A 25-year-old girl in Alabama was final heard from on Thursday evening after telling a 911 dispatcher that she noticed a toddler strolling alongside the aspect of an interstate and would pull over to assist, prompting a sprawling seek for her as investigators raced to seek out clues about her disappearance.

The girl, Carlee Russell, informed the dispatcher concerning the youngster round 9:34 p.m., known as a member of the family to report the identical particulars after which pulled over on I-459 South close to mile marker 11 to examine on the toddler, the Hoover Police Department stated.

The member of the family “lost contact” with Ms. Russell, however the line remained opened, the police stated.

When officers arrived on the web site in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, they discovered Ms. Russell’s automobile and a few of her belongings close by, “but were unable to find her or a child in the area,” the police said in a statement.

The Hoover Police Department stated it had not obtained any calls of somebody lacking a baby.

Ms. Russell had left work round 8:20 p.m. at a enterprise in a purchasing space known as the Summit in Birmingham, officers stated.

After work, she additionally stopped to choose up meals, the police stated.

One witness reported seeing a grey automobile with a person standing exterior of Ms. Russell’s automobile, but it surely was unclear the place or when that occurred. The Hoover police didn’t instantly reply to calls searching for touch upon Saturday evening.

Ms. Russell, who’s 5 toes 4 inches tall and weighs no less than 150 kilos, was final seen carrying a black shirt, black pants and white Nike footwear.

The Harpersville Police Department said Friday on Facebook that Ms. Russell, a nursing scholar, had been within the city, about 30 miles east of Hoover, on Thursday “handling some business.”

The division didn’t precisely say what Ms. Russell had been doing in Harpersville, but it surely added she was a “smart, courteous and honoring young woman” who had impressed others together with her “respect, poise, good attitude and her drive to become a nursing student and help others.”

It clarified in a separate post on Saturday that she had not been on the police division.

“We consistently encounter citizens while engaging the community and those occasions are primarily positive,” the division stated. “We had the pleasure of interacting with a bright young woman which prompted the sharing of the encounter. Our interests are only for the safe return of Ms. Russell to her family.”