Melina Galanis Frattolin, the 9-year-old Canadian girl who was found dead after her father complained that she was kidnapped, died by drowning, the au

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.

GLENS FALLS - Melina Galanis Frattolin, the 9-year-old subject of a weekend Amber Alert which triggered a frantic, region-wide search before her father was later arrested and charged with her murder, died by drowning, State Police announced Tuesday afternoon.

The charges Luciano Frattolin faces were not immediately available, but records show he was booked early Monday at the Essex County jail

A 9-year-old Canadian girl, Melina Frattolin, went missing near Lake George in New York and her father reported the incident as a kidnapping. Her body was later discovered in Ticonderoga. Police arrested Luciano Frattolin,

An AMBER AERT has been issued, 9-year-old child MELINA FRATTOLIN, Indian female, brown hair, wearing shorts, blue and white striped shirt, and white Adidas sne

After initially reporting his daughter missing, Luciano Frattolin was arrested when 8-year-old Melina Galanis Frattolin was found dead in upstate New York.