Mother of missing Leesburg toddler took her own life
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I don't know what to think on this one. 
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BlackSheep
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CNN's Nancy Grace has been on this news story since it unfolded.Pandora said:
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Two days before Trenton Duckett was reported missing, his mother bought a shotgun at a local pawn shop, authorities said Monday.
Although it was not the gun that Melinda Duckett used to kill herself last week, it may be another puzzle piece for investigators as they try to link the events that led up to 2-year-old Trenton's disappearance Aug. 27 -- and his mother's suicide almost two weeks later.
Police said that Melinda Duckett, 21, shot herself in the head with her grandfather's shotgun Friday afternoon at her grandparents' home in The Villages.
Since her death, investigators have recovered several of Melinda Duckett's handwritten notes and writings on her computer, Leesburg police Capt. Steve Rockefeller said Monday. He provided few other details.
Rockefeller called Duckett's death "suspicious" and said that investigators now believe it is unlikely that Trenton was abducted by a stranger.
"The more likely possibility is that she may have had something to do with the disappearance of Trenton," he said.
Police used cadaver dogs to search a construction site Monday evening off U.S. Highway 27, about three miles south of County Road 48, after receiving a tip that someone had seen the mother and child in the area.
On Monday, Rockefeller said investigators still don't know if Trenton is dead or alive. The toddler's pictures were shown in Tallahassee on Monday during the state's annual Missing Children's Day ceremony.
Investigators have received many tips about where Melinda Duckett and the boy were in the days leading up to his reported abduction. But Rockefeller said there is a 26-hour gap between the time when Trenton was reported missing and anyone else, aside from his mother, saw him.
Duckett's grandmother, Nancy Eubank, told the Orlando Sentinel last week that Melinda and Trenton had visited her the day before the reported abduction.
But police said Eubank's account ends in the early evening of Aug. 26.
Melinda's estranged husband, Joshua Duckett, said Monday that the thought of her harming their son "ran through my head." But he added, "There's millions and millions of possibilities" that might explain Trenton's disappearance.
Joshua Duckett said he knew Melinda practiced shooting at nearby rifle ranges but didn't know why she would purchase a gun shortly before their son's disappearance.
"She's the only one that knows the answers to these questions," he said.
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Although it was not the gun that Melinda Duckett used to kill herself last week, it may be another puzzle piece for investigators as they try to link the events that led up to 2-year-old Trenton's disappearance Aug. 27 -- and his mother's suicide almost two weeks later.
Police said that Melinda Duckett, 21, shot herself in the head with her grandfather's shotgun Friday afternoon at her grandparents' home in The Villages.
Since her death, investigators have recovered several of Melinda Duckett's handwritten notes and writings on her computer, Leesburg police Capt. Steve Rockefeller said Monday. He provided few other details.
Rockefeller called Duckett's death "suspicious" and said that investigators now believe it is unlikely that Trenton was abducted by a stranger.
"The more likely possibility is that she may have had something to do with the disappearance of Trenton," he said.
Police used cadaver dogs to search a construction site Monday evening off U.S. Highway 27, about three miles south of County Road 48, after receiving a tip that someone had seen the mother and child in the area.
On Monday, Rockefeller said investigators still don't know if Trenton is dead or alive. The toddler's pictures were shown in Tallahassee on Monday during the state's annual Missing Children's Day ceremony.
Investigators have received many tips about where Melinda Duckett and the boy were in the days leading up to his reported abduction. But Rockefeller said there is a 26-hour gap between the time when Trenton was reported missing and anyone else, aside from his mother, saw him.
Duckett's grandmother, Nancy Eubank, told the Orlando Sentinel last week that Melinda and Trenton had visited her the day before the reported abduction.
But police said Eubank's account ends in the early evening of Aug. 26.
Melinda's estranged husband, Joshua Duckett, said Monday that the thought of her harming their son "ran through my head." But he added, "There's millions and millions of possibilities" that might explain Trenton's disappearance.
Joshua Duckett said he knew Melinda practiced shooting at nearby rifle ranges but didn't know why she would purchase a gun shortly before their son's disappearance.
"She's the only one that knows the answers to these questions," he said.
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Now, this report says it's not true......go figure.
According to the Leesburg Police Department, media reports that Melinda Duckett purchased a weapon before her son's disappearance are not true.
According to the Leesburg Police Department, media reports that Melinda Duckett purchased a weapon before her son's disappearance are not true.
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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."
http://www.local6.com/news/9815793/detail.html
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."
http://www.local6.com/news/9815793/detail.html
kwillia
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"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."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...3,0,586637.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-lake
Grace also noted that "Melinda committed suicide before that interview ever aired."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...3,0,586637.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-lake
kwillia said:
*Right*, because emotionally distraught people react to what's ON TV, rather than their treatment at the hands of TV person, or the possibility that they're going to look stupid on national TV.
Sometimes I don't think these guys are from this planet. I realize the woman was suicidal already, but that's a really, REALLY stupid answer. It suggests that what people CARE about is what goes on television.
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rack'm said:
Crikey!
