10ofRods
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I know, I tried sorry lol. I took it as A National Park/Forest, from what he said, would still be considered Federal. The state can try to fight for the case, but they usually will hand it over to Federal jurisdiction. I did not know National Forests were split or considered still under State Jurisdiction, I assumed they would still be Fed related. Also, I thought it was just Grand National Park she was found in, not National Forest. Thank you for all the information and your experience. It sure will be a wild one, when and if he is caught.
Exactly. And a lot of WSers are very interested in the legalities, once the perp is caught. We may never get there, in this one - although Teton County could still file charges, which could then be used in various ways across the nation to try and bump up interest (in LE especially) in Mr. Brian Laundrie.
Come to think of it, one of my main hypotheses is that he is actually on public land - somewhere. If he's alive. If he's not alive, did he die on purpose? Throw himself into an alligator pond? Shoot himself? If anything could make this situation more horrible, it would be if BL offed himself, IMO.
National Park cases are different because it's against Federal law to shoot a fire arm inside one. However, murder cases in NP's are tried in Federal Court (apparently):
Murderer who shoved<br>wife into GC admits guilt<br>
So there is apparently no similar Federal Code that reverts jurisdiction to the State, as there is with National Forests. However, as some are saying, I do think there are mechanisms by which the Federal Court can hand the case over to local jurisdiction (but not vice versa). Or at least, parts of a case. In the following case, the murder occurred in a nearby county but part of the crime (hiding the body) occurred in a National Park. The whole thing was tried in Riverside County Superior Court in California (burial was in Joshua Tree NP):
Murder trial of Marine who buried body in Joshua tree National Park comes to close.
I think the eventual Coroner's Report will conclude that Gabby was killed near that creek (the autopsy should give them ample evidence). Once she was dead, I don't think anyone moved her at all and from what we can see from the helicopter video on the day she was found, they didn't spend a lot of time looking around for dispersed remains.