"Kidnapper Receives 47-Year Sentence for Abducting 9-Year-Old from Upstate New York Park"

Craig N. Ross Jr. was sentenced to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl from Moreau Lake State Park in upstate New York. The girl, who was missing for 48 hours, was found alive in a camper where Ross was staying. Ross pleaded guilty in February and declined to speak during the sentencing. The judge issued a protective order for the girl, and family members addressed Ross in court. He was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years to life for kidnapping and 22 years to life for predatory sexual assault of a child, to be served consecutively.