Warwick7
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There you have it. More of the ever-changing story.
Not usually, no. Relatives are not responsible for the deceased family member's debts. There may be exceptions, though. ImoIn some (perhaps all) states, you can sue a person's estate if the offender is also deceased. BL had next to nothing as far as we know. Can you sue the offender's family if the offender is deceased?
Maybe he really did want to see his family again. That might be one thing he wasn't lying about. I can imagine him thinking and planning, (in his irrational mind) what he would do while on the drive home. He may have just considered it, and as soon as he knew LE was on to him, made his final decision. He left before protestors arrived, leaving only his family behind to face the wrath.Or why didn’t he just do it beside of her? Makes no sense you know? I think he didn’t realize how much attention it would’ve gotten until he saw the protesters
I think that's a reasonable theory. And maybe he needed to go home to get the gun.Maybe he really did want to see his family again. That might be one thing he wasn't lying about. I can imagine him thinking and planning, (in his irrational mind) what he would do while on the drive home. He may have just considered it, and as soon as he knew LE was on to him, made his final decision. He left before protestors arrived, leaving only his family behind to face the wrath.
What evidence do we have that indicates the undated letter was written after GP's death? I haven't seen anything myself one way or the other. One lawyer, the one doing most of the talking, says he believes it was written after GP died, the other lawyer says it wasn't. I've not seen an "ever-changing story" about the letter, a letter we've only known about for a few days.There you have it. More of the ever-changing story.
Everything but the truth.
CL and RL are still in CYA mode, unwilling to face the reality that they failed Gabby, Gabby‘s parents, and even their own son. Had they notified and cooperated with authorities from the start, Gabbys parents may have been spared weeks of anguish in uncertainty. BL would likely be alive and behind bars awaiting due process, rather than having been found dead in a swamp.
Yet here we are, deciphering a notebook from their son and cryptic messages from their lawyer.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
JMO
Well.. the tweet from the attorney is now taken down. But it left in question when the letter was written. The letter is simply the latest chapter in the story of what they knew and when they knew it. Now they don’t know when the letter was written?What evidence do we have that indicates the undated letter was written after GP's death? I haven't seen anything myself one way or the other. One lawyer, the one doing most of the talking, says he believes it was written after GP died, the other lawyer says it wasn't. I've not seen an "ever-changing story" about the letter, a letter we've only known about for a few days.
It seems that one side believes if RL was writing to her son about ways to "deal with" GP that means she must have been dead and RL must have known that. That GP didn't ever pose any problem for BL except after she was dead I do understand why her family and their legal rep would filter everything through those assumptions but those assumptions may be unfounded.
Without knowing exactly what the letter says, it's seems to me it's just as possible RL anticipated problems between GP and BL before they set out on the trip and was suggesting how BL might deal with difficulties he encountered traveling with GP. Nobody has said the couple had a good relationship. Friends, even from HS, didn't think so. Said they were both always exhibiting high drama. CL denied seeing violence at all but said they fought a fair amount when they lived with her. Her family has said they didn't know anything was wrong. That's probably true or it could be an unconscious psychological defense (because it would be painful to admit there were red flags.) But even her family didn't praise the relationship as good and strong. And an iffy relationship in close quarters, together pretty much 24/7... I think most mature adults would realize it would be good to have a Plan B or rather several Plan B's. The letter could have also been written after Moab as things seemed to be unraveling.
JMO
Well, those 3 stories are all about the same incident (when the L's last saw BL) and were all published in early Oct. So I'm not sure it's accurate to call them "more examples" (plural) and 9-month old stories certainly aren't examples of current story changes.Well.. the tweet from the attorney is now taken down. But it left in question when the letter was written. The letter is simply the latest chapter in the story of what they knew and when they knew it. Now they don’t know when the letter was written?
More examples of stories changing:
Brian Laundrie's Parents Change Story on When They Last Saw Him
Laundrie's parents said they may have last seen their son on September 13, as investigators continue searching for the 23-year-old.www.newsweek.com
Brian Laundrie’s parents change story about when he went hiking in reserve
Brian Laundrie left his family’s Florida home to take a hike a day earlier than his parents had previously told authorities, their attorney said in a new report.nypost.com
[UR unfurl="true"]https://www.crimeonline.com/2021/10...nge-story-about-when-they-last-saw-their-son/[/URL]
Heh. Thank you for the summary. Y'know, when it's compiled into a condensed space, I'm wondering if there's any wider an ambiguous and selective brush with which the document can be painted.... by, for the most part, the plaintiff's (biased) attorney. Playing his role, to be sure. I'm suspecting that the "letter" is pretty dang innocuous.. except to readers that are already subjectively/emotionally predisposed to a particular line of thought. Perhaps the "letter" is more a mother's 'words-of-wisdom' note to her child embarking on a next chapter of life. (Obviously, I do not know that one way or another.)What we've heard about Roberta's letter:
* Reilly told us about the letter. If he hadn't no one would be the wiser. Bertilino would still be sitting on without anyone knowing.
* RL offered to assist her son.
* Reilly's understanding is that the letter at one point had been in the van, but then it was taken from the Laundrie home during the time when the search warrant was executed.
* Riley said the letter is pretty interesting.
* Riley said the letter is a pretty odd letter.
* Riley said the letter is pretty extreme.
* Outside of envelop said "burn after you read this."
* Reilly said the surprise on Bertilino's face was very interesting when he read the letter.
* Reilly doesn't think Bertilino knew about the letter.
* Reilly knew the letter had existed.
* Reilly had a good idea what was going to be in that letter.
* The letter is not dated.
* One scenario was "if you go to jail, I'll bake a cake and put a knife in it or saw in it."
* It appears to have been written between the time that Gabby was murdered and Brian committed suicide.
* There are scenarios (plural) presented by Roberta to assist her son.
* RL was not offering to assist her son in his suicide.
* Reilly nor Gabby's mother has a copy of RL's letter.
* Bertilino refused to give them a copy.
* There was also something written in that letter about Gabby. It was an offer that had to do with Gabby.
Am I missing anything?
There you have it. More of the ever-changing story.
Everything but the truth.
CL and RL are still in CYA mode, unwilling to face the reality that they failed Gabby, Gabby‘s parents, and even their own son. Had they notified and cooperated with authorities from the start, Gabby’s parents may have been spared weeks of anguish in uncertainty. BL would likely be alive and behind bars awaiting due process, rather than having been found dead in a swamp.
Yet here we are, deciphering a notebook from their son and cryptic messages from their lawyer.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
JMO
The discrepancy between when Reilly thinks the letter from RL was written (after GP's death) vs when Bertolino thinks the letter was written (months ago) tells me that RL was careful not to write things out explicitly or refer directly to specific times or places. The letter probably uses vague references or insinuations that could provide deniability or call into question what was really being referred to.
The discrepancy between when Reilly thinks the letter from RL was written (after GP's death) vs when Bertolino thinks the letter was written (months ago) tells me that RL was careful not to write things out explicitly or refer directly to specific times or places. The letter probably uses vague references or insinuations that could provide deniability or call into question what was really being referred to.
(For instance, ambiguous words like "incident" or "situation" could refer either to GP's death, the police stop at Moab, or something completely unrelated. WHEN he received it would determine how BL would read it.)
IF, however, this was some innocent piece of motherly advice about BL & GP's relationship, would you really need to talk in code? Would you need to write "Burn after you read this" on the envelope? (Because yeah, that would totally keep GP from reading it if she found it lying around the van, and I'm sure she'd never notice BL randomly burning documents at their evening campfire. /sarcasm) Putting so much extra thought and effort into it tells me that RL had something to hide.
I would think this would be very easy to verify. The manager stated something to the effect that a server chased them outside and Gabby paid the bill with her credit card. I would imagine that a credit card charge is easy to look up after the fact. The amount of the bill would presumably indicate how much, if any, food was ordered. All MOO.I wonder if they ordered waters and the staff brought them chips and salsa, which is complimentary at many Mexican restaurants and they didn’t order anything else. Some restaurants do not state anything about having to order anything to get the free chips, so they are the chips, used the Wi-Fi, drank the non bottled water and jetted.
I'm not sure that vagueness in the letter (assuming it's there-- we don't really know that) means RL was hiding something. It could also mean she was speaking in hypotheticals because she was worried about future problems. If it hadn't happened yet, any discussion or advice from.mom.would have to be somewhat vague. She could have been worried about the state of the relationship in general or about the enforced closeness of "van life" (we know the couple fought alot on their first trip but decided it was because the Nissan was too small-- yeah, right)The discrepancy between when Reilly thinks the letter from RL was written (after GP's death) vs when Bertolino thinks the letter was written (months ago) tells me that RL was careful not to write things out explicitly or refer directly to specific times or places. The letter probably uses vague references or insinuations that could provide deniability or call into question what was really being referred to.
(For instance, ambiguous words like "incident" or "situation" could refer either to GP's death, the police stop at Moab, or something completely unrelated. WHEN he received it would determine how BL would read it.)
IF, however, this was some innocent piece of motherly advice about BL & GP's relationship, would you really need to talk in code? Would you need to write "Burn after you read this" on the envelope? (Because yeah, that would totally keep GP from reading it if she found it lying around the van, and I'm sure she'd never notice BL randomly burning documents at their evening campfire. /sarcasm) Putting so much extra thought and effort into it tells me that RL had something to hide.
In some (perhaps all) states, you can sue a person's estate if the offender is also deceased. BL had next to nothing as far as we know. Can you sue the offender's family if the offender is deceased?