• There are thousands of unsolved cases of missing Black people. Liar Car

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    The doubt surrounding the alleged kidnapping of Carlethia
    “Carlee” Nichole Russell, which Alabama police said they
    couldn’t verify, threatens to overshadow thousands of unsolved
    cases of missing Black people, advocates say

    Russell went missing shortly after calling 911 on July 13 to
    report a toddler in a diaper walking along the highway. Police
    said Russell mysteriously returned home on foot around 10:45
    p.m. two days later.

    Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said police were unable to
    verify most of the 25-year-old’s initial statement to
    investigators, including a claim that a man with orange hair
    abducted her when she got out of the vehicle to check on the
    child.

    Derzis said after finding Russell’s cell phone, police
    discovered web searches for “Do you have to pay for an Amber
    Alert?” and for the movie “Taken.”

    “There are many questions left to be answered, but only Carlee
    can provide those answers,” Derzis said at a news conference on
    Wednesday.

    Russell’s mother, Talitha Robinson-Russell, said she believes
    her daughter was abducted before returning home. “Carlee has
    given detectives her statement and hopefully they are pursuing
    her abductor,” Robinson-Russell said in a statement to CNN
    affiliate WBRC.

    Black families say they often struggle to get the police to take
    their missing person cases seriously. Officers are slow to
    investigate their loved one’s disappearance or immediately label
    them as a “runaway,” they say. On the other hand, cases of
    missing White women and children are treated with urgency and
    thrust into the national spotlight, Black families say.

    So the possibility that Russell might have fabricated her
    kidnapping has left many of the people who helped search for her
    frustrated and worried about future missing persons cases.

    When asked if Russell’s case could impact searches for missing
    young women of color in the future, Derzis said, “We investigate
    every crime to the fullest just like we have this one.”

    According to 2021 FBI data, Black people make up 31% of missing
    person reports but only 14% of the US population. White people,
    meanwhile, make up 54% of missing person reports and 76% of the
    US population.

    David Robinson, whose son Daniel has been missing since June
    2021 in Buckeye, Arizona, said it was “very hard” to hear that
    police couldn’t find evidence to support Russell’s story.
    Robinson said he and other families endure a lot of pain
    watching months and years go by with no sign of their loved ones.

    Robinson said he struggled to get the police to thoroughly probe
    his son’s case. He ultimately assembled his own search team that
    combed the desert for evidence and clues. He suspects there was
    foul play in Daniel’s disappearance.

    He worries that Russell’s case will make it harder for Black
    families to get fair attention. “It damages the problems we
    already have with law enforcement with taking our stories
    serious,” Robinson told CNN.

    Derrica Wilson, co-founder of Black & Missing Foundation, said
    she currently has nearly 6,000 cases of missing Black people in
    her database, most unsolved. Russell’s case – and the questions
    surrounding it – is an “anomaly,” Wilson said.

    “For our community, we can’t lose sight of the bigger picture,”
    Wilson said. “We are disappointed that there are inconsistencies
    with her (Russell) story especially when there are a staggering
    number of people of color who are still missing and they need
    our help.”

    Many disappearances in the Black community stem from human
    trafficking, domestic violence and mental health incidents,
    Wilson said.

    Wilson said it’s often an “uphill battle” to get the cases of
    missing Black people amplified and she wants the public to
    continue sounding the alarm.

    “We want people to continue making these cases viral,” Wilson
    said. “We can’t allow this case to diminish our efforts that we
    have worked so hard for.”

    Black & Missing is tracking numerous cases from 2023 alone that
    have yet to be solved. Here are a few:

    Three-year-old Samalea Monet Daniels has been missing since July
    14 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Samalea was last seen at her
    grandmother’s house and is believed to be with her mother,
    Tianna Daniels, traveling in a gray 2011 Ford Escape with
    Virginia plates N4M45T3. According to WTKR-TV, the child is
    believed to be in danger.

    Casey Lavonne Young, 44, has been missing since May 15 in
    Spartanburg, South Carolina. Young was last seen wearing Black
    scrub pants and a gray Spartanburg Regional T-shirt. According
    to the Black & Missing Foundation, Young’s white 2007 Infinity
    G37 has been recovered.

    Marlisha Love, 24, went missing on January 6 in St. Louis,
    Missouri. Love’s mother said her daughter told her she was going
    to a friend’s house that night. The friend said Love asked to be
    dropped off at a White Castle and then got into the passenger
    seat of an older model white Chevy Suburban and left the
    location.

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