Who is trenton duckett

This week, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released an age-progressed image showing what the boy would look like today at age She told investigators she put Trenton to bed and when she went to check on him a few hours later, he was gone and the screen on his bedroom window was cut. Melinda Duckett, 21, committed suicide in September following an interview with talk-show host Nancy Grace.

We prepared ourselves for the worst and we hope for the best. Erik Sandoval joined the News 6 team as a reporter in May They were in the process of a heated divorce and custody battle in August Their relationship had been a contentious one, with numerous allegations of domestic violence between the couple, and abuse of Trenton before and after the marriage.

Trenton was often in the care of Melinda's grandparents or in foster homes. Melinda won a temporary restraining order against Joshua in July , after accusing him of threatening her life and Trenton's. Joshua denies the allegations. He has been cooperative in the disappearance of his son and has passed a polygraph test. Joshua's father, James "Jimmy" Duckett, is on death row in Florida. A former police officer, he was convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl in Joshua was only a toddler at the time his father was incarcerated, but they have maintained a relationship with each other.

Trenton had visited James on death row and Melinda kept up a written correspondence with him. Authorities investigated to see whether Trenton's disappearance was related to his grandfather's crimes, but found no evidence to support this theory.

About a week after Trenton went missing, police stated they were not certain he had disappeared at the time Melinda said he did. No one other than Melinda reported having seen Trenton since his mother picked him up from day care a full day prior to his reported disappearance, and witnesses reported seeing Melinda alone in the hours prior to her son's going missing. Melinda refused to take a polygraph, and she failed a voice stress test. Investigators found photographs and sonogram images of Trenton, and some of his toys, in the trash bin when they searched Melinda's apartment after the child's disappearance was reported.

It is unclear why someone tried to throw those items away, but their presence in the garbage made police suspicious.

Melinda had told her attorney she took her son and a shotgun to a shooting range at the Ocala National Forest on August 27, then became lost and drove around central Florida for eight hours. Was his mother holding the answers?

I think he is out there somewhere. Now, a new tip gives fresh hope for the family of resolving the mystery. A person who lived in the area at the time Trenton went missing has come forward with new information.

Joe Iozzi with Leesburg Police would not disclose details but said time, in this case, may prove helpful. Advances that, Joshua and Beth hope, will help uncover an unturned stone and bring Trenton back home.