Parents Behaving Badly

46 opinions for Melinda Duckett’s Parents Sue CNN, Joshua Duckett for Their Daughter’s Death

• Amraann
  Nov 21, 2006 at 2:22 pm

  My site is down while upgrades are being installed so I felt compelled to send the tip to you Jay!

  I don’t think the Eubanks give a rats ass about Melinda’s memory. These are the same people who could not even make the time to meet their only grandchild or be bothered to fly down when he went missing.
  Now they care?? Spare me. They care about something with and M alright and Melinda was never it!
  Maybe if they had cared about her and provided some semblence of emotional support she would not have taken her own life. To bad they can’t sue themselves.
  Seriously I think this lawsuit is ridiculous and all that will come of it will be further documentation of Melinda’s sad life.
  If the Eubanks feel the need to blame someone for their daughters bad choices I wonder why they don’t start with themselves?
  Possibly Melinda’s technique of blaming everybody else for her own bad choices was a situation of the apple falling not far from the tree?

• gina
  Nov 21, 2006 at 4:12 pm

  Instead of everyone putting the blame on Josh and his family (death row for Josh’s dad) why doesn’t everyone put some of the blame on Melinda’s family. After all, they were the one’s who raised such a lunatic.

• Amraann
  Nov 21, 2006 at 4:57 pm

  Well like I said above she learned it from somewhere.

  I don’t think blame is doing any good but I find it stunning that these people who could not even care enough to meet their grandson are now suing NG.

  A note about blame …. Everyone has spent 3 months bashing Josh for not being a good dad..
  When he tried to fight for his son he was persecuting Melinda.. When he did not see his son (part of which due to Melinda’s lies) he was neglectful …. Yet her parents never and meet the child and they are wonderful!!!
  Carla who by any account I read loved him is also awful for caring about him..
  Just seems there are some really messed up views with these people as to what good parenting is.

• Bonnie
  Nov 21, 2006 at 7:07 pm

  Good parenting is about allowing your daughter to move to another state and persue her dreams and hope and pray that nothing like this would ever happen to her…A 4.0 average in school allowed them to make that decision. Absentee parents? even when money stops us from being together physically, phone calls, mail and computers do help. Loving your child never ends…….I am a parent and know these limitations exsist.As for Trenton and Melinda we should all pray that the real truth comes out and that this child is alive and returned to his family that loves him.

• Amraann
  Nov 22, 2006 at 7:07 am

  That is a nice version of what happend.
  In reality she moved to Florida because she was getting into trouble and not getting along with her parents. NOT because they were great parents letting her persue her dreams.

  All of that could be completely overlooked had they even made some minor effort to meet their grandchild.
  TO broke? I find that hard to believe as a round trip from Laguardia can be bought for 160$ and both parents worked. Also people with extremely limited means cannot adopt a child from another country.
  I would like to know what sort of limitation prevents you from going to your daughter when her 2yo goes missing?? I would also like to add that they had offers for air fair.
  Their was absolutely NO excuse short of some medical limitation for example, your on life support.
  The irony in all of this is they could not be bothered to worry about her until they saw $$$$ NOW that they see the big piggy bank that is a network news station they seem to suddenly care?
  That is pretty hard to swallow since they haven’t even attempted to find Trenton.
  Remember him? Apparently his maternal grandparents don’t.

• MCA
  Nov 22, 2006 at 8:27 am

  If it weren’t for her suicide and the fact Trenton is still missing it reminds me of the flack over the film “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”. Everyone wants to sue and plenty of attorneys are willing to take the cases.

  I did not realize the parents were seeking accounting for the funds from the Team Trenton site.

  Maybe they should contact Fox or write a book, “If she did it”, whatever “it” turns out to be.

• Amraann
  Nov 22, 2006 at 8:53 am

  Sadly I would not be surprised to find they do a book.
  Your correct that plenty of attorneys are willing to take the case. That doesn’t mean the Eubanks should sue.
  Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.
  If they truly cared about Melinda’s memory then they would not open this can of worms that will no doubt drag her sordid history even more into the open.
  The obvious truth is they did not care for her much during life, they certainly don’t care about Trenton or where he is, but if they can make some money off her death then they don’t care what it does to her memory.

• gina
  Nov 22, 2006 at 11:36 am

  Amraann, you are soooooooooooo correct!!!!!!!!

• MsSugaT
  Nov 22, 2006 at 12:05 pm

  Can you believe it!! What a laugh, well just maybe they will make fools of themselves in Court. I hope NG hires the best lawyer she can, (I’m sure she knows a few) and wins this case. Utter BS if you ask me. I will be sure to follow this case and see what happens. As for MD’s parents, no wonder she was looneytunes, and I hope they end up paying attorney fees, court fees, costs, etc. Good luck to NG, I’m sure she’ll fight this one and win.

• Moosic
  Nov 23, 2006 at 3:13 pm

  I should say shame to the Eubanks for bringing
  the lawsuit against NG. They really need the money ha? Shame on you folks I’d say that over
  and over again? Look here NG did not do any wrong in asking Melinda where their grandson is.
  NG was acting concerned for Trenton when she asked the deceased where her son was. What did these people do to help? Just sitting on their butts I assume. WHAT DID THE EUBANKS DO? How dare they sue NG SHAME SHAME SHAME.
  moosic

• Daisy
  Nov 23, 2006 at 4:59 pm

  I don’t see how her parents could win in court anyway. Nancy Grace didn’t put a gun to Melinda’s head. She did it all by herself. After all, Nancy Grace isn’t O.J. Simpson. I am sure the Ducketts had to sign waivers before they appeared on Grace’s show, and Melinda is still listed as the prime suspect.
  In an article from the Chicago Tribune, Josh said that he never met the Eubanks and they never even met little Trenton.

• gina
  Nov 23, 2006 at 8:07 pm

  These people who call themselves grandparents are as bad as Melinda. All they want is attention and money. Just wait and see, they will try to profit off this whole mess. Sick in the head is what they are.

• Pam
  Nov 27, 2006 at 6:23 pm

  If my memory serves me right, Melinda attempted suicide in the past, and wrote suicide notes in the past. Nancy Grace did nothing wrong. I was getting just as frustrated listening to the interview. If one of my sons was missing, I would be screaming info on where we were that whole day. Melinda Duckett, unfortunately, had some very serious mental issues. She was not a fit mother for Trenton. That said, I think she was an evil person. I imagine her upbringing had much to do with that part of her personality.
  I think the grandparents of Trenton are disgusting, low-lifes. They never met Trenton, did not even come when he we “abducted” or went missing. They should be ashamed of themselves. I’m sure the attorney they hired to sue CNN and Nancy Grace, is scum, just as they are. Do they want the Team Trenton funds to pay for for attorney fees? PLEEEEZE!!!!
  Guilt does terrible things to people. And I’m certain the parents of Melinda have a whole lot to feel guilty about. Just a little too late, I’m afraid. They need to get a life…..like help in the search for Trenton….HELLO?! It sickens me to even think that all they are thinking about is making money off of this tragedy. If there is any doubt about Melinda doing what she did, just ring up her parents, they are no better than the evil daughter they raised. Anyone have their phone number? I’d like to have a little chat, and trust me, Nancy Grace is a kitty cat next to me. Just a quick note: Melinda did an interview the same day with a radio station. It was never aired because the FBI supoenoed it as evidence. She was the prime suspect from the get-go. The radio announcer said she would not answer any of the obvious questions, same ones that Nancy asked. After each question he said Melinda would not answer, and constantly kept blaming Josh to distract them from answering every question about Trenton.
  Hopefully any decent judge will read between the lines of this bogus lawsuit. In any event, I don’t give a rat’s behind about those grandparents, my only concern is finding Trenton. And when they do….keeping him away from Melinda’s parents.

• gina
  Nov 28, 2006 at 8:25 am

  Pam, you hit it right on the nogin!!! If Trenton is found, Josh needs to keep him as far away from these people as he possibly can. These people will never get on red dime from Nancy Grace or anyone else for that matter but not from lack of trying. I think NG should sue them just for being horrible excuses for human beings.

• amanda
  Nov 30, 2006 at 9:21 pm

  OK they have never even met Trenton…sounds like they just want some cash. What a bunch or stupid idiots good luck JOsh

• Michelle from Madison
  Dec 28, 2006 at 4:48 pm

  Joe Scarborough’s show of MSNBC broadcasted another show that indicates that there is now a “suspect” (person-of-interest) in the Trenton Duckett case, and that the investigation is still on-going as of this date. The clip also confirms that “Nancy Grace is scared to death” about the Duckett lawsuit (and more lawsuits) coming against her and CNN for Nancy’s unprofessional and illegal conduct documented thus far in the Duckett case. If criminal charges come against Nancy, wonder if CNN will cover what Nancy gets served for dinner after she goes to prison? Hope the tickets are available soon for the upcoming trials against Nancy for her direct connection in the deaths of more people who were never criminally convicted including Melinda Duckett. Maybe Nancy will receive “chicken-on-bone” meal with a small cup of ice-cream.” If that is the case, maybe the public should conjure up a public-out-cry against Nancy for getting chicken and ice-cream in prison where she will likely also have access to a television too, but not to cable-television to watch Nancy’s replacement on her show. Ohhh, too bad Nancy. People have told you Nancy, you cannot continue to victimize the victims. Sounds like Nancy’s civil-illegal actions are finally catching up to Nancy, as it does with most criminals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF-w00BfRS0

• Liz
  Jan 7, 2007 at 1:08 am

  Michelle from Madison
  You obviously don’t know Nancy Grace very well. She is not afraid of the ridiculous lawsuit against her by Melinda’s parents.
  And CNN has already stated they stand behind Nancy 100%. Some people just can’t handle the truth, so they have to blame someone for their awful behavior, and the guilt that they have for being terrible parents, and grandparents to Trenton. So if you feel better going after Nancy Grace, well that’s you’re issue. You’re energy would be better spent locking up the real criminals in this case. Melinda is dead, but you can rest assured she is not the victim here. That poor child is the victim. Melinda was an evil, and mentally unstable mother, unfit as a parent, which has been documented as such if you’re interested in reading the truth.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jan 7, 2007 at 4:50 am

  Yes, Liz, the real criminals in this case should be locked up in this case. But, we will just have to settle with Nancy Grace and CNN being successfully sued in this case for they are the true criminals in this case. do mot forget, the grandparents case is not the only case being filed against Nancy Grace in this Duckett matter. watch the video from Scarborough of MSNBC regarding the other cases coming up against Nancy. While these current suits are civil, criminal charges have not yet been ruled out by the authorities with the new case as of this date. Check out the web. Either way, Nancy will have to pay out huge bucks to battle her unprofessional actions against more victims. Ultimately Nancy will learn finally that she should not continue to victimize the victims. Nancy was never a victim of a crime herself, so she has no clue at all what a disgrace she actually is. Remember now, Keith was a victim of a crime, but not Nancy.

• Liz
  Jan 11, 2007 at 2:22 pm

  Keith?

• Michelle from Madison
  Jan 11, 2007 at 3:08 pm

  Nasncy’s “alledged” fiance. I think his name was Keith, but not totally sure. I do know this guy was a victim of a crime, a murder. Nancy was never a victim of a crime in that fiasco. Nancy was not even related to that guy. And, Nancy was changing guys so fast then like most people xhange their socks. Nancy lies so much about that whole fiasco, she cannot remember the true facts. I do remember this though, Nancy Grace was never a victim of a crime, although Nancy has been a part of crimes against victims.

• Melinda Duckett FAN
  May 6, 2007 at 9:26 am

  This is an absolute travesty of justice. And the worst part of this story is that there are many, many more cases like this every day that never even see the light of day. This stuff happens all the time, and skillfull prosecutors and state employees are quite skilled at hiding such matters. Sweeping things under the carpet.

• sing
  Jul 16, 2007 at 8:16 pm

  WOW! I won’t mention any names, but there are sure some deluded, delusional folks out there. Anyone who sees the sociological and psychological “mess” that was Melinda Duckett as a sympathetic figure, has some SERIOUS problems. I would submit, they must be related to her. I can’t think of any other reason for the unreasoned defense of her indefenseable actions.

• Jules
  Jul 16, 2007 at 8:47 pm

  any excuse to get money. they should be ashamed of themselves for going after money used to find Trenton and for a woman who is on the side of the victims and not the perpetrators.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 16, 2007 at 9:51 pm

  Yes Jules, Predator Nancy Grace should be ashamed of herself. I agree too that Nancy is only out for money; money from CNN through advertisers, and she has demonstrated she is willing to violate the Law, again, over and over in her pursuit to attempt to prove her wrongful assertions against non-convicted victims. Sounds a bit reminiscent of how Nancy got thrown out of Atlanta years ago, and why they removed her ability to ever practice Law anymore anywhere within any of the 50 states of the United States. It is also reminiscent of why Court-TV recently reduced her air-time before they finally canned her butt just last month. Predator Grace is a true and documented criminal, and I agree with you Jules that she should be ashamed of herself, again. And yes, Melinda was on the side of victims, and not the perpetrators and she was thoroughly documented to be so. Predators like Nancy Grace need some time behind bars, and need mandated therapy to hope minimize the civil infractions she continues to make against more non-convicted victims.

• Huang
  Jul 17, 2007 at 6:55 pm

  They “claim” that Melinda killed the kid, but it was Nancy who killed due process. And for all we know that kid aint even dead. Where’s the body ? Now, the kid might not be dead but the mom sure is, and if the kid is still alive, then that makes someone a “mommy killer” now dont it ? I personally dont care how many people think that who dun what, Melinda Duckett was never found guilty in a COURT of law. Nancy is a renegade LOON, and she is a huge discredit to the causes that she clings to.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 17, 2007 at 7:57 pm

  Excellent points, there Huang. Nancy Grace has been rattled with lawsuits since before the city of Atlanta finally threw her out on her butt. There remains the reasons why Nancy can no longer practice Law anymore in any of the 50 states of the United States. There is also a reason why Nancy was reduced in her “air-time” before Court-TV finally threw her out on her butt as well, even though Court-TV decided to take a lose by severing their contract early. Nancy’s current “pregnancy status” is suspected to only be a ploy by her defense team to help to minimize her expected lawsuits already filed against her in both state and federal courts right now. There are many expected up and coming lawsuits alleged by other victims attorneys that claim that they too expect some significant monetary compensations for the criminal civil crimes that Predator Nancy Grace has documented against herself. Perhaps it may simply be cheaper for Predator Grace to simply stop victimizing more victims.

• Huang
  Jul 17, 2007 at 8:27 pm

  Nancy Grace is an excellent topic for this forum because Government typically assumes the role of a parent in our society. When the justice system is malfunctioning then we can all surely expect that injustice will the result. And to have someone like Nancy go on a renegade mission to prosecute people on TV as if it were nothing, this is sickening. Government is very much like the sociological mom and dad, and I feel that allowing people like Nancy to corrupt the justice system is very much like being abused by that same mom and dad in Washington DC that I am expected to trust. Government abuse of the populace is very much akin to child abuse in many ways. And Nancy Grace is at the forefront of that abusiveness.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 17, 2007 at 9:02 pm

  Well said ther Huang. There should be another course of action by viewers of television shows to know, up front, if the media-heads they are viewing are corrupt, as Nancy Grace has documented against herslf already. Not to mention all the current pending state and federal cases already filed against her, as well as all up the expected up and coming cases to be filed against her soon. Perhaps the outcome of some of these Lawsuits will be a requirement of CNN to always view a running scroll that Nancy Grace was sued, successfully for the defendants multiple times, and that ticker can run the current total of lawsuits loses levied against her which is currently in the multi-millions of dollars.

• Huang
  Jul 18, 2007 at 7:40 pm

  Noble Michelle, your efforts are truly admirable. I believe in justice for all, including Nancy. And while her cause is a good one, she is flaundering miserably. The kindest thing is to save her from herself by blocking her now from making any further blunders. This can only be accomplished by getting her off the air. I also feel that the punitive measures against sex offenders in our society are already harsh enough that they have surpassed the point of diminishing returns. This is not meant to trivialize prevention or punishment, but merely to point out that you can only kick a dog just so many times until it bites. Nancy thinks that there should be no limits on kicking dogs. I find this to be a very dangerous game of chicken, and what hangs in the balance ? Potential victims including children. It is very sad to see this process. As a felon and former inmate, which I am not proud, I am even more saddened to see the coplete lack of insight or creativity in solving these issues or enhancing public safety in more intelligent, pragmatic ways. My heart felt analysis of the overall pervasiveness of the “Nancy mentality” is that ultimately it will have a damaging effect on child safety. I say this with great sadness.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 19, 2007 at 12:49 am

  I agree with you 100% Huang. The biggest problem with Nancy’s incidious demand for the ultimate punishment to all child offenders for any and all child violations only incites the potential of perpetrators to harm their victims to their fullest extent possible, since if caught, they would likely spend the rest of their life behind bars. Nancy removes any reason why the preps simply do not choose to consider to extinguish the potential source of thier potential lifetime incarceration. It only causes me to ponder how many perps have gravely harmed any child if they ever consider the moytivations of people like Nancy dis-Grace. Another needless and senseless tragety of Predator Grace.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 19, 2007 at 12:55 am

  Here is a LINK, Huang, that could use your expertise on Predator Nancy Grace. It is located under my name on this post.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 19, 2007 at 6:20 pm

  Nancy Grace totally screwed up on her show again on Thursday July 19th, when she was again was corrected by almost all of her guests tonight. Nancy “attempted” to cover the issue of the MICHAEL VICK case involving some suspected dog fighting. My goodness, I thought there were missing children and missing adults, but only Nancy chose to see suspected dog-fighting as a higher priority than missing people. Maybe Nancy should educate herself to the facts first, before she sticks her foot back into her own mouth. Now, she does definitely has a big mouth, but being factual might be a welcomed change for this predator of victims. Consider this though, if Nancy truly actually learned the facts of a case, any case, first before she threw out more wrong-accusations and wrong-assertions, that would truly be a nice change for herself. Plus, it would also be the first time than that Nancy would have been accurate, if she could even accomplish that task. While it has not ever happened yet, there still remains hope for her to become accurate since she is still working with her third of three Damage-Control teams, since the other first two quit trying to deal with her psychological problems in the recent months since Nancy alleged may have provoked a psychotically-fragile young mother to commit suicide after Nancy verbally battered this poor young mother of a missing child. Well, it remains clear why Nancy can not practice Law anymore in any of the 50 states of the United States. It is also clear why Court-TV recently reduced her air-time before they too fired her butt, and why CNN still mandates that there be a least one of her Psychologists present on any set where Nancy is expected to have some air-time for CNN. Good move CNN, predator Grace certainly comes across as being nutts……. still!

• SHANNA
  Jul 19, 2007 at 6:59 pm

  ARE YOU PEOPLE SERIOUS THAT A TALK SHOW HOST SHOULD BE BLAMED FOR SOME PSYCHO KILLING HERSELF? LETS LOOK AT THE FACTS. THIS BITCH THREW AWAYHER SONS PICS. EVEN SONOGRAM PICS. AND TRIED TO FRAME THE BOYS FATHER. YOU DONT SEE ANY GUILT IN THE FACT THAT SHE KILLED HERSLF? LIKE THE GUILT FOR HARMING HER OWN PRECIOUS LITTLE BOY?? AND WHATS THE OTHER HOT TOPIC… LETS NOT CREATE STRICTER PENALTIES FOR CHILD MOLESTERS FOR FEAR THAT THEY MAY STRIKE AGAIN? HOW ABOUT WE KILL THEM THE FIRST TIME AND THANK GOD WE ARE RID OF THEM FOR GOOD. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING? THERE IS NOT A “TOO STRICT” PUNISHMENT FOR A CHILD MOLESTER/ RAPIST/ ABUSER/ MURDERER. IF SOMEONE EVER HURT MY CHILD I WOULD MAKE SURE THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THEIR COURT DATE.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 19, 2007 at 7:39 pm

  Sorry there Shanna, but Predator Nancy Grace does not even have a son as you claim. Noone is aware that Predator Grace ever threw anyway any pictures of that son you claim she has. Why would Predator Grace try to frame a fictional father. I am aware, however, that the victim of Predator Grace’s documented un-professional and civilly illegal conduct had someone named Josh that was found to be in violation of court orders. Josh is a definite scum-bag, as you suggest. The guilt lies with Predator Grace for verbally assaulting a psychologically-fragile young mother of a missing child, who was lied to by Grace and CNN regarding the purpose of the phone-call Grace made to Melinda, which ultimately had a direct connection to the untimely death of a missing child‘s mother. Which, by the way, is pending in both state and federal courts against Predator Grace right now. The rest of your rant is just senseless and not even worth responding to. You have, however, clearly indicated there Shanna, that you remain either unaware of the facts of the Duckett death Nancy had a connection to, or that you are in denial of the facts of that case. Do everyone a favor, first try educating yourself to the facts of the case before you make yourself appear so silly again. I am sure there may be posters on this site willing to extend you some time and effort in helping you to get up-to-speed before you once again appear so ignorant of the facts of this case.

• sing
  Jul 20, 2007 at 1:48 am

  You MUST be related to Ms. Duckett. Your near pathological obsessive vendetta against Nancy Grace is incredible and MUST be fueled by something other than your interest in the news. There seem to be an awful lot of “facts”, regarding Ms. Grace’s personal life, known only to you.

  Most of us here are interested in finding a baby, living or deceased. So give the invective a rest. We really could care less about your personal hatred of Nancy Grace.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 20, 2007 at 7:21 am

  Sorry Sing, you are wrong on many accounts if you were referring to me. If you were, I must point out that I am not related to Melinda Duckett. Your “on-line diagnosis” is incorrect as well. I also have no “vendetta” against Nancy Grace, however I do not agree that a confirmed and suspected direct-contributor to the death of a non-convicted victim should go unpunished for her crimes Nancy documented against herself. That is a crime in and of itself. My “fuel” is nothing personal, I have never met this douche-bag Grace, but my “fuel” is my stance on doing all I can to help protect victims from known Predators like Nancy Grace. I have multiple college degrees and have an employment history of working for victims of crimes in the pursuit of legitimate justice for the victims in the criminal justice system. And, Predator Nancy Grace is a true shame and a horrible reflection of the atrocities of people like Grace, like Nifong, give the criminal justice system a negative connotation. As far as finding a baby, it has long been suspected that Trenton Duckett may be overseas and is safe from that sorry-excuse-of-a-father Josh. Hopefully, Trenton stays over there, and stays away from negative influences of both Josh and Predator Nancy Grace. Contrary to your allegation Sing, I do not have any “hatred” of Predator Grace. I believe she may have a useful purpose in life in the training of students in the areas of Psychology and Law to use as an example of how not to act.

• Huang
  Jul 23, 2007 at 9:15 pm

  You can see all of this emotion, KILL THEM, KILL THEM !!! Yeah right, whatever. To the person who suggested that we just “KILL THEM”, I would suggest that you kill them yourself if you have the guts to do so. You see miss smartmouth, that is exactly how I got sent up for 8 years. Go “KILL THEM” yourself, I want no part of it. Murder is more drastic than molestation. Can you see what is squirming through yoru brain ? You think just like a murderer - BEFORE he has murdered. You’ll change your tune after you’ve done a few years in the joint. One last thing, I do not in any way condone crimes against children, it sickens me. But I sincerely feel that society is failing in this effort and this act of desperation, this hate that people have, it is an emotion of desperation and it only makes things worse. Consider the Talibun. They will chop off your hand for stealing. And you know what ? People are still getting their hands chopped off. They still steal. So go right ahead and kill all the pedophiles you want, this will not solve anything, and ultimately it will actually increase the magnitude of the problem.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 23, 2007 at 9:21 pm

  Just curious Huand, you seem to be referring to an earlier poster here, but I cannot reference who you may be speaking to. However, I do agree with your assertions. Thanks again.

• Huang
  Jul 24, 2007 at 4:32 am

  That’s right Mich - Shanna said ” HOW ABOUT WE KILL THEM THE FIRST TIME AND THANK GOD WE ARE RID OF THEM FOR GOOD. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING? THERE IS NOT A “TOO STRICT” PUNISHMENT FOR A CHILD MOLESTER/ RAPIST/ ABUSER/ MURDERER.”

  I understand that emotion completely, but it does not solve the problem. All you have done is basically a trade-in, you are trading molesters for murderers, and that type of thinking is what led me right to the slammer. Take my word on this, if someone molests your kid it would be STUPID to kill them, call the cops and put the law on him.

  When you are driving down the street and you see the homeless slob starving in the gutter, the reason might be that he took bad advice e.g. “kill them all” bla bla bla, and that aint no joke.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 24, 2007 at 5:37 am

  Yes, Huang, you are correct. By taking a stance of “kill them” regarding the necessary and appropriate punishment for actions against a child would only serve to incite more potential harm against more children. If the punishment was an automatic death penalty, many more child-victims would simply end up dead than we already are facing now. That philosophy would only encourage the removal of the witness, and more children would likely be harmed by enacting that stance.

• Lori
  Jul 24, 2007 at 5:50 am

  Michelle you need to get your facts straight, go look it up bitch. Melinda Duckett is the worst mother of the year!!!! Maybe Nancy Grace should sue your ass for all the slander. God I hope they find Trenton so he and his father can be together.

• Huang
  Jul 24, 2007 at 5:50 pm

  Melinda Duckett is technically innocent at this time, your assertions of her guilt prove you to be a “bad citizen” because you are circumventing US law with such a presupposition.

  I understand why people feel that we must “kill them all”. But what these folks dont understand is that murder is no less vile a crime than molesting. Everywhere I go I have got a record following me around, and believe me, people dont really care about the circumstances of my story.

  If you are concerned about this issue of sexual abuse, I’ll give you the best piece of advice I can think of. First, abandon anger completely because it will paralyze your mind and prevent clear thinking. This is critical. Then, brainstorm for solutions and they will come to you.

  I approached a banker about the prospect of building a gigantic industrial park out in the middle of nowhere which would provide work and sustainance for various offenders who could live in a kind of exile. I think that this could be done in a very humane fashion, and is certainly a better plan than “kill them all”, or simply pushing them out of civilization. My plan may be doomed because afterall - I am a felon. But I still have not given up.

  In many Islamic countries women are frequently murdered to protect the honor of the man who raped the woman. As stupid as that sounds, this same mechanism can turn a molestation into a murder if the penalties are so over the top that someone with an “irresistable compulsion” is determined to leave no witnesses.

  I would encourage everyone to brainstorm as much as possible and to see beyond the political divisions which thwarts progress and places us all in greater danger as a result.

• Michelle from Madison
  Jul 24, 2007 at 6:36 pm

  Sorry there Lori (with all due respect), but it is you that is proven to be deficient of the facts regarding the Duckett case, not I. That web-blog you mentioned is comments by the webmaster who also demonstrated some severe lack of knowledge to the court-proven facts of this case. The rest of that site is a composite of comments by posters, much of which have also demonstrated some blatant disregard of the facts of the Duckett case. You, Lori, need to try to stay factual in your comments here. A lawsuit from Predator Grace upon myself would be a very welcomed venture, I could surely use a few extra millions of dollars from her own documented incompetence. Contact her to initiate such a suit, I will go out tomorrow and put in another bid on another airplane I am anticipating owning soon. Another lawsuit loss against Grace will be a nice memento to take to the bank. I hope you have some success there Lori in accomplishing this task, the expected windfall of money for myself would also be nice. Also, Lori, I have never ever posted anything even close to slander, as you claim. It is quite obvious that you are, and likely never were, a professional with multiple college degrees and a track record professionally working within the criminal justice system or in the field of Psychology. Maybe with some education and training Lori, maybe you can flip some more burgers. And, yes, I do hope that they can someday find Trenton safe and sound and never ever allow any interference from that scum-bag Josh, a despicable sorry excuse of a father if I have ever seen one. They should lock him up. Maybe in the same facility Nancy Grace said tonight she wants to go: “Promises Treatment Facility“, where Nancy and Josh can get their needed psychological treatment for their addiction problems including alcohol and drug abuse issues.

• Maytruthprevail
  Jun 4, 2008 at 5:25 am

  Michelle from Madison, I hope you come back on here. I have been a Melinda defender for almost two years. I totally believe she was set up from the getgo, as do her grandparents. I believe she realized this and felt hopeless. Laurie Konnerth, the Trust Fund signatory (who uses many nyms when posting - maybe even “pam” above, is the one who arranged the Nancy Grace interview. LK is the one who gave Nancy the porn, and according to LK she is the one who gave Nancy Grace all of NG’s “ammunition”.

• jonah
  Jun 9, 2008 at 8:31 pm

  The problem is MayTruthPrevail is that you are as nutty as Melinda was. You have inserted yourself into this case with both feet and have done more harm than good to help find Trenton.
  and Michelle from Madison unless you know these folks involved (and I do not either) then perhaps you need to stop bashing the heck out of them. I have read nothing to indicate the father was a “scum bag”. At least he cooperated with the police and has actually done something to look for his son which is much for than I can say for Melinda. She did nothing to try and find her son and would not cooperate with the police either.
  I think she killed herself out of guilt for what she did with her son.

• Maytruthprevail
  Jun 10, 2008 at 7:45 am

  Hey Jonah, tell me, exactly, and I do mean exactly, WHAT has Josh done to find Trenton?

  And I bet that if Josh took a lie detector test today, he would not pass, nor would his mother.

  And I believe that Carla Roberts Duckett Boggs Massero (Fort) should have her own thread here on “Parents Behaving Badly”.

  Here is an excerpt from Melinda’s statement to police regarding the harrassment she endured from Josh’s mother:

  “Joshua Duckett, my husband, my family and I have been receiving several harassing phone calls for about one month. They are from Joshua’s resentful family and a few ex-friends whom have been asked by us on several occassions to stop. They refuse and continue to contact us either with threats or lies. Tonight they contacted us and threatened to have the police pick us up under false accusation that we are sending people on their property. Again at 2:22 this morning, Amber Spurlock, a close side kick of Joshua’s mother, Carla Massero, whom mainly was harassing us. called, yelling and histerically screaming into my cell phone. We tried to call back but the phone had obviously been turned off. Both Joshua and I wish to press charges against Amber Spurlock and Carla Massero.” From Leesburg P.D. Report # 05071505 Reporting officer Mack T32 taken July 10, 2005

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