[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Deborah [@Deborah07849071](/creator/twitter/Deborah07849071) on x 2614 followers Created: 2025-07-20 22:28:20 UTC Missing girl discovered deceased in Ticonderoga Police believe 9-year-old Melina Frattolin's father falsely claimed she had been abducted from Lake George LAKE GEORGE | A massive multi-agency search for a 9-year-old girl has ended in tragedy and police now believe there was no abduction. New York State Police have confirmed that Melina Frattolin was found deceased Sunday as the local community, state and nation hoped for her safe return. According to the initial Amber Alert issued overnight, the young Canadian girl had last been seen around 9:40 p.m. Saturday heading southbound in a white van on Interstate XX near Exit XX. But, police said, authorities quickly unraveled a series of conflicting accounts by her father, Luciano Frattolin, and believe no abduction took place. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office initially led the investigation, and as the case progressed, law enforcement soon identified numerous inconsistencies in the father’s account of events and the timeline the 45-year-old Montreal businessman provided. With the assistance of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, Ticonderoga Police Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Forest Rangers, and New York State Police K9 and Aviation units, Melina was located deceased off Route XX in the Eagle Lake area of Ticonderoga. A large police presence was seen in the area through the day Sunday as the investigation continued. With jurisdictional considerations, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office has turned the investigation over to the New York State Police. Authorities now say there is no indication that an abduction occurred, and there is no threat to the public. Luciano Frattolin is reportedly the founder of an Ethiopia-based coffee company and currently living mostly in Montreal. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine Melina's cause and manner of death. No further details about the case were immediately available Sunday afternoon as the investigation into her death continued. A media event is scheduled for Monday to provide updates on the tragic case. State Police said late Sunday afternoon that there is “no indication that an abduction occurred” after her father, Luciano Frattolin, reported her missing just before XX p.m. Saturday near I-87's Exit XX in Lake George. Frattolin, 45, is a Canadian businessman with connections to Montreal, according to a biographical page for a coffee company he founded. The page also makes several references to Melina, who is described as “the light of his life.” A biographical write-up on the website for Gambella Coffee, a company Frattolin founded, describe him as “an experienced entrepreneur with a proven track record of building diverse, high-performance businesses.” The page says he found “great financial success across numerous ventures, from architecture to real estate, to construction (and) mining” in addition to his coffee business. The biographical page says he is the son of an Ethiopian mother and an Italian father and that his mixed ethnicity was a source of difficulty as an adolescent. The page claims he was educated in the United States and United Kingdom and that those experiences changed him. “He was left reinvigorated and reconciled the difficulties he faced during his youth by embodying the Nietzschean attitude of, 'That which does not kill him makes him stronger,'” the website says. The page also makes a cryptic reference to an incident in February 2019 in which Frattolin “was met with an unfortunate event that severely affected his well-being.” The page does not explain the event was but describes his “road to recovery” as “long and arduous.” Melina features prominently in his publicly available biography. “Seeing the world through her eyes has also helped (Frattolin) look for creative ways to reinforce and empower Melina to know, feel, and understand her own unique individual beauty and intellect, while also teaching her to celebrate those same virtues inherent in the world’s diversity,” the website says. The page also says he “currently spends as much time as he can in Montreal, Canada” with his daughter. Information about Melina's mother or other relatives was not immediately available Sunday. Purported father’s company He also has mining contracts in Africa (Ethiopia, specifically, same as his coffee brand) valued at half a billion dollars, per jones day. Sekota Mining a company formed by Luciano Frattolin. Ethiopia Sekota Mining a company formed by Luciano Frattolin and Being CBRF Technology Group have entered into a 20-year concession to extract iron ore in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. The project is anticipated to cost half a billion dollars.  XXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/Deborah07849071/status/1947061038337151297)
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Created: 2025-07-20 22:28:20 UTC
Missing girl discovered deceased in Ticonderoga Police believe 9-year-old Melina Frattolin's father falsely claimed she had been abducted from Lake George
LAKE GEORGE | A massive multi-agency search for a 9-year-old girl has ended in tragedy and police now believe there was no abduction. New York State Police have confirmed that Melina Frattolin was found deceased Sunday as the local community, state and nation hoped for her safe return.
According to the initial Amber Alert issued overnight, the young Canadian girl had last been seen around 9:40 p.m. Saturday heading southbound in a white van on Interstate XX near Exit XX.
But, police said, authorities quickly unraveled a series of conflicting accounts by her father, Luciano Frattolin, and believe no abduction took place.
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office initially led the investigation, and as the case progressed, law enforcement soon identified numerous inconsistencies in the father’s account of events and the timeline the 45-year-old Montreal businessman provided.
With the assistance of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, Ticonderoga Police Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Forest Rangers, and New York State Police K9 and Aviation units, Melina was located deceased off Route XX in the Eagle Lake area of Ticonderoga.
A large police presence was seen in the area through the day Sunday as the investigation continued.
With jurisdictional considerations, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office has turned the investigation over to the New York State Police.
Authorities now say there is no indication that an abduction occurred, and there is no threat to the public.
Luciano Frattolin is reportedly the founder of an Ethiopia-based coffee company and currently living mostly in Montreal.
An autopsy has been scheduled to determine Melina's cause and manner of death.
No further details about the case were immediately available Sunday afternoon as the investigation into her death continued.
A media event is scheduled for Monday to provide updates on the tragic case.
State Police said late Sunday afternoon that there is “no indication that an abduction occurred” after her father, Luciano Frattolin, reported her missing just before XX p.m. Saturday near I-87's Exit XX in Lake George. Frattolin, 45, is a Canadian businessman with connections to Montreal, according to a biographical page for a coffee company he founded. The page also makes several references to Melina, who is described as “the light of his life.”
A biographical write-up on the website for Gambella Coffee, a company Frattolin founded, describe him as “an experienced entrepreneur with a proven track record of building diverse, high-performance businesses.”
The page says he found “great financial success across numerous ventures, from architecture to real estate, to construction (and) mining” in addition to his coffee business. The biographical page says he is the son of an Ethiopian mother and an Italian father and that his mixed ethnicity was a source of difficulty as an adolescent. The page claims he was educated in the United States and United Kingdom and that those experiences changed him.
“He was left reinvigorated and reconciled the difficulties he faced during his youth by embodying the Nietzschean attitude of, 'That which does not kill him makes him stronger,'” the website says.
The page also makes a cryptic reference to an incident in February 2019 in which Frattolin “was met with an unfortunate event that severely affected his well-being.” The page does not explain the event was but describes his “road to recovery” as “long and arduous.”
Melina features prominently in his publicly available biography. “Seeing the world through her eyes has also helped (Frattolin) look for creative ways to reinforce and empower Melina to know, feel, and understand her own unique individual beauty and intellect, while also teaching her to celebrate those same virtues inherent in the world’s diversity,” the website says.
The page also says he “currently spends as much time as he can in Montreal, Canada” with his daughter. Information about Melina's mother or other relatives was not immediately available Sunday.
Purported father’s company
He also has mining contracts in Africa (Ethiopia, specifically, same as his coffee brand) valued at half a billion dollars, per jones day.
Sekota Mining a company formed by Luciano Frattolin.
Ethiopia
Sekota Mining a company formed by Luciano Frattolin and Being CBRF Technology Group have entered into a 20-year concession to extract iron ore in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. The project is anticipated to cost half a billion dollars.
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