Alabama state Sen. April Weaver and other Alabama legislators want to make faking a kidnapping a felony after Carlee Russell's case.
Hoover (AL) Police announced the 25-year-old at the center of a false abduction scheme now faces two misdemeanor charges.
On Monday (July 24) Hoover Police held a second press conference updating the public on the controversy surrounding Carlee Russell, the woman reported missing earlier this month after allegedly stopping to aid a toddler alongside an Alabama highway.
As residents of Alabama lived in fear of a possible kidnapper on the loose, authorities close to the Carlee Russell case details of their investigation with the public Wednesday (July 19).
Carlee Russell was missing in Alabama for 48 hours before she mysteriously reappeared at her family's home. What happened to her and where was she?