NANCY GRACE, HOST: Tonight to Florida -- a parent`s worst nightmare, a 2-year-old boy reportedly snatched from his crib while his mom watched a movie in the very next room. Then mom commits suicide. Stunning and disturbing developments tonight, police now confirming a search of the trash dumpster near Melinda Duckett`s apartment revealed Trenton`s baby photos, his toys, his toy box, baby food and a sonogram of baby Trenton all thrown way in the trash the same day baby Trenton reported missing.
Let`s go out to "Daily Commercial" reporter Marilyn Aciego joining us. Marilyn, what can you tell us about what was found in the dumpster?
MARILYN ACIEGO, "DAILY COMMERCIAL":
Well, like you said, Nancy, there were several photos of Trenton found, including the sonogram photos, toys, a toy box. This isn`t something you would think a mother would throw away if she thought her son was coming home.
GRACE: Is it true that there was actually baby food, as well?
ACIEGO: Yes, there was. And police are saying that it was possible she may have just been cleaning out the refrigerator. They`re not -- they don`t seem to be holding too much ground to that because it may have been possible she was just cleaning out pantries, cleaning out cabinets and things of that nature. ACIEGO: When was it found?
GRACE: Yes.
ACIEGO: Within a day of Trenton being reported missing.
GRACE: OK, question. Marilyn, how do we know that the items were discarded in the dumpster the day he was reported missing? When were the items -- when was the dumpster last emptied?
ACIEGO: I haven`t checked to see when the dumpster was emptied, but police found these items within a day of Trenton being reported missing.
THE FRESHLY PAINTED WALLS
GRACE: And what can you tell us about reports that there was freshly painted -- there were freshly painted walls in Melinda Duckett`s apartment?
ACIEGO: There were freshly painted walls. She was very upfront with the police from the very beginning that she had painted. And they have yet to be able to find any forensic evidence linking the painted walls to the disappearance of Trenton.
THE SONOGRAM GRACE: To Marilyn Aciego. Let`s talk about the sonogram for a moment. We don`t know if it`s baby Trenton`s sonogram. Was it in the same trash bag along with all of Trenton`s other belongings?
ACIEGO: Police have told us that it was found along with the other belongings. Whether it was in the same trash bag or not, they have not confirmed, but it was found. They felt it was part of the same trash.
GRACE: Interesting. So this sonogram may or may not be that of baby Trenton, and it was found in Melinda and Trenton Duckett`s belongings. Very interesting.
A WITNESS--AND MELINDA DUCKETT DID NOT GO TO POLICE WILLINGLY And Nancy, there was a witness, apparently, that saw one of the males who had been with her that evening taking one of the bags and discarding it in a dumpster before taking her to the Leesburg Police Department to be interviewed. And what she went -- and it says in the affidavit in support of a search warrant that she did not go willingly to police. So again, more and more suspicion towards Melinda Duckett.
GRACE: Wait. Did I just hear you say she did not go willingly to police?
BROOKS: And Nancy, yes, that`s exactly what I said, and it`s articulated in the affidavit in support of the search warrant for her apartment.
PAST ABUSE OF TRENTON BY MOTHER CASAREZ:
That`s right. There was an alleged incident outside of a shopping mall, where Melinda and her ex-husband at the time were having an argument about money, and she allegedly took the neck of the little baby and appeared to try to break it or turn it. At that point, I believe child protective services took the child. An investigation was had, and they could find no visible injuries to the child at all.
GRACE: It`s my understanding, Marilyn Aciego -- Marilyn`s with "The Daily Commercial" -- at that juncture, she allegedly threatened to snap the baby`s neck, that later, no one found any bruises or marks on the baby. But whatever happened, Marilyn, it was enough to take the baby away from Melinda Duckett. How did she get the baby back?
ACIEGO: After DCF investigated and found that there was -- that, basically, the claims seemed to be unfounded, they gave the baby back. That`s pretty -- that`s pretty normal in Florida.
MICHELLE SAYS SO:
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...it's probably MELISSA DUCKETT!!!
1 comment:
I fault the Florida Police in this case. They found Trenton's items in the dumpster the first day he was eported missing. His mother had a history of mental illness, harming herself, threatening to harm her child hacking into ex-husband's computer and sending emails to herself. These things were known to police for how many weeks BEFORE she took her own life? Atleast one, maybe two. Why they hadn't taken her into custody, questioned her and put her on suicide watch is beyond reason. She had already proven herself to be suicidal, been Baker Acted in past and her child was missing too long. Just listening to her 911 tape tells an "untrained" investigator something. Her voice goes from hysterical, to calm, to "little girlish" or child like, to confused. At least if she had been in custody, most likely Trenton or his little body would have been found by now and those who love him could bury him, grieve and at least have some answers. Maybe, just maybe, he could have been found alive. This idea of waiting and watching smacks of Aruban A.L.E. Not that I am saying it is the same, a cover up, but it reeks of bungling and stupidity. This mother was insane, but had she been kept alive and questioned, at least answers could have been gotten. Now, the only person who had her head on straightin this investigation, but was not privy to all the information regarding Melinda Duckett and her mental state, Nancy Grace is being persecuted for challenging her on T.V. Nancy saw through her but did not have the info or the abitlity to arrest and have her watched, but she is being blamed. Florida officals, step upto the plate and admit YOU'RE to blame!!!!!
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