New York town holds vigil for Montreal girl after death: ‘Truly a tragedy’
Global News
Scores of people in Ticonderoga gathered at a local park for an emotional tribute to nine-year-old Melina Frattolin, with residents calling it a "tragedy."
Residents of an upstate New York town gathered Tuesday night to shed tears and light candles for a nine-year-old Montreal girl whose body was found in their community over the weekend.
Scores of people in Ticonderoga gathered at a local park for an emotional tribute to nine-year-old Melina Frattolin.
As “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” played softly from a speaker, people lit each other’s candles, wiped away tears and bowed their heads as a prayer was read.
The young girl was found dead in a shallow pond on Sunday in an alleged homicide. Preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday found she died from asphyxia due to drowning.
Her 45-year-old father has been charged with second-degree murder and the concealment of a human corpse. Luciano Frattolin, a Montreal resident, has pleaded not guilty.
Ticonderoga resident Bridgette Cruz, who organized the vigil, said her heart is shattered for Melina’s mother and loved ones.
“She was supposed to be taken care of, and I can’t fathom as a mother the pain that she’s enduring in her heart, and the suffering,” she said ahead of the vigil. “It truly is a tragedy, not just for this town but two nations.”
She says the little girl would forever be a part of the community, even if she didn’t live there.
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