When an NY state trooper spotted a ransom note in Charlotte Sena's mailbox, he immediately called in the description of the vehicle he saw drop it off, police say.
New York police were armed with a suspect vehicle description hours before crime lab results led them to name Craig Ross Jr. as the man suspected of kidnapping 9-year-old Charlotte Sena off her bicycle on a park trail Saturday, according to authorities. They were watching her parents' house when a sketchy driver pulled up and slipped something into their mailbox.
One particular vehicle that had slowed and stopped briefly looked suspicious to the trooper,' said Stephanie O'Neil, a New York State Police public information officer. So after the coast was clear, the trooper went in to take a closer look. 'Upon finding the letter, they immediately communicated the vehicle’s description to the non-commissioned officer in charge, and a ‘be on the lookout’ was issued to all surrounding patrols,' O'Neil told Fox New Digital.
That happened around 4:20 a.m., according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. About 14 hours later, forensic investigators had matched fingerprints recovered from the note to a 1999 drunken driving suspect, she said: Craig Nelson Ross Jr., 46. Police set up a staging area at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, a large amphitheater 6 miles down the road from where tactical teams would soon rescue Charlotte from a cabinet in Ross' rundown camper in his mother's backyard.
On the other hand, the incident at the Sena house may have been a missed opportunity, according to Paul Mauro, a retired NYPD inspector who has been following the case. 'Nobody had probably conceived the idea of a ransom note drop off,' he told Fox News Digital. 'Who would?' WATCH: Suspected kidnapper Craig Ross' potential route home revealed as cops seek home security video CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Ransom abductions are extremely rare, he said.
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