A daddy implicated of eliminating his 9-year-old little girl in upstate New york city and afterwards wrongly declaring she was abducted begged innocent on Wednesday.
Luciano Frattolin, of Montreal, was arraigned in Essex Area on a charge billing him with second-degree murder and the cover-up of a human remains.
A court purchased him held without bond. His following court look has actually been set up for Aug. 19, with a court test readied to start in January 2026.
Luciano Frattolin is seen leaving Essex Area Court in New york city following his accusation, July 30, 2025.
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Frattolin is implicated of eliminating his little girl, Melina Galanis Frattolin, throughout a getaway to the united state, hiding her body and producing a tale that she was abducted.
Melina was discovered dead in a superficial fish pond in a remote location near Ticonderoga on July 20, a day after he reported that she was abducted when he drew over to enter into the timbers to head to the shower room, authorities stated.
Melina passed away by murder and from “asphyxia because of sinking,” according to initial postmortem examination outcomes, New york city State Cops stated.
Private investigators think she was eliminated on July 19, simply hours after she called her mommy to state that she and her dad got on their back to Montreal, authorities stated.
The charge declares Frattolin sank his little girl after that hid her body “by putting it in a woody location in water, near a dropped tree with a rock in addition to the remains.”
ABC Information has actually connected to his public protector for remark yet has actually not yet gotten a reaction.
Luciano Frattolin is seen in this undated authorities handout.
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Melina dealt with her mommy full-time in Montreal and got on a 10-day getaway to New york city City and Connecticut with her dad at the time, according to Capt. Robert McConnell of the New York City State Cops.
According to McConnell, Frattolin and his little girl’s mommy have actually been separated because 2019. He stated the mommy understood Frattolin had actually taken Melina on a getaway and informed authorities she had no previous worries concerning them taking a trip to the united state with each other.
Frattolin’s kidnapping record led the New york city State Cops to release a Brownish-yellow Alert at an early stage July 20. An enormous search was introduced prior to her body was found later on that day by New york city State Cops Woodland Rangers, authorities stated.
” He made the preliminary record of the kidnapping,” McConnell declared throughout a July 20 press conference.
Cops started to concentrate on the dad as a suspect after locating disparities in his account of occasions and the timeline he offered, McConnell stated.
