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Suspect in kidnap of Charlotte Sena, 9, in upstate New York, charged – Craig Ross Jr, 46, was flagged by DNA left on ransom note he dropped off at her parent’s home, leading to girl being found in a cabinet in his trailer home

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Charlotte Sena&&num;8217&semi;s alleged kidnapper&comma; Craig Nelson Ross Jr&comma; is charged first-degree kidnapping <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>DNA found on a ransom note dropped into Charlotte&&num;8217&semi;s parents&&num;8217&semi; mailbox on Monday morning led police to the suspect <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Ross Jr&comma; 46&comma; was arrested Monday night at his mother house trailer in Milton&comma; NY&comma; where where Charlotte was found in a cabinet inside his trailer located on the property <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Nine year-old Charlotte Sena vanished at 6<&sol;strong>&period;15pm on Saturday&comma; while <strong>playing with her friends at Moreau Lake State Park in Gansevoort near near Saratoga Springs<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Charlotte was found safe and has now been reunited with her family  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Craig-Ross-Jr-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451731" style&equals;"width&colon;780px&semi;height&colon;932px" width&equals;"780" height&equals;"932"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Craig Nelson Ross Jr&comma; 46&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; who allegedly kidnapped Charlotte Sena&comma; 9&comma; from a camp ground in Upstate New York was arraigned on a first-degree kidnapping charge in the early hours of Tuesday at Wilton Town Court and is being held without bail<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The suspect accused of snatching nine-year-old girl Charlotte Sena from a camp ground in Upstate New York on Saturday&comma; September 30&comma; has been charged with first-degree kidnapping&period; <br>Craig Ross Jr was arraigned on a first-degree kidnapping charge in the early hours of this morning at Wilton Town Court and is being held without bail&period; <br>46-year-old Ross has been trailer stationed in the backyard of his mother Joan&&num;8217&semi;s property in Milton&comma; New York &period; He was arrested at his mother&&num;8217&semi;s house on Monday night&comma; where Charlotte was found in a cabinet inside the trailer&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Charlotte-Sena-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451729" style&equals;"width&colon;832px&semi;height&colon;725px" width&equals;"832" height&equals;"725"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Charlotte Sena&comma; 9&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was found &&num;8216&semi;alive and safe&&num;8217&semi; on Monday &&num;8211&semi; two days after she was Abducted&period; She was last seen playing with her friends at Moreau Lake State Park in Gansevoort near near Saratoga Springs&comma; when she vanished at 6&period;15pm on Saturday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police flagged Ross Jr as a suspect because he left his fingerprints on a ransom note delivered to Charlotte&&num;8217&semi;s parents&&num;8217&semi; house earlier on Monday morning&period; His DNA was already on file from a 1996 DUI arrest&period;  <br>State Police had been watching the family home&comma; but were sent to another call at 4&period;20 am on Monday morning&comma; the moment Ross Jr&period; dropped off the note&period; <br>The young kidnap victim who was snatched on Saturday night while riding her bike at the Moreau Lake State Park in Gansevoort&comma; was found unharmed and has since been reunited with her family&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Charlotte-Sena-was-found-inside-a-white-trailer-in-the-backyard-of-Craig-Ross-Jr&period;s-mothers-home-in-Milton-NY-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451736" style&equals;"width&colon;842px&semi;height&colon;798px" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"798"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Charlotte Sena was found inside the white trailer &lbrack;photo&comma; left&rsqb;&comma; in the backyard of Craig Ross Jr&period;&&num;8217&semi;s mother&&num;8217&semi;s home in Milton&comma; New York&comma; on Monday evening&comma; after DNA left on a ransom note led to him <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Trisha-and-David-Senas-family-home-in-Milton-NY-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451737" style&equals;"width&colon;839px&semi;height&colon;488px" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"488"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>On Monday at around 4am&comma; someone dropped a ransom note into the mailbox at Charlotte&&num;8217&semi;s parents&&num;8217&semi; house &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period; DNA traces on the note led investigators to Ross Jr already in the data bank from an earlier DUI arrest<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">State and federal SWAT teams swooped on the property in helicopters&comma; with Ross said to have put up a struggle&period; <br>Ross Jr&period; drove up to Sena&&num;8217&semi;s parents&&num;8217&semi; home at 4&period;20am Monday and left a ransom note inside their mailbox which was covered in his DNA and fingerprints&period; <br>At 2&period;30pm Monday&comma; investigators finally found a match in the database and linked the fingerprints to a DWI arrest made in Saratoga County in the 1999&period; From there&comma; they swooped on Ross Jr&&num;8217&semi;s camper van&comma; arrested him&comma; and found the missing girl&period;  <br>Cops confirmed Ross Jr is not a registered sex offender&comma; but did not reveal a motive&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Trisha-and-David-Sena-with-their-daughter-Charlotte-right-and-her-sisters-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451726" style&equals;"width&colon;845px&semi;height&colon;836px" width&equals;"845" height&equals;"836"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Trisha and David Sena with their daughter Charlotte &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; and her sisters <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Charlotte was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital after being found&period; She is said to be in good physical health&period; <br>Investigators are believed to be focused on the theory that Charlotte was pulled into a vehicle against her will or dragged into the woods&period; <br>New York State Police were previously confident Charlotte was abducted from Moreau Lake State Park&period; She was last seen wearing a tie-dye Pokemon shirt&comma; dark blue pants&comma; black crocs&comma; gray bike helmet on Saturday evening&period;  <br>Police said just after 7pm Monday that&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Charlotte has been found safe and in good health&period;&&num;8217&semi;  She was found about 13 miles south of her family home&period; There is no indication that Ross knew his victim&&num;8217&semi;s family&period; <br>The multi-agency search&comma; which spanned 46 miles and included 400 search personnel and dozens of federal&comma; state&comma; and local bodies on the ground&comma; ended Tuesday&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Charlotte-Senas-family-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451733" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;585px" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"585"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The victim&&num;8217&semi;s relieved family held an impromptu press conference on Monday night&comma; expressing gratitude to all who participated in the search and rescue mission<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Charlotte-Sena-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451741" style&equals;"width&colon;809px&semi;height&colon;830px" width&equals;"809" height&equals;"830"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police found little Charlotte Sena covered up and hidden in a cabinet on Monday&period; She had been was snatched on Saturday night while riding her bike at the Moreau Lake State Park in Gansevoort&period; She was found unharmed and has since been reunited with her family&period;  <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Charlotte&comma; who was camping in Moreau Lake State Park with her family&comma; went on a bike ride with close friends around dinner time and never returned&comma; officials said&period;<br>She was cycling alone on Loop A of Moreau Lake State Park in New York near Saratoga Springs when she vanished at 6&period;15pm on Saturday&period; She&&num;8217&semi;d been playing with friends throughout the day but decided to cycle alone&comma; one last time&comma; before the sun went down&period; <br>It should have only taken a few minutes for to complete the small loop&period; At 6&period;30pm&comma; her parents realized she hadn&&num;8217&semi;t returned and grew worried&period; By 6&period;47pm&comma; they had found Charlotte&&num;8217&semi;s bike on the loop and called 911&period; <br>A frantic search was launched for the child&comma; for whom an Amber Alert was issued on Sunday morning after rangers searched the 6&comma;250-acre park and found no sign of her&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Kathy-Hochul-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451743" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;561px" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"561"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>New York Governor Kathy Hochul announcing the rescue of Charlotte Sena&comma; thanked &&num;8216&semi;the New York State Police&comma; New York Park Police and all who worked so tirelessly to find Charlotte&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">There are 158 camping sites in the park&period; Loop A sits in the southwest corner of the park and is directly adjacent to US Highway 9 &&num;8211&semi; which runs all the way from Philadelphia to Canada&period; <br>New York Gov&period; Kathy Hochul said on Monday night&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We are overjoyed at the news that Charlotte Sena has been located safely this evening after an intense days-long search&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Our hearts are with her family as they welcome her home&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Thank you to the New York State Police&comma; New York Park Police and all who worked so tirelessly to find Charlotte&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;It is because of their efforts that Charlotte will be able to return home safe to her family&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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