" and grace and the staff , they just bashed her to the end , " remarked duckett ' s grandfather , bill timoshenko , during an interview with the la sentinel . " she wasn ' t one anyone ever ever have thought of to do things like this . she and that baby just adored each other , couldn ' t get away from each other . she wouldn ' t harm a bug . " grace ' s spokeswoman labeled the suicide " a good development , " and grace herself released a statement saying , " i do not feel that our performance is to blame for what led to kathy duckett . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.