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.

The father of a missing 9-year-old girl found dead in Ticonderoga has been charged with her murder, State Police said Monday morning.

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.

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

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.

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,

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

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