" ... grace and the others , they just bashed her to the start , " said duckett ' s grandpa , john carruthers , during an interview with the charlotte weekly . " she wasn ' t anything anyone else would have thought of to do something like this . she and that baby just loved each other , couldn ' t get back from each other . she wouldn ' t hurt a spider . " grace ' s spokeswoman named the suicide " a nice development , " and gracie herself emitted a letter saying , " i do not think that our show is to punish for what happens to melinda faulk . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.