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Suspect in kidnapping of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena in upstate New York identified

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A 47-year-old man charged with 9-year-old Charlotte Sena at an upstate New York park has been identified by authorities. A 47-year-old man charged with kidnapping 9-year- old Charlotte Sena at an up state New York park and allegedly holding her in the cabinet of a camper he lived in next to his mother's home has been identified by authorities. Craig N. Ross Jr. is being held without bail Tuesday morning at the Saratoga County Correctional Facility on a charge of first-degree kidnapping, according to jail officials. Charlotte was abducted from the Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County, New York, on Saturday evening, according to New York State Police. She disappeared around dinnertime on Saturday, while out riding her bike in the campground alone, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said. The girl's family and other campers went looking for her, and her mother found her bike around 6:45 p.m. Saturday and called 911, police said. An Amber Alert was issued for the missing child Sat...

Remains of Tuskegee pilot who went missing during World War II identified after 79 years

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The remains of a Tuskegee pilot have been identified, 79 years after he went missing during World War II, according to the Defense Department. The remains of a Tuskegee pilot have been identified, 79 years after he went missing during World War II, according to the Defense Department. Second Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr. was piloting a single-seat P-51C Mustang nicknamed "Traveling Light" in late October 1944 out of Ramitelli Air Field in Italy when he went missing in action, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The North Carolina native was one of 57 fighters on a bomber escort mission over enemy targets in Regensburg, Germany, though none of the fighters could locate their bomber aircraft or the target. Forty-seven fighters ultimately returned to the base -- including nine who returned early due to heavy cloud cover -- though Brewer was not among them, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The remains of Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., a Tuskegee Airman who we...