Carlee Russell, a 25-year-old nursing student from Alabama, has admitted that her story of a mysterious 48-hour disappearance was a hoax. Her attorney revealed that there was no kidnapping and that she had lied about seeing a toddler on the side of the highway. The incident sparked a nationwide effort to find her and raised questions about the reliability of eyewitness accounts and the potential for hoaxes to cause confusion and distress.
