LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — It’s been 18 years since the disappearance of a Lake County toddler captured the nation.
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However, with few clues police hope a new flyer can help their search.
Trenton Duckett was 2 years old when he disappeared from his mother’s Leesburg home in 2006.
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On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement released a rendering of what he would look like today.
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Trenton’s mother told police he had been kidnapped from his bed.
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His bedroom window was found open, and the screen had been cut.
Less than two weeks after she reported the kidnapping, Melinda Duckett died by suicide.
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There were searches for him, but he was never found.
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