I'm not a Nancy Grace fan, but ....

Just about everyone is aware of the deep doo-doo that Nancy Grace, a tough prosecutorial-type interviewer is in after the suicide death of one of her interviewees, Melinda Duckett, earlier this month (Melinda's interview with Nancy Grace on CNN was on September 7). Melinda shot herself shortly after her interview with Nancy Grace. Actually, she committed suicide only hours before the taped interview was shown on CNN.

Nancy Grace, in her own (sometimes inflammatory) manner was going after the truth surrounding the disappearance of 2-year old Trenton Duckett while interviewing the boy's mother, Melinda ... and yes, went after Melinda as a policemen might go after someone who was the last one seen with the boy ... and who (quoted from ABC News) "admitted to her own lawyer [that] she grabbed a shotgun, diaper bag and the baby hours before he went missing and went on an eight-hour odyssey through a national forest and target practice." These were not necessarily her own words, but as best they could be characterized by ABC News.

In any event, not surprisingly, the police are searching that very area today with police dogs trained to find corpses.

Meanwhile, thousands of people are on CNN's case for not firing Nancy Grace.

The full and as yet unedited interview was clearly tough, but anyone who has ever watched Nancy Grace knows in advance that she will be tough. That surely must have included Melinda Duckett and/or her lawyers.

Don't get me wrong, after reading the interview -- one of the few I didn't see live -- I have to admit that it was quite a grilling (this is a link to CNN's full interview between Nancy Grace and Melinda Duckett), but that Nancy Grace did not act as judge, jury and executioner, as some are saying. Lawsuits will follow, but you might judge for yourself after reading the transcript of the interview. My personal take on it is that Nancy Grace (correctly) sensed something screwy about Melinda's evasive answers and pressed more aggressively -- as I myself tend to do under similar circumstances, although not involving murder or kidnapping.

In any case, it's very sad. I have no doubt that the 17 cadaver dogs that are searching the Farles Lake area in the Ocala National Forest will likely not find young Trenton. This is an area which is inhabited by alligators that could easily eat a young two-year old.

But whatever, Nancy Grace did nothing to deserve being fired, in my opinion. As I said, I'm not a great Nancy Grace fan, but tend to watch most of her shows, although I personally missed this particular one. She's really harsh at times and yes, opinionated; but that's why most of her fans "love" her (well, love her show) and watch her, I'm sure.

But whatever, we should all continue to pray that young Trenton Duckett is somehow found alive .... miraculously.