Frattolin Convicted in Daughter’s Death After Declining to Testify
Jurors relied on phone and car location data, notes and police recordings as prosecutors said the evidence overwhelmingly pointed to Frattolin.
- On Monday, a New York jury convicted Luciano Frattolin of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse in the death of his nine-year-old daughter, Melina Frattolin.
- Jurors concluded Frattolin killed his daughter on July 19, 2025, during a weeklong trip to the United States; her body was found near Ticonderoga, New York, with autopsy results showing asphyxia due to drowning.
- Essex County District Attorney Michael Langey presented over two dozen witnesses during the three-week trial, with location data from Frattolin's phone and vehicle proving crucial to establishing guilt and locating the body.
- Although Frattolin indicated he wanted to testify with the jury out of the room, he ultimately did not take the stand; instead, jurors heard his account via police recordings claiming two men kidnapped his daughter.
- Judge Tatiana Coffinger oversaw procedural rulings, including denying defense motions to dismiss, with her warnings regarding the right to testify and evidence decisions establishing the appellate record for potential future challenges.
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The Quebecer was found guilty on Monday of the murder of his 9-year-old daughter in the U.S. state of New York, but he had allowed his lawyers to testify.
Evidence at trial provided snapshot of Montreal girl's final hours in upstate New York
On a nice day in July 2025, a man and his daughter were nearing the end of their trip to the United States, with the girl set to return home to Montreal that night. She never made it back.
Luciano Frattolin, convicted of murder, told the judge at his trial that he wanted to testify for his defence, but that his lawyers had advised him not to do so.
His lawyers advised him not to do so.
The Toronto Star
Away from the jury’s ears, now-convicted murderer Frattolin said he wanted to testify
MONTREAL - Before he was found guilty of the murder of his nine-year-old daughter, Luciano Frattolin did not testify in his defence. But with the jury out of the room,
Father convicted in Montreal girl’s murder wanted to testify away from jury
Before he was found guilty of the murder of his nine-year-old daughter, Luciano Frattolin did not testify in his defence. But with the jury out of the room, he said he wanted to. On Aug. 10, Frattolin was found guilty of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse in the death of Melina Frattolin. A New York jury convicted Frattolin of having killed his daughter on July 19, 2025, the last day of a weeklong trip to the United States. T…
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