FOUND SAFE! OK here? Amber Alert, 9yr old girl abducted Saratoga County, upstate NY

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UPDATE, SHE'S SAFE! SEE THIS OR BELOW: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/us/charlotte-sena-missing-child-moreau-lake-monday/index.html


Please look at the pictures in the articles. I realize this is not the place for children's faces at all, but if this helps find her...?

"Charlotte was last seen wearing an orange tie-dyed Pokémon shirt, dark blue pants, black Crocs and a grey bike helmet, according to a description provided by the state police.

She is white with blonde hair, about 4’ 6” tall, with green eyes, authorities said."

Amber Alert with top she was wearing: https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending...ing-ny-state-park/O2NNFKKOQNDGRPJOZD6EEEQPNE/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/us/charlotte-sena-missing-moreau-park/index.html


CNN
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More than 100 people are searching for a 9-year-old girl who went missing while camping with friends and family members Saturday in upstate New York, the governor said.

Charlotte Sena was camping in Moreau Lake State Park with her family and went on a bike ride with close friends around dinner time Saturday evening, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news conference Sunday.

After biking a couple of loops together, “she just wanted to go around one more time by herself, be that big girl and do it by herself,” the governor said.

When Charlotte didn’t return roughly 15 minutes later, her parents “knew immediately something was up,” and began calling her name. People from other campgrounds soon joined the search, Hochul said.

The girl was last seen around 6:15 p.m. ET riding her bike in one of the park’s loops, Lt. Colonel Richard L. Mazzone, of the New York State Police, said in the news conference.

At about 6:45 p.m., her bike was found in the loop, Mazzone said.

Two minutes later, her mother called authorities to report her missing.

Authorities have deployed aviation and underwater resources in the search.

Charlotte was last seen wearing an orange tie-dyed Pokémon shirt, dark blue pants, black Crocs and a grey bike helmet, according to a description provided by the state police. She is White with blonde hair, about 4’ 6” tall, with green eyes, authorities said.

An AMBER alert was issued Sunday morning, Mazzone said.

“We took that step of issuing the AMBER alert because we felt, after (our) exhaustive search, when we couldn’t find her here, it was quite possible that an abduction had taken place,” he added.

For more than 18 hours, state authorities have been searching for the child and have deployed aviation and underwater rescue teams, blood hounds, drones and technology experts have also been called in to analyze “other forms of communications in the park at that time,” the governor said.

Charlotte is the niece of a member of the Schenectady Fire Department, which is also helping with the search, Hochul added.

“We are leaving no stone, no branch, no table, no cabin unturned, untouched, unexamined in our search to find Charlotte,” she said. “If you know anything, if you’ve seen anything, if you hear anything, please contact 911 to tell us what you know.”

Charlotte is a fourth grader who was recently elected to be a class officer for student council, Hochul said.

“Hearts are broken here today in New York. Hopefully there will be a reunion, hopefully there will be a family that has been traumatized but is reunited,” she said. “That is our prayer and our hope.”

Moreau Lake State Park, in Saratoga County, is more than 4,600 acres and “lies amid hardwood forests, pine stands and rocky ridges,” according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. It’s roughly 45 miles north of Albany.

The park said in a Facebook post it is closed until further notice.

 

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Found!

The girl has been found safe! 🙂

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/us/charlotte-sena-missing-child-moreau-lake-monday/index.html

More than 100 people are searching for a nine-year-old girl who went missing while camping Saturday evening in Upstate New York.
Charlotte Sena was camping in Moreau Lake State Park with her family when she decided to go out on a bike ride with her friends around dinnertime
How police found 9-year-old Charlotte Sena, according to NY governor
02:44 - Source: CNN

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Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old girl who went missing while on a camping trip at a New York state park two days ago, has been found safe and a suspect has been detained, authorities said Monday evening.

Before she was found, Charlotte’s parents received a ransom note at their home, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday evening.

At a late-night news conference, the governor outlined the meticulous work by authorities after they found the note – and the crucial piece of evidence that led to a break in the case.

Hochul said the break in the case came around 4:20 a.m. ET Monday when the suspect drove to Charlotte’s parents home and put a ransom note in the mailbox.

“He literally drove up to the family’s mailbox assuming they were not home,” Hochul said, adding Charlotte’s parents were still at the campground searching for their daughter.

The family’s home was being monitored by state police, but the officers had been sent to another call in the area when the suspect dropped off the note. Police tested the document for fingerprints and searched law enforcement databases to see if they could find a match.

On their second try, they got back results identifying fingerprints left on the note belonged to 47-year-old Craig Nelson Ross, Jr., the governor said.

Investigators were able to determine Ross was living in a camper behind his mother’s residence and used two SWAT teams to make entry. “They had what they call a dynamic entry tactical maneuver, and within the camper they located the suspect,” said Hochul.

Police say he resisted being taken into custody and sustained minor injuries. They found Charlotte hidden in a cabinet in the camper, Hochul said. “She knew she was being rescued,” the governor said. “She knew she was in safe hands.”

Charlotte appeared to be in good health, but taken to a hospital, which is “customary,” the governor said.

Ross was still being questioned Monday night. “At this moment, charges have not been brought, but they are fully expected,” Hochul said.

Earlier the governor told CNN that cell phone pings from people in the area where Charlotte was last spotted also helped the authorities find her, the governor said.

“They were checking all the different cell phones that have been in the vicinity of this park,” she said. Authorities also had information from those who came to the park as campers because they had to register and people there for the day paid an entrance fee.

“So, you could start circling around possible suspects based on the cell phone data, who is in the park and also then ultimately, the ransom note,” she said.

The combination of those factors led authorities to a suspect – and to Charlotte, she told CNN.

“It was extraordinary to see how they traced it down to an individual’s home,” Hochul added. “The home was surrounded by law enforcement and helicopters, and they were able to bring her to safety. And not long after, she was in the arms of her parents at a hospital.”

Charlotte was riding alone when she vanished.

Charlotte, who was camping in Moreau Lake State Park with her family, went on a bike ride with close friends around dinner time and never returned, officials said.

Charlotte had last been seen around 6:15 p.m. Saturday, riding her bike in one of the park’s loops. She had done a few loops with friends and wanted to do one more by herself, Hochul said at a Sunday news conference. The loop takes about five minutes, police said.

Her mother reported her missing around 6:45 p.m., after Charlotte’s bike was found in the loop without her, Lt. Colonel Richard Mazzone of the New York State Police said.

Mazzone said authorities feared, after not being able to find her close by, that Charlotte may have been abducted.

“Once they found her bike during that search, they realized she’s not on it, she hasn’t gone too far, she didn’t get lost. Something’s really wrong,” CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller said earlier.


Charlotte Sena was riding her bike in a state park when she disappared.
Police on Monday canceled an Amber Alert that had been issued Sunday morning.

“Extremely grateful to @nyspolice @NYStateParks police, and all of our partners who worked tirelessly to locate Charlotte and ensure she could return home safely to her family,” Hochul said on social media after Charlotte was found.

The number of people searching for Charlotte had grown to 400 people by Monday morning, state police said earlier. Those helping were from 34 volunteer fire departments and private groups as well as federal, state and local law enforcement.

Before she was found, the search area had also expanded more than 46 linear miles, authorities said.

The very popular state park, roughly 45 miles north of Albany, is more than 6,200 acres and “lies amid hardwood forests, pine stands and rocky ridges,” according to the Department of Environmental Conservation.


Charlotte Sena went on a bike ride with her friends around dinnertime Saturday evening and never returned, police said.

Moreau Lake State Park said in a Facebook post it is closed until further notice.

 

[BlasterMaster]

I heard about two years back that Broome County in the State of NY was planning on releasing several Level 10 Pedofiles out into the streets.

I can only hope they froze to death during the winter if they were set loose to cut costs! I couldn't believe that county was actually planning on doing that!