LATHAM, N.Y. (WCAX) - A Montreal man is being charged with murder in the death of his 9-year-old daughter whose body was found in Northern New York.
Luciano Frattolin, 45, told New York State Police that his daughter, Melina, was abducted on Saturday, triggering a statewide Amber Alert.
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But police say Frattolin’s story was inconsistent, and eventually led them to arrest him.
The little girl’s body was found Sunday in a pond in Ticonderoga near the state border with Vermont.
Investigators say the pair had been traveling parts of the Northeast for the last week or so and were headed back to Canada when Frattolin allegedly killed h