ESSEX COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- The father of the 9-year-old girl found dead in Ticonderoga after being reported missing is in police custody.

According to the VINE Database, Luciano Frattolin, 45, is being held at the Essex County Jail.

According to State Police, at about 9:58 p.m., the Warren County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a man reporting his daughter — identified as Melina Frattolin — missing, with a possible abduction, near Exit 22 on the Northway. The initial AMBER Alert had also reported that the 9-year-old was last seen in a white van heading southbound.

The caller was reportedly identified as Frattolin’s father, Luciano Frattolin. Troopers said as officers continued to investigate, law enforcement officials reportedly began to find “inconsistencies in the father’s ac

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