"Alabama Woman Faces Jail Time for Wasting Police Resources in Abduction Hoax"
Carlee Russell, a nursing student from Alabama, is facing charges of false reporting to law enforcement authorities and falsely reporting an incident after faking her own kidnapping. The charges are class A misdemeanors in Alabama, punishable by up to one year in prison. Russell's disappearance sparked a nationwide manhunt, but she later admitted that there was no kidnapping and it was a "single act" committed by herself. Her motive for staging the disappearance remains unclear. Russell's boyfriend, who initially searched for her, erased all trace of her on social media after learning the truth.