{"id":105840,"date":"2025-07-30T21:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105840\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T21:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:36:14","slug":"grim-new-allegations-detail-how-melina-frattolins-dad-hid-her-body-after-drowning-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105840\/","title":{"rendered":"Grim new allegations detail how Melina Frattolin’s dad hid her body after drowning her"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. \u2014 Luciano Frattolin, the father accused of murdering his 9-year-old daughter in upstate New York, pinned the little girl\u2019s body under a rock and a fallen tree<\/a>, a newly released indictment has revealed.<\/p>\n

Frattolin was already facing charges of second-degree murder<\/a> and concealment of a human corpse related to the death of his daughter, Melina, whose body was found in a shallow pond outside Ticonderoga on July 20.<\/p>\n

He appeared in court in Essex County on Wednesday morning in a gray suit and shirt without a tie, where he was held without bail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Frattolin, of Montreal, appeared in court Wednesday. Hans Pennink<\/p>\n

Luciano Frattolin in court on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Hans Pennink<\/p>\n

Frattolin was already facing charges of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse related to the death of his daughter. Hans Pennink<\/p>\n

Frattolin concealed his daughter\u2019s body \u201cby placing it in a wooded area in water, near a fallen tree with a rock on top of the corpse,\u201d the indictment reads. <\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s coverage on Melina Frattolin<\/p>\n

Handcuffed and shackled, the Ethiopian-born entrepreneur kept a cool expression throughout as he stared at the judge through thick-rimmed black glasses, responding with short answers to questions.<\/p>\n

Frattolin pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, following his initial not guilty plea last week.<\/p>\n

His request for cash bail was denied by Judge Tatiana Coffinger, after acting Essex County DA Michael Langey argued that he was a flight risk due to his citizenship in Ethiopia and Italy, as well as his ties in Canada.<\/p>\n

The body of his daughter, Melina, was found in a shallow pond outside Ticonderoga on July 20. Hans Pennink<\/p>\n

Luciano Frattolin and his daughter, Melina. Instagram\/Luciano Frattolin<\/p>\n

\u201cNo amount of money would ensure he\u2019d return,\u201d Langey told the judge.<\/p>\n

Frattolin\u2019s public defender, Emily Evatt, argued that he has no criminal history and would plan to stay in New York City with a friend if granted bail, but the judge disagreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would be hard pressed to ignore the severity of the charges that are pending against him at this time and he does not have any ties to this area,\u201d Coffinger said. \u201cI cannot guarantee his return.<\/p>\n

His daughter Melina\u2019s body was found after he reported her missing on a vacation to upstate NY. Instagram\/Luciano Frattolin<\/p>\n

He is accused of murdering his daughter<\/a> on July 19 while on a vacation from Canada to the United States, before making a fake kidnapping report.<\/p>\n

Preliminary hearings were scheduled for November 12, while a potential trial date was set for Jan. 5, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. \u2014 Luciano Frattolin, the father accused of murdering his 9-year-old daughter in upstate New York, pinned…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[54612,5229,27813,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,8073,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-105840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-abductions","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-murders","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-upstate-new-york","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-us-news","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114944343303484451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}