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Jury selection continues for Canadian man accused of killing daughter in New York
Prosecutors say Frattolin killed his 9-year-old daughter and fabricated an abduction story as 11 jurors were seated.
- On Thursday, the trial of Luciano Frattolin began in Essex County, New York, after a full jury of 12 people and three alternates was seated to hear charges of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse.
- Prosecutors allege Frattolin killed his 9-year-old daughter, Melina Frattolin, while on vacation in the North Country last July, then fabricated a kidnapping story claiming she was abducted from a Lake George rest stop.
- During Thursday's testimony, a jury heard a recording of the 911 call Frattolin placed around 10 p.m. last summer, in which he told an operator his daughter was kidnapped by suspects in a white van.
- First Assistant District Attorney Carrie Daly alleged Frattolin misled authorities, while defense lawyer Eric Weyand argued police ignored evidence and failed to investigate alternative theories of the case.
- Judge Tatiana Coffinger is presiding over the trial in Elizabethtown, which prosecutors expect could last three to four weeks, with the girl's mother listed among potential witnesses who may testify.
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Jury in New York trial hears girl's body was found through father's phone location
ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW YORK — A New York jury heard that police found the body of a nine-year-old girl from Montreal in a marsh after investigators reviewed her father's cellphone location history.
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Le Journal de QuebecThe Montrealer accused of drowning her daughter upon returning from a trip to New York would have wanted to "stop the madness and suffering" of the girl.
·Montreal, Canada
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Murder trial begins for Luciano Frattolin, coffee entrepreneur accused of drowning daughter in NY pond
Luciano Frattolin, 46, of Montreal is accused of filing a bogus kidnapping report after allegedly killing the little girl, Melina, while on a trip to the Lake George area last July.
·New York, United States
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