Alabama woman who stopped to help toddler on highway was kidnapped and fought for her life, boyfriend saysBy Ronny Reyes
July 16, 2023
The boyfriend of an Alabama woman who mysteriously turned up home two days after vanishing when she stopped to help a toddler in the middle of a busy highway says she was kidnapped and spent the time “fighting for her life.”
Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, 25, was reported safe at home on Saturday night following a two-day search prompted by her screams over the phone when she pulled over to assist a child wandering on I-459, police said.
Russell’s boyfriend, Thomar Latrell Simmons, claims the good Samaritan was kidnapped and is recovering after having gone through the awful ordeal.
“She was literally fighting for her life for 48 hours, so until she’s physically & mentally stable again, she is not able to give any updates or whereabouts on her kidnapper at this very moment,” Simmons wrote on Facebook Sunday.
His post echoes what Russell’s parents alleged earlier Sunday, that the child their daughter tried to help was actually used as “bait” to lure her out of her car and kidnap her.
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https://nypost.com/2023/07/16/boyfriend-of-alabama-woman-who-vanished-on-highway-says-she-was-kidnapped-and-fought-for-her-life/