Found Deceased WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 25 Aug 2021 #71

[SMK777]

This is ballgame. Brian Laundrie is dead, and probably has been for some time.

I had felt this from the beginning, but then wavered due to other theories put forth by press, YouTube channels, posters. This appears to be a case where the simplest explanation was indeed the correct one.

 

[RickshawFan]

Unless said dry bag has a hole in it (as in picture of the white one found)

I’m wondering if some reporters are assuming the dry bag is a backpack as I have not seen a picture of a backpack. Dry bag =/= backpack

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Dry bags won't float unless you close them with air in them. Sometimes people do this on purpose. Without air, they sink like a rock.
That white dry bag is not very burly and it has a hole in it. Would have sunk IMO.

 

[pcap]

looks like WFLA is live again with the helicopter.

It's giving me motion sickness.

 

[MassGuy]

This is ballgame. Brian Laundrie is almost certainly dead.

 

[whitelilac]

If a gun was missing from the home (I believe it was, iirc), I hope they find the skull to determine whether he shot himself (most likely way to shoot oneself), and perhaps the gun itself. This in order to put to rest whether it was intentional suicide or accident, for what it's worth.

 

[Krwiley60]

It doesn’t take much time for decomposition to allow parts of the body to easily detach if it’s moved.

Especially if he was under water for that time.
MO

 

[Hyway]

They may have reused the box from a meal delivery kit to mail something unrelated to someone unrelated?

I agree with you. I just don't see how someone would think a meal kit box sent yesterday is relevant today, given the news we are getting.

 

[formerlyme]

I was with you on this for awhile, but as time went on I questioned the reason they didn’t respond. Given the time line, it IS possible he came up with a story about why he was home without Gabby but had her plan. Who knows what that story was. Maybe they thought it was odd, but they didn’t think she was dead. Then her family reaches out to them. Something clicked for the Laundries, they asked him about it, called their attorney wondering what the next move should be and how he should turn himself in or if he should. It is absolutely reasonable to want your attorney present given the legal implications of turning one’s self in.

In the meantime while this is all happening Brian left. Then they waited a couple days to report him missing for whatever reason.

My opinion, maybe they thought he would come home after he cooled down and they could talk to him about doing the right thing?

 

[Katerz]

If this is what was found, does this bag look like it has been underwater all this time?

https://a57.foxnews.com/hp.foxnews....07634bd6d6024ab900572c4c6137b23.jpg?tl=1&ve=1

Is that a gun in the lower part of the bag with the nose sticking out of the hole??

 

[LauraAnne]

I agree. I think it's hard for people to realize the parents of criminals mourn their children too. When you are changing a diaper or playing tee ball, you don't think "I hope he grows up to be a murderer." I am sure the L's wish they were planning for a wedding instead of a funeral even suspecting/knowing what their son may have done.

You can mourn the victim and hate what your child did while also mourning both your child and the dreams you had for your child too.

I completely agree. I've always known I'd rather be the mother of the victim, than the mother of the perpetrator. They won't get the overwhelming support that Gabby's family has gotten - they'll be grieving alone. And they can't look back with great satisfaction that their child was a wonderful and happy person who left the world a better place for having been alive. Really, really awful.

 

[Cecelia]

Eagle8HD is back in the air over the tent:

And a huge black trailer was just pulled into the park, very ominous-looking. I saw it on both the Fox13 stream and the WFLA but can't see it now:

 

[Kristin Esq.]

WFLA Now coming back in less than a minute:

 

[Alkali13]

WFLA coming back.

 

[LietKynes]

It's looking like Brian did take a hike in the swamp and didn't return according to his parent's account ?
And then he chose to commit suicide instead of answering Gabby's families' questions ?

It almost indicates Gabby was murdered by Brian and no one else was ever involved, and only Brian was the culprit.
Still many questions are unanswered.

Was BL supported for a time by any outside entity ?
Or did he commit suicide the day he left home ?
Why did his parents wait for four days to report him missing ?
I'm assuming they had to be anxious about him !

Or did the finding or Gabby's remains and the coroner releasing the manner of death as a homicide change the situation as far as BL ?
How did the parents find his belongings so swiftly ?
From the links, it looks like the HRD dogs located remains after the items were found.
Skeptical that it's him until there's official confirmation.
Somewhat doubtful it's anyone else, though.

Speculating here that he took his life soon after leaving his parent's house vs dying from exposure to the elements, as he seemed like the type to have given himself up to LE before going through that type of hardship ?
Imo.

 

[skyedaze]

This is ballgame. Brian Laundrie is almost certainly dead.

yup...prob shot himself the first night...gators, bobcats, and mother nature got the rest.

 

[PeregrineFalcon]

something I am wondering. This all of course hinges on my assumption that the partial remains they found are in fact BL. The knapsack was found near the body parts, so if he was dead for any length of time (MOO he has been dead for a long time) wouldn't the animals drag away the body. I am sure they wouldn't be interested in the knapsack and would leave that but take the body. I am no expert in animal behaviour but you would think they would take away the whole body - therefore it wouldn't be near the knapsack.

Depending on the animal, some would drag it, some would eat it right there. It's not like they were afraid of the backpack and needed to drag the body. The whole area is "wilderness". Sounds like parts were scattered (not found) and other's are in the area. Also, the water could have moved parts after the animals left (trying not to be gross). I have felt he has been gone for sometime. Just a hunch, since her body was found so quickly he had nothing to live for. He knew he was "going down".

 

[YohanApple]

So just remembering that the laundries searched for BL for hours when the car was left, if this was somewhere where they thought he could be they’d have searched that area at that time, especially being so close to the mustang. So IMO he wasn’t there the whole time (if this is him)

I was wondering the same thing if L's had already searched this area when they found the mustang. Good catch!

 

[Auntie Cipation]

If this were a fiction thriller, the body just found would turn out to be one of the BL lookalikes...

 

[MassGuy]

More units showing up at the Carlton Reserve. This one has US Government tags.
https://twitter.com/brianentin/status/1450894900019466240?s=21
https://twitter.com/brianentin/status/1450894900019466240?s=21

 

[Bertha96]

Is that a gun in the lower part of the bag with the nose sticking out of the hole??

It does look like the tip of the nose of a small automatic. IMO