I think Stan/Grandpa was probably calling relentlessly, and he wanted it to stop.Is it possible "Stan" was an autocorrect? The message barely even makes sense without more context. Unless BL was out of his mind (maybe he was), I can't imagine texting about "Stan" as a way to cover my tracks.
It was likely a traffic camera not a toll booth. Nor was there any money involved.
The closest toll booth to North Port is the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over to St Pete. The other toll cameras are in Tampa. He would have come straight down I-75 south. There isn’t any toll booths. They are a rarity on the west coast of Florida.
Her mother made the point that she never referred to her grandfather by his name.The whole calling grandpa Stan thing… Are we thinking he was texting pretending to be her? Why would HE say Stan if that was the case?
I know...I'm surprised this only came out today! WowWait, was this recently? Meaning Brian has actually been in Florida and he and his parents were just going about their lives like nothing happened?
This is real news if this is the case. No words.
MOO.
To me, his parents going to the park ) that they later told LE he said he was going to) and driving the Mustang back to their...all sounds like part of a plan.I wonder if someone else flew out to Wyoming, helped BL get to an airport, and then drove van back to Fla. Then his Mustang was staged at the park, throwing his trail off. His parents then brought Mustang back home. Why would they bring it home, if their son might need it to get home in? Did any neighbors mention seeing BL? Surely some of them have cameras.
If a victim isn't going to spill the beans on their abuser because they would 'pay for it later', why would that victim, scratch, hit, leap through the window and create a public scene big enough for someone to call 911?A DV victim is never going to say anything to incriminate her abuser with her abuser sitting a few yards away!
I was going for the camping and scenery. Not for any other reason.I hope that is what most people will go there for, but I fear its going to end up to be a "must do" Instagram spot like the Chris McCandless bus picture, but much more assessible. (before anyone says it, I know the bus has been moved and there is now a replica somewhere right on the highway where you can get a similar picture taken)
What? During the traffic stop? He didn’t get GPs phone out of the van….she had her phone….didn’t she? He got his phone out for the officer.
Was the August 30 text “No service in Yosemite” ever confirmed? Was that “Gabby’s” last text message to her mother?
I'm not fond of the baldness insults. I think BL was accepting of it to an extent as he joked about it with the police. Also, considering baldness is a distinctively masculine trait, exhibiting dominance, confidence, and masculinity, so I don't think that it would be emasculating. He could be insecure about his attractiveness because of it, though. In contrast, pattern baldness would negatively affect a woman by making her feel less feminine because it's not a common feminine trait.And he had the monk pattern balding at a very young age. I belong to a family who have, what I have always thought as premature balding, but my families started in the late thirties, not early twenties. Some older men than he are sensitive about that.
Also, perhaps already mentioned, but the VAN has been confirmed to have entered florida on September 1st as noted in the Search Warrant for the Digital Storage Device and verified via license plate reader.Well that confirms he did make it back to Florida on 9/1.
I know...I'm surprised this only came out today! Wow
I think she may have died the evening of the 26th.And the timing is disturbing. It suggests that GP was already dead or injured on the 27th.
Not to be blunt, but I don't think she was intact when she was found. I don't know how they could get time of death from a body that's been out in the elements for weeks. They might not even be able to determine whether it was a homicide or something else. I guess we wait and see.
Maybe he wanted her mom to question it because he wanted Gabby to be found sooner rather than later... I can’t think of another explanation for it. /JMOThe whole calling grandpa Stan thing… Are we thinking he was texting pretending to be her? Why would HE say Stan if that was the case?
The Ranger is engaging in cya. The "facts" didn't support Gabby as the aggressor which is why so many are being critical now. The Red Flags were waving but none of that group seems to have had training to recognize them. JMO