After days of terror, joy and wild speculation, Hoover police could release more of what their investigation uncovered about the disappearance of Carlee Russell at a 2:30 p.m. press conference.

Russell, a 25-year-old nursing student with a college degree in psychology, vanished Thursday, July 13, after calling 911 and her brother’s girlfriend to say she was stopping on Interstate 459.

Russell said she was checking on a toddler she said she spotted walking along the interstate wearing only a white t-shirt and a diaper.

After two days of fear and frantic searches, Russell showed up at her family’s Hoover home on Saturday, July 15. Ring camera video from neighbors showed Russell walking down the sidewalk alone before she got to house where she lives with her parents and banging on the front door.

Hoover police have released bits and pieces of information as the investigation progressed.

Today’s press conference is expected to possibly shed more light Russell’s actions up until she disappeared and in the 48-plus hours she was missing.

Russell’s parents – Talitha and Carlos Russell – told the ‘Today’ show she was abducted.

A timeline of the case:

Russell left the Woodhouse Spa at the Summit, where she worked, at 8:20 p.m. Thursday. She ordered food from Taziki’s at the Colonnade, reportedly picking the order up as the restaurant was closing about 9 p.m.

After leaving the Colonnade, police said, Russell stopped at Target on U.S. 280 and bought snacks. Police have not publicly said whether Taziki’s pickup order was still in her car but said the snacks were not.

At 9:34 p.m. Thursday, Hoover 911 received a call from Russell stating she had seen a white male child, about 3 to 4 years old, walking on I-459. She made a phone call to her brother’s girlfriend, about 9:36 p.m.

Russell, who was seen driving slowly with her flashers on for about a half mile on the shoulder of I-459, stopped at mile marker 11, between the Galleria and Alabama 150.

Her brother’s girlfriend reported hearing Russell scream. The phone line remained open, but nothing more was heard but interstate traffic.

Officers soon arrived and found Russell’s red Mercedes still running but no sign of a toddler or Russell.

Police found Russell’s wig, phone and purse near her vehicle. Her Apple watch was in her purse. Officers learned the car was registered to Russell.

911 operators tried to call her back but got no response. A statewide lookout bulletin was then issued for a “possible abduction.”

Police have said they did not find evidence or receive any other calls of a toddler walking down the interstate despite numerous vehicles passing by, as depicted by the traffic camera surveillance video.

In the days that followed, police and volunteers searched for Russell.

Russell’s family, shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, reported they had received a call from her family saying she was at Red Roof Inn in Vestavia Hills. Talitha Russell later told Fox 6 news that was a “terrible hoax.”

“I received a text at some point from someone claiming to be Carlee and that she was at the Red Roof Inn,’’ she told the television station. “When my family went there and knocked on doors and looked for her and there was no indication Carlee was there nor that she had ever been there.”

Hours later, at 10:44 p.m., Hoover 911 received a call from Carlee’s residence that she had returned home on foot. A large crowd was in the street as first responders arrived.

Police later said Russell was alert when they arrived at her home.

At 11:02 p.m., a dispatcher noted Russell was en route to UAB Hospital. She was released about 6 a.m. Sunday after being held overnight for evaluation.

‘She had to physically fight for her life.’

The day after Russell arrived home, her mother released a statement on Facebook asking that people respect their privacy “to allow us to just love on our daughter and each other.”

Her mother thanked those who aided in the search.

“Just as we made a commitment to not entertain negative thoughts during the time our daughter was missing, we surely will not entertain negative thoughts/statements, unvalidated opinions, or sheer ignorance at such a joyous time,” the statement continued.

The only interview Russell’s parents gave was to the Today Show on Tuesday morning.

They said speculation about what happened was upsetting Carlee, but declined to say what Russell told them when she came home, “citing the ongoing investigation.”

“Carlee has given detectives her statement so they can continue to pursue her abductor,” her mother said.

Asked if they believe there was “an abductor still out there,” Russell’s mother replied, “Absolutely.”

“There were definitely moments where she fought for her life. There were moments she had to physically fight for her life and there were moments she had to mentally fight for her life,” her mother said.