Overview

• Luciano Frattolin reported his nine-year-old daughter Melina missing on July 19 near Lake George, prompting an Amber Alert in New York.
• A multi-agency search involving K-9, aviation and forest ranger units located Melina’s body in Ticonderoga on July 20.
• Investigators identified discrepancies in Frattolin’s claim that Melina was abducted by strangers in a white van, leading to cancellation of the alert and transfer of the case to state police.
• On July 21, Frattolin was arrested in Essex County and formally charged with second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse.
• An autopsy is pending to determine Melina’s cause of death and authorities say there is no ongoing threat to the public.