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

GLENS 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 in Ticonderoga after being reported missing by her father in Lake George on Saturday.

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.

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.

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

A Canadian girl reported missing near Lake George was found dead in upstate New York, and her father’s account of the night is under scrutiny, state police said.The 9-year-old, identified as Melina Frattolin,

Accused killer dad Luciano Frattolin may have been struggling to cover child support for his daughter, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to creditors despite depicting a high-flying lifestyle

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