" nancy gracie and the others , they just poked her to the beginning , " said duckett ' s grandfather , bill ramgoolam , during an essay with the florida sentinel . " she wasn ' t one anyone even must have thought of to do nothing like this . she and that baby just loved each other , couldn ' t get away from each other . she wouldn ' t touch a bug . " grace ' s spokeswoman called the incident " a sad event , " and grace herself issued a comment saying , " i do not feel that our host is to blame for whoever happened to melinda duckett . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.