Carlee Russell.Photo:Hoover Police Dept/Twitter
Hoover Police Dept/Twitter
The mother of a woman who was murdered last year is calling outCarlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russellforlying about being kidnappedand said she was “disrespecting” those who have lost children and are still looking for their missing children.
Shea Pilkington-Wiley, whose daughterMadison Shea Pilkington was found deadfollowing an assault in her apartment in Hoover, Alabama, shared her thoughts on Russell’s story in a recent Facebook post.
“I love the memes. They are great,” Pilkington-Wiley began. “But all joking aside, Carlee Russelldisrespected every parent that has lost a child. She disrespected every one of our children.”
“The child you couldn’t get in touch with that horrific evening. The unanswered calls that kept going to voicemail. The unanswered texts. The sickening feelings we all felt. Remembering shattering like glass and our souls being ripped from our bodies,” she continued. “She dredged it all up to the surface. For me anyway.”
“To find it was all a hoax well … I’m freakin angry! I’m angry for myself. I’m angry for every parent out there that has lost a child,” Pilkington-Wiley wrote. “Be present to who and how many your actions will effect [sic]. Remember that actions have consequences.”
She then ended her post sending “love and hugs to all my momma’s [sic] and daddy’s [sic] with sons and daughters in heaven.”
Madison Shea Pilkington photographed before her death in 2022.GoFundMe
Pilkington-Wiley had joined in on the search for Russell, 25, alongsideAngela Harris, whose 19-year-old daughterAniah Blanchard was abducted and murderedin 2019.
In a separate news conference, Pilkington-Wiley noted the impact of the search on Harris. “It breaks my heart for Angela to go out there and have to relive everything,” she said, perWVTM13.
Pilkington-Wiley also called out Russell for putting her parents through the worry of wondering if she was going to be safe.
“I was calling, I was texting,” she recalled to the outlet. “Those unanswered messages. All those kind of things that you initially start doing and I’m sure that her parents were doing.”
Carlee Russell photographed before her alleged kidnapping.Hoover Police Dept/Twitter
At apress conferenceon Monday, Russell’s attorney Emory Anthony read out a statement from Russell admitting that the kidnapping had been fake.
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The attorney went on to say that Russell “addresses her issues and attempts to move forward, understanding that she made a mistake in this matter,” adding, “Carlee, again, asks for your forgiveness and prayers.”
source: people.com
