Female victims can feel more comfortable disclosing abuse to another woman.
I don't think Gabby would have told the Ranger anything she thought would result in being separated from Brian. She wanted to stay with him, despite what had just happened.
Naw. LE rarely relies solely on statements from possible perps and victims about fault.
I don't know why the dispatch issue hasn't been looked at. But if the county runs the 911 system (that's quite common) the City of Moab can't force an investigation of a county system.
I don't believe I said the dispatcher should necessarily decide if caller is information is true (although prank callers hopefully will be detected.) How could a dispatcher know if the caller is telling the truth? But if there have been multiple calls (like a bank robbery in a busy area might elicit) passing along to responders every detail some caller has reported could easily interfere with timely pursuit and apprehension of the robber. In this case that wasn't an issue and I thought the info should have been passed along. Not as ultimate truth because it might not have been true. (One report sounded like a caller backtracked a bit too.) But to be clear I wasn't saying any 911 caller lied. Still, it cannot ever be assumed what an eyewitness says he/she saw is what really happened either.
There's been tons of research on eyewitness testimony and while juries like it, that kind of testimony is often flawed. Studies suggest that over half of wrongful convictions are a result of flawed eyewitness testimony. Not intentional lies but honest mistakes. The percentage is even higher for some types of crimes. And how questions are posed can play a big role in what people remember. So how dispatchers ask questions of callers matters.
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I don't think we really know what the female park ranger said to GP. So far as I know, we haven't seen video from her body cam. We only know what she reported to the media she said after it was known GP was dead. If the Moab lawsuit goes to trial maybe we'll see her testify under oath or see her video. She may have called it right but I don't think we can know that yet.
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Good points. One of my relatives worked in a similar position and it was very stressful for her. Even with standard operating procedures in place there were still judgments to be made. Not every situation can be anticipated so a "rule" can't be developed in advance for all situations.
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"In 2021," the clue during the Nov. 13 episode read, "Fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla.'s Myakkahatchee Creek area, home to these long & toothy critters." The answer? "What are alligators."
Jeopardy! Called Out for “Disrespectful” Gabby Petito Clue
Fans aren't happy after Nov. 13's episode of Celebrity Jeopardy!, which used the 2021 Gabby Petito murder case as a hint for contestants John Michael Higgins, Wil Wheaton and Joel Kim Booster.www.yahoo.com
The clue quickly got heat online, with fans calling the hint "disrespectful" and "insensitive" for mentioning the case at all.
I believe the original suit just stated that the amount was over $100,000. The $3,000,000 result will look good on the lawyer's resume, but that is it. The last I saw, BL's estate was about $20,000. After paying trustees and other expenses it is likely lower now.
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A Florida judge awarded Gabby Petito’s family $3 million after they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the parents of Brian Laundrie, who they believe killed the 22-year-old last year.Gabby Petito’s family awarded $3M in wrongful death lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents
Petito, 22-year-old, was killed in August 2021 after she disappeared on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend.
A settlement was announced Thursday, months after Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt filed a civil suit in Sarasota County, where Christopher and Roberta Laundrie live. The suit alleges that the Laundries hindered the search for Petito and knew that she "had been murdered by their son," who later died by suicide.
"The Petito family lost their daughter, and they were also denied the opportunity to confront her killer. No amount of money is sufficient to compensate the Petito family for the loss of their daughter, Gabby, at the hands of Brian Laundrie," said Patrick Reilly, an attorney for Petito's family...
That article makes no sense. Apparently the author became confused about the three different lawsuits the Petito family has filed.A Florida judge awarded Gabby Petito’s family $3 million after they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the parents of Brian Laundrie, who they believe killed the 22-year-old last year.Gabby Petito’s family awarded $3M in wrongful death lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents
Petito, 22-year-old, was killed in August 2021 after she disappeared on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend.
A settlement was announced Thursday, months after Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt filed a civil suit in Sarasota County, where Christopher and Roberta Laundrie live. The suit alleges that the Laundries hindered the search for Petito and knew that she "had been murdered by their son," who later died by suicide.
"The Petito family lost their daughter, and they were also denied the opportunity to confront her killer. No amount of money is sufficient to compensate the Petito family for the loss of their daughter, Gabby, at the hands of Brian Laundrie," said Patrick Reilly, an attorney for Petito's family...
