Family: Media Coverage May Have Pushed Missing Boy's Mom Over Edge
2-Year-Old Remains Missing
Leesburg authorities said Melinda Duckett's body was found Friday in a home at 638 Rainbow Lane in the Villages of Lady Lake. Police said the house belonged to the woman's grandparents.Local 6 News reported that Melinda Duckett's grandparents said media coverage may have been too much.Two days before she died, Melinda Duckett told Local 6 News that she was frustrated that the media and police were scrutinizing her whereabouts before her son vanished.And in a taped interview that aired hours after Melinda Duckett's suicide, CNN news anchor Nancy Grace grilled the woman about her alibi on national television."Where were you?" Grace asked Melinda Duckett. "Why aren't you telling us where you were that day? You were the last person to be seen with him.""We were just shopping, going around…" Duckett said."Shopping where?" Grace asked."Well, we didn't go any where specific," Duckett said."If you went shopping, you had to go into a store -- what store did you go into?" Grace said."I wasn't (going to get) into any specifics," Duckett said.The boy's father, Joshua Duckett, said he did not think the media was unfair in their coverage."At first, the media was rough on me too and I had a lot of fingers pointed at me and stuff like that," Duckett said. "To me, I don't feel the media was unfair to either side.""Despite Melinda Duckett's apparent suicide, police are not yet publicly calling her their primary suspect," Local 6's Mike DeForest said. "They say everyone is still a possibility at this point."Saturday, investigators searched Melinda Duckett's apartment but so far there was no sign of a suicide note.Joshua Duckett said he is optimistic his son will be found but the death of his estranged wife complicated things."It hits you like a ton of bricks," father Joshua Duckett said. "It makes it that much harder."According to authorities, Trenton Duckett was last seen in his room. His mother said she first noticed he was missing around 9 p.m. Leesburg police said a screen on a window in the boy's room was cut and that he was apparently taken through the opening.Melinda Duckett had earlier told Local 6 News that the day before Trenton vanished, she and the child were driving around visiting friends and family.Detectives are still searching for witnesses who can either back up her account or contradict it. The search continues for the missing boy. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
- September 8, 2006: Body Of Missing Boy's Mom Found
- September 8, 2006: Missing Boy's Mother Declines Polygraph; Father Passes Test
- September 6, 2006: Search Continues For Missing Boy
- September 5, 2006: Police Seek Help In Verifying Alibis Of Missing Boy's Parents
- September 2, 2006: Tip Prompts Search Of Woods For Missing Boy
- September 1, 2006: Search Continues For Missing Boy
- August 30, 2006: Sex Offenders Questioned In Search For Boy
- August 29, 2006: Police: Missing Central Fla. Boy In Danger
- August 28, 2006: Police: Boy May Have Been Abducted From Bedroom
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