The Alabama woman who mysteriously reappeared two days after vanishing when she stopped to help a toddler who was walking on the side of a highway was likely not the target of sex traffickers, according to a report.

A human trafficking expert on Monday threw cold water on Carlee Russell’s parents’ suggestion that the tot was used as “bait” to lure the 25-year-old nursing student out of her car and kidnap her.

“As far as we are aware, this is not a tactic that traffickers use,” Sabrina Thulander, a spokesperson for Polaris, the nonprofit that runs the National Human Trafficking Hotline, told Insider, adding that it’s a common myth that traffickers often use force to capture their victims.

Thulander also discounted the theory of “luring” kind-hearted women.

Only about 6 percent of the human trafficking victims who’ve contacted the hotline since 2007 reported that they had been abducted, she told the news outlet.

Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/carlee-russell-kidnapping-theory-questioned-by-human-trafficking-group/

#alabama #carleerussell #polaris

The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.

Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports

Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/
Follow The New York Post on:
Twitter – https://twitter.com/nypost
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

new york post,ny post,nypost,news,us news,breaking news,world news,latest news,story,stories,top stories,human trafficking,toddler,carlee russell,carlee russell update,carlee russell abduction,carlee russell alabama,alabama,carlee russell alabama reddit,carlee russell news,carlee russell human trafficking,carlee russell found,carlee russell vide footage,carlee russell toddler,carlee russell 911 call,carlee russell missing person,carlee russell today