{"id":303180,"date":"2026-07-22T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/303180\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:15:19","slug":"jury-selection-continues-for-canadian-man-accused-of-killing-daughter-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/303180\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury selection continues for Canadian man accused of killing daughter in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jury selection continues for Canadian man accused of killing daughter in New York<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/news-team\/3afa302b-5e9f-4bc3-943b-9a930326c0fb\" aria-label=\"Michael Cusanelli profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3afa302b-5e9f-4bc3-943b-9a930326c0fb_1780510546.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Michael Cusanelli\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>TICONDEROGA, N.Y. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Jury selection continues in Essex County, New York, for the trial of Luciano Frattolin, a Canadian man charged with second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">So far, 11 jurors have been seated in the trial, which is taking place in Elizabethtown.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">A video provided shows Frattolin leaving the courtroom.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Prosecutors allege that Frattolin killed his daughter, Melina, while on vacation in the North Country last July and then fabricated a story claiming she had been abducted. Her body was found in a shallow pond in Ticonderoga.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Frattolin has pleaded not guilty to the charges.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Opening arguments will begin once 12 jurors and four alternates have been selected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jury selection continues for Canadian man accused of killing daughter in New York TICONDEROGA, N.Y. \u2014 Jury selection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1840,12876,82740,114902,114903,259,9,11,10,750,3103],"class_list":["post-303180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-death","tag-draw","tag-jury","tag-luciano-frattolin","tag-melina","tag-murder","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-trial","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}