Police sent an alert to people's phones saying Melina Galanis Frattolin was last seen southbound in a white van on I-87 near exit 22 at 9:40 p.m. Saturday.

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,

A Canadian man was charged with murder in the death of his 9-year-old daughter in upstate New York, authorities said. Her body was found in a shallow pond.

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.

Luciano Frattolin, a Montreal entrepreneur and founder of Gambella Coffee, was arrested after his daughter Melina Galanis Frattolin was found dead in New York.

The father of a 9-year-old has been charged with murder in the second degree and concealment of a human corpse after he allegedly murdered his daughter in upstate New York.

Ticonderoga, NY (WRGB) — New York State Police have charged Luciano Frattolin from Canada with second-degree murder following the discovery of his 9-year-old daughter, Melina Galanis Frattolin, whose body was found in Ticonderoga.

Luciano Frattolin said that his daughter had been the victim of a possible abduction in Lake George, N.Y. On Monday, a day after her body was found, he was charged with second-degree murder.