A New York grandmother who believes she noticed accused killer dad Luciano Frattolin is affected by the thought she ought to have saved his 9-year-old daughter, Melina, she advised The Publish.
“That is actually bothering me,” Rebecca Kulickowski mentioned of driving previous a “skinny, tall man” across the similar time and placement as Frattolin is accused of drowning his daughter in Ticonderoga on Saturday.
“I’ve saved taking part in that second again in my head, asking why we didn’t cease?” Kulickowski mentioned — saying is stricken by questioning, “If we had, she’d nonetheless be alive.”
Lulickowski beforehand revealed how she had been driving via Ticonderoga towards Schroon Lake on Saturday when she noticed a Toyota Prius stopped within the highway.
“It solely caught my eye as a result of as I used to be driving previous the automotive, I seen a thin, tall man,” she advised Information 10. “And he was operating up a hill that he was parked subsequent to and there was a wooded space on the underside of it,” she mentioned.
“I simply didn’t really feel proper, there was one thing about him, I don’t know, our eyes locked once I drove by, he checked out me,” she mentioned.
The following day, Kulickowski acquired an Amber Alert about little Melina and instantly contacted police.
“We acquired an alert and I used to be like, ‘God no.’ I can’t even let you know what I felt in that second, it was horrible,” she mentioned.
The alert was triggered by the woman’s dad claiming she’d been kidnapped, which officers later mentioned seemed to be a hoax. The alert was referred to as off when Melina’s physique was found pinned underneath a log in Eagle Lake, between Ticonderoga and Schroon Lake, near the place Kulickowski noticed the suspicious man.
Frattolin, who had custody of his daughter for the week, was charged on Monday with second-degree homicide and concealment of a human corpse.
He’s alleged to have strangled his daughter to loss of life round an hour after she spoke to her mom, and a few two and a half hours earlier than he referred to as in a lacking individuals report at round 10 p.m. Saturday.
Frattolin was arrested early on Monday morning and appeared in courtroom later that day, when he pleaded not responsible.
He’s due again in courtroom once more on Friday.
