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Post by Blaque on Sept 14, 2006 7:26:42 GMT -5
Woman Kills Herself After "Aggressive" Interview With Nancy Grace
September 13, 2006 8:46 p.m. EST
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Orlando, FL (AHN) - After an aggressive interview on national television, a woman who's child was reportedly stolen from his crib has committed suicide.
After an interview with CNN's Nancy Grace, a former courtroom prosecutor, Melinda Duckett, 21, shot herself, further complicating the effort to find her 2 year-old-son, Trenton.
Grace asked the mother, "Where were you? Why aren't you telling us where you were that day," while police have still not cited the woman as a suspect in the disappearance of her son.
However, a spokeswoman for Grace explains that the suicide is "an extremely sad development," and adds, "We feel a responsibility to bring attention to this case in the hopes of helping find Trenton Duckett, who remains missing."
Duckett's grandfather Bill Eubank tells MSNBC, "Nancy Grace and the others, they just bashed her to the end."
"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."
According to MSNBC, 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.
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Post by ifayomi on Sept 14, 2006 9:48:50 GMT -5
Wow that is very sad
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Post by sweetpie on Sept 15, 2006 19:12:17 GMT -5
There are two ways that we can look at this...
She was distraught because of the disappearance of her son or she began to feel guilty because she may have known what happened to her son and was afraid to tell.
I'm not trying to point fingers but...
She muddied up the whole picture when she committed suicide.
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Post by Blaque on Sept 17, 2006 5:50:27 GMT -5
I can't and don't want to imagine what it's like to have a missing child. But this suicide makes this woman appear more guilty in my opinion. Why would she want to depart this life if her child is returned and needs his mother?
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Post by sweetpie on Sept 20, 2006 18:14:39 GMT -5
That's my point. Why would you kill yourself knowing your child was out there somewhere and who would you trust to raise him if not yourself? It sounds unfortunate but to me it makes her look like she knew something more.
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Post by cinnaroll32 on Sept 21, 2006 10:19:19 GMT -5
I can't and don't want to imagine what it's like to have a missing child. But this suicide makes this woman appear more guilty in my opinion. Why would she want to depart this life if her child is returned and needs his mother?
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Post by pelicanguy on Sept 21, 2006 12:32:09 GMT -5
In agreement with you both. What Joe Scarborough and others are talking about is nonsense. You can't blame Nancy for her suicide. Everybody knows she is in-your-face when it comes to interviews.
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Post by pelicanguy on Sept 21, 2006 20:30:31 GMT -5
Melinda was named the prime suspect this evening.
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