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.

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

Amber Alert for Melina Galanis Frattolin was cancelled after she was found dead in Ticonderoga. Inconsistencies were found in the account provided by her father

Adirondack communities were shaken by the alerts because the reported abduction was not far from them. Ticonderoga hairdresser Bridgette Cruz was in a state of disbelief after police said the abduction report was fabricated.

Melina Frattolin, aged 9, was found dead in Ticonderoga, New York on July 20 hours after her father reported her missing and suggested she had been abducted. Police later determined no abduction had taken place, and noted "inconsistencies" in her father's account of her disappearance (New York State Police)

An Amber Alert was issued in New York on Saturday after Melina Galanis Frattolin, a 9-year-old girl, went missing