Missing Long Island mom, 38, found dead. Husband charged with murder.
A Long Island mother of four who had been missing for weeks was found fatally stabbed nearly two dozen times — and her husband is now facing murder charges, authorities said Friday.
Melissa Molinari, 38, was reported missing on Dec. 2, 11 days after she was last seen at her Lolly Lane home in Centereach, Suffolk County Police said.
Cops believe just days after Nov. 21 she was stabbed by her husband about 20 times in their basement, where blood and other evidence was found, WABC reported.
Investigators found the mom’s body Thursday in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest off Currans Road in Middle Island, authorities said.
Cops say cell phone data revealed her husband, Marcello Molinari, 43, had visited the same wooded area just two weeks earlier on the morning of Nov. 23.
Marcello was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. He was held without bail after arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip Friday, reports say.
Prosecutors believe Marcello started plotting the murder in early November following a trip to Disney World where he discovered his wife was having an affair, according to reports.
