Carlee Russell has confessed that she was not kidnapped. According to a press conference held by the Hoover Police Department (HPD) on Monday (July 24), Russell’s attorney issued a statement that read ...

Carlee Russell, an Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping, has been found guilty of the crime. The nursing student, 26, has been convicted of filing a false police report and falsely reporting ...

The Alabama nursing student who faked her own kidnapping last summer has finally broken her silence on social media. “I wasn’t going to make a birthday post but I would be remiss not to publicly ...

Carlee Russell was found guilty Wednesday of faking her own kidnapping over the summer in a case that baffled the nation. The 26-year-old nursing student was convicted of filing a false police report ...

The now ex-boyfriend of Carlee Russell said he felt "blindsided" after learning that she lied about being kidnapped on the side of an Alabama interstate after she claimed to have stopped to check on a ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

Carlee Russell, a 25-year-old Alabama woman who mysteriously vanished for 49 hours, admitted this week to making up a shocking story about being kidnapped on the side of a highway after calling ...