Authorities say a 9-year-old Canadian girl found dead in a New York pond was drowned. Preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday classify her death as a homicide.

Scores of people in Ticonderoga gathered at a local park for an emotional tribute to nine-year-old Melina Frattolin, with residents calling it a "tragedy."

LAKE GEORGE, NEW YORK (WBNG) -- On July 19, at approximately 10 p.m., Warren County 911 received a call from a man reporting his 9-year-old daughter missing in Lake George. The child was identified as Melina Frattolin, age 9, and the caller as her father, Luciano Frattolin, 45, both Canadian residents.