A family friend of kidnapped Charlotte Sena says he believes her abductor had to have been planning it and was ‘aware’ of her family before they visited the state park where she was snatched.
Charlotte was last night rescued from a cabinet in the backyard trailer where suspect Craig Ross. Jr. had been living. The 46-year-old is now in custody on first-degree kidnapping charges.
The nine-year-old girl was snatched at around 6.15pm on Saturday night from the Moreau Lake State Park where she was camping with her family.
Ross was caught after leaving a fingerprint on the ransom note he delivered to Charlotte’s parents’ house on Monday morning.
Family friend Patrick Kane says he believes the kidnapping was ‘premeditated’ and that Ross Jr. was ‘aware’ of the family
Craig Ross Jr, 46, 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. He demanded a ransom from the Sena family but it’s unclear how much he asked for
Charlotte (far right) as a younger child with her mother Trisha, father David and sisters
His trailer in his mother’s backyard is 13 miles from the Sena family home. His car is however listed to a property within 2 miles of the Sena home.
Speaking on FOX on Tuesday morning, Patrick Kane, a family friend, said: ‘It’s obvious he had some premeditated aspirations.
‘I think he may have been aware of them, I don’t know what we can share with you.’
He added that Charlotte was doing ‘very well’ after being reunited with her mother, Trisha, and father David.
All three rushed to a hospital in Albany last night after she was found. The child was described as ‘unharmed’ by police.
Ross Jr. remains in custody without bail.
Charlotte was found inside the white trailer in the backyard of Craig Ross Jr.’s mother’s home in Milton, New York, on Monday evening
On Monday at around 4am, someone dropped a ransom note into the mailbox at Charlotte’s parents’ house (shown). It contained traces of Ross Jr’s DNA
Police had his DNA on file from a 1996 DUI arrest, but it’s unclear if he has ever committed any other crimes against children.
Charlotte was hidden inside a cabinet cupboard when police stormed Ross’s trailer.
They say he initially resisted arrest, but eventually relented.
He brazenly dropped off a ransom note at her parents’ house at 4.20am on Monday morning, though it’s unclear how much he was asking for.
He was arraigned this morning and is now being held in county jail. No one else has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping.
Police found little Charlotte covered up and hidden in a cabinet on Monday
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