Found Deceased WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 25 Aug 2021 #69

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10ofRods said:
If they thought that guy was him, they all need to take a forensic human identification course, specifically for living people.

I think they got a tip and didn't get a good look at him - and I wonder how many more men this will happen to. I am definitely questioning their tactics and give them low grades in being able to match BL to another living human. Eye sockets/eye shape are very different, just for starters. Eye brow shape is different too.

If the Marshals believe that BL is plucking his eyebrows (or could be shaving his facial hair), then they are going to find a big world of Brian look-alikes. Brian has a different ear shape (top part of the ear). They must also believe Brian is using a beard grooming tool, as the facial hair on the "suspect" is also different. The angle of the lower jaw is different - with BL having the more unusual shape (narrowing into a very different shape of chin - BL's chin is also statistically less common than the type of chin the other guy has). I usually start students with nose shape (the two men have different noses; BL's projects much further and has a wider base and nostril area is wider too: BL's nose is also less straight - has a bit of a bump). We really do have catalogues, language and stats for this in anthropology.

This man didn't have the tattoos. I'd like to think that Marshals wouldn't draw guns for this initial contact, until they had a chance to at least verify that. I guess that's not SOP for them, though. Scary.

The Marshals apparently thought this man was BL in part because his CC data traced back to NY. So that means they think that BL could have assumed another identity (and found a woman to stay with him in his room). What a wild ride this is going to be...

And if. that other gentleman is reading: your chin is much more pleasant to my eye than BL's, so no worries about losing the beard....
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This man has the same ears as BL, the rest I don't know because I haven't seen a picture of him yet. It wasn't him, so I guess time to move on. If there's a picture available I'd love to see the link, it would be interesting to see the differences that you stated.. The witness took a picture but from a distance, so it would make me question it, but on the other hand better safe than sorry if they let this one slip away.
 
Barbie619 said:
This man has the same ears as BL, the rest I don't know because I haven't seen a picture of him yet. It wasn't him, so I guess time to move on. If there's a picture available I'd love to see the link, it would be interesting to see the differences that you stated.. The witness took a picture but from a distance, so it would make me question it, but on the other hand better safe than sorry if they let this one slip away.
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This article contains pictures Brian Laundrie lookalike ambushed by US Marshals
 
Brian really is everywhere. I live in upstate NY. We were in a casino Friday night and saw a look-alike BL. I knew he wouldn’t be hanging out in a casino playing slot machines but I sat at the machine next to this guy to get a good look at his hands. No tattoos
 
simplemind said:
It still doesn't explain why BL parents would ignore pleas from GP parents about the location of both GP and BL early on. Instead they ignored and lawyered up themselves as well.
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I suspect that they lawyered up before they started receiving the calls, as they were probably expecting them much sooner than Sept 10. jmo
 
10ofRods said:
He doesn't, though. He has an average sized chin with no pointiness. Brian actually has a larger chin (which is something he cannot change) and his jaw angles down (is pointed towards) to his chin, and his chin has a larger boney projection.

However, Marshals probably ought not to focus on chins - but on noses and ears, as they are visible regardless of facial hair. BL also has significantly downward sloping eyes, due to a particular type of eyelid and to the socket shape (his eyes also have more overhang from the brow bone...)

I do understand that the Marshals were going from just a snapshot - but boy, there are people who look way more like BL out there, and it looks as if the area (AT) is playing a role as well. Since it was said early on that BL might have gone there, they must be getting quite a few false sightings in that area.

BL is very likely not in the AT area at this point. IMO.
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Maybe the earlier report form the motel in Ohio added weight that BL might have fake ID to get rooms?
 
Barbie619 said:
This man has the same ears as BL, the rest I don't know because I haven't seen a picture of him yet. It wasn't him, so I guess time to move on. If there's a picture available I'd love to see the link, it would be interesting to see the differences that you stated.. The witness took a picture but from a distance, so it would make me question it, but on the other hand better safe than sorry if they let this one slip away.
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SB has similar ears too. Those ears are very distinctive and fortunately if people recognize that it would make or break a potential sighting. I hope people are paying close attention to the ears. MOO
 
cady said:
I suspect that they lawyered up before they started receiving the calls, as they were probably expecting them much sooner than Sept 10. jmo
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And I can't think of a reason to do this unless you were told information about a potential illegal act and wanted to protect yourself and the person directly involved. BL could of told them he found her dead and fled because he would be blamed. He could of called them right after saying he found her dead and they instructed him to come home and lawyer up. Then the parents wanted to put themselves and BL in the most advantageous position available by getting a lawyer immediately.
 
So, are we at the point where the police and FBI have used up their resources and are just not looking anymore? What's everyone's thoughts?
 
simplemind said:
And I can't think of a reason to do this unless you were told information about a potential illegal act and wanted to protect yourself and the person directly involved. BL could of told them he found her dead and fled because he would be blamed. He could of called them right after saying he found her dead and they instructed him to come home and lawyer up. Then the parents wanted to put themselves and BL in the most advantageous position available by getting a lawyer immediately.
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And they may not have been told that anything happened to her...that she just left him, or they just broke up, or even nothing at all, but they as parents, had to know that her family would be worried about her and inquire as to what they knew "about the kids" if not about Gabby herself, and there they were, with the van sitting in their driveway. Better get some counsel! jmo
 
Which_pancake said:
They had already determined it wasn't him. They suggested he shave his beard, presumably because it was causing people to think he was BL. MOO
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They should have given him a card--like a COVID vaccine card--to avoid future shakedowns! "Hi, officer. Here's my clearance card from U.S. Marshals on the AT trail, proving I'm not Brian Laundrie." I don't think his nose looks anything like Brian's, but sometimes people only get a glance.
 
Panda1989 said:
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Asked whether he believes Laundrie's parents are helping him, DePaul says: "I think Brian's parents did help him. Gabby lived in Florida with them, they got engaged, he shows up in the van without her. What does he tell his parents? 'So we broke up, I left her out there I just decided to drive the van back home and, you know, let's go camping. It just doesn't make sense."

THIS. Just so this. It's what 90% of us have been speculating all along. I truly hope justice is brought forward in this case....for ALL involved person(s).
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I am suspect of any investigator who can't come up with a plausible scenario where BL could spin a yarn that his parents might buy. I can spin up 2 or 3 off the top of my head that fit the evidence we know, and I am not even a trained investigator. But I can see why an ex-investigator might say there is only one conclusive scenario when that scenario fits the story the journalist wants to tell. You get quoted in a national media story, instead of getting cut out of it, or even worse, get demonized as a BL defender if you say anything that might potentially look like a positive for the Laundrie family.
 
FWIW, I didn't see anything but a superficial resemblance between the most recent Not Brian L and The Real Brian L. Both guys of the same age range, both dark, thinning/receding hair and a beard. A million guys fit that description. Build is completely different, head shape is different, facial features very different, eyes very different, BL has a big nose and big hands and feet.

I think the Marshalls were a little heavy handed to burst in with guns drawn; it's fortunate this guy wasn't armed. The next one may be and it could end in another tragedy.

MOO
 
Has anyone posted a date that the BL lookalike was questioned (at gunpoint) on the AT? I haven't see the date in any story. Did it just happen or is the guy who was questioned just telling his story now? Also, this is the first time I have seen any fast reaction by LE on any of the BL sightings, so if it was very recent then maybe not all LE think he is dead in the swamp.
 
How does the FBI know BL has a notch in his head? Must be a significant one for them to be using it as a means of ID!
 
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