Charlotte Sena updates: Suspect Craig Ross Jr, 47, arrested as missing girl, 9, found hidden in campervan

The suspect delivered a “ransom note” to the home of Charlotte Sena’s parents and put it in the mailbox, governor Hochul said.

A break in the case of the missing nine-year-old came at around 4:20 am ET on Monday, governor Hochul said, whenwhen 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,” the governor said.

She said the nine-year-old’s parents were still at the campsite searching for their daughter. Officers were also away from the house at the time.

Police later tested the note for fingerprints and searched law enforcement databases to see if they could find a match, and identified the suspect as 47-year-old Craig Nelson Ross, Jr.

The family of missing Charlotte Sena has created a GoFundMe account to raise funds for search efforts.

“Charlotte Sena went missing on 9/30 in upstate New York. Please donate to help the family during this difficult time,” Charlotte’s aunt Jene Sena wrote in the page description.

More than $5,000 have been raised as of Monday evening.

Charlotte Sena, a 9-year-old who went missing while on a camping trip in upstate New York over the weekend, has been found alive.

“Charlotte has been found safe and in good health,” the New York State Police announced on Monday.

“A suspect is in custody,” the agency added in a news release. “This is still an active investigation.”

Charlotte’s mother called 911 at around 6.15pm on Saturday after the little girl failed to return to her family’s campsite after going on a bike ride near Loop A at Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County.

An Amber alert was not sent out until Sunday morning.

New York State Police said during a press conference on Sunday that authorities waited to send the alert because they first needed to exhaust all search efforts within the park.

In order to meet the criteria for an Amber Alert activation, the child must be under 18 and evidence surrounding the disappearance must suggest that they are in danger. Police have since said that Charlotte may have been abducted and is “in imminent danger of serious harm and/or death.”

Charlotte is approximately 4 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 90 pounds.

She was last seen wearing a pink tie-dye Pokemon shirt, dark blue pants, black Crocs and a gray bike helmet.

The parents of missing nine-year-old Charlotte Sena are distraught after the fourth-grader vanished at a campsite in upstate New York, the state’s governor said.

”As a mother and as a grandmother I cannot imagine the pain they’re going through,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.

“On a picture-perfect fall day here in upstate New York, Charlotte Sena’s family and friends gathered for a weekend of friendship and food and enjoying one of the last few days of good weather…so the kids could have a chance to be in nature, have a chance to be kids.

“They were here to make memories – the kind that last a lifetime. But instead the day turned into every parent’s nightmare,” said Governor Hochul.

The missing nine-year-old girl was found alive and in “good health” on Monday evening, two days after she disappeared after going on a solo bike ride around Monreay Lake State Park in Saratoga County.

The police found a lead at 4.20am (local time) on Monday when a car pulled up at the family’s home and dropped a ransom note in their mailbox, governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement.

Authorities ran fingerprints and found a match around 2.30pm (local time) for a DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) from 1999 out of Saratoga city.

The police identified a double-wide house owner by the suspect’s mother and the suspect was found in the camper behind the woman’s home.

The deputies made a “tactical entry” and after some resistance the suspect was taken into custody. The girl was found covered in a cabinet.

The suspect, identified as 47-year-old Craig Nelson Ross Jr, was being questioned, the governor said. “At this moment charges have not been brought but they are fully expected,” the governor said.

New York governor Kathy Hochul in a statement on social media said the missing nine-year-old girl was safe and her alleged abducter was behind bars.

“I promised Charlotte’s parents we’d leave no stone unturned in our search,” she said.

She continued: “Now, because of the extraordinary work of law enforcement, Charlotte will be reunited with her family.

“Law enforcement teams were relentless in finding this little girl — putting the pieces together and leaving no cabin unturned — to bring Charlotte home to her parents.”

A suspect has been taken into custody for allegedly abducting a nine-year-old girl who went missing on a camping trip in New York.

The suspect has been identified as 47-year-old Craig Nelson Ross. He was taken into custody after briefly resisting authorities, governor Kathy Hochul said.

The suspect’s fingerprints were found on a “ransom note” that was left in a mailbox at the home of Charlotte Sena’s parents, police said.“Charlotte Sena has been located and in good health. A suspect is in custody. This is still an active investigation,” the New York State Police said.