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.

As the community near where her body was found mourns, New York State police say a preliminary autopsy indicates nine-year-old Melina Frattolin, of Montreal, likely died by drowning. Her father, 45-year-old Montrealer Luciano Frattolin,

Nine-year-old Melina Frattolin died by drowning, according to a preliminary autopsy on the little Canadian tourist allegedly killed by her dad in upstate New York.