A man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead after he reported that she was abducted while they were vacationing in upstate New York has been charged with murder

The death of a 9-year-old girl whose father initially said she was missing and possibly abducted is being investigated amid what New York State Police call inconsistencies in the father's account.

Hours after an Amber Alert was issued for Melina Frattolin on July 20, the 9-year-old was found dead in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Police said 'there is no indication that an abduction occurred' after finding 'inconsistencies' in her father's account of events.

Luciano Frattolin, 45, has been charged with his daughter’s murder after police say he fabricated a story that she was kidnapped

New York State Police have charged a Canadian father with murdering his 9-year-old daughter and disposing of her body in a wooded area.

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.

There was no word on charges in the news release, and New York State Police say a press conference will be held on Monday.

In 2020, New York did away with its law allowing police misconduct records to be private. But a law that previously greenlit the destruction of many of those same records quietly remained on the books.

"That departments make these documents so hard to access is nothing new, but it ...makes it seem like they have something they don’t want us to see.”