Charlotte Sena is found ALIVE and sex offender is taken into custody two days after nine year-old was ‘abducted for ransom’ while cycling in upstate NY woods
- Charlotte went cycling on Saturday at 6.15pm in Moreau State Park, New York
- The nine-year-old has since been found alive two days after going missing
Charlotte Sena has been found alive two days after the nine-year-old vanished while riding a bike in an upstate New York park.
A suspect is now in custody. Their identity has not yet been revealed.
Multiple law enforcement sources say that the suspect has a sexual abuse criminal history – and that they allegedly left a note at Sena’s parents’ house.
New York State Police were previously confident Charlotte was abducted from Moreau Lake State Park. She was last seen wearing a tie-dye Pokemon shirt, dark blue pants, black crocs, gray bike helmet.
New York State Police said Charlotte is ‘in good health’ after being found alive.
It’s unclear what involvement the suspect in custody had with her disappearance.
The multi-agency search – which spanned 46 miles and included 400 search personnel, and dozens of federal, state, and local bodies on the ground – ended today.
Charlotte Sena is found alive two days after nine year-old vanished while riding bike in upstate New York park
Charlotte was cycling alone on Loop A of Moreau Lake State Park in New York near Saratoga Springs when she vanished at 6.15pm on Saturday.
She had been playing with friends throughout the day but decided to cycle alone, one last time, before the sun went down.
It should have only taken a few minutes for to complete the small loop. At 6.30pm, her parents realized she hadn’t returned and grew worried. By 6.47pm, they had found Charlotte’s bike on the loop and called 911.
A frantic search was launched for the child, for whom an Amber Alert was issued on Sunday morning after rangers searched the 6,250-acre park and found no sign of her.
There are 158 camping sites in the park. Loop A sits in the southwest corner of the park and is directly adjacent to US Highway 9 – which runs all the way from Philadelphia to Canada.