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Father receives life sentence in New York for murder of Montreal girl
Judge Tatiana Coffinger rejected a bid to overturn the verdict, and Frattolin will not be eligible for parole for 25 years.
- A Montreal man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing his nine-year-old daughter, Melina Frattolin, whose body was found in a rural New York marsh.
- The sentence follows an August 10 conviction in Essex County Court, where a jury found Luciano Frattolin guilty of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse.
- Judge Tatiana Coffinger rejected a motion to set aside the guilty verdict, ruling Frattolin ineligible for parole for at least 25 years.
- Following the sentencing, the defence issued a formal notice of appeal to challenge the conviction and keep legal proceedings active.
- In Elizabethtown, New York, authorities took Frattolin into custody on July 24, 2026, marking the start of legal proceedings that culminated in Wednesday's sentencing.
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Luciano Frattolin received 25 years to life in prison for the murder of his 9-year-old daughter, Melina, in an upstate New York revenge plot.
·New York, United States
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The Montrealer Luciano Frattolin, is sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of release before 25 years for the second degree murder of his daughter Melina.
·Montreal, Canada
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Luciano Frattolin gets 25 years to life in prison for murder of 9-year-old daughter
A Canadian businessman who was found guilty of murdering his nine-year-old daughter on a vacation to the North Country and concealing her body has been sentenced following his conviction.
·Plattsburgh, United States
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Luciano Frattolin will spend at least the next 25 years of his life in prison for the murder of his daughter, Melina Frattolin, drowned in a marsh in New York State in the summer of 2025.
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources26
Leaning Left16Leaning Right2Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
Bias Distribution
- 64% of the sources lean Left
64% Left
L 64%
C 28%
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