The Brief

Melina Frattolin, 9, was drowned, and her death has been classified as a homicide, according to a preliminary autopsy report.

Melina’s father, Luciano Frattolin, was charged with murdering and concealing her body.

Melina’s body was found in a pond under a log over the weekend.

Melina Frattolin, the 9-year-old girl from Canada who was found dead in an upstate New York pond, was drowned, according to preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday.

Her father, Luciano Frattolin, was charged with murdering and concealing her body.

The backstory:

Luciano, 45, called 911 on Saturday night and said his daughter went missing from a parking lot near Lake George.

He later told authorities that two men forced his daughter into a white van, according to New York State Police.

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