Posted on 10/02/2023 9:38:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
Gansevoort, N.Y. — A search continued Monday for a 9-year-old who disappeared Saturday night while riding her bike in a state park in Saratoga County.
State police issued an Amber Alert Sunday for Charlotte E. Sena, who was last seen at Moreau Lake State Park camping site in Gansevoort around 6:15 p.m. Saturday. Law enforcement search efforts began around 7 p.m. Saturday and are continuing today.
New York State Police has issued an Amber Alert for a 9-year-old girl, Charlotte Sena, missing since early Saturday night from Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County. Anyone with information should call the New York State Police at (518) 457-6811 or dial 911.
State troopers have been joined by forest rangers and other first responders.
Charlotte was with her family for a camping weekend at the park. They live in the nearby town of Greenfield in Saratoga County where Cena is a fourth-grader in the Corinth schools.
The girl was riding her bicycle with her cousins around a loop at the park, and she decided to ride the loop an additional time by herself, Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters at a news briefing at the park Sunday afternoon.
When about 10 minutes passed and Charlotte didn’t return from her ride, her parents started looking for her, troopers said.
State police and additional law enforcement and search and rescue teams conducted an “exhaustive search” of the park over the next 14 and a half hours, which lead to the Amber Alert being issued at 9:35 a.m. Sunday, said Lt. Col. Richard L. Mazzone, state police assistant deputy superintendent.
“We felt that after that exhaustive search when we couldn’t find her here, it was quite possible an abduction had taken place,” Mazzone said.
Hochul met with Charlotte’s parents Sunday morning.
Charlotte was just elected as an officer for her school’s student council at Corinth Central Elementary School. She and her family were having a typical day of camping, the governor said.
“I just want my daughter back,” Charlotte’s mother, Trisha Sena, the Albany Times-Union reported Sunday.
She described her daughter as “a good kid” who is “trusting.”
In case you haven’t seen the good news:
“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.”
No info released on the suspect. Supposedly left a ransom note at the parents’ home.
Thank the Lord....Thank the Lord...and the good upstate NY cops.....and thankyou for jumping on this case quickly.
THANKS for the heads up. Outstanding news.
Many prayers answered. All praise to the Lord.
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