A 9-year-old girl from Canada found dead in an upstate New York pond after her father reported her missing was drowned, according to preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday. Luciano Frattolin, 45,

Police allege that Luciano Frattolin murdered his 9-year-old daughter Melina in upstate New York. Her cause of death has now been revealed.

The cause of death for a 9-year-old girl who was found dead over the weekend in upstate New York after she was falsely reported missing by her father has been revealed.

New York State Police said the father of a 9-year-old girl who was initially the subject of an Amber Alert and was later found dead has been charged with her murder.

A New York woman thinks she saw accused killer dad Luciano Frattolin “running up a hill” close to where his 9-year-old daughter was found drowned.

Hours after an Amber Alert was issued for Melina Frattolin on July 20, the 9-year-old was found dead in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Police said 'there is no indication that an abduction occurred' after finding 'inconsistencies' in her father's account of events.

Luciano Frattolin, the father of Melina Frattolin, faces charges of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse.

Melina Galanis Frattolin’s body was recovered in Ticonderoga, New York – roughly 30 miles away from Lake George, where her father originally reported she was last seen.

Melina Frattolin, the 9-year-old girl from Canada who was found dead in an upstate New York pond, was drowned, according to preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday. Her father, Luciano Frattolin, was charged with murdering and concealing her body.