Found Deceased WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 25 Aug 2021 #10

[terrypla]

Could it have been her phone?

GP had her phone and BL had his phone as seen in the bodycam.

 

[NuttMegg]

Local news interview at Carlton Reserve, searchers with dogs, 4 wheelers and drones searching for Brian. That is a massive size, wet, some swampy, sawgrass, old oak trees, mosquitoes. He indicated Brian drove his car to the park entrance Tue and it made its way back to his home. Items taken in evidence bags were for k9 scents.

It made it's way back to his home. lol.

So "it", the car, didn't want the poor kid to have to walk for 2 hours?

 

[borndem]

I went by his parents house again today. There were quite a few more people there than yesterday. I am guessing because it is the weekend. There were also a few NPPD vehicles there which I did not see yesterday. There was a gathering of young, maybe early 20 something, people in the driveway across the street from the house. Maybe they know her? Who knows. I stayed parked there for about 30 minutes. Then I heard that they were searching the Carlton Preserve. I live close to there, so that makes me a little curious. I have a feeling law enforcement knows a lot more than they are telling the public.

Informative post, @punky941 -- thanks. Hope you can help us as we all follow this mysterious & worrisome situation.
And,

Welcome to Websleuths,
punky941 !!​

 

[Keenon]

I wonder if he did something to Gabby and was leaving when the couple picked him up in the van' then got dropped off and walked to the van he was driving and drove home.

 

[pixiepixel]

Could someone explain to me why LE didn't question BL immediately after GP's mother reported her daughter as missing? I understand that LE wouldn't treat BL as a suspect, but wouldn't it make sense to question the one who was the last to have been with / seen the missing person?

…and when that person would refuse to even sit down for an interview, shouldn't that person automatically be considered a POI?

I'm woefully ignorant of US laws and I know they can vary wildly per state, but I am just wondering why this wouldn't be standard practice. Hope someone can explain

In the US, you have the legal right to refuse to talk to police without a lawyer present for any reason, or no reason at all. The only way LE can force you to come in for an interview is by arresting you, and even then you still have the right to demand a lawyer be present AND the right to refuse to answer any questions. Sadly everything BL has done so far has been very legal, albeit very strange.

 

[Cindizzi]

Can someone source the info about the parents believing that may be where BL is and telling LE that?

https://twitter.com/northportpolice/status/1439237015090839554?s=21
The North Port Police Department, FBI, and agency partners are currently conducting a search of the vast Carlton Reserve for Brian Laundrie. His family says they believe he entered the area earlier this week. More details when available.

 

[PommyMommy]

Is there a site with live updates like there was yesterday with the ongoing commentary?
I'm so invested in this awful case, and want to keep up. But I'm a week behind in my work, and simply can't follow on the fast moving threads. Totally missed the entire #9 thread last night. I know the guy took off and is possibly in some wildlife reserve, and that poor Gabby has not been located, but that's about all. TIA.

Fox has this one: Gabby Petito: Police searching for her fiancé, family says he's been missing for days: LIVE UPDATES (foxnews.com)

 

[LavenderLotus]

Could someone explain to me why LE didn't question BL immediately after GP's mother reported her daughter as missing? I understand that LE wouldn't treat BL as a suspect, but wouldn't it make sense to question the one who was the last to have been with / seen the missing person?

…and when that person would refuse to even sit down for an interview, shouldn't that person automatically be considered a POI?

I'm woefully ignorant of US laws and I know they can vary wildly per state, but I am just wondering why this wouldn't be standard practice. Hope someone can explain

BL invoked 5A so they can't talk to him without an attorney present & the advice of the attorney was to not talk to police.

 

[LClapper]

I don’t think it’s weird at all I was a preschool teacher and I said it to my son who’s 11

He may also have been trying to be politically/socially correct/aware in his words. I'm in my 30s and we grew up saying "Indian style" in terms to sitting with your legs crossed. Apparently that's highly frowned upon terminology in this day and age.

 

[LvsAMystry]

New member here doing my first post, although I've peeked into this site's postings for many years... Pardon me if someone asked this before, but every time that I blink, another 8-10 pages of posts fly by...

The latest North Port PD spokesman update (Josh Taylor, guy with the beard) said that they had 50+ LE out in the 25,000+ acres of the Carlton Reserve wilderness. Someone asked why they thought BL was there and Josh said BL family told them the CR was one place that BL often visited and they believed he may be hiding there ("hiding", not "missing" there). BL's family had asked LE to come to them yesterday because they had some things to discuss. Yesterday's LE visit with BL's family was not a search warrant, but a request by the family to speak to LE. So...

What if BL's parents PURPOSELY told LE yesterday to look in CR as a diversionary tactic to divert resources away from other places that BL may be traveling? Yes, the parents could be telling the truth and really wanting to help LE. But like Qinxuan Pan's parents giving him $19,000 cash and his father's passport, many parents will still help their children even if they knowingly are assisting a suspect in a crime. And you cannot prove that the parents purposely diverted LE to CR because the parents could just say that they were just guessing but trying to help with a tip. Diversionary/distracting tactics happen everyday both in real life and in movies (the "Die Hard with a Vengeance" movie involving a fake threat of a bomb placed somewhere in the city's schools comes to mind).

Welcome (to posting)! Good point, nothing BL parents have done support the premise they wouldn’t deliberately mislead

 

[Dutcher]

In the US, you have the legal right to refuse to talk to police without a lawyer present for any reason, or no reason at all. The only way LE can force you to come in for an interview is by arresting you, and even then you still have the right to demand a lawyer be present AND the right to refuse to answer any questions. Sadly everything BL has done so far has been very legal, albeit very strange.

Thank you, first of all!

Second: Not answering questions or invoking the 5th article wouldn't automatically turn you into a suspect? And could you be held in contempt or something similar if you refused to answer any questions (e.g. obstruction of justice).

I don't mean to derail the thread, but I find this course of events terribly fascinating!

 

[Kapua]

It made it's way back to his home. lol.

So "it", the car, didn't want the poor kid to have to walk for 2 hours?

It must be one of those self-driving cars.

 

[LeeJay55]

He very well could have hitched a ride
River road is very highly traveled and not everyone knows what this guy looks like or even he’s missing
Anyone could have picked him up sout to Miami or north to Tampa Orlando area
I don’t think he’s in the swamp but

 

[Shane00]

I think I may have found the answers to my post earlier about Josh Taylor with the vehicle ending up back at the house.

Although Brian Entin states on his Twitter account he and WFLA have it covered.

https://twitter.com/brianentin/status/1439289106618634242?s=21

ABC action news reports - the provided link below to support what I’m stating.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=569281537551452

“the parents last saw him here, and then the parents say they come out here saw the Mustang and drove it back to the house”.

That clears up my observation.

hope this helps people in the group too.

 

[MsBetsy]

He knows exactly where Gabby is and that is why they are looking for him. They want Gabby <modsnip>. She is out in the wilderness somewhere between north WY and south FL.

I don't think it's that big of a search area. Her father seems to believe she is in Wyoming, going by his statements. Imo

 

[whitelilac]

Fox has this one: Gabby Petito: Police searching for her fiancé, family says he's been missing for days: LIVE UPDATES (foxnews.com)

Thank you !

 

[Mike in WNY]

If the ground they are searching is at 7,900 ft, yes.

ADSB altitude is typically AGL... 'cuz that's all that really matters!

 

[Hope4More]

Could someone explain to me why LE didn't question BL immediately after GP's mother reported her daughter as missing? I understand that LE wouldn't treat BL as a suspect, but wouldn't it make sense to question the one who was the last to have been with / seen the missing person?

…and when that person would refuse to even sit down for an interview, shouldn't that person automatically be considered a POI?

I'm woefully ignorant of US laws and I know they can vary wildly per state, but I am just wondering why this wouldn't be standard practice. Hope someone can explain

He couldn't be forced to cooperate in what had only been a missing person case, with no evidence any crime had been commited.

 

[Alethea]

Fox has this one: Gabby Petito: Police searching for her fiancé, family says he's been missing for days: LIVE UPDATES (foxnews.com)

Police prepared for 'agitated' encounter with Laundrie
North Port police are prepared for “the worst,” including a possibly agitated encounter with Brian Laundrie.

A combined task force of the North Port Police Department, FBI and related agencies entered the Carlton Reserve Saturday morning. Officers and agents entered the heavily wooded area wearing body armor after Laundrie’s parents reported him missing since Tuesday and named the reserve as his possible last known location.

“I think you always prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” North Port spokesperson Josh Taylor told Fox News. “You have to have your guard up, you have that potential.

”When asked if officers expect Laundrie to be agitated, Taylor said, “Have you been following the news? Yea.”

 

[Deleted member 121463]

I think I may have found the answers to my post earlier.

ABC action news reports - the provided link below to support what I’m stating.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=569281537551452

“the parents last saw him here, and then the parents say they come out here saw the Mustang and drove it back to the house”.

That clears up my observation.

hope this helps people in the group too.

OH COME ON!!! what a <modsnip> statement this is by the parents!