Ticonderoga, NY (WRGB) — A man is charged with murder in connection with the death of his 9-year-old daughter, who was the subject of an AMBER Alert over the weekend. Authorities now believe, Melina Galanis Frattolin, was never truly missing, and that her father, Luciano Frattolin staged the entire disappearance to cover up her death.

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

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.

New York State Police will be releasing information about 9-year-old Melina Frattolin's death Monday 10 a.m. at the State Police barracks in Latham.

A father is charged for allegedly murdering his 9-year-old Greek-Canadian daughter and dumping her body in a lake in 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.

Luciano Frattolin is in custody after his daughter, Melina Galanis Frattolin, was found dead in NY after being reported missing over the weekend.

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