear a baby crying,” Derzis said. She stated that the male was with a female, however, she never saw the female, only hearing her voice. “The next thing she remembers is being in the trailer of an 18-wheeler. According to the chief, Russell told police the man made her go over a fence and she was forced into a car. “She claimed that the man then picked her up and she screamed,” he said. Police haven’t spoken to Russell since just after she returned home Saturday.ĭerzis told reporters she told investigators she got out of the vehicle Thursday to check on the child and a man came out of the trees and mumbled that he was checking on the baby. Here’s what we know about the investigation: Russell was driving Thursday to her home in Hoover from her job in Birmingham, about 10 miles to the north, when she called 911 to say she was stopping her car to check on a child and then called a family member who lost contact with her – though the line remained open, according to the Hoover Police Department. He also spoke about web searches on her cell phone in the lead-up to her disappearance.ĬNN has reached out to her parents for comment. “Carlee has given detectives her statement and hopefully they are pursuing her abductor,” Talitha Robinson-Russell said in a statement to CNN affiliate WBRC.ĭerzis told reporters that investigators have learned Carlee Russell took items from work, stopped at a restaurant to get food and bought snacks at Target before she went missing. Russell’s mother has said she believes her daughter was abducted before she returned home two days later on foot. The chief said detectives spoke briefly to Russell once and they want to interview her again. "Over the past few years, we have seen customer shopping habits change, with more customers choosing to shop in our stores nearby," he said.Ĭarter said if the Northwood Supa Centa stores were closed, The Warehouse Group would support its team with redeployment options across Christchurch.Police shared new details Wednesday on the case of Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, the Alabama woman who went missing for 49 hours last week after calling 911 to report a toddler walking alone on the side of the highway, saying investigators “have been unable to verify” most of Russell’s initial statement.Īt a news conference, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said the investigation continues but authorities do not believe there is a threat to the community, which is just south of Birmingham.ĭerzis told reporters no one has reported a missing child and investigators have found no evidence of one. The Warehouse Group chief store operations officer Ian Carter said the proposal was looking to close the stores in line with the upcoming lease-end in September. Watson said the union wanted the one-week consultation period extended. "Our members believe the local community will be very opposed to the store closures and would support them staying open." "Staff are devastated by the proposal to close and believe it's a short-sighted move that doesn't take into account forecast population growth in the area, and is dismissive of a very loyal customer base in the community. He said staff believed they had not seen enough detail justifying the proposal. The Warehouse Group is proposing to close The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming at the Northwood Supa Centa in September, because of a decline in customers.įirst Union southern regional secretary Paul Watson said the closures of the three stores would affect about 90 jobs. Workers at three major retail stores at a Christchurch shopping centre have been left shocked by a proposal to close all three.
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