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An Alabama woman who mysteriously vanished after reporting an unaccompanied toddler on the highway has returned home, police say.
Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, 25, showed up at her home on Saturday night – two days after she disappeared, leaving her car, phone and purse on the side of Interstate 494, police say. There’s no word on what had happened to Russell or where she was during her two-day absence.
On Thursday, Russell called 911 to report a boy in a diaper running around on the highway, per the Hoover Police Department. Afterwards, she called a relative – and appeared to disappear in the middle of the conversation. Police never found the boy, nor are they aware of any toddlers who are missing in the area, they say.