The ex-girlfriend of Craig Ross Jr., 46, who allegedly kidnapped 9-year-old Charlotte Sena from a park in upstate New York and demanded $50,000 for her launch, stated he was after the cash that the lady’s late grandfather had gained in a lawsuit.

Charlotte’s grandfather, Patrick Sena, had sued the city of Greenfield, New York in 1998 for a sledding accident and obtained $2.2 million, in keeping with the Daily Mail. He handed away in 2015.

Amanda Preece, 33, who dated Ross for 2 years and obtained a restraining order towards him in 2017, advised the outlet that Ross knew concerning the settlement cash and hoped to get a few of it as a result of he was in monetary hassle.

“I think that’s why he held her ransom, he was hoping to get some of the money because he’s struggling financially,” she stated. “That kind of money would set him up for around four or five years.” “He’s never wanted to work. He’s always wanted to find people to mooch off of whether it be girlfriends or making his mother feel bad because his MS is so bad,” she added, referring to his a number of sclerosis.

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Ross had reportedly did not pay taxes for a property close to Charlotte’s dwelling and needed to transfer again to his mom’s property the place he lived in a trailer.

Preece stated that Ross was “evil” and believed he stalked Charlotte and her household for a very long time earlier than kidnapping her.

“He had been following her family, he knew where they lived,” she stated.

“He put up tarp over the windows a few months prior, so I feel like he had been planning it for a while,” she continued. “He has the patience for messed up things like that.”

“To go to the campsite where they were at, to know where they lived, and to go to the park when they are there. He definitely had this planned,” she advised the paper. “He’s the type of person where he pre plans and it can be months ahead to do something.”

Preece stated that Ross “terrorized” her after they have been collectively and that he as soon as “grabbed her by the throat with both hands” and threw her throughout a room, in keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by the Daily Mail.

Ross was additionally investigated for sexually abusing a 12-year-old lady, however no expenses have been filed, police sources advised the Times Union.

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Police are actually wanting into any hyperlinks between Ross and different unsolved circumstances within the space, together with the kidnapping and homicide of 18-year-old Jennifer Hammond and 19-year-old Christina White, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office stated.

On Monday, Ross was apprehended following a DNA match to fingerprints found on a ransom be aware deposited within the Sena household’s mailbox. He now faces first-degree kidnapping expenses, with allegations of intent to gather ransom, and is at the moment incarcerated at Saratoga County Jail with out the opportunity of bail.

His subsequent court docket date is about for Oct. 17. More expenses are anticipated, authorities stated.

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