Missing Persons
Police read a statement from her attorney at a press conference on Monday where they said she could also face criminal charges.
Officials have said they couldn't verify the Alabama woman's claims surrounding her high-profile disappearance last week.
Police in Hoover, Alabama, said Russell’s cellphone made Google searches about Amber alerts and the movie “Taken” hours before her 911 call.
The mother of the Alabama nursing student who went missing for over 48 hours before returning also said Russell “definitely fought for her life.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Carlee Russell went missing on Thursday after she stopped her vehicle to report a child on the side of an Alabama highway.
Carlee Russell, 25, went missing on Thursday after calling 911 to report a child walking along the side of an Alabama interstate.
The minor was discovered at the California base after disappearing last month. Her aunt recently alleged that the girl was “sold to a soldier for sex.”
Sarah Turney urged police to investigate her father in her sister’s 2001 disappearance, resulting in Michael Turney’s arrest and a murder charge.
A spokesperson for GoFundMe said the platform has “zero tolerance” for abuse and has banned the beneficiary from creating any future fundraisers.
The girl's father, Adam Montgomery, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, falsifying evidence, abuse of a corpse and witness tampering.