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Police Found Blood on Jacket Montreal Girl Was Wearing when Her Body Was Found
Forensic scientists said blood was found on the girl’s sweatshirt as prosecutors try to link clothing and soil to the death investigation.
- On Tuesday, New York State Police forensic scientist Kimberly Stoddard testified she identified four potential blood stains on the purple Old Navy sweatshirt Melina Frattolin was wearing when found dead last year.
- Luciano Frattolin, 46, faces charges of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse after his daughter Melina was found dead in a shallow pond off State Route 74 in July 2025.
- FBI geologist Ian Saginor testified that soil samples from the discovery site matched debris on the victim's shoes but excluded the shirt and shorts, complicating the evidence timeline.
- Forensic tests for seminal fluid on the child's clothing returned negative results, narrowing the evidentiary focus to blood stains on the sweatshirt in Essex County Court proceedings.
- Judge Tatianna Coffinger continues presiding over the ongoing murder trial in Essex County Court, where the jury evaluates forensic evidence against Frattolin's plea of not guilty.
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A forensic expert testified about this discovery at the trial of a man accused of killing his daughter last July.
·Montreal, Canada
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The police found traces of blood on the jacket worn by a 9-year-old girl from Montreal when she died last summer in a rural area of New York State.
·Montreal, Canada
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Police found blood on jacket Montreal girl was wearing when her body was found
ELIZABETHTOWN - Police found traces of blood on the jacket a nine-year-old Montreal girl was wearing when she died last summer in a rural area of New York.
·Toronto, Canada
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Leaning Left26Leaning Right1Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution76% Left
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