Jury convicts Luciano Frattolin in about an hour in the killing of his 9-year-old daughter Melina. ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (WNYT)- A jury quickly found Luciano Frattolin guilty of killing his 9-year-old daughter and hiding her body Monday, August 10. Related: Essex Co. jury to deliberate in Frattolin daughter murder caseThe verdict came in Essex County Court around 3:15 p.m., a little more than an hour after jurors began deliberating. Jurors convicted Frattolin of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse in the death of his daughter, Melina Frattolin. Initially, Frattolin told police his daughter had been taken at a rest area off I-87 by two unknown men.