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Arrest warrant issued for Brian Laundrie: *** Official manhunt time *** (1 Viewer)
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The Big Donkey
Footballguy
North Port police department admit that they mistook a 50 something woman in a ball cap for her 20 something bald son.
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"Addressing the grave and costly mistake on Monday, a red-faced Taylor said “no case is perfect.”
Taylor said police had been tracking Laundrie ever since Petito’s parents reported her missing on Sept. 11 — more than a week after her boyfriend returned to Florida alone from their road trip.
Police said they watched him leave his home in his Mustang on Sept. 13 and claimed he returned two days later.
North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison insisted at a news conference on Sept. 16 that “we know where Brian Laundrie is at.”
But that all came crashing down the following day when Laundrie’s parents reported him missing, saying he’d set off on a hike on Sept. 14 and failed to return. His parents later said he had actually left the home Sept. 13.
Taylor has since admitted they were convinced they had witnessed Laundrie return to the home in the Mustang, “but we now know that wasn’t true.”
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"Addressing the grave and costly mistake on Monday, a red-faced Taylor said “no case is perfect.”
Taylor said police had been tracking Laundrie ever since Petito’s parents reported her missing on Sept. 11 — more than a week after her boyfriend returned to Florida alone from their road trip.
Police said they watched him leave his home in his Mustang on Sept. 13 and claimed he returned two days later.
North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison insisted at a news conference on Sept. 16 that “we know where Brian Laundrie is at.”
But that all came crashing down the following day when Laundrie’s parents reported him missing, saying he’d set off on a hike on Sept. 14 and failed to return. His parents later said he had actually left the home Sept. 13.
Taylor has since admitted they were convinced they had witnessed Laundrie return to the home in the Mustang, “but we now know that wasn’t true.”
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prosopis
Arizona Chupacabra
I do read a lot of that stuff and find some of it interesting. I worked in self defense and we did learn a lot from those shootings. I was involved in a reenactment of the pulse club shooting and it was terrifying. Biggest thing I learned at these seminars was I don't ever want to be involved in a mass shooting. It's more insane than the general public realizes.General Malaise said:
I also do think those manifestos have helped law enforcement prevent some of these things. Obviously it is no where near perfect but we have to try. At least I think trying is the right thing to do.
You finalizing your opinion on him is fine with me. Not that I ever felt you needed my ok, but you asked?
I have not followed this case as close as others so I don't have enough info. Obviously if he choked her which is very personal something was wrong with him. I am not sure about the stuff I have heard about abuse. I don't know where that came from other than the people who saw them arguing and that seemed sketchy.
I will make this confession. When this first started I watched the entire police stop video. At the end of that and not knowing what we know now I was suspicious of her more than him. Admitting that now makes me wonder if that is ingrained misogyny? or wht??? ( I am kind of hoping he was not what everyone is saying but that is stupid ego giving me those feelings)
Anyway of course your entitled to your opinion. Walk in Peace my friend.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
this was more than publicity, it was viral on social media. I’ve read posts where women have said they wish it was them that Brian killed so that Gabie would still be alive.The publicity it received gives the perception it means more. I am equally intrigued with the missing person posters in Walmart. I always read them and look at the pictures. They are so disturbing and there is so many of them.
culdeus
Footballguy
Yeah this is one aspect of the "why this?" That's gets glossed. Early on it looked like she was the abuser and an internet wannabe blogger out for fame at all costs.
wilked
Footballguy
Another reminder of the quiet bliss that comes for those who have quit social media…
(unless it was someone with a terminal medical condition, in which case it would be fully logical)
prosopis
Arizona Chupacabra
I agree. Deleting Facebook is one of the best things I have done recently. So much time saved, less aggravation, and I really felt it was making me dumber. It has been about 2 years now and I do not miss it at all. Now I think it's funny the stupid excuses I would come up with to keep it. None of them were true.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
It's been a few years for me but yes. I did like it for the groups aspect on topics I was into but it was still a net negative.
Every now and then somebody sends me a meme on Instagram which leads me to scrolling for a few seconds and I am quickly reminded how happy I am to not see what some dude I went to HS did last weekend.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I still have it, just don't ever look at it unless my wife posts something and tags me (usually kid related).
at that point I'll look around and remember I don't care what my friends ate for lunch or where they went on vacation.
El Floppo
Footballguy
fatness
Footballguy
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Doug B
Footballguy
There's no real news -- a lot of rehashing the same stuff over and over. Yesterday's news can become today's news -- and even tomorrow's news -- if you just keep cranking out warmed-over headlines.
Lots of tabloids (both print and digital) are still keeping a Brian Laundrie story afloat every day ... but it looks like the traditional media has moved on.
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The notebook has nothing of note, IMHO. If it did, it would have been leaked by now.
culdeus
Footballguy
I like how they still talk like she was an "influencer". She had 120 followers and had purchased some bot followers bringing her to about 1100 followers when her story hit the news. There were fewer than 30 engagements of any kind on her videos, and her IG was more or less a wasteland also. He himself had only even gotten an IG account like 2 weeks prior, and ironically there is some thoughts that this ultimately was a friction point that led to the fights.
This wasn't some 1M sub influencer with billions of imprints. She had likely fewer engagements than Furley's mom.
This wasn't some 1M sub influencer with billions of imprints. She had likely fewer engagements than Furley's mom.
none of the first 10 links that showed up there are places I would go for news.
Most looked like the kind of sources that are more clickbait than news - which suggests people are still clicking on the links.
Capella
Footballguy
Lol I had several thread titles that ranged along the lines of local alligator calls wife to tell her he’s not having dinner after a big lunch, but all would have resulted in an extended TO.
The Big Donkey
Footballguy
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Did anyone watch American Murder on Netflix? It's a 3 episode documentary on this whole Gabby Petito story.
It was pretty interesting because they were travel vloggers, so there was lots of footage from the days leading up to the murder that hadn't really been seen before that they showed in the show.
It was pretty interesting because they were travel vloggers, so there was lots of footage from the days leading up to the murder that hadn't really been seen before that they showed in the show.
Zow
Footballguy
Yep, wife and I watched it. It was paced well and was a decent watch.
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
Watched it. Horrible story. I was driving through Moab like a week before they were there.
Fat Nick
Footballguy
When I watched the first contact with them where they basically lawyered up and refused to say more, I thought the same thing...but I will say, the more I thought about it, how would you act if your son came to you and confessed to killing his girlfriend? I feel like you're going to try and protect them - not make a claim of their innocence, but you'd lawyer up and try and protect them as best you can given the known circumstances.
SWC
Bromigo
i would tell my son to turn himself in and to tell the truth and to cooperate and do everything he can to to try to avoid the death penalty or life without parole so that someday maybe only when he is an old man he can at least try to repent reform and have some bit of freedome again and then i would tell the truth especially to the parents of the girl my son killed is what i would do and then i would pray a lot take that to the bank brohan
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
The burn after reading letter and the call logs made it clear they knew what happened very very early. Basically right away. I'm not sure if that letter was released prior to the Netflix show but that was new to me.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Yes, the burn after reading letter was known about a while ago.
I don't think Brian Laundrie is dead, but that's a whole other discussion.
Fat Nick
Footballguy
I don't disagree with the final outcome - but I also think that you do need to consult someone even if the ultimate goal is turning yourself in...I believe capital punishment could have been on the table. Just making it 100% clear - I'm not siding with them, but if I put myself in their shoes, he's still my kid. I'm not covering for him or professing his innocence - but I will make sure he knows his options, etc.
Fat Nick
Footballguy
Go on...
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
My wife said the exact same thing when we finished watching.
Wingnut
Footballguy
The whole thing reeks. I don't think he was at the parents house when everyone thought he was. Nobody saw him there and theres no way he could have left without being seen, especially with the crowds and the surveillance cameras that were set up. They had a plan from the get go and Brian was never there IMO. I work in/near North Port a couple times a month and drove by the Laundrie house when all this was going down. Even at 2am it was mayhem. Dozens of people with signs, several police cars, media trucks/vans parked on both sides of the street....nobody was getting in or out of that house without being seen.
The parents visited the state park before they miraculously found a bag of Brian's belongings in like 30 minutes after search teams combed the area for weeks. Could have easily planted whatever they wanted in the spot they found that bag.
Brian's patents paid $25k for the lawyer who never had to go to court to defend Brian...$25k for a lawyer to do nothing but make statements to the media? I don't buy it. $25k can buy a new identity, and things like dental records can be bought/faked. And who knows how much more they paid the lawyer after that initial $25k. Now, I know that multiple agencies were involved and it'd be tough to pull off a fake death, but everyone has their price. And the FBI surely wouldn't want to admit that he got away while they supposedly knew where he was and had the house under surveillance.
The fact that the fatal head wound shot to Brian's head was on the left side, but he was right handed. Sure, he could've used his left, but why? This might be a stretch, but Brian could have found someone similar in size (homeless? Junkie?), killed them, and left the body where they found it. Now, that wouldn't explain why the search teams couldn't find the remains, but very little of this case makes sense.
Then there was the report that after his remains were found, Brian supposedly accidentally went live on IG for like 5 seconds, and it appeared he might have been on a boat. No idea if it's true, but it adds to the narrative that he's not dead.
The family never had a funeral or service for him. Now, I get that maybe they didn't want a spectacle with media and crazy people showing up, but they didn't even have a private one. I can't imagine a mother not having a service for her dead son, regardless of the circumstances.
There were more things, but those are off the top of my head. Just a weird case with a strange timeline of events and 'facts' that don't add up.
/conspiracy
The parents visited the state park before they miraculously found a bag of Brian's belongings in like 30 minutes after search teams combed the area for weeks. Could have easily planted whatever they wanted in the spot they found that bag.
Brian's patents paid $25k for the lawyer who never had to go to court to defend Brian...$25k for a lawyer to do nothing but make statements to the media? I don't buy it. $25k can buy a new identity, and things like dental records can be bought/faked. And who knows how much more they paid the lawyer after that initial $25k. Now, I know that multiple agencies were involved and it'd be tough to pull off a fake death, but everyone has their price. And the FBI surely wouldn't want to admit that he got away while they supposedly knew where he was and had the house under surveillance.
The fact that the fatal head wound shot to Brian's head was on the left side, but he was right handed. Sure, he could've used his left, but why? This might be a stretch, but Brian could have found someone similar in size (homeless? Junkie?), killed them, and left the body where they found it. Now, that wouldn't explain why the search teams couldn't find the remains, but very little of this case makes sense.
Then there was the report that after his remains were found, Brian supposedly accidentally went live on IG for like 5 seconds, and it appeared he might have been on a boat. No idea if it's true, but it adds to the narrative that he's not dead.
The family never had a funeral or service for him. Now, I get that maybe they didn't want a spectacle with media and crazy people showing up, but they didn't even have a private one. I can't imagine a mother not having a service for her dead son, regardless of the circumstances.
There were more things, but those are off the top of my head. Just a weird case with a strange timeline of events and 'facts' that don't add up.
/conspiracy
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Sand
Footballguy
Ahhh, so the Fletch conspiracy theory.
Zow
Footballguy
Honestly, they followed solid legal advice here. Rare time seeing them do it "correctly."*
I understand SWC's point about the right thing and I get that. But from a purely legal perspective, and assuming they didn't want their son in trouble or themselves, they played it very well as they weren't obstructing the investigation.
the moops
Footballguy
wingnut indeed
Zow
Footballguy
If I received a call from parents with a son in Brian's position, I'm charging at least $25k up front so that number doesn't seem odd or unreasonable to me at all. In my state, should Brian/hypothetical client have killed himself, then my ethical obligation would be to perform a "fee look back" to determine whether the $25k could be justified. If not, I'll usually work with the client to ensure my time is fairly compensated and anything unearned is returned. This wouldn't be something that would go public as it is just between the lawyer and the client and his payors. In short, nothing about hiring the lawyer and what we heard about in the documentary raised any sort of red flag or oddities.
Also, criminal defense attorneys don't buy new identities, generate fake dental records, or buy off FBI agents. That's silly movie-type stuff.
Zow
Footballguy
Ignore my post immediately after this one. Moops summed it up way better.
Manster
Footballguy
The craziest thing to me is the cops separated them. Called her the aggressor even after the initial call was that he slapped her. She didn't do herself any favors interviewing with the cops, but the poor kid had a lot of anxiety......it's eerie watching that footage after her murder.
They left her with the van, and put him up in a hotel!
The take away for me is this helps build the case that mental health professionals should be with cops, especially in these kinds of situations.
They left her with the van, and put him up in a hotel!
The take away for me is this helps build the case that mental health professionals should be with cops, especially in these kinds of situations.
BassNBrew
Footballguy
The good ones do.
You'll probably have heard about this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szg0lr3AZlo
Wingnut
Footballguy
To quote Jesse Pinkman
"You don't want a criminal lawyer... you want a criminal lawyer..."
Ive read that Steve Bertolino is known in New York to have 'connections' and is a guy you might hire if you need to do things that aren't exactly above board (nudge nudge wink wink)
Living close to North Port, coverage was non stop here and there were many reports that might not have caught national attention.
I stick by my belief that somehow his death was faked and the lawyer helped make it happen.
