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Juliana Kim

Carlee Russell says she lied about seeing a lost child and being abducted

Alabama nursing student Carlee Russell, 25, apologized and asked for prayer after lying about being abducted earlier this month. (Hoover Police Department)

Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who went missing for two days after telling 911 that she found a stranded toddler, has admitted that she was not kidnapped and did not see a young child on the side of the highway.

In a statement given by Russell's attorney to the Hoover Police Department, the 25-year-old apologized for her actions, adding that no one else was involved in her disappearance.

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