New York jury convicts Montreal father of murder in death of 9-year-old daughter
Jurors said cellphone and vehicle data disproved his kidnapping claim, and Frattolin now faces life in prison at sentencing in October.
- An Essex County jury found Montreal resident Luciano Frattolin guilty of second-degree murder on Monday in the death of his nine-year-old daughter, Melina Frattolin.
- Melina Frattolin was reported missing on July 19, 2025, while on a trip in the United States; her body was discovered the next day in a marsh near Ticonderoga, New York, about 400 kilometres north of New York City.
- Frattolin initially claimed his daughter was kidnapped by two men in a white van, but prosecution presented cellphone and car data placing him at the scene where the body was found.
- Jurors also convicted Frattolin of concealing his daughter's body after deliberating for just over an hour following a three-week trial.
- Sentencing is set for October 14, concluding legal proceedings in the North Country case involving the Montreal girl's 2025 death.
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Luciano Frattolin Found Guilty of Murder and Concealment of His Daughter's Corpse
Despite his initial claims of abduction, 46-year-old father Luciano Frattolin was found guilty of murder and concealment of his daughter's corpse. He was convicted in Essex County Court on Monday, 10 August, more than a year since the death of his daughter, Melina Frattolin. Prosecutors alleged that Luciano drowned his daughter in July 2025 during a father-and-daughter trip in upstate New York and concealed her body in a wooded area. The murder …
As little Melina's mother testified, the girl did not want to go on the fateful journey with her father.
Dad found guilty of drowning nine-year-old daughter in revenge plot
Canadian dad Luciano Frattolin was found guilty on Monday of drowning his 9-year-old daughter in an swamp in the Adirondack Mountains, northeastern New York, last summer in a bid to get revenge on his ex-wife.
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Luciano Frattolin was found guilty of the second degree murder of his daughter.
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