Skigirl
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MOO, there are a couple possibilities.Thanks for the reply.
Yeah, it had to start dawning on them at some point, I'm just no longer sure when. The thing that's throwing me off is the time frame.
Okay. Please, correct me if I'm wrong about the time frame. I'm 100% serious. I am honestly trying to figure this out.
Brian had been home for approximately 10 days then everything seemed to happen at once, between the 10th and the 13th. During that short timeframe, we have the phone calls from Gabby's parents, Gabby is reported missing, the cops show up at the Laundries, the Laundries hire a lawyer, the van is towed, and Brian is seen alive for the last time. Now LE is saying he probably died shortly after he left his parent's house. Did all this happen in a little over 72 hours, after him being home for 10 days?
Looking at that, IMO, Brian's lies to everyone including his parents were falling apart.
First is that his parents knew everything from the start.
Second possibility is that he returned home, there were lots of questions that he deflected, lied about, or responded to vaguely. Bits came out in dribs and drabs. His parents could tell that something was wrong, that he was worried, anxious, and also that his answers weren't adding up. They were pressuring him for some answers. Calls and texts started coming from her family, first just a little concerned, "Have you heard from the kids? We haven't heard from them in a while" (which would have been a MAJOR clue that something was wrong. Not only is Gabby apparently unaccounted for, but she hasn't been in touch with her parents at ALL, not even to tell them that the two had "split up" and that BL was driving the van home, or whatever BS he made up, if he bothered to lie to them.) Then more insistent, more alarmed. Finally, her father's text: "If I don't hear from you, I'm calling the police."
By the time the police show up at the door, they know it's coming. Someone has contacted them from the PD the night before, on the 10th, probably when GP's parents called the Northport police to try to make a report or ask for a wellness check after NS was not allowed to make a missing person report that day. By then, the Laundries knew that they needed to get a lawyer involved.
Then, the van is towed off, also on the 11th. BL knows that everything is coming unravelled. He is caught, totally caught. He and his parents discuss the situation, he consults with Bertolino. He is told what's probably going to happen. He may not be arrested today, but he'll be arrested. He's going to jail, even if he isn't convicted, he's going to be sitting in jail for some time, maybe for a year or two until the case comes to trial. By the 13th, the tension that's been mounting since he killed her finally becomes too much and he heads off to the preserve.
MOO.