Why all the secrecy, I wonder. Owning 8+ guns seems a little curious too consider the circumstances. IMO
I know they are mourning a son. But the parents’ lawyer claimed Brian left “grieving.” Which was corrected Brian left “distraught,” I believe- or some synonym that is not conventionally used for a loved deceased person most of the time- as is ‘grieving.’
IMJO (J is for judging), a household with any number of guns should immediately look for them if someone who could get to them is upset.
Also, I call BS (IMO) on the lawyers spin that he told the FBI about where his client was with any intention for saving his life. The FBI does not take reports of missing adults as the subjects of missing person investigations, which is very different from, “Your witness/my client doesn’t have anything helpful to say to you. Besides, his parents and I don’t even know where he is.” The FBI probably did ask the local police to help them find their witness, now a fugitive, not a missing person, because, again, the FBI does not initiate missing adult cases. The local police thought they had found Brian. But SB was full of BS when he said he was reported missing.
From what I can see, it appears that the Laundries just went on with their gardening and displays of antipathy for those worried about justice for who was recently their daughter-in-law, while their son was very upset and missing from an all-American more-guns-than -people home- and they not only did not report him missing and in danger. (This could have been done with some empathy by simply stating that LE thinks he had some information about Gabby, even if they reasonably, from a legal strategy perspective, hoped Brian learned not to talk to anyone but the lawyer by then.)
If I were Brian’s parent, I would not want him to get acquitted unless he had not killed Gabby. But I would have wanted him to get the best possible legal outcome fair for the facts. I would have pushed for as much treatment as he needed. I would have kept his commissary account filled, and he would develop a taste for Knotts cookies and ramen noodles (at outrageous mark-ups). But I would rather he be found alive even if he did blab everything that should have been discussed with his lawyer to LE, the ambulance driver, several treating psych personnel, then LE and the jailhouse snitch. He would be alive.
I just don’t get it. I was disgusted enough by what looked IMO to be utter disregard for Gabby and her family, and I don’t buy that they had to choose between incriminating their son and showing some concern for Gabby, and defending their son showing contempt for Gabby. It was possible to vigorously defend their son and show concern for Gabby.
I ....... can’t.....get it. IMO Brian’s parents managed to leave me feeling sorry for him! And I guess because he deserves some compassion, but one would think it would be all used up on so many others. It appears he murdered someone, who did not hurt him, but merely failed to cater to him enough, and failed to realize it was impossible to cater to him enough. The murder occurred in a most violent, personal and deliberate way.
RIP Gabby. I feel all of Gabby’s loved ones; I feel Cassie and her family. And I feel Brian, because he could have lived and been accountable. I can’t imagine losing a child, so I feel awful for Brian’s parents, but I do not understand how they let him go, and didn’t even count the guns.
MOO.