ALBANY - Police Tuesday released the cause of death for Melina Frattolin, the 9-year-old Canadian girl authorities now say was killed by her father in Ticonderoga Saturday.

Melina died of asphyxia due to drowning and her manner of death was classified as a homicide, police said.

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