Luciano Frattolin Convicted of 9-Year-Old Daughter's Murder, Facing 15 Years to Life
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Updated · WCAX · Aug 11
Luciano Frattolin Convicted of 9-Year-Old Daughter's Murder, Facing 15 Years to Life
3 articles · Updated · WCAX · Aug 11
Summary
A New York jury convicted Montreal resident Luciano Frattolin of second-degree murder and concealing the corpse of his 9-year-old daughter, Melina, after deliberating for just over an hour.
Cellphone and vehicle data drove the case, prosecutors said, allowing investigators to track Frattolin's movements throughout the trip and challenge his denial that he was in Ticonderoga that night.
Frattolin's defense had argued there was little physical evidence and maintained his account that Melina had been kidnapped, but prosecutors said that claim was investigated and instead led them to focus on him.
Notes cited at trial referred to ending the madness and making a decision about Melina, whom Frattolin claimed was mentally ill; her body was later found near a Ticonderoga pond with a rock on top.
Frattolin has 30 days to appeal and is due to be sentenced in October, when he faces a minimum term of 15 years to life.