State Police Ask for Public’s Help After Homicide of 9-Year-Old

State Police Ask for Public's Help

While the State Police attempt to piece together a gruesome Upstate New York homicide, they're asking for the public's help.

Police are seeking additional eyewitness accounts or surveillance footage of the pair traveling between July 11th and July 19th.

They've included a few photos of the Prius that Luciano Frattolin was driving in the hours leading up to the horrifying murder of his 9-year-old daughter Melina.

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According to the New York State Police, they are seeking additional surveillance video or eyewitness accounts of the pair traveling between July 11th and July 19th.

2024 Grey Toyota Prius

More specifically, they are looking for footage in the area of the Northway between Exits 28 (North Schroon Lake: U.S. 9, Route 74 to Ticonderoga) through Exit 20 (Fort Ann, Queensbury, Lake George and Route 49 & U.S. 9) during the evening hours of Saturday, July 19, 2025.

State Police say they were driving a 2024 gray Toyota Prius.

Please call 518-873-2750 or email crimetip@troopers.ny.gov with any information.

Vacation with His Daughter

Police say Luciano Frattolin was on vacation with his daughter, visiting New York and Connecticut, and was last spotted in Saratoga Springs on Saturday at around 5:30 PM at a McDonald's.

A short time after that, police say that Melina had contact with her mom, telling her that she was doing fine and that they were heading back to Montreal on Sunday.

Following a false claim that his daughter had been kidnapped from an Exit 22 rest stop, Frattolin allegedly killed his daughter and discarded her body in a shallow pond in Ticonderoga.

No Criminal History

Police say Frattolin was estranged from his wife, who had full custody of Melina and resides in Montreal. Police also say that Luciano had no criminal history and no instances of domestic violence.

This is an ongoing investigation, and we'll have more on this story as it develops.