Man sentenced to 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from upstate New York park

Published April 17, 2024 3:00 PM

By MAYSOON KHAN
Associated Press/Report for America

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to first-degree kidnapping and predatory assault against a child. The girl disappeared on Sept. 30 from a campground Moreau Lake State Park. A search involving more than a 100 people concluded at the 48-hour mark of the girl’s disappearance when police raided a camper Ross had been staying in. Law enforcement found the girl alive in a cabinet.

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