Community activist recalls search for Carlee Russell

PUBLIC AS SOON AS THEY GET SOME MORE INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT OUTPOURING. THERE WERE SO MANY FOLKS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT CARLY WAS BROUGHT HOME SAFE. THIS WAS REALLY A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT. I WANT TO GET OUT TO WVTM 13, CHIP SCARBOROUGH. HE JOINS ME LIVE IN HOOVER THIS AFTERNOON. AND CHIP, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH SOMEONE WHO TOOK PART IN SOME OF THOSE SEARCH EFFORTS. I SURE DID. IAN, THOSE WHO HELP SEARCH FOR CARLY RUSSELL OVER THE WEEKEND SAY THEY NEVER STOPPED LEANING ON THEIR FAITH AS THE SEARCH GREW LONGER AND IN THE EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ORGANIZERS SAY AS MANY AS 300 PEOPLE WERE PART OF THE SEARCH FOR CARLY RUSSELL. IT STARTED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE HOOVER MET AND SPREAD INTO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE WHO TOOK PART WERE DETERMINED TO DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO BRING CARLY HOME. SOMEBODY CALLED ME FROM PELL CITY AND SAID, LISTEN, I’M ON MY WAY. I SAID, NO, START SEARCHING RIGHT THERE. IF SOMEBODY CALLED ME FROM ALABASTER, I SAID, NO, STAY RIGHT THERE. PEOPLE WERE CALLING ME FROM WARRIOR TUSCALOOSA. SOME OF THEM WAS EVEN DRIVING UP AND I WAS TELLING PEOPLE, YOU DON’T HAVE TO COME HERE TO THE COMMAND CENTER WHEREVER YOU ARE, JUST START LOOKING. AND THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE SEARCH OVER THE WEEKEND SAY THEY JUST DON’T WANT TO SPECULATE RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CARLY AFTER SHE VANISHED. THEY’RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO THE POLICE. WE DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE CHECKED OUT A REPORT AT A NEARBY HOTEL HERE ALONG HIGHWAY 31 THIS AFTERNOON, A REPORT THAT CARLY MAY HAVE BEEN SEEN THERE ON SATURDAY EVENING. I WALKED INTO THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT THERE IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO A CORPORATE SPOKESPERSON. I REACHED OUT TO THAT SPOKESPERSON. HE TOLD ME ANY INFORMATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM HOOVER POLICE. WE WILL, OF COURSE, STAY ON TOP OF THIS LIVE IN HOOVE