By  Seamus McGraw

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Plan to gut gators in hunt for missing toddler put on hold

Though authorities have reportedly declined to provide all the details provided by the two new witnesses, they described both as very credible. According to an account published in the Orlando Sentinel, at least one of the witnesses placed Melinda Duckett at a Leesburg business at about 8 a.m., and another claimed to have seen Duckett enter her apartment alone at about 3 p.m. on the day he was reported missing.

Melinda Duckett

Even if authorities determine that there are inconsistencies in Melinda Duckett's account, that does not necessarily bring the case to a close. While they have aggressively investigated Melinda Duckett among others, they have never formally declared her to be a suspect in her son's disappearance.

Authorities are asking anyone who may have baby-sat for Trenton, or who may have had contact with him in the critical hours before he was reported missing to contact the FBI.

Ocala National Forest

Meanwhile, the hunt for Trenton, now generally considered a hunt for his remains, continues. Today, for example, divers are expected to return for the fourth time to scour the bottom of a lake in Ocala National Forest.

Alligator in Ocala

In a bizarre twist to the case, authorities have proposed catching and gutting alligators large enough to have consumed a toddler to see of that would yield any clues to the little boy's fate. For the moment, that plan has been put on hold while other, more conventional, search methods continue.

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