I believe it was on the third day that they reported him missing. Likely agonized, and the word is that they went out there a searched for him. It was understandably difficult for them to report to LE, given that they wouldn’t give them a pinch when they came with Missing Gabby questions, that their son was now missing and requesting help in finding him. It was not unusual for BL to go on these wilderness walkabouts. He was not accused of anything at that time, Gabbys body was not yet found, so we really don’t know what the Laundries knew or didn’t. We can spin the theories but no way to prove or disprove.
Good question about the lawyer. Lawyers are not allowed to lie to clients, courts or third parties according to the tenets of the American Bar Association. “But once you get beyond deliberate false statements, the scope of the obligations to truth and integrity become less clear.” acc to ABA.
A lot of what this attorney is doing is reporting info he got from client. He has no frigging idea what’s happening as he is in NY and the Laundries are in FL . Lawyers do have a lot of privilege in terms of not revealing info unless direct harm can come to someone. They are not allowed to assist fugitive clients either, in terms of escaping the law. MOO, this attorney does not know where BL is or even if he is alive. Nor do BL’s parents. Imo the family , including BL are not that complicated or sophisticated.
The problem is he is trying to represent essentially 2 clients with different interests equally and it isn't working out so well. Here's the best example I can give, I'm sitting in the couch with my wonderful blanket that's the perfect size for me (this isn't a hypothetical either), but Child 1 decides she wants to sit beside me and cover up too. Well, I can make it work for two people. No big deal. Then Child 2 decides he needs to sit on the other side and share said blanket. Child 2 gets covered up, but now we've got an issue because Child 1's feet are uncovered. So we pull and turn and tug and get Child 1 covered up only to find that Child 2's elbow is out (kids). So we try again, but it doesn't matter how many times we adjust this blanket, it isn't going to work. So what do I say? Go get your own!
Same thing with the lawyer. No matter how he phrases his statements, he's only partially covering one of his clients. If he was really doing what was in the best interest of his clients, he would say, go get your own lawyer so you can be fully covered. It's not personal, but I can't adequately represent you. The fact that he's not gives me great concern about where his ethical needle points and makes me doubt how cooperative he really is.
If you look back, a lot of things that he has said the FBI knows, they have literally found out the day he confirms it to the media. I've said it before, I'll say it again: They're not volunteering information, but if confronted with it, they're not withholding it. It's just up to the FBI to find the info first.
Eta: Ironically, I have 3 kids and I realized after the fact that I could have extended my analogy even further to include CaL.
Child 3 comes in and wants to share said blanket and there's just absolutely positively no way that works. So they're just kind of left to fend for themselves... just like CaL. SB can't defend her because he's stretched too thin, therefore she is left in the dark.
Not my Child 3, though, we have plenty of blankets in this house, and I bought a few XXL ones. Eeeeeevvvvverybody is covered.