Charlotte Sena - Missing NY 9YO

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Anonymous wrote:She might have said she would do one more bike loop, when she actually needed to use the bathroom. It's possible she wandered and she is lost in the woods.

Possibly, but they had people, dogs and drones looking and didn't find her.

Have you ever been in the woods? They may have other information but I don't know what that is so I would speculate that's where she is right now.

That’s what I also wonder: what details led to the suggestion it was an abduction and not just a missing, lost girl.

And in danger of injury or death! You don’t often see that in an AA.

What? It's literally a criteria.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So awful. I wonder why they did not put out the amber alert until the following morning.

They weren’t sure it was an abduction at first.

The bike was found within 30 minutes. You'd still think an amber alert could be issued a be more quickly. I wonder if they have cameras going in and out of the park.

Photo and description:
Charlotte was last seen wearing an orange tie-dyed Pokémon shirt, dark blue pants, black Crocs and a grey bike helmet, according to a description provided by the state police. She is White with blonde hair, about 4’ 6” tall, with green eyes, authorities said.

[Anonymous]

People think kids are safe because they are on a bike.
A childhood friend was abducted off her bike.
They aren’t magic.

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I can't see how she would get lost. The woods are super thin and it's a short loop. This reminds me a ton of Little Bennett campground, outside of DC. We used to go there with another family when my kids were young and the kids would scooter and bike endlessly around the loop. Sometimes one would lag behind. Sometimes one would go alone. It seemed completely and utterly safe: a loop would take less than 10 minutes and you could practically see through to the other side. It's not deep, dark woods. This looks identical.

It's just petrifying. I don't see how she could have become lost. This had to be purposeful. Someone (besides a kidnapper) has to know something. They saw something or they know this person and will see or find out something on the other end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People think kids are safe because they are on a bike.
A childhood friend was abducted off her bike.
They aren’t magic.

Who ever said that? There are so many cases of people abducted off bikes.

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Is it possible an animal got her? Are there bears out that way? (Just spitballing here)

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible an animal got her? Are there bears out that way? (Just spitballing here)

Now THIS Is why I don't camp. Otherwise you ALWAYS go in pairs and never alone in any camping/woods/water situation.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't see how she would get lost. The woods are super thin and it's a short loop. This reminds me a ton of Little Bennett campground, outside of DC. We used to go there with another family when my kids were young and the kids would scooter and bike endlessly around the loop. Sometimes one would lag behind. Sometimes one would go alone. It seemed completely and utterly safe: a loop would take less than 10 minutes and you could practically see through to the other side. It's not deep, dark woods. This looks identical.

It's just petrifying. I don't see how she could have become lost. This had to be purposeful. Someone (besides a kidnapper) has to know something. They saw something or they know this person and will see or find out something on the other end.

I have to believe someone or something lured her away for “one last look” before she left. But I can’t imagine what? It’s all to convenient that this impromptu bike ride led to her disappearance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People think kids are safe because they are on a bike.
A childhood friend was abducted off her bike.
They aren’t magic.

What happened to your friend?

[Anonymous]

Also spitballing, could she have wandered out to the main road and been run over? The person panicked and hastily tossed the bike and took her body?

(I listen to too many true crime podcasts)

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible an animal got her? Are there bears out that way? (Just spitballing here)

I can't imagine... blood, clothing, etc would be left behind....something. And an animal has no reason to drag her intact for a great distance away from the site of capture. Plus you would hear the screaming. There are camp sites every 30 feet all along the loop. Who knows how many were occupied but even if a few were someone would have heard her. If it was a human abduction it's quite possible that she was tricked into going willingly (no screaming) or she was quickly overtaken and stuffed into a trunk or gassed or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People think kids are safe because they are on a bike.
A childhood friend was abducted off her bike.
They aren’t magic.

Exactly this. I think kids are less safe. They're trained not to leave their bike. Bikes can take some good momentum to get going, much more than our legs. All the perp has to do is get the kid to stop, and even position wise, easier to swoop them off a bike then from standing. Teach your kids to leave the bike.

I'm in Canada, but last week in my city an 11year old with her bike was heading home from school, grabbed into a van, sexually assaulted, and shoved out. Horrible stuff and there are lots of sick people out there, courts keep releasing them and once these guys cross the boundary of one assault their need for more increases exponentially.

This poor girl and family, just gut wrenchingly sickening if she's been taken, which it seems likely.

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So I don't camp - but people keep saying - SOMEONE would have seen/heard her. Is that accurate?

Is the first weekend in October, after it's been raining hardcore the entire prior week going to be a HUGE camping weekend? IDK what the weather is like there right now, but I feel like you'd expect campgrounds to be packed from Memorial Day to Labor Day with a huge drop off after that - as people get back on a school schedule, with soccer games etc. every weekend. I mean it wasn't even a long weekend.

Also someone posted a pic of the loop that she was on. The woods there look VERY thin. Like thin enough that you can see a road right behind them. How hard would it be for someone to park a car on that road and be hiding behind the trees watching that loop? If someone did that they would've seen kids riding around all afternoon, waiting for an "opportunity" and then they took that opportunity when they saw a 9 yr old coming alone. As for screaming etc. - I feel like they do all kinds of awful things like gassing etc. so the person isn't able to stay conscious.

People posting from up there are saying that road is 4 miles away from the entrance ramp to an interstate - which runs north south down to Albany and up to Canada.

Seems like SO much of the search is still focused on the park. I feel like if she was there, wouldn't the dogs have picked up her scent already?? Though my sense is maybe they're just saying that and are looking other places/other towns/cities and don't want the abductor to know that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People think kids are safe because they are on a bike.
A childhood friend was abducted off her bike.
They aren’t magic.

What happened to your friend?

They found her body 2 days later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where exactly was her bike found? On the actual “loop”/roadway? On an adjacent trail?

We are campers and I can’t imagine someone snatching up a kid from their bike on the actual loop of any campground I’ve ever been to. There are always people out and about, walking, driving, just sitting and observing.

True but if she cut through a camp site, and if you camp frequently you know how common this is, she could have been snatched in to a car or tent/trailer. To the people speculating about an animal being involved, that's so much more unlikely. She would have screamed and I think other campers would have seen an animal attack.

I see a lake in the map, is there a chance she went to the water?