Overview

• Law enforcement launched an Amber Alert after Luciano Frattolin reported his nine-year-old daughter missing, only to cancel it when state police identified inconsistencies and discovered her body in Ticonderoga.
• Frattolin was booked into Essex County Jail early Monday on charges of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse.
• After initial involvement by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police took over the probe and coordinated K9, aviation and forest ranger units in the search.
• Officials maintain there is no evidence of an abduction or any ongoing threat to the public following the investigative pivot.
• The Essex County District Attorney’s Office is now involved and authorities have scheduled an autopsy to determine Melina’s cause of death.