Last night the thread closed before I had a chance to respond to South Aussie’s post … here is a copy of it:
Here was my post responding to someone asking about flights BL may have taken in August…….
(Makayla) My answer about the flights was referring to BL’s possible trip back to FL in August when they were still on their trip. I doubt he would have flown since his return to FL on September 1st. I’m sure LE has checked with the airlines for any flights he made in August. I’m still uncertain of that story especially since we haven’t seen any proof of such a trip.
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(South Aussie) I wonder why the FBI would have reason to check about the August flights? Gabby was not murdered until later in August. And she was seen alive, by others, after those flights.
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My reply to South Aussie this morning …
(Makayla) I was referring to the possibility of BL flying home to Florida in August, of which we have no proof, and I agree I don’t think it is that important unless it tells us more about WHY he would have flown hone. Did he move GP’s belongings into storage, indicating he didn’t want her things in the Laundrie home anymore, did he move all their belongings from a storage unit into the Laundrie home to save money, had they broken up their relationship and if so, why did he return to continue the van journey with GP, or were there other reasons for him to leave GP in a SLC hotel in the middle of their van journey? It just seemed strange to me that he would have done this, and it’s not something that has been proven. If he didn’t fly back to FL in August, was he at the hotel in SLC with GP the whole time? All we know about that time period is both of them were seen leaving the hotel on August 24th. In the overall scheme of things, and given that GP was still alive at that time, it’s not critical, but I am curious whether he did fly home for awhile and why.
We're probably not going to know the answer to this unless there is a trial. We talked about this in-depth a couple weeks back, and I put links in the media-only thread with the only information we have to date.
Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 8/25/21, MEDIA, MAPS *NO DISCUSSION*
Gabby's family is the only one talking about it -- or at least was. Her mother says there is misinformation about it, so they aren't discussing it.
In this Nancy Grace interview, at 10 minutes in and at about 33 minutes in, the mother discusses it but also says (33 minutes in) that Gabby and Brian tidied up and tossed a lot of things before the trip. If that is true, it really would make no sense for him to go home in the middle of the trip to move stuff for storage purposes.
'VAN-LIFE GIRL' GABBY PARENTS SPEAK OUT as Boyfriend Hides Out at Parents' Home
The dates are also in question, and given the way GP reacted to spending one night alone and away from Brian when the police advised it, I have a hard time believing she was okay with being put in a hotel for an entire week without him.
Some have said he planned the mini trip in advance. Maybe, but if so, it wasn't for the purpose of moving Gabby's things out of storage (if what her mom says is true about them already taking care of their things before leaving).
Some have said they were moving her things out of storage and into the house because they couldn't afford the storage. I don't know where this idea comes from, but again, this should have been dealt with before leaving, and I would think a roundtrip ticket PLUS a hotel stay would be way more than just paying the storage for two or three more months until they returned home from the van trip. 7 days at the Fairfield even at $100 a night (lowballing) has to be more than storage, not to mention the flight also. That's why I also would think that if Brian left for that reason, he'd be in a hurry to get back and wouldn't be gone an entire week anyway.
Of course Gabby could have lied to her mom about why she was in the hotel room, but I feel like Gabby has to lie an awful lot in some of these theories for them to work. I've heard that Gabby lies about the storage because she doesn't want to tell her mom that Brian really walked out on her. I've heard Gabby lied about the fight at MoonFlower to protect Brian, but I don't subscribe to the idea that Gabby's lying all the time.
So I don't know what happened with this "trip home" or what the Petito's have mistaken about it -- if it happened. On the one hand, you'd think Gabby's family would know she spent a week alone even if they aren't sure why, but on the other, I don't know that Gabbywouldn't have been flipping out about it to the point that her dad would have felt the need to go out there -- like he said he would if he found out BL left her there.
Additionally, in the sister's interview, they ask her if BL ever did that before -- left GP somewhere. And for what it's worth, the sister claimed he'd never done anything like that before. So that negates anyone's theory that she was trying to say "he flew home because that's what he did when he is..." She uses two different tenses, and I don't know what she is getting at, but she can't say he never left her before but then hint that he did leave her, so I think she was trying to say something else. But again, others think she really is referring to the mini trip.
Brian could have walked out on her and threatened to throw her things in storage away when he got home, but I don't see that as a detail her mom would misconstrue or that wouldn't send her father flying out to Utah.
