Melina Galanis Frattolin’s body was recovered in Ticonderoga, New York – roughly 30 miles away from Lake George, where her father originally reported she was last seen.

Melina Frattolin, 9, was found dead after her father claimed she had been kidnapped. New York State Police say the girl, who was the subject of an Amber Alert, was never abducted.

A 9-year-old Canadian girl whose father had reported she had been kidnapped in upstate New York was found dead Sunday afternoon, with investigators saying she had not been abducte