Charlotte Sena went missing after riding her bike around a state park in up-state New York, telling her family she wanted to do a lap of the track alone.
Charlotte Sena, the nine-year-old girl who went missing in a New York park, has been found"in good health", police have said.
Craig Nelson Ross Jr, 47, is in custody over her disappearance, New York state governor Kathy Hochul told a news conference., which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.
She added after the note was identified, police swooped in on the suspect's home, a camper van behind his mother's house, and Charlotte was found in a cupboard by officers, and does not appear to have been harmed. "She knew she was being rescued. She knew that she was in safe hands," Ms Hochul said, adding the girl has been reunited with her family.More than 100 personnel and 75 law enforcement officials were deployed in the search for the girl, which also included dogs, two drones, boats and six underwater rescue teams, Ms Hochul said earlier.
Earlier on Monday, police said 400 search and rescue personnel were looking for the nine-year-old, across a space measuring 46 miles.Police set up checkpoints in the park, while stopping cars and checking vehicles as they drove through.Charlotte's aunt, Jene Sena, told Sky's US partner network NBC News"She disappeared almost into thin air. I mean it was, minutes, minutes, between when she was last seen and when she wasn't there anymore," Sena said.
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