Police reveal eerie hyperlink between Charlotte Sena and alleged kidnapper

Police have revealed a doable eerie hyperlink between nine-year-old Charlotte Sena and her alleged kidnapper.

Craig Nelson Ross Jr, 47, was charged with first-degree kidnapping after the nine-year-old was allegedly discovered hidden in a cupboard in a campervan behind his mom’s home on Monday night.

It got here 48 hours after Charlotte was snatched whereas using her bike in Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County, upstate New York, on Saturday night.

At a press convention on Monday night, New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed the deal with linked to the suspect’s automobile was simply two miles from Charlotte’s dwelling in Greenfield.

Police are nonetheless making an attempt to find out if the Sena household was recognized to the suspect, the governor stated, and can spend Tuesday interviewing Mr Ross to find out if he had the nine-year-old beneath surveillance.

Governor Hochul stated: “It’s not been decided that the suspect was recognized to the household. That’s what might be revealed after extra intensive questioning. The automobile registered to the suspect, the deal with within the database was two miles from Charlotte’s dwelling however it isn’t recognized at this level whether or not he knew her or had her beneath surveillance for a size of time.”

The governor additionally stated the suspect’s house is being searched by police to ensure he isn’t linked to some other circumstances.

The suspect was recognized by police after he drove to the house of Charlotte’s mother and father and left a ransom notice on Monday morning, Ms Hochul stated.

“He actually drove as much as the household’s mailbox assuming they weren’t dwelling,” Ms Hochul stated, including that Charlotte’s mother and father have been nonetheless on the campground at Moreau Lake State Park on the time, and officers who have been monitoring the household dwelling had been despatched to a different name within the space.

Police later examined the notice for fingerprints and searched legislation enforcement databases for a match.

A match later got here again as belonging to the 47-year-old suspect.

Regulation enforcement then tracked him right down to the campervan the place he lived behind his mom’s dwelling.

Ms Hochul stated that officers made a “dynamic entry” into the campervan and located the suspect inside.

Mr Ross was taken into custody “after some resistance” and little Charlotte was then discovered hidden and coated inside a cupboard.

“She knew that she was being rescued. She knew that she was in secure fingers,” the governor stated.

Charlotte outwardly gave the impression to be unhurt however was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure, the governor stated.

Her mother and father have been notified that she was discovered secure at 6.32pm and the household was reunited quickly after.

It got here virtually 48 hours after the nine-year-old’s household discovered her deserted bike at Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County after she went on a solo bike experience.

Police issued an Amber Alert for the lacking lady, and a search was launched together with an estimated 400 search and rescue personnel.

Moreau Lake State Park briefly closed whereas authorities looked for Charlotte.

Police at the moment are asking members of the general public to return ahead with surveillance footage from across the time of the kidnapping of the nine-year-old.

A GoFundMe web page for the Sena household was launched and has now raised over $21,000.

“Please donate to assist the household throughout this troublesome time,” a message posted on the fundraiser web page reads. “Any donations will go on to her mother and father to assist with any bills whereas they transition again into some sense of normalcy.”