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Carlee Russell’s boyfriend is asking for folks to cease harassing her on-line as an increasing number of folks, together with these in her hometown, suspect that her kidnapping claims are a hoax as a result of she left her wig behind.
“The solely factor I can say is, I need everybody to cease bullying her. I do know what it looks like what she did. Just cease bullying on social media,” Thomar Latrell Simmons informed The Post.
“Think about her psychological well being. She doesn’t deserve that. She doesn’t. Nobody deserves to be cyberbullied.”
Russell, a 25-year-old nursing pupil, vanished on July 13 after she reported to 911 that she had seen a baby wearing a T-shirt and diaper strolling barefoot alongside busy Interstate 459 in Hoover, Alabama as she drove house from her job in Birmingham.
She promised police she would stay alongside the aspect of the freeway till they arrived, however after they acquired there they discovered her crimson Mercedes-Benz together with her cellphone and wig left inside however couldn’t discover Russell or a small youngster.
She out of the blue reappeared at her house two days later, claiming she had been kidnapped and held captive, however police say her account of what occurred will not be lining up and she or he has refused extra interviews.
The wig has dominated the dialog surrounding Russell’s disappearance — on-line and off — and is a key component of the story that shifted public notion, notably among the many black neighborhood, even earlier than the police launched her browser historical past and cellular phone information.
Several hair stylists, wig consultants and salon patrons in Russell’s hometown, all of whom are black, informed The Post that the wig instantly triggered suspicions that one thing appeared off, even earlier than Russell reappeared.
She would have definitely worn the wig at work, and it’s unimaginable that she would have taken it off within the automotive — It could be like somebody taking their underwear, they stated.
The stylists stated the wig gave the impression to be an costly, front-lace wig that appeared like a “613” coloration — a premium shade of platinum blonde.
It is customized fitted and takes 10-Quarter-hour to take away, as it’s really glued to the scalp in some locations. Custom wigs can price as a lot as $800 — $200 on the naked minimal, they stated.
“That was when the vast majority of Birmingham was like, ‘She’s mendacity.’ That’s when it was break up down the center the place there was those who believed her and those who thought she was mendacity. It was the wig,” hair stylist Kyra Joyner, 23, from Hoover, informed The Post.
“First of all, your wig goes to be safe. Second, if anyone’s taking you, they’re going to attempt to trigger the least consideration they’ll. If folks see a wig on the aspect of the highway— People name the police after they see model heads hanging out the aspect of our automobiles,” she stated.
Andrea Townsend, a salon patron from Helena, stated it’s unthinkable {that a} black lady would ever depart her wig behind in her automotive.
“When it occurred we had been in shock. But as soon as we noticed the wig, simply to know that wig was left behind— we don’t do this. We don’t do this. People had been speaking about it,” she stated.
“My husband and I had been speaking about it. He’s a police officer. He instantly thought one thing doesn’t sound correct,” she added.
Martha Harton, a nurse from Fayette, informed The Post that each one black girls instantly knew Russell was mendacity — and it’s due to the wig.
“We all knew,” she stated.
“A black lady’s hair is her glory. There are three issues a black lady has that you just don’t mess with: Her youngsters, her cash, and her hair. That’s what gave her away.”
