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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:36 PM 14 hrs ago

Father of girl found dead Sunday in Ticonderoga charged with murder

Source: Albany Times-Union

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Father of girl found dead Sunday in Ticonderoga charged with murder

Luciano Frattolin was booked early Monday at the Essex County jail

By Patrick Tine, H. Rose Schneider, Mike Goodwin
Updated July 21, 2025 1:23 p.m.

TICONDEROGA — Luciano Frattolin’s vacation with his daughter, as he described it, had gone horribly wrong.

He’d pulled over near Exit 22 on the Northway in Lake George and ducked into the woods to urinate, he’d later tell police. He returned to find his daughter gone. A white van was fleeing south after two men forced her inside, he told 911 operators around 9:58 p.m. Saturday. The call triggered an Amber Alert and a frantic search for the 9-year-old Canadian girl.

State Police said Frattolin’s story quickly disintegrated. … “He fabricated the initial report of the abduction,” Capt. Robert McConnell, the Colonie-based leader of the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, told reporters Monday.

Melina Galanis Frattolin was found dead in a remote part of Ticonderoga, her body hidden in a pond, troopers said Monday. Her father has been charged with her murder.

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Read more: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/father-girl-found-dead-sunday-custody-20778067.php

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Father of girl found dead Sunday in Ticonderoga charged with murder (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago OP
Crazy crap always seems to happen in NY-21 BaronChocula 13 hrs ago #1

BaronChocula

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1. Crazy crap always seems to happen in NY-21
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:17 PM
13 hrs ago

I wonder who represents that district???

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