A New York grandmother who believes she noticed accused killer dad Luciano Frattolin is plagued by the thought she ought to have saved his 9-year-old daughter, Melina, she instructed The Publish.
“That is actually bothering me,” Rebecca Kulickowski stated of driving previous a “skinny, tall man” across the identical time and site as Frattolin is accused of drowning his daughter in Ticonderoga on Saturday.
“I’ve stored enjoying that second again in my head, asking why we didn’t cease?” Kulickowski stated — saying is tormented by questioning, “If we had, she’d nonetheless be alive.”
Lulickowski beforehand revealed how she had been driving by means of Ticonderoga towards Schroon Lake on Saturday when she noticed a Toyota Prius stopped within the street.
“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 instructed Information 10. “And he was working up a hill that he was parked subsequent to and there was a wooded space on the underside of it,” she stated.
“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 stated.
The subsequent day, Kulickowski obtained an Amber Alert about little Melina and instantly contacted police.
“We obtained an alert and I used to be like, ‘God no.’ I can’t even inform you what I felt in that second, it was horrible,” she stated.
The alert was triggered by the woman’s dad claiming she’d been kidnapped, which officers later stated gave the impression to be a hoax. The alert was known 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 known as in a lacking individuals report at round 10 p.m. Saturday.
Frattolin was arrested early on Monday morning and appeared in court docket later that day, when he pleaded not responsible.
He’s due again in court docket once more on Friday.
