Melina Frattolin’s mother shares that her daughter pleaded not to go on the trip with her father.
Trial Testimony Reveals Mother’s Concerns Before Daughter’s Death The mother of 9-year-old Melina Fratlin testified on Tuesday that she had reservations about her daughter traveling with her father prior to what prosecutors allege was a fatal trip to New York this summer. Kari Galanis told a jury that her ex-partner, Luciano Fratlin, intended to take […]
Community in Ticonderoga remembers Melina Frattolin, the murder victim from Lake George.
Community Mourns After Tragic Death of Young Girl TICONDEROGA, NY – A community in mourning assembled on Tuesday following the tragic death of nine-year-old Melina Fratlin, who was reportedly murdered during a vigil. “If this is the area where she was found, then this becomes her community,” Bridget Cruz, a local business owner who organized […]
Melina Frattolin communicated with her mother only an hour before the killing, with police considering a custody disagreement as the reason.
Law enforcement officials report that Melina Fratlin spoke to her mother just one hour prior to her tragic death in upstate New York. Detectives suspect that Luciano Fratlin killed his nine-year-old daughter due to a custody conflict with his estranged wife, as sources informed the Post. Melina had gone to visit her father as part […]