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Mother of Missing Boy Commits Suicide
By TRAVIS REED, AP

LEESBURG, Fla. (Sept. 14) - Two weeks after telling police that her son had been snatched from his crib, Melinda Duckett found herself reeling in an interview with TV's famously prosecutorial Nancy Grace. Before it was over, Grace was pounding her desk and loudly demanding to know: "Where were you? Why aren't you telling us where you were that day?"

A day after the taping, Duckett, 21, shot herself to death, deepening the mystery of what happened to the boy.

Police have refused to say whether she left a suicide note, and said nothing they have found so far in their investigation of her death has shed light on the whereabouts of her 2-year-old son, Trenton.

Investigators have stopped short of calling her a suspect but have focused increasing attention on her movements just before the boy vanished and the notes, computer, camera and other items seized from her house.

Duckett's family members disputed any suggestion that she hurt her son. They said that the strain of her son's disappearance pushed her to the brink, and the media sent her over the edge.

"Nancy Grace and the others, they just bashed her to the end," Duckett's grandfather Bill Eubank said Tuesday. "She wasn't one anyone ever would have thought of to do something like this. She and that baby just loved each other, couldn't get away from each other. She wouldn't hurt a bug."

Janine Iamunno, a spokeswoman for Grace, said in an e-mail that Duckett's death was "an extremely sad development," but that the program would continue covering the case.

"We feel a responsibility to bring attention to this case in the hopes of helping find Trenton Duckett, who remains missing," Iamunno said.

Duckett had told police that after she finished watching a movie Aug. 27, she went to check on Trenton in his bedroom, and all she found was an empty crib -- and a 10-inch cut in the window screen above it. At the time she was living with her son, wading through a messy divorce with the boy's father and trying to get her life back on track after getting laid off from her job with a lawn care company.

The boy's disappearance in this town of 19,000 people about 45 miles northwest of Orlando stretched the 75-member police force to its limits. Fliers were posted on gas station doors around town, asking for information from anyone who might have seen the boy, a brown-haired youngster wearing denim shorts and a diaper.

Trenton's father, 21-year-old Josh Duckett, was closely questioned after the boy disappeared. Newspapers reported that his wife had taken out a temporary restraining order against him. But Josh Duckett took a polygraph test and has answered all police questions satisfactorily, Capt. Ginny Padgett said.

On Sept. 7, Melinda Duckett gave a telephone interview to CNN Headline News' Grace, a former prosecutor known for practically cross-examining her guests. Duckett stumbled over such questions as whether she had taken a polygraph -- she said she refused on the advice of her divorce lawyer -- and where, exactly, she was shopping with the boy before his disappearance.

Hours before the interview aired, Duckett shot herself Friday with her grandfather's gun at her grandparents' house, up the road from where she was living.

Investigators are still trying to piece together a timeline of where she and Trenton were 24 hours before she reported him missing. On Tuesday, they released the make and model of her car, a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse, and asked anyone who might have seen it during that period to call them.

Also on Tuesday, a newspaper reported that she bought a shotgun from a pawn shop two days before Trenton vanished. Padgett said police could not confirm that.

On Monday, agents used dogs and digging equipment to search an outlying area that someone had called about, but found nothing. Investigators continued to field tips.

"We're following up," Padgett said. "Hopefully they'll bring in something to help us firm up the timeline."

― gear (gear), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

i thought that was clear before this

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

I don't have much to go on since I cannot bear to watch her but she's always seemed like a hypocrite harpy who peddles the most meddlesome kind of self-righteousness for personal profit. Apart from that, I find her perfectly delightful as long as the TV is off.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

she made up a bunch of shit about her dead fiance

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

she seems to enjoy berating wardens for feeding & clothing their prisoners

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

that mom killed herself because she did something to her son obv. grace was just trying to get to the bottom of it.

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

maybe so but the bitch doesn't know that

― gear (gear), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

makes jenny jones look like sy hersh

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

i forget who or where, but some writer likened nancy grace to a one-woman torch-and-pitchfork wielding mob, which i thought an apt comparison.

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

btw olbermann just passed paula zahn in the ratings

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

"For those of you scoring at home, or even if you're by yourself."

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

ru roh!

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

giggity!

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

that mom killed herself because she did something to her son obv. grace was just trying to get to the bottom of it.

Yeah, but that's the job of the police. Now maybe no one will ever know what happened because Nancy Grace wanted another chance to look shrieky and self-righteous.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Thursday, 14 September 2006 17:53 (nineteen years ago)

don't be ridiculous -- there's no such thing as due process in the court of public opinion

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, but that's the job of the police.

tell that to BATMAN

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

gabbneb otm

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

ugh nancy grace

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

Grace has been a self-styled victims' advocate for 25 years, ever since her fiancé, Keith Griffin, was killed during a robbery*

http://images.comicbookresources.com/news/ambushbug.jpg

*this is a lie

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

yeah n. grace is pretty much beneath contempt.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

what actually happened to her fiancé?

― gear (gear), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Her fiancee offered a ride to a mildly retarded ex-co-worker and the co-worker shot him and stole some money because the guy thought that Grace's fiancee was responsible for the guy being fired.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

Funny how she refers to her comment comparing defense attorneys to guards at Auschwitz as "just an extreme example of someone refusing to take responsibility" given this:

"I do not feel our show is to blame for what happened to Melinda Duckett," Grace said on the air Monday.

Grace also noted that "Melinda committed suicide before that interview ever aired."

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

she pretends dude didnt get the chair cuz of pussyass liberal judges instead of uh i dunno being RETARDED????????????

― and what (ooo), Thursday, 14 September 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

nancy grace, shrieking harridan. bitch is crazy.

Alex in NYC is prob the only one who could adequately describe my feelings about Nancy Grace.

― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 14 September 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

she's a nutjob and that dude after her is an apocalyptic aw gee shucks nutjob too. amazing and terribly sad how Network (the movie) turned out exactly fucking right.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 15 September 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6X-Jb296is

― a.b. (alanbanana), Friday, 15 September 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

Alex in NYC is prob the only one who could adequately describe my feelings about Nancy Grace.

i like this meme.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 15 September 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

CNN and Nancy Grace are being sued over this.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/21/nancygrace.sued/

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

The answer is Yes, in any case.

― i'll mitya halfway (mitya), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

unequivocally yes. they should tie her and glen beck together and throw them in a deep, deep pit.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

But was the missing kid ever found?

― Rumpsy Pumpsy (Rumpie), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Start a new thread, CJ and I'll have a look round.

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

But was the missing kid ever found?

No.

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

He could still be alive:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229600,00.html

More links (her paraphrased suicide note, among others) at the bottom of the Wikipedia page about this case:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton_Duckett

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

This is so extremely sad. :-(

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

this woman is so awful yet I can't NOT watch her when I run across her show, her hyperbolic shame-on-you attitude is horrifically compelling.

― akm, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 22:48 (seventeen years ago)

haha:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace

Nancy Cunt Grace

― akm, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 22:49 (seventeen years ago)

Answer to "eivil?"

Yes.

Another one of life's mysteries solved for u by Abbott.

― Abbott, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/18397857/detail.html?rss=orlpn&psp=news#-

― StanM, Saturday, 3 January 2009 16:21 (seventeen years ago)

nine months pass...

a young, blond white woman is missing!

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 14:00 (sixteen years ago)

who you gonna call?

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 14:00 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

she's a nutjob and that dude after her is an apocalyptic aw gee shucks nutjob too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9PpsPZ_4Gk

― Cunga, Thursday, 30 December 2010 01:17 (fifteen years ago)

lol

― once more Jagger faps the hivemind (symsymsym), Thursday, 30 December 2010 04:23 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

Countdown to Tot Mom trial! Tonight – secret photos of Caylee’s autopsy & remains just released to the defense! The state may show the jury 236 photos, including never before seen photos of Caylee’s remains! Nancy Grace has all the developments at 8PM ET only on HLN!

Secret photos of a dead toddler's remains! Wow! Settin' my TIVO!

― Telemachus Sneezed (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 23 April 2011 06:11 (fifteen years ago)

She takes phone calls, that makes her show better than most. No one takes phone calls anymore!

― ek pal ka jeena (u s steel), Saturday, 23 April 2011 22:39 (fifteen years ago)

Taking phone calls is all it takes to overcome being a horrible opportunistic ambulance-chasing shrill attention-whoring human being and make her show better than most?

― the wages of sin is about tree fiddy (WmC), Saturday, 23 April 2011 22:42 (fifteen years ago)

I can't stand Joy Behar, she is so boring! I like call-in shows they are more democratic. I like how everyone is guilty before they even have a trial.

― ek pal ka jeena (u s steel), Saturday, 23 April 2011 22:46 (fifteen years ago)

I like Joy, but I usually don't watch her show unless there's NOTHING ELSE on.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 23 April 2011 23:47 (fifteen years ago)

Whereas I would never watch Nancy Grace voluntarily.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 23 April 2011 23:48 (fifteen years ago)

She takes phone calls, that makes her show better than most. No one takes phone calls anymore!

― ek pal ka jeena (u s steel), Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Please tell me you are kidding.

― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Saturday, 23 April 2011 23:56 (fifteen years ago)

the woman constantly has a look on her face like she's smelling shit

― confederate terror anchor babies (will), Sunday, 24 April 2011 00:28 (fifteen years ago)

Now that Casey Anthony and her cute dead child aren't on all the time it is a lot duller, I will admit.

― ek pal ka jeena (u s steel), Sunday, 24 April 2011 00:34 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

^^ don't worry, it's about to get good again

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 19:37 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=jSYQXcFd7ls

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:08 (twelve years ago)

at a certain point there won't be anything she can do to top her usual apoplectics and she'll have to kill herself on air.

― espring (amateurist), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:10 (twelve years ago)

"Blade Runner Murder Trial"? Finally JF Sebastian will rest in peace

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 22:14 (twelve years ago)

two years pass...

nancy-grace-leaving-hln

― ejemplo (crüt), Thursday, 30 June 2016 17:12 (nine years ago)

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