GLENS FALLS, N.Y. -- A 9-year-old girl from Canada found dead in an upstate New York pond after her father reported her missing was drowned, according to preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday.

The death of Melina Frattolin, a 9-year-old Montreal girl allegedly murdered by her father in Ticonderoga, has been ruled a homicide by drowning.

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.

That‘s a question you ask a good friend that you can get away with asking those kind of questions.” The cause of death of a 9-year-old girl from Canada has been revealed as her father has been charged with her murder.

A 9-year-old girl was abducted by an unknown suspect at New York’s Lake George, according to an Amber Alert received by some Massachusetts residents. New York State Police said in the alert that the girl, Melina Galanis Frattolin, was last seen at 9:40 p.m. on Saturday in a white van on Interstate 87 near exit 22.

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

Luciano Frattolin said that his daughter had been the victim of a possible abduction in Lake George, N.Y. On Monday, a day after her body was found, he was charged with second-degree murder.

State Police are asking anyone with surveillance images and videos of the silver Toyota Prius that Luciano and Melina Frattolin had been driving during their vacation to reach out to them.

According to New York State Police, the autopsy of 9-year-old Melina Frattolin shows she died from asphyxia due to drowning. RELATED: Father charged with murder of daughter, 9, who was reported missing in Adirondacks areaOn July 19,