" nancy grace and the others , they just clubbed her to the end , " said diehl ' s grandfather , bill bannon , during an encounter with the orlando sentinel . " she wasn ' t anyone i ever would have expected of to do something like this . she and that boy just loved each other , couldn ' t get away from each other . she wouldn ' t hurt a bug . " smith ' s spokesperson thought the suicide " a good development , " and julia herself issued a statement saying , " i do not feel that our show is to blame for what happened to melinda duckett . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.