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Father of 9-year-old Canadian girl charged with 2nd degree murder

UPSTATE NEW YORK, JUL 21 – Luciano Frattolin faces murder and corpse concealment charges after fabricating an abduction report; authorities found his 9-year-old daughter's body in a pond, ending a multi-agency search.

  • A 9-year-old girl named Melina Galanis Frattolin was found dead in a wooded area of Ticonderoga, New York, after her father, Luciano Frattolin, reported her missing, claiming she was abducted.
  • Luciano Frattolin was arrested and charged with second-degree murder following inconsistencies in his statements regarding the timeline of her disappearance.
  • The investigation revealed that Melina had called her mother just before her disappearance, indicating she was not abducted, contradicting her father's claims.
  • An Amber Alert for Melina was issued early Sunday but subsequently canceled after her body was discovered, with police confirming no evidence of abduction.
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Melina Frattolin's father was arrested for murder following the discovery of his body in New York. The man reported an alleged kidnapping

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KSDK broke the news in St. Louis, United States on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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