Who Is Thomar Latrell Simmons? Carlee Russells Boyfriend Believes She Was Kidnapped As He Speaks
Alabama woman who stopped to help toddler on highway was kidnapped and fought for her life, boyfriend says.
On 7/13/2023 at approximately 9:34 PM the Hoover 911 Center received a call from a 25-year-old Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell on I-459 South near mile marker 11 who reported she saw a toddler walking on the side of the interstate.
Strangely, after the call, she was reported to have disappeared.
Police say Carlee Russell’s car was found abandoned but there was no sign of her or a child in the area.
After a search for two days, prompted by her screams over the phone when she pulled over to assist a child wandering, police said, she was found alive and unhurt on July 16.
Shortly, Russell’s boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons took to his Facebook page to react to the news and insists she was kidnapped but she fought her way out to survivial. Read on for more.
What did Carlee Russell’s boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons say about her incident?
The boyfriend of an Alabama woman who mysteriously turned up home two days after vanishing when she stopped to help a toddler in the middle of a busy highway says she was kidnapped and spent the time “fighting for her life.”
Thomar Latrell Simmons, Russell’s boyfriend, claims the good Samaritan was actually kidnapped and is currently recovering after having gone through the awful ordeal.
“She was literally fighting for her life for 48 hours, so until she’s physically & mentally stable again, she is not able to give any updates or whereabouts on her kidnapper at this very moment,” Simmons wrote on Facebook Sunday.
His post echoes what Russell’s parents alleged earlier Sunday, that the child their daughter tried to help was actually used as “bait” to lure her out of her car and kidnap her.
Simmons thanked everyone who helped to search for Russell across Hoover, Alabama, and said he was grateful the story gained awareness on social media.
“I have been going nonstop since I received the call that she was missing on Thursday night. I know she would’ve done the same for me, so I wasn’t going to give up until I saw her face again,” he wrote.
“I just want to thank all of my family, friends, former teammates, & church members who called or texted me just to let me know that they’re praying & here for me; you guys don’t know how much that meant to me,” he added.
It remains unclear where Russell had been since Thursday. The nursing student was dropped off at her home in Hoover on Saturday and “appeared to be in shock,” police said.
She was transported to a local hospital for evaluation, and police said they were going to give her time to recover before interviewing her.
View this post on InstagramWhen officers arrived at the location off I-459 where Russell had reported the wandering toddler around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, they found her vehicle and some of her belongings, including her phone, but not her or the child, cops said.
Who is Thomar Latrell Simmons?
Thomar Latrell Simmons is famously known as the partner of Carlee Russell – the nursing woman who was missing in her attempt to rescue a toddler.
He is mostly known as Tee Sims by his peers.
He was born on December 20 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Thomar is a graduated of the Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham in 2022. Taking to his Instagram page, he wrote “Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings,” as he celebrates his achievement.
Are Carlee Russell and Thomar Simmons married?
The Alabama natives are reportedly unmarried but have been in a relationship for a long while. Simmons always shows his undying affection to her as he has a number of loved-up post on his social media accounts.
Does Carlee Russell have any children?
25-year-old Carlee Russell is not yet a mother, hence, she has no children. She is focused on her education as she aims to become a registered nurse in the future and then, she surely will get married and have kids.
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