Police issue Amber Alert for 9-year-old abducted from Lake George
New York State Police issued an Amber Alert at 1:29 a.m. Sunday, saying a 9-year-old girl was abducted by an unknown suspect from Lake George four hours earlier Saturday night.Police sent an alert to people’s phones saying Melina Galanis Frattolin was last seen southbound in a white van on I-87 near exit 22 at 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
The initial alert said she was last seen at 7:40 p.m., but it was changed to 9:40 p.m. shortly afterward.
She is 5 feet tall, 100 pounds, of Indian descent, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue and white striped shirt, shorts, and white Adidas sneakers. State Police released a second, more recent photo, of the girl late Sunday morning.
The State Police’s post on the alert on Facebook notes that any suspect in the case is unknown. All information seen here was recent as of 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
“The child was taken under circumstances that lead police to believe that they are in imminent danger of serious bodily harm and/or death,” the alert reads.
The alert did not give any details about what the child was doing at the time of the alleged abduction, where exactly she was, and who she was with.
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