Van Lifer couple camping in Utah national park - two weeks later fiancee arrives in FL alone

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Anonymous wrote:Unpopular theory - I think they have been 100% cooperating with the FBI since Brian went missing. Doesn’t excuse the silence starting Sept 1 but still. Do we know the exact date they lawyered up?

This has bothered me for some time — we have absolutely no idea what they have and have not told the FBI. The speculation about whether they have cooperated (or not) is purely that — speculation.

I mean they raised an abuser who turned out to be a murderer and harbored a fugitive. And also didn't mention he was missing for days after he left? Give me a break. They should be held responsible for Gabby's death by the public court for the rest of their lives, and they will be.

You are speculating about all of this. It's frightening how fast the "Court of Public Opinion" makes judgments before they have heard any of the facts. The fact that the Laundries haven't spoken publicly is taken as evidence that every wild accusation against them is true. It may be that all of this is true. It may not be. What is so bad about waiting to hear from the Police? If the Police were to make a statement that the Laundrie's have been cooperating all along and were instrumental in finding Brian's remains (the latter appears to be the case), will you feel differently?

You better hope none of your children ever do anything wrong, since you seem to believe that the parents are always responsible for the sins of their children.

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Whatever story the parents told at the beginning, they can't back down from now or they'd put themselves in the frame for obstruction of justice and making false statements. Unless they are given immunity in exchange for revealing whatever Brian said to them in order to give Gabby's parents information, we'll probably never know.

Ultimately, none of it probably mattered. She was dead before anyone but Brian knew she was missing. And I would bet the autopsy will show that Brian killed himself pretty much immediately after he arrived in FL and disappeared again and there was no real chance to catch him alive. Hopefully the FBI doesn't go around shooting a bunch of alligators to try to find the one that probably ate a chunk of his remains. What would it help?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll bet he killed a drifter and staged his death.

Yeah, that’ll work.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think this is like a modern day Romeo and Juliet breakup gone tragically wrong?

She didn’t strangle herself.

+1 wt heck, pp.

No, I don’t view this as a tragic love story. Not. At. All.

I do, in a sense. I believe that they did love each other, but everything went horribly wrong.

tbh the fact that he killed himself is in his favor.

but, I’m positive this is not his first incidence of violence against women. Men need to be better.

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I never blame the parents for the crimes of their children.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think this is like a modern day Romeo and Juliet breakup gone tragically wrong?

She didn’t strangle herself.

+1 wt heck, pp.

No, I don’t view this as a tragic love story. Not. At. All.

I do, in a sense. I believe that they did love each other, but everything went horribly wrong.

Romeo and Juliet really isn’t an appropriate literary choice here. Maybe Oliver Twist. Straight up brutal murder.

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever story the parents told at the beginning, they can't back down from now or they'd put themselves in the frame for obstruction of justice and making false statements. Unless they are given immunity in exchange for revealing whatever Brian said to them in order to give Gabby's parents information, we'll probably never know.

Ultimately, none of it probably mattered. She was dead before anyone but Brian knew she was missing. And I would bet the autopsy will show that Brian killed himself pretty much immediately after he arrived in FL and disappeared again and there was no real chance to catch him alive. Hopefully the FBI doesn't go around shooting a bunch of alligators to try to find the one that probably ate a chunk of his remains. What would it help?

it's been a few weeks. I don't think his remains would still be in any alligator.

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Anonymous wrote:So isn't it now a possibility that his parents killed him or gave him the means to kill himself and then left him in the park? And they've just been waiting the whole time for LE to find him? It would fit with their psychotic passive aggressiveness.

Give it a rest. They just learned their son is dead. Did you watch the video? The father crying when he got the news? They didn’t know and they weren’t involved and they are grieving. They have been vilified based on zero evidence that they had any knowledge of what happened to Gabby or knowledge or role in Brain’s disappearance. It’s sick what people have been doing to these individuals without anything to substantiate the wild accusations.

While I agree that you have included many valid points, I still think that the parents should have spoken up in the beginning.

When Gabby’s family was calling the Laundries, inquiring where she was or what they actually knew, etc., I just find it cruel that they never responded back.
While hiring a lawyer + deciding against speaking publicly is their fundamental right - morally they should have responded to Gabby’s parents and let them know what they knew.

By doing this, they only made themselves look bad.

Of course it made them look bad, but it was the smart thing to do. It’s 100% what I would have advised my clients to do as well. we don’t know what Brian told them. He may have told them absolutely nothing. Remember, her body wasn’t even found until after Brian left. They may have had zero clue that was something wrong. Brian left only two days after she was announced missing- that could have been a complete shock to the parents who could have led to him feeing a need to flee. He could have played her disappearance off as something he has no idea about. We simply don’t know what they knew or thought.

But they could have had the decency to respond to Gabby’s family when they called looking for her. Stone cold silence is not the way to react.

We don’t know what their relationship was like with the Petito family, or how they were being approached. As long as we’re assuming that the Laundries were stone cold, why not assume that the Petitos were threatening them? We don’t know enough about any of this to pass well informed judgment.

Sure we do. Dr Phil did an interview with the family. They said at first they were fearful for the couple. They thought that they were both missing. They repeatedly tried to reach out to Brian‘s family and couldn’t get a hold of anyone. No one would return their calls.

https://youtu.be/zAua4TGDj3E

That’s just the Petito’s side of the story.

The Laundries are certainly welcome to tell their side of the story.
Waiting....

Don’t worry, they’ve talked to the fbi. Were you expecting them to do the talk show circuit to satisfy Joe Public?

I think if they're offered a generous amount of money, I could see them doing an exclusive interview and trying to clear their name.

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I don’t blame them for his sins. I blame them for their silence and obstruction since 9/1. They could have so easily responded to Gabby’s parents when they were looking for her. Called police the actual night their son didn’t come home.

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Anonymous wrote:Partial human remains found

I am so relieved a corpse has been found.

Weird sentence.

Why? I’m glad too, assuming it’s Brian. No more $$ wasted on the manhunt, trial, or a lifetime of incarceration.

Very true.
But unfortunately for the Petito family, they will not get any answers regarding the death of Gabby.
Which I am sure they were hoping for.

This is so sad for them. 😢

what makes you say this, it's not like him being alive would guarantee answers anyway

Yes, I know.
However Brian was the last person to see Gabby alive and him and ONLY HIM could provide them the answers to their questions.

At the very least > at least a sliver of hope must have existed that they would get some much-needed answers.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think this is like a modern day Romeo and Juliet breakup gone tragically wrong?

She didn’t strangle herself.

+1 wt heck, pp.

No, I don’t view this as a tragic love story. Not. At. All.

I do, in a sense. I believe that they did love each other, but everything went horribly wrong.

You are romanticizing domestic violence.

Like men who murder their partners because if he can’t have them, no one else will.

That is not love. That is ownership.

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Anonymous wrote:Unpopular theory - I think they have been 100% cooperating with the FBI since Brian went missing. Doesn’t excuse the silence starting Sept 1 but still. Do we know the exact date they lawyered up?

This has bothered me for some time — we have absolutely no idea what they have and have not told the FBI. The speculation about whether they have cooperated (or not) is purely that — speculation.

I mean they raised an abuser who turned out to be a murderer and harbored a fugitive. And also didn't mention he was missing for days after he left? Give me a break. They should be held responsible for Gabby's death by the public court for the rest of their lives, and they will be.

You are speculating about all of this. It's frightening how fast the "Court of Public Opinion" makes judgments before they have heard any of the facts. The fact that the Laundries haven't spoken publicly is taken as evidence that every wild accusation against them is true. It may be that all of this is true. It may not be. What is so bad about waiting to hear from the Police? If the Police were to make a statement that the Laundrie's have been cooperating all along and were instrumental in finding Brian's remains (the latter appears to be the case), will you feel differently?

You better hope none of your children ever do anything wrong, since you seem to believe that the parents are always responsible for the sins of their children.

+1, except I kinda do hope they know, someday, what it feels like to be blamed for the behavior or misdeeds of their kids. You know, if they’re going to throw around ridiculous judgments like that.

Lol wait, are you seriously hoping that one of my kids murders someone so that I know what it feels like to be blamed for their misdeed? And actually, I held my own father accountable. Your lack of morals doesn't mean everyone is like you.

To clarify, my father never murdered anyone. Realized that wasn't clear.

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How weird that the same day the parents decided to go to the reserve is the same day that human remains along with Brian’s belongings are recovered. There are a lot of things that the public is not being told at this time.
I am guessing (what else can I do?) that the parents led the FBI to the human remains along with the backpack and notebook. They likely were contacted by Brian shortly prior to him killing himself of what he was going to do.
They could have been in denial this entire time, hoping that Brian had changed his mind and instead was living on the lam. However after so much time has passed without a sign of their son, they likely contacted authorities to be there in the event that Brian’s remains are where he told them he would be.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t blame them for his sins. I blame them for their silence and obstruction since 9/1. They could have so easily responded to Gabby’s parents when they were looking for her. Called police the actual night their son didn’t come home.

THIS THIS THIS.

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Anonymous wrote:Unpopular theory - I think they have been 100% cooperating with the FBI since Brian went missing. Doesn’t excuse the silence starting Sept 1 but still. Do we know the exact date they lawyered up?

This has bothered me for some time — we have absolutely no idea what they have and have not told the FBI. The speculation about whether they have cooperated (or not) is purely that — speculation.

I mean they raised an abuser who turned out to be a murderer and harbored a fugitive. And also didn't mention he was missing for days after he left? Give me a break. They should be held responsible for Gabby's death by the public court for the rest of their lives, and they will be.

You are speculating about all of this. It's frightening how fast the "Court of Public Opinion" makes judgments before they have heard any of the facts. The fact that the Laundries haven't spoken publicly is taken as evidence that every wild accusation against them is true. It may be that all of this is true. It may not be. What is so bad about waiting to hear from the Police? If the Police were to make a statement that the Laundrie's have been cooperating all along and were instrumental in finding Brian's remains (the latter appears to be the case), will you feel differently?

You better hope none of your children ever do anything wrong, since you seem to believe that the parents are always responsible for the sins of their children.

Here’s the thing - there’s a difference between assisting an investigation and stonewalling in support of your criminal son.

I view the Laundrie’s in the same light as this mother who washed her son’s bloody clothes to get rid of evidence the same night he killed a neighborhood girl.