ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- CNN host Nancy Grace settled a wrongful-death suit over the suicide of a Virginia woman following a Grace interview about her missing daughter, officials said.
Melinda Duckett, 21, questioned by Grace after reporting her 2-year-old son, Trenton, missing from his bedroom Aug. 27, 2006, later killed herself with a shotgun at her grandparents' home on Sept. 8, 2006, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported.
Duckett's estate sued Grace, alleging she drove the young Leesburg, Va., mother to suicide.
In settling the suit, Grace and CNN agreed to establish a $200,000 trust fund dedicated to finding Duckett's son, who is still missing.
Meanwhile, lawyers representing Duckett's estate issued an apology to Grace for comments accusing her of "ambushing" Duckett in the interview.
Attorneys Jay Paul Deratany and Kara Skorupat extended an apology to CNN and Nancy Grace "to the extent that any suggestion has been made that anyone deliberately caused the family distress or Melinda Duckett's suicide."
