Trenton Duckett case update: Police are following a slim lead that suggests Melinda Duckett, Trenton’s mom, might have arranged for her son to be taken to South Korea. Melinda, who was adopted from South Korea as a baby, reportedly talked with friends about sending Trenton there. Not sure how plausible that is, but any […]
Your votes are in, and it’s official: Melinda Duckett has been voted by Parents Behaving Badly readers as the Worst Parent of 2006. When I announced the awards originally, I had this to say about the deceased mama:
Holy shit…where to begin? The Florida mom offed herself after appearing on Nancy Grace and being grilled over […]
The suit by Melinda Duckett’s parents against Nancy Grace, accusing the CNN host of berating poor Melinda into suicide, has been moved to federal court. The move came at the behest of CNN and Grace. Meanwhile, followers of the case over on CourtTV’s message boards are lamenting the lack of a “Christmas miracle”. You’re not […]
It’s that time of the year: time to look back at the stream of bad parents who have graced the pages of PBB and do the impossible by picking out the worst parent of 2006. Since I can’t possibly do that on my own, I’m asking YOU, my readers, for help.
Below is my selection […]
Oh, Melinda Duckett defenders are gonna have a CONNIPTION over this one. Too fucking bad. It’s been the leading theory for weeks, and the best hope of finding her son Trenton Duckett alive. Police in Leesburg, Florida now say that a second pivotal lead gives them an idea about where Duckett may have handed her […]
Well, if this doesn’t beat all. Just when you think the Trenton Duckett case can’t get any more bizarre, reality steps up and proves you wrong. Hot tipper Amraan filled me in today on Beth and William Eubank of Lockport, New York, who are suing both CNN and Joshua Duckett over Melinda’s death. They’re also […]
Holy shit on toast - here’s an interesting twist on the Trenton Duckett saga that I didn’t discover until tonight. Joshua Duckett, of course, is the father of Joshua Duckett and the grandfather of Trenton Duckett, currently the most well-known missing child in the United States. James, however, is not hard at work helping his […]
More on this later, as I’m getting kids out the door for school. For now, just a quick blitz about the big news that Police in Leesburg, Florida are opening a new investigation on the premise that Trenton Duckett is alive.
I hope they’re right. They seem confident that they are.
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So what the hell’s happening in the Trenton Duckett case? The last we left this mystery, mother Melinda Duckett had committed suicide following a confrontational appearance on “The Nancy Grace Show”. At the time, I lambasted Grace for her Pearl Harbor attack.
As time has worn on, though, my outrage has dimmed. I admire the way […]
Judging by reader comments on my other blog, it seems that most people think it’s a foregone conclusion that Melinda Duckett killed her son Trenton. And certainly, as I discussed in an earlier post, things look grim for the dead mom. Duckett, who killed herself after being grilled on national TV by ratings sponge Nancy […]
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