" nancy grace and the rest , they just bashed her to the start , " said duckett ' s grandfather , bill hillier , during an angle with the southern sentinel . " she wasn ' t one that always would have considered of to do shit like this . she and that baby just loved each other , couldn ' t get away from each other . she wouldn ' t hurt a bug . " grace ' s spokeswoman called the suicide " a sad experience , " and grace herself issuing a statement saying , " i do not want that our show is to accountability for whatever happened to melinda duckett . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.