Carlee Russell, missing just over 48 hours, has been found safe.

The 25-year-old nursing student returned to her Hoover home shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday.

Paramedics and police were called after she reportedly showed up at the house she shares with her parents.

Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said Russell showed up at her parents house alone. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Where Russell has been for the last two days was not immediately clear.

Police and family members previously said Russell was on her way home from work and picking up dinner at the Colonnade when she spotted a young child on the interstate and was stopping to see if she could help.

Russell was on the phone with her brother’s girlfriend when the girlfriend reported hearing Russell scream. Next, the girlfriend only heard the noise of interstate traffic.

Earlier Saturday evening, police were dispatched to the Red Roof Inn on Montgomery Highway in Vestavia Hills.

According to police radio communications, family members of Russell showed up at the motel claiming they had received a call from her that she was there.

It did not immediately appear that Russell was found at that time.

The ordeal began Thursday when family members said Russell left The Woodhouse Spa at the Summit where she worked part time.

She then stopped by Taziki’s at the Colonnade at 9 p.m. to pick up food for herself and her mother.

Hoover 911 at 9:34 p.m. received a call from Russell, said Lt. Daniel Lowe.

Russell told the dispatcher that she was near mile marker 11 when she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of I-459 between the flyover to the Galleria and Highway 150.

After calling 911, Russell stopped to check on the child and called a family member, Lowe said. The family member lost contact with her, but the line remained open.

Officers located Russell’s Mercedes, still running but vacant. Some of her belongings were nearby. They were unable to find her or a child in the area.

Hoover police had not received any other calls of someone missing a small child.

At 9:36 p.m., her mother, Talitha Russell, said her daughter was on the phone with her brother’s girlfriend. Carlee pulled over after saying she saw a child that appeared to be 3 or 4 years old.

“She probably let her guard down thinking 911 would be there in a second‚” Talitha Russell said.

“My son’s girlfriend heard her asking the child, ‘Are you OK? She never heard the child say anything but then she heard our daughter scream,’’ Talitha Russell said. “All you hear on her phone is background noise from the interstate.”

“Her car door was open,” Talitha said. “They found her phone on the ground, along with her wig and her hat…Her purse was still in the car. Her Apple watch was in her purse and her Air Pods as well.”

Talitha Russell said a tip was called in from a trucker.

“He saw a gray car with a tall brown skinned man with khaki shorts on leaning over in the car,’’ Talitha Russell said.

“The police did find some tire tracks in the grass,’’ she said. “They said because it was not a muddy area, they were not able to determine what type of vehicle it could have been.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.