Melina Galanis Frattolin, the 9-year-old Canadian woman who was discovered lifeless after her father complained that she was kidnapped, died by drowning, the post-mortem report revealed Tuesday afternoon. The cops are actually searching for further footage of the daddy, Luciano Frattolin — arrested and charged with homicide — from the evening that he referred to as police to report a kidnapping.Melina’s reason for loss of life was asphyxia as a result of drowning, although it isn’t identified whether or not she drowned in the identical waterbody the place she was discovered lifeless or whether or not her physique was positioned there below a log by her father. Luciano pleaded not responsible to the second-degree homicide cost and the concealment of human corpse and is now in jail. The daddy raised suspicion as police stated he concocted the story of a automobile abducting his daughter. When he referred to as 911, he had already killed his daughter, disposed of the physique, as police discovered no automobile, as the daddy talked about. The daddy stated when he stopped his automobile to urinate, his daughter was kidnapped by two males. The cops are actually searching for further video proof or eyewitness accounts of Luciano’s automobile, a gray 2024 Toyota Prius travelling on Interstate 87 between Ticonderoga and Lake George, particularly from Exit 28 to Exit 20.
Melina spoke to her mom an hour earlier than loss of life
Melina and her father had been seen at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs round 5.30 pm Saturday. Virtually an hour later, Melina referred to as her mom and he or she appeared effective. Police stated Melina’s mom had the complete custody of the daughter although Luciano was licensed to take her on a trip and the mom didn’t imagine he posed any risk to the daughter. Then the daddy referred to as 911 simply earlier than 10 pm. Investigators are trying to find footage of the automobile between this time as they imagine Melina was killed on this time-frame. The physique was discovered the following day when the father-daughter duo had been supposed to return to Montreal.
Father has no felony file, concerned in 5 lawsuits
The daddy, a restaurant proprietor, has no felony file or any historical past of home violence. He’s at the moment concerned in 5 lawsuits that had been all filed this yr. Frattolin is the plaintiff in 4 of the lawsuits. Within the one by which he’s the defendant, he’s being sued for greater than $83,000 by a financial institution.
