An electronic tablet potentially belonging to Little Melina Frattolin, the 9 -year -old Montrealer found dead Saturday evening in New York Statewould have been discovered on Sunday by the employee of a hotel in the region, according to The Gazette.
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This is revealed by Rob Gregor, the owner of a hotel in Lake George, in the New York state, in Montreal media as well as the CBS6 regional television channel.
The electronic apparatus was said to have been found by an employee of Mr. Gregor in a flower garden outside the Sundowner hotel on Sunday.
“The tablet was discovered around 7:30 am. People throw things everywhere on Saturday evening in Lake George, so nobody really paid attention to it, ”he explains to CBS6.
It was when an employee set up the tablet that he was arrested by the photos of the girl, who strongly resembled the photo of that appearing in the amber alert issued by the authorities.
“We took a look at other photos in the device, and the resemblance between them and the little girl they were looking for was overwhelming,” recalls Mr. Gregor, who was not aware of the girl’s death at this time.
The Sundowner hotel, where the tablet would have been found, was located a few minutes by car from exit 22 in Lake George, in the same area where Luciano Frattolin, father of Melina, accused of second degree murder and having hidden his body, said the disappearance his daughter.