His defense could certainly say that if they wanted to stick with the abduction scenario.
French nd Canadian press are giving details on alleged financial difficulties
Problèmes financiers
Luciano Frattolin doit plus de 150 000$ en solde de carte de crédit non payé à la Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse. L’institution bancaire réclame près de 97 000$ à l’entreprise Café Gambella, dont M. Frattolin est le propriétaire, et près de 83 000$ à l’entreprise Dépanneur Café, dont il n’est plus le propriétaire.
Financial problems
Luciano Frattolin owes more than $150,000 in unpaid credit card balance to the Bank of Nova Scotia. The banking institution claims nearly $97,000 from the company Café Gambella, including Mr. Frattolin is the owner, and nearly $83,000 to the company Dépanneur Café, of which he is no longer the owner.
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Le père de la petite Montréalaise retrouvée morte aux États-Unis plaide non coupable de meurtre
Une enquête a été confiée à la police de l’État de New York.www.ledevoir.com
OMG ! Nightmarish !Frattolin and his ex, who split in 2019, had been having custody issues, sources said.
Luciano Frattolin stopped answering texts from his ex-wife when she asked him one heartbreaking question — when their daughter would be home, sources told The Post on Tuesday.
After some messages and calls going back and forth between the parents, Frattolin went radio-silent on the mom’s text requesting an update — and within a day, 9-year-old Melina Frattolin would be found dead
Melina Frattolin’s mom spoke to daughter just an hour before murder — as source reveals final haunting text before dad went radio silent
Luciano, who divorced Melina’s mother in 2019, stopped answering the mom’s messages after she asked one heartbreaking question.nypost.com
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Troopers on Tuesday would not say if they believe the child drowned in the same body of water where her body was discovered.
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I suspect there is clear evidence of there being no kidnapper. Surveillance cameras, digital tracking.
This explains what tragedy happened in his life, that has been mentioned but not described so far:
"But tragedy struck that same year when he was assaulted and suffered permanent damage to one of his eyes, the former friend claimed.
Melina’s mother came to visit him in Ethiopia while he was recovering — and found he was seeing another woman, according to the pal.
'That is why they separated,' he said."
Alleged killer dad Luciano Frattolin felt ‘tied down’ by daughter, ex-pal says, as they reveal details of rocky split with her mom
Alleged killer dad Luciano Frattolin didn’t like being “tied down” by his young daughter, whom he sometimes only saw once a year, according to a former friend.
If the details in this article are accurate, he’s a life-long grifter that was always one step ahead of his impending doom. It’s a tragedy that little Melina had to suffer at the hands of this idiot.This explains what tragedy happened in his life, that has been mentioned but not described so far:
"But tragedy struck that same year when he was assaulted and suffered permanent damage to one of his eyes, the former friend claimed.
Melina’s mother came to visit him in Ethiopia while he was recovering — and found he was seeing another woman, according to the pal.
'That is why they separated,' he said."
Alleged killer dad Luciano Frattolin felt ‘tied down’ by daughter, ex-pal says, as they reveal details of rocky split with her mom
Alleged killer dad Luciano Frattolin didn’t like being “tied down” by his young daughter, whom he sometimes only saw once a year, according to a former friend.
His attorney can say whatever he wants. What the evidence supports is a different issue.
He had to have been wet after leaving the water. Wonder if there is evidence on the floor of his car that matches the crime scene?
If there were signs of a struggle and that she was murdered, I think him being the cause would be clear since her time of death has been determined to be prior to when he reported the false abduction. His report is likely that he was the only one with her up until the time he says she was abducted. That could only mean, he was with her at the time of death and the one responsible for her murder. The "kidnapper" according to his report had not had contact yet at the time of her death according to atopsy.
His car & his phone are both going to prove where he was in the time frame of her death. There will probably be camera footage that shows him & possibly her, in and/or with the car. There is at least one witness who saw him in the area. Melina spoke with her mom on the phone, early that evening. All this will prove what the police already know, there was no kidnapping. Unless he drugged her before drowning her, she would’ve put up a fight for her life. I hope she scratched him like caged cat!
Summary of differences between first- and second-degree murder in NY State:
