Found Deceased WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 25 Aug 2021 #54

[Bekind89]

MOO, it's getting to the point where the world is just as fed up with Bertolino as they are with the Laundries. Why does he continue to believe he can pull these stunts and not get fact-checked? MOO. He must really think he's the smartest guy in the room. We know the FBI took over this case long ago. We know the NPPD would NOT be asking them to assist except on the very off-chance the FBI asked them to do it. Yet he still felt compelled to state:

"Lawyer Steven Bertolino said a North Port police detective asked for the assistance of Christopher Laundrie as they continue to search the Carlton Reserve where Brian Laundrie ... Bertolino said the detective on the case initially wanted Christopher Laundrie to help in the search Wednesday, but police wanted to focus on a specific area of the reserve and thought it "would be better if Chris wasn’t there." [Emphasis mine]
Lawyer: Brian Laundrie's father agrees to join search for son

Now, BE has reported this:
"This is how North Port Police responded to us: The FBI is the lead. The NPPD, would not be making these decisions and actions. The FBI would have to answer if that was true."

https://twitter.com/BrianEntin/status/1445925440267378688


It's time to call Liam Neeson and put an end to this circus. MOO.

This insulting to Gabby and her family. Jmo

 

[squareandrabbet]

Trying to understand why SB would make this statement.

To make it LOOK like the family is cooperating in some positive/helpful way?

But why lie about something that can be so easily debunked and make the folks you're representing look even more shady... I don't get it.

maybe the FBI will neither confirm or deny such a thing.

 

[Luna20]

So it’s true that SB said this, he’s not denying it? Did he say the Laundries asked him to make the statement?

 

[mlhenn]

Brian Laundrie’s lawyer reveals what he knows about mysterious storage unit

Brian Laundrie’s storage unit — which reportedly had Gabby Petito’s missing items — still has not been located

Laundrie’s lawyer stated, “Brian flew home to obtain some items and empty and close the storage unit to save money as they contemplated extending the road trip.”


However, Bertolino told Insider that he had “no idea” where the storage unit was located.

…

The storage unit revelation isn’t actually new, though.

The Daily Mail reported back in September that Laundrie left Petito at the Fairfield Inn in Salt Lake City so he could fly back to Florida “to help his father empty out a storage unit where he and Gabby had their things.”

Gabby’s mother Nicole Schmidt told the Daily Mail at the time that “Brian’s father offered to let them keep their belongings at his house so they wouldn’t have to pay for the storage unit.”

Schmidt told the Daily Mail that it was confusing why they wanted to move Petito’s things during the road trip and what happened to her items.

“Where are her things?” she asked.

 

[ExpectingUnicorns]

Bertolino's reported statement referred only to NPPD. Which should have been his first clue that anything floated, discussed, or even seemingly "offered" (which per NPPD, it wasn't) could not have been a final, actual offer. Even if he somehow really thought he'd been offered this, he knew or should have known that NPPD could not make the offer without the FBI being on-board. And on that basis alone (among all the (so many) others), he should never have gone public with it in the way he did.

Ah, Sassafrass, thank you for this. I kept trying to imagine how this could have ever, ever come about, barring a premeditated and outright lie.

 

[Figuring]

Maybe the source is the Laundries, and it’s another diversion. BL is on the move elsewhere while all the focus is on the Reserve.

Just spitballing here. There are so many unknowns and maybes.

I definitely tend to agree with you. Intent aside, how can we even trust their lawyer's word when he can't even get basic facts straight over & over? I do think they're trying to distract. At the same time, I feel like the FBI must have some justification to be looking in the preserve? But I don't think it's what the L family says. Maybe evidence was distributed there. But I doubt BL is there, if he ever was.

 

[steeltowngirl]

It is a blessing for GP's family for sure, but this is starting to grow into an urban legend. The youtubers "Red, White and Bethune" are not the reason her body was found. It was the first time, at least for anyone outside LE, that there was video evidence of the van parked at Spread Creek. LE already had witness statements of where the van was parked and were already searching the Spread Creek area on Friday, Sep 17th. The Bethune's saw that coverage and searched their video footage the following night (Saturday night), notified LE and then uploaded the video on Sunday September 19th, the day her body was found.

Search intensifies for Gabby Petito; police respond to Laundrie home in Florida

I believe the video helped confirm and pinpoint the location, since Spread Creek was such a wide area to search. Maybe I just want to believe that, since it’s a positive story and bright spot in an otherwise horrific situation. As you state, it could be part urban legend - similar to the “Let’s Roll” story of Flight 93 on 9/11. We will never know for sure. But the timing of Gabby being recovered the next day leads me to believe it helped a lot.

 

[Sassafrass]

Now I’m waiting for the immunity deal announcement … JMO

For the Ls? Imo, if he hadn't already tanked it, SB today shot any and all credibility or trust he might have had from LE to have any sort of dialogue.

 

[Jurisprudence]

That or he is very confused, I just do not know. Jmo

Since Laundrie is represented by counsel, the request would likely be directed to Bertolino, so... MOO

 

[ringbearer]

Bertolino's reported statement referred only to NPPD. Which should have been his first clue that anything floated, discussed, or even seemingly "offered" (which per NPPD, it wasn't) could not have been a final, actual offer. Even if he somehow really thought he'd been offered this, he knew or should have known that NPPD could not make the offer without the FBI being on-board. And on that basis alone (among all the (so many) others), he should never have gone public with it in the way he did.

Imo, all of the attention on what the lawyer says, and the hate on the parents and cassie, is just a side show that doesn't really matter at all in the grand scheme of things. Maybe the dad was asked to assist searchers, maybe he wasn't. Maybe the lawyer is out of his depth, maybe he's telling the truth as he believes it to be. idk. The only thing the dissection of those "issues" matters toward, imo, is public perception. And public perception has nothing to do with what actually happened. jmo

 

[Sachi]

Trying to understand why SB would make this statement.

To make it LOOK like the family is cooperating in some positive/helpful way?

But why lie about something that can be so easily debunked and make the folks you're representing look even more shady... I don't get it.

I'm with you in the club "I don't get it"

 

[momrids6]

For an amateur hiker from NY to stay in the Carlton Reserve without help...

Unless, he brought enough canned food for a month or someone is regularly dropping food off at the perimeter of the Carlton...

Food resources would be limited because he can't light a fire to cook. He would be spotted, easily. It's unlikely, he has anything other than a knife. The sound of a gun shot would carry for miles out there and would be heard at neighboring ranches.

BL is likely to be suffering from trench foot. Therefore, unlikely to be walking around in good condition.

IMHO...He isn't out there.

I agree. The mosquitoes alone that rival the locust swarm in Exorcist 2, the gators with their new babies, the snakes are all moving...and the parents said so. Not there

 

[Sassafrass]

MOO, it's getting to the point where the world is just as fed up with Bertolino as they are with the Laundries. Why does he continue to believe he can pull these stunts and not get fact-checked? MOO. He must really think he's the smartest guy in the room. We know the FBI took over this case long ago. We know the NPPD would NOT be asking them to assist except on the very off-chance the FBI asked them to do it. Yet he still felt compelled to state:

"Lawyer Steven Bertolino said a North Port police detective asked for the assistance of Christopher Laundrie as they continue to search the Carlton Reserve where Brian Laundrie ... Bertolino said the detective on the case initially wanted Christopher Laundrie to help in the search Wednesday, but police wanted to focus on a specific area of the reserve and thought it "would be better if Chris wasn’t there." [Emphasis mine]
Lawyer: Brian Laundrie's father agrees to join search for son

Now, BE has reported this:
"This is how North Port Police responded to us: The FBI is the lead. The NPPD, would not be making these decisions and actions. The FBI would have to answer if that was true."

https://twitter.com/BrianEntin/status/1445925440267378688


It's time to call Liam Neeson and put an end to this circus. MOO.

Exactly. And Bertolino knew (as in knew or should have known) that.

 

[Angels Advocate]

I have got a theory about how he killed her, and a couple of different visions came to me in meditation, but I would like to ask, for those who have read BL's ramblings, or know about the literature he liked, his "art" or art he liked, and other postings, did the books he liked mention any methods of killing? Is there any method, or any theme you can remember reading about?

 

[mlhenn]

Hiker who encountered Brian Laundrie on Appalachian Trail has finally been questioned by the FBI | Daily Mail Online

The FBI are investigating 11 alleged sightings of Brian Laundrie along the Appalachian Trail close to the North Carolina-Tennessee border.


The spate of leads includes a 911 call from hiker Dennis Davis who says he is '99.9 percent' certain he spotted the fugitive fiancée of slain Gabby Petito driving a truck early Saturday.

Davis, 53, who was interviewed by the FBI on Wednesday afternoon, told DailyMail.com: 'They are definitely taking my information seriously.'

A local resident has also come forward to reveal to DailyMail.com that he saw a scruffy, bearded stranger resembling Laundrie, 23, walking along the same secluded rural road in Waterville.

 

[Trooper]

Bertolino trippin' the light fantastic yet again, eh?
I'm laughing hysterically because it's gone well beyond the ridiculous.

But I see it as an insult too, an insult to a dead girl and her family.

What exactly is it about the word 'accountability' that they all find so abhorrent?
Ultimately, blame will be apportioned. One way or another.

There's too many dead women out there for it to go otherwise.
And there's a helluva lotta eyes from every corner of the world.

We are not amused.

The whole event is starting to take on all the elements of an Eugen Ionescu play.. a man who sort of started the Theatre of the Absurd era. In these plays by Ionescu, coherent language is dismissed, one of the startling happenings is, various people strut across the stage, in the middle of someone else's dialogue and scream inanities at the audience.. and strut off , never to be seen or referred to again ..

This sudden entrance , among so many unforgettable characters in this very American crime is the resurrection of a former fugitive, reeling off the educational advances he made in prison.

I don't know how much more of this I can take....

 

[dacjess]

MOO, it's getting to the point where the world is just as fed up with Bertolino as they are with the Laundries. Why does he continue to believe he can pull these stunts and not get fact-checked? MOO.

SBM for focus.

This 100%. For real. I was just thinking to myself that it’s like this lawyer is operating in some alternate reality from us where there are no rules. Or thinks he’s on a reality tv show or something where the only thing that matters is drama. JMO.

I know we can’t sleuth him, but does anyone know off-hand if he has a verifiable license to practice law? Can I assume press would have reported by now if he didn’t?

 

[Bertha96]

Brian Laundrie’s lawyer reveals what he knows about mysterious storage unit

Brian Laundrie’s storage unit — which reportedly had Gabby Petito’s missing items — still has not been located



Laundrie’s lawyer stated, “Brian flew home to obtain some items and empty and close the storage unit to save money as they contemplated extending the road trip.”


However, Bertolino told Insider that he had “no idea” where the storage unit was located.

…

The storage unit revelation isn’t actually new, though.

The Daily Mail reported back in September that Laundrie left Petito at the Fairfield Inn in Salt Lake City so he could fly back to Florida “to help his father empty out a storage unit where he and Gabby had their things.”

Gabby’s mother Nicole Schmidt told the Daily Mail at the time that “Brian’s father offered to let them keep their belongings at his house so they wouldn’t have to pay for the storage unit.”

Schmidt told the Daily Mail that it was confusing why they wanted to move Petito’s things during the road trip and what happened to her items.

“Where are her things?” she asked.

The flight home to go to the storage unit sounds like a total fairy tale. Something happened during this period of time that they are trying to make look differently than what happened. This part has always stood out to me. In a story filled with land mines, what really happened vs the storage locker tale is a nuclear bomb. IMO.

 

[Hyway]

I believe the video helped confirm and pinpoint the location, since Spread Creek was such a wide area to search. Maybe I just want to believe that, since it’s a positive story and bright spot in an otherwise horrific situation. As you state, it could be part urban legend - similar to the “Let’s Roll” story of Flight 93 on 9/11. We will never know for sure. But the timing of Gabby being recovered the next day leads me to believe it helped a lot.

In the article I linked dated September 17th some elk spotters reported to LE exactly where the van was parked. The Red White and Bethune story of the trip being in honor of their son who had passed away, combined with great timing and imagery is such that it is going to become what people want it to become

 

[lowes123]

Just reading through everything, the trip Brian made to Florida in August, has it been confirmed that he flew, or did he drive the van? I know the family won’t be giving an answer, but it would make sense as to why Gabby had to stay at a hotel and the amount of time he was gone. Clearly he didn’t have an issue driving and had the ability to get places quickly, so this thought just came to me. If he flew, that would involve a trip to the airport, pickup at the airport, return to the airport to see him off, and then Gabby would have to get back to the airport to get him.