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BALLSTON SPA, New York — 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 taking the girl in September from a campground at Moreau Lake State Park, a rural area about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Albany. The disappearance sparked a 48-hour-search that ended when she was found alive at a camper Ross was staying in.
FILE – Police secure the entrance to Moreau Lake State Park as search continues for a missing 9-year-old girl who had been camping with her family, Oct. 2, 2023, in Gansevoort, NY.
AP Photo/Michael Hill, File
“Because of you, I can’t sleep at night,” the girl, who was not present, said in a statement read in court by Saratoga County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer L. Buckley. “I was imprisoned …
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