NY - Melina Frattolin, 9, Abducted, seen 9:40pm in a white van traveling south on I-87 near exit 22, Lake George, 19 Jul 2025 *arrest*

[Izzylizzy]

Dark Secrets Emerge as Wealthy Dad Faces Judge for Daughter's Murder​

 

[sunspun]

Dark Secrets Emerge as Wealthy Dad Faces Judge for Daughter's Murder​

Maybe I heard it wrong, but I thought the attorney speaking for the state said that Frattolin has $30 million in his bank account?! But the defense is saying he's broke with much debt.

It also stated that animal abuse charges were possible, because he allegedly left his dog in an apartment without food or water, when he left to go on this road trip with his daughter, which if I recall, was to last 2 weeks!

 

[truthfinder2019]

This case makes me particularly sick

 

[tigerlily96]

This case makes me particularly sick

Yep

 

[Seattle1]

Maybe I heard it wrong, but I thought the attorney speaking for the state said that Frattolin has $30 million in his bank account?! But the defense is saying he's broke with much debt.

It also stated that animal abuse charges were possible, because he allegedly left his dog in an apartment without food or water, when he left to go on this road trip with his daughter, which if I recall, was to last 2 weeks!

LF has no money in the US, and why he's represented by a public defender.

I think the prosecutor said he's realtor saw a foreign bank statement showing a balance of millions, which could either be fake or an account that LF does not have access to. IMO, LF is a fraud.

As for the dog he left behind, he could have made arrangements with a pet sitter that fell through, and he never checked on the pet, or perhaps this was a pet he kept for his child, and he intentionally left the dog the die because LF never planned on returning to Canada.

Who does that-- leaves their dog for 10 days w/o food or water? I suppose the same person capable of murdering their child. LF is such a vile human. JMO

 

[sunspun]

LF has no money in the US, and why he's represented by a public defender.

I think the prosecutor said he's realtor saw a foreign bank statement showing a balance of millions, which could either be fake or an account that LF does not have access to. IMO, LF is a fraud.

As for the dog he left behind, he could have made arrangements with a pet sitter that fell through, and he never checked on the pet, or perhaps this was a pet he kept for his child, and he intentionally left the dog the die because LF never planned on returning to Canada.

Who does that-- leaves their dog for 10 days w/o food or water? I suppose the same person capable of murdering their child. LF is such a vile human. JMO

That part about the dog made me think he planned on killing his daughter and then himself. But as they so often do, lost the courage to finish the plan. But who knows. Sickening in any case.

 

[Curious Me]

snipped to reply...perhaps this was a pet he kept for his child, and he intentionally left the dog the die because LF never planned on returning to Canada.

Completely selfish, whatever drove him to come up with this as a plan is a mystery to me because I don't see why he couldn't just disappear or just kill himself. Seems the trip was part of the plan. Take her back to her mother after the trip! Look at that precious child, take her back home! Was he worried he'd be viewed as less of a superstar in his daughter eyes and his ego wouldn't allow that? Was he aiming to hurt and destroy the daughter's mother too.

His actions reek of premeditation with leaving the dog, and choosing to take his daughter on a special long holiday trip to spend fun times together when it's very possible he knew every single day on that trip that he was going to end her life. If this is the case, he had all that time to change his mind and he still went ahead and killed her, what a empty human being.

There doesn't seem to be any monetary gain. I don't even know if he planned to kill himself because so soon after he was willing to report her missing. This is just my own thoughts as I struggle to fathom his sick motives. Did he do something he wanted to keep hidden maybe something she knew? Or did he do something to her? This post is all JMO.

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[katydid23]

Completely selfish, whatever drove him to come up with this as a plan is a mystery to me because I don't see why he couldn't just disappear or just kill himself. Seems the trip was part of the plan. Take her back to her mother after the trip! Look at that precious child, take her back home! Was he worried he'd be viewed as less of a superstar in his daughter eyes and his ego wouldn't allow that? Was he aiming to hurt and destroy the daughter's mother too.

His actions reek of premeditation with leaving the dog, and choosing to take his daughter on a special long holiday trip to spend fun times together when it's very possible he knew every single day on that trip that he was going to end her life. If this is the case, he had all that time to change his mind and he still went ahead and killed her, what a empty human being.

There doesn't seem to be any monetary gain. I don't even know if he planned to kill himself because so soon after he was willing to report her missing. This is just my own thoughts as I struggle to fathom his sick motives. Did he do something he wanted to keep hidden maybe something she knew? Or did he do something to her? This post is all JMO.

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Just going by a few other similar cases---where fathers invite their young children on a wonderful dream vacation---then inexplicably kill them---it seems like it is also designed to totally devastate their ex wives.

I think this vile monster was jealous of his ex-wife, and didnt want to return his child to her happy home.

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[Curious Me]

Could be, but... I keep trying to see this from all angles. I do seriously wonder if he did something to that child or she knew something about him that he had to suppress at all costs.

I think his motives were something more than hurting the mother. He's selfish and would do what benefits him or protects him. He seems very preoccupied with making money schemes, so I wonder if he thought he had to do away with the financial obligation of his daughter. Was he so strapped for money? Why even think of going on a trip? Was the mother asking he pay more support threatening him in any way? It seems the trip was a plan, and at the very end something was pressing him to get rid of his own daughter. He could've just taken her back home.

Just look at the photos of father and daughter together. That precious young girl supplied him with such adoration. Her mother trusted him enough to let him take the daughter on a long trip and out of the country. And yet, this might've been a premeditated plan? To end the daughter's life and lose his adoring little girl? Why?

All MOO and my own thoughts.​

 

[Onlyguessing23]

Could be, but... I keep trying to see this from all angles. I do seriously wonder if he did something to that child or she knew something about him that he had to suppress at all costs.

I think his motives were something more than hurting the mother. He's selfish and would do what benefits him or protects him. He seems very preoccupied with making money schemes, so I wonder if he thought he had to do away with the financial obligation of his daughter. Was he so strapped for money? Why even think of going on a trip? Was the mother asking he pay more support threatening him in any way? It seems the trip was a plan, and at the very end something was pressing him to get rid of his own daughter. He could've just taken her back home.

Just look at the photos of father and daughter together. That precious young girl supplied him with such adoration. Her mother trusted him enough to let him take the daughter on a long trip and out of the country. And yet, this might've been a premeditated plan? To end the daughter's life and lose his adoring little girl? Why?

All MOO and my own thoughts.​

This is my instinct also… he seemed to really love his daughter. But I fear she came across something potentially incriminating (photos on his phone..?) - some information that he could not afford to get out. Maybe he snapped or made the decision to suppress any possibility of exposing his secret at all costs.
MOO.