Nine-year-old Melina Frattolin died by drowning, according to a preliminary autopsy on the little Canadian tourist allegedly killed by her dad in upstate New York.

Two North Country communities are holding vigils Tuesday evening in memory of the 9-year-old girl that was found dead in Ticonderoga. The reported abduction of Melina Frattolin prompted an Amber Alert very early Sunday morning.

State Police are asking anyone with surveillance images and videos of the silver Toyota Prius that Luciano and Melina Frattolin had been driving during their vacation to reach out to them.

Preliminary autopsy results show Melina Frattolin died by asphyxia due to drowning. Police are looking for more information about her father's movements the night they believe he killed her.

Authorities released a cause of death for a 9-year-old girl believed to have been murdered by her father in upstate New York.Melina Frattolin died from asphyxia due to drowning, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide,

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

G LENS FALLS, N.Y. ( NEWS10) — The preliminary autopsy results for Melina Frattolin have been released by New York State Police. The 9-year-old had been found dead on Sunday, July 20, in Ticonderoga after being reported missing by her father in Lake George on Saturday, July 19.

Luciano Frattolin, a Canadian cafe owner, has been charged with the second-degree murder of his 9-year-old daughter, Melina, in Ticonderoga, New York.

Luciano Frattolin — a 45-year-old debt-riddled neat-freak — was charged with second-degree murder and unlawful disposal of a corpse after the tragic child was found dead in a shallow waterway outside Ticonderoga on the northern end of Lake George on Sunday afternoon.