police would arrive to find carlee s car, wig, purse, phone, but no sign of her or the toddler. she s not at her vehicle. nicole russell out of birmingham, we re not getting the female to answer. we re trying to call her back, she s not answering. just being honest, her vehicle s unlocked, running, all her personal belongings except for her phone. reporter: police say on saturday night, russell showed up at her parents home. listen to what she told detectives. when she got out of her vehicle to check on the child, a man came out of the trees and mumbled that he was checking on the baby. she claimed that the man then pek picked her up and she screamed. the next thing she remembers is being this the trailer of an 18-wheeler. reporter: hoover detectives describe what surveillance video at her job showed before russell called 911 that thursday. surveillance video from her place of employment shows carlee concealed, a dark colored
nothing. at 10:44 p.m. on july 15th, the hoover 911 center receives a call from carlee s residence, stating that she returned home on foot. in subsequent investigations, detectives obtained surveillance footage of carlee walking down the sidewalk alone, prior to arrival at her residence. she was speaking with paramedics when she was transported to uab. detectives had a brief statement from her prior to being treated and released. during the statement, she told detectives that while traveling down the interstate, she saw a baby walking down the side of the road and called 911. she stated when she got out of her vehicle to check on the child, a man came out of the trees and mumbled that he was checking on the baby. she claimed the man then picked her up and she screamed. she stated he made her go over a fence, forced her in a car, and the next thing she remembers is
reported that conditions were about as bad as you can imagine. bread lines, no medicine, a bombed out hospital, and a lot of very, very desperate civilians in syria s largest city. it was after filing that devastating report that richard engel and his team were captured. we were driving in syria, about five days ago in what we thought was a rebel-controlled area. we were with some of the rebels. and as we were moving down the road, a group of gunmen just literally jumped out of the trees and bushesed on the side of the road. there were probably 15 gunmen. they were wearing ski masks. they were heavily armed. they dragged us out of the car. they had a container truck positioned, waiting by the side of the road. they put us into that container truck. we were with some gunmen, some rebels who were escorting us. they executed one of them on the spot. then they took us to a series of