Posted on 11/22/2006 3:06:33 PM PST by beyond the sea
(November 22, 2006) - - A Lockport couple who's suing a CNN journalist is breaking their silence over the death of their daughter and the search for their missing grandson. News 4's Michele McClintick reports.
21 year old Melinda Duckett was the mother of two year old Trenton Duckett, who has been missing since August.
Melinda did a phone interview on CNN's Nancy Grace Show on September 7th. One day later, the young mother took her life.
Her parents in Lockport were outraged by the talk show hosts harsh, accusatory line of questioning. The segment aired just hours after her death.
Melinda's father, Jerry Eubank: "It was 3-4 hours after I heard that Mindy died and I'm watching this woman banging the table, and screaming about why aren't you telling us this, I mean she was judge, jury and executioner."
Melinda's mother, Beth Eubank: "She physically makes me ill. The night she aired the show on September 8th, it was less than four hours since Mindy's death, family members had not even been notified."
CNN had this response to the news that the Lockport couple is now suing Nancy Grace: "While we have no comment on pending litigation, we stand by Nancy Grace and fully support her, as we have from the beginning of this matter."
Nancy Grace is not responsible for the mental health or her guests.
The woman's choice to take her life was her own decision.
"Inciting" a crime (in this case, suicide) is a crime in all fifty states. That Nancy incited her guest to kill herself will be the crux of the case before the court. I just don't see CNN winning this one.
She in no way incited this woman to do what she did.
BTW-If you and I were having a discussion on FR and I wrote something that offended you and incited you to kill yourself, would FR and I be sued by your family?
If Grace'less hadn't been so ham handed the authorities might have been able to prevail on the woman to tell what happened to the little boy.
In other words, Nancy Grace got caught doing what lawyers do all the time - LIE. She's a member of a profession where the falsehood is literally a tool of the trade. BFD.
My guess is that the girl's guilty conscience drove her to suicide.
While NG is truly a POS, there is no legitimate cause of action here that I'm aware of. Wrongful death? NG isn't responsible for someone else's suicide.
Besides, there's a tricky thing called the first amendment that, while it has some reasonable restrictions, still protects tough questioning. But even if that weren't true, there's no way to prove the suicide was caused by NG.
You haven't a clue, pity.
Yes, people commit suicide because they are very sick or perhaps very guilty.
The same reason people watch Jerry Springer.
Ok, Is it just me or is there a subliminal message in the imagery in the photo of Nancy Grace on the Drudge Report?
I bet Nancy feels very familiar in that position.
I hope this costs CNN a fortune, and nancy grace her job.
"From the sound of it"???
If this boy is found to be alive, it will be because of Nancy Grace. With all due respect, Nancy Grace asked very simple questions of Melinda Duckett. Melinda was uncooperative to say the least.
GRACE: Melinda, where had you been with him that day?
MELINDA DUCKETT: All we had basically been out is driving around. There is something about a convenience store. I don`t know where that came into play because whenever I go out somewhere, you know, I always have gas. I`m not shorthanded with anything. And I`m always prepared for it all.
GRACE: So where had you been that day?
MELINDA DUCKETT: We had been all through Lake county and up into Orange.
GRACE: Doing what?
MELINDA DUCKETT: Basically just shopping, going around driving.
GRACE: Shopping where?
MELINDA DUCKETT: Well we didn`t go anywhere specific.
GRACE: Well I mean if you went shopping you had to go into a store. What store did you go into on Sunday?
MELINDA DUCKETT: We went throughout the county.
GRACE: Any store? I`m thinking of video cameras Melinda. I mean maybe they have a picture of someone watching you, following you back out to your car. I mean what store did you go to, Wal-Mart, JCPenney`s, what?
MELINDA DUCKETT: I`m not going to get in any specifics.
GRACE: Why?
MELINDA DUCKETT: Because I`m not dealing with media very well.
I did not know about all that. Thank you.
It is nearly impossible.
I saw the interview. Those are the words. You do not include the ugly tone of her questions.
I believe that which you deem as ugly, I saw as Nancy Grace's frustration.
Here was NG trying to assist Melinda in finding her child. A mother desperate to locate a child would be beating herself up trying to remember where she was in the hours before Trenton "went missing."
This "mother"...this wonderful mother threw away toys, clothing, dishes which belonged to Trenton within hours of his disappearance. She threw away his sonogram. It's all too similar to Scott Peterson who had his wife's SUV up for sale knowing she wasn't ever coming home.
This was Melinda's bed, and she didn't want to sleep in it.
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