You Heard It Here First: Carlee Russell Wasn't Kidnapped

At first I was hopeful, along with most people, that this young woman would be found alive.  While her whereabouts were unknown I could only take a positive position on her behalf.

But as soon as she showed up back at her mother's house, I wanted her clapped into handcuffs like old Sherry Papini, for the same reason.   Allow me to list the things that set off my bullshit detector.

• No sign of any kidnapper either at the disappearance or return site.
• No sign of any toddler.
• She sees an infant in a diaper and can identify it as male?
• Most ridiculous "ruse."  Think about it.  You put an infant on the shoulder to lure a woman?  There was no missing infant reported.  So it's your infant.  How do you know the person who stops, if anyone, won't be an Alabama State Trooper?  In that case, you got some splaining to do and probably lose your baby.  Only the dumbest ruse in the world, virtually guaranteed to fail because if the baby's far enough off the road to not get hit, nobody even sees him in the dark at 65 mph in the first place.  Think about it.  DUH.
  
• After escaping from "brutal kidnappers" in some weakened condition two days later, she goes all the way back to her mother's front door.  How many police or fire stations, hospitals, or other such places did she pass between her "kidnap" location and her mother's house, and why?
• She's too traumatized to talk to the police or the press about it now that she's back.  And the money that was raised to find her isn't being refunded.

I'm working on being the kinder, gentler version of myself.

Like false rape accusers, people who do this sort of thing and gin up all this attention make life absolute hell for people like me, who struggle to have any voice at all. 

My friend Wendy Huggy was kidnapped at age 16 and murdered by an adult man with a history of violence against women.  The authorities found every possible way to blame Wendy and decline their responsibilities to her until it was far too late.  Throw Carlee Russell's ass in jail and make them give back all the money.  I'll leave it there.

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