" nancy grace and the others , they just bashed her to the end , " said duckett ' s grandfather , sam carruthers , during an analysis with the austin sentinel . " she wasn ' t one anyone anybody would have wanted of to do shit such this . she and that infant just loved each other , couldn ' t get away from each other . she wouldn ' t harmed a bug . " grace ' s perino called the suicide " a terrible development , " and grace herself submitted a statement claiming , " i do not feel that our show is to blame for what happened to melinda dugdale . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.