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.

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,

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.

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, 45, has been charged with his daughter’s murder after police say he fabricated a story that she was kidnapped

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

Luciano Frattolin is accused of murdering his daughter, Melina, while on vacation and leaving her body in a wooded area

A Lake George hotel owner believes he may have stumbled upon a crucial piece of evidence in the case of 9-year-old Melina Frattolin —

Luciano, who divorced Melina’s mother in 2019, stopped answering the mom’s messages after she asked one heartbreaking question.