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 Canadian girl allegedly killed by her father in upstate New York over the weekend was drowned, according to an autopsy conducted Monday. Preliminary findings released Tuesday indicate 9-year-old Melina Frattolin of Montreal died from asphyxia due to drowning and her death was a homicide,

The father of a 9-year-old has been charged with murder in the second degree and concealment of a human corpse after he allegedly murdered his daughter in upstate New York.

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