LEESBURG, Fla. -- Investigators in the search for a 2-year-old who has been missing for nearly three weeks were reportedly given a hand-drawn map of the woman's travels the day her son vanished, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Since Melinda Duckett committed suicide last week, authorities said they have been leaning toward the scenario that she may have staged Trenton Duckett's disappearance.

Early in the investigation, police attempted to put together a timeline of where Melinda Duckett was before her son vanished.

"All along, police have been telling us that whenever they interviewed Melinda Duckett, she gave them very vague answers about where she was the day he disappeared," Local 6's Mike DeForest said. "Now, according to published reports, it appears Melinda Duckett's divorce attorney may have given investigators here a hand drawn map showing Melinda's some what bizzarre travels that day."

Duckett told her attorney that she left Leesburg with her son the morning of his disappearance and then drove to a gun range in the Ocala National Forest where she was going to fire a rifle she had recently purchased, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

Duckett then reportedly got lost driving down Interstate 75 to Florida's Turnpike and some how ended up at the Altamonte Mall, where she told her attorney that she changed Trenton's diaper, the report said.

She then drove to the T.D. Waterhouse Center before getting on the turnpike to head home, the report said.

Police will not confirm that they were given a hand-drawn map, and Duckett's attorney has not responded to Local 6 News calls for comment.

However, authorities said that their conversations with Duckett did not match up with the details in the newspaper's report.

Search Continues

Investigators told Local 6 News Friday that a continuing search that began in the Ocala National Forest Thursday was based on an independent witness who claims to have seen the woman and her son driving around the forest.

During Thursday's search, a child's toy elephant was found, but it apparently does not belong to Trenton.

"Father Joshua Duckett said at first he was alarmed when searchers found a stuffed animal, an elephant, near the search site," Local 6's Erik von Ancken said. "But, now he believes the toy does not belong to Trenton."

Search crews will continue searching for the boy over the weekend.

Gun Investigated

Local 6 News has also learned that crime lab technicians are analyzing a .20-gauge shotgun recovered from Melinda Duckett's home to see if it is relevant in Trenton's disappearance.

"Melinda did purchase a firearm during the month of August, which is the same month of the reported abduction," Leesburg police Capt. Steve Rockefeller said.

The gun Melinda used to kill herself belonged to her grandparents, the report said.

The 21-year-old mother was studying for a career in law enforcement and had experience shooting guns.

"We heard that she did do some shooting, some target practice-type shooting," Rockefeller.

Joshua Duckett also confirmed Thursday that when Melinda was pregnant with Trenton, she was checked into a mental health facility because she was talking about committing suicide

Pet Cemetery Searched

Rockefeller said Thursday's tip was one of several that they have followed in recent days.

"I know we have searched a minimum of 10 different areas," Rockefeller said.

Rockefeller also said a pet cemetery was searched for Trenton.

Anyone with information into Trenton's whereabouts is urged to call 800-CALL-FBI.

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