MILTON, N.Y. (1010 WINS/AP) -- The adult son of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena’s suspected kidnapper, Craig Ross Jr., told reporters in upstate New York that he “hates” his father and “hopes he dies in prison.”
The son, identified by TMZ as Joshua, spoke from Ross’ home in Porter Corners on Monday, telling one reporter on camera that his father is in jail and that “we want nothing to do with him.”
“I could give a f*** if the dude dropped dead tomorrow,” he said of his father. “I couldn’t care less.”
“He’s disgusting, he’s gross,” he continued. “He should die.”
“That’s how I feel, alright?” he said. “I couldn’t give a rat’s a** what happens to him.”
The son reportedly told another group of reporters, “Yeah, he’s my father, but why do I have to deal with this s***?”
“Everyone is asking me all this. I don’t know anything. I hate him and hope he dies in prison,” he said, according to Fox News.
Craig Ross Jr., 46, was arrested around 6:30 p.m. Monday in a white camper behind his mother's double-wide trailer in Ballston Spa.
A group of about 20 officers from a state police special operations unit and an FBI SWAT team descended on the camper, some with guns drawn, for the raid. There was shouting and loud bangs and flashes of light.
When all was said and done, Ross was in custody and Charlotte was located in a cabinet. She was escorted out of the camper wrapped in a towel and was in "good health," according to state police.
Ross is being held without bail at the Saratoga County Correctional Facility after he was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of first-degree kidnapping. Police said more charges are expected.
Authorities believe he’s the man who kidnapped Charlotte on Saturday evening as she rode a bicycle at Moreau State Park, where her family was on a camping trip.
Investigators were able to link him to a ransom note left in a mailbox at the Sena home around 4:20 a.m. Monday, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
They isolated the fingerprints and found they matched Ross, who’d been stopped for drunken driving in Saratoga in 1999, the governor said.
Once Charlotte was safe, the family sent “a huge thank you to the FBI, the New York State police, all of the agencies that were mobilized, all of the families, friends, community, neighbors and hundreds of volunteers who supported us and worked tirelessly to bring Charlotte home.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.