Found Deceased WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 25 Aug 2021 #16

[TheGardener]

Well...signing off WS BUDS! YOU ROCK! Been a long and sad day. Sleep well. Sweet dreams.
Wishing Gabby's family calm hearts, courage and the healing warmth of joyful memories...

 

[borndem]

I have a question regarding the dogs picking up BL's scent at the reserve. I've seen multiple people post here that this happened, but I can't seem to find any verified source that announced this news. Am I just overlooking the information? The only thing I could find is that LE is searching the reserve based on the family's comments.

ETA: Thank you to Picklepuck for providing the link! For anyone who sees this post and is interested (and don't have to sift through all of the comments!) the link is here: Gabby Petito case: Search continues in thousands of rural acres for Brian Laundrie

Thanks for finding it, but I ran into a "Subscribe to See It" msg. Maybe some of you won't have that problem.

 

[Deleted member 121463]

now I want to know what did the note say ughhhhh

It said "Poor ME" imo

 

[bellyup]

So the van is at BL's parents house. Has it been checked for forensics? Doesn't it belong to Gabby or her family??

Gabbys van is not at the Laundries.
LE have it

 

[cady]

I've actually had the same thought.....what if he's been hiding there the whole time?

They could have dropped him off somewhere, too or transferred him to a waiting accomplices car to take him far away. UGH.

 

[ninvestigate]

This thread is moving far too quickly but from my understanding she was NOT buried, in a shallow grave, or covered with dirt. Correct? I've seen no article or video that suggests this is the case? Someone mentioned that there was live video showing the remains as they found them but I haven't seen this yet. Is it available?

Also, there were two tents shown in the various videos I've seen. A "top only" tent they erected, usage unknown, and then a second one with walls. What is the second tent that was near the figure 8 of crime tape?

I've heard both -- that she was "not visible" (covered by leaves or whatever) and also that from helicopter footage that it was "very obviously" a small female, and clothes could still be seen. So I don't know which to believe either.

I also haven't been able to find any of the aerial footage, the search on WS crashes for me every time (assuming because it's swamped right now) and there's nothing coming up for me on Google. Would so appreciate a link if you have and it isn't an inconvenience. Thank you!!

 

[esmerelda]

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Ha ha, same. Isn't it something?

Almost leads me to believe old NG pursued her special interest!!

 

[wolf88]

I am so disappointed that so many people are coming into our normally safe and respectful community to spread hateful messages, instead of focusing on the loss of a beautiful girl and finding closure for her family.

Think there are a few trolls on here tonight trying to get the thread shut down.

 

[Speculaytor]

Since she was found 100s of miles away from Yosemite, then Gabby's parent's suspicions were correct that her last text was not authored by her.

Where did the phone ping on the 30th, do you know?

 

[curious95]

First post on gabbys thread gabbys father just moved to my town in June. this is the outcome I expected but still have a ton of questions. I have kicked these back and forth a friend that follows too.
-where did the report of the van being In the Landry driveway on the 1st come from?
-do any of you think BL owned a gun?
-IMO I don’t think first trip back to Florida had anything to do with a storage unit as the main purpose.
-with no reliable and/or reported information he may not have ever come back to Florida or he could have always been in the house and has never left. That for me is wide open as no real evidence yet. If he ran it’s either ends or has ended for him or they will turn him up shortly. he’s far from savy or survivalist.
-his parents are more of accomplices it seems.
These are all just opinions and questions.
I am relieved at least the family has found her and my heart breaks for them all. RIP gabby

 

[LucyOso]

I am so disappointed that so many people are coming into our normally safe and respectful community to spread hateful messages, instead of focusing on the loss of a beautiful girl and finding closure for her family.

I agree. Eventually it will die down. Head up!

 

[jamicat]

Are people ever convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence only? I think it's happened a few times.

We know someone murdered her because she was buried. I saw the shallow grave on Fox News 5 from a helicopter vantage point.
We know Brian took her van and drove it to Florida and then would not talk to police and then ran.
I think that's all you need. Technically not, of course, but using common sense it looks very bad for him.

I suppose it's possible a murderous stranger killed her, but that should not have prevented BL from immediately contacting LE himself, and reporting that. I don't see how he even makes a case for that.

All signs point to BL being her killer.

Proving it beyond reasonable doubt might be difficult. It can be said he left her alive after a disagreement. Returned to look for her, and finding van deserted as he left it, returned to FL with it. Had no idea what happened to her and was told by attorney to say nothing.
Is that likely what happened? I don’t think so but it is possible. Unless there is direct evidence BL did this, it may be a hard sell to a guilty verdict.

 

[gitana1]

Someone mentioned earlier if she was found on federal land - it will be a federal prosecution - I know @Alethea and @gitana1 are both following Gabbys case maybe they can confirm?

Yes. That’s right.

 

[Picklepuck]

Source?

If you can't find it, don't feel bad. I've been looking for a statement about Brian's scent found in the reserve - and now I can't find it.

Gabby Petito case: Search continues in thousands of rural acres for Brian Laundrie

Read carefully, easy to overlook in the article where it says it.

 

[gitana1]

Someone mentioned earlier if she was found on federal land - it will be a federal prosecution - I know @Alethea and @gitana1 are both following Gabbys case maybe they can confirm?

Yes. That’s right.

 

[Jurisprudence]

Just wanted to jump in and comment on a post in #15 now closed about the conduct of the Moab PD:
"I think the one who was being all pally with him and speaking about his own toxic exwife was way out of line and very obviously, biased. Very unprofessional."

IMO it's a bit unfair to infer this from the officer's remarks. LE are taught to create rapport as a means of establishing communication with potential perpetrators and victims alike ie Good Cop, Bad Cop. They do this by 'sharing' common ground - which may or may not be fact or fiction. There is usually a very good reason behind every interaction with every person in an incident; we are not present nor party to the reasoning. Cops are very good actors for good reasons.

Please watch it again. Robbins remarks later in the car were to further diffuse the situation. Robbins was handling this very well. It was the other one. And, if you do not agree there is nothing wrong with that. We agree to disagree. I'd be opening a file on the other one. The ONLY one out of 3 Officers and 2-4 Park Police. One guy, not a blanket statement. So, I'm confident in my assessment.

 

[Backhoe411]

Usually when a body is recovered LE will set up a tent over the body (due to media helicopters and such) and one is a processing tent where they move the evidence to in order to be logged and bagged to take back to the station. Like the clothing, or anything around the scene that may be crucial to the investigation. I’m sure they are collecting anything that remotely looks like it doesn’t belong out there.

A crime scene is always controlled. The tent is not as much to block a drone, as to preserve from the elements. I hate these images, but I understand why.

 

[oviedo]

I'm trying to find the source as we speak. Keep your fingers crossed.

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/posts/17096384/
it’s in the media thread

 

[GussiedCanoodler]

It doesn’t state the dogs picked up his scent. Just that dogs were used.

That's what I thought at first, too, but I found where they specified when I used the search function. Unfortunately, I don't have the upgraded Photobucket account so I can't show the screenshot I took, but here is the whole sentence

"“At this point, we’re going by the family’s word of where they think he is,” he said. They said he was familiar with the parks and often went there. Taylor also said Brian’s scent was at the park, although the car he may have driven there, or ridden in, was not there."

 

[Vegasgrl]

Any chance he's back inside his parent's house? No one saw him come back 9/1, no sighting since from anyone. No one saw him drive the mustang. He isn't on neighbors ring cameras. He knows how to sneak around with no one seeing him when he's the most sought after man in America. Could he be hiding in plain sight?

I asked back when the police were in the house if they searched the entire house, and I believe I had a definite response that they did. But, did they? FL homes have crawl spaces under (no basement), and mine had a crawl space type attic. They need to search that house. I had temporary flooring in my hallway when I was having plumbing work done, and you could lift it and come right into the house from under that crawl space.