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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 15, 2021 4:26:35 GMT
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Post by hi224 on Sept 15, 2021 17:36:58 GMT
Pretty cut and dry I assume.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 15, 2021 18:17:57 GMT
Pretty cut and dry I assume. Looks like it. Yeesh.
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 15, 2021 18:21:52 GMT
Update: Boyfriend has been named a person of interest.
Following the North Port police press conference, the Petito family released a new statement through their lawyer Wednesday afternoon:
"Every day the search for Gabby continues the Schmidt and Petito family becomes more desperate. They are frantically searching for answers and information in their daughter’s disappearance while Brian sits in the comfort of his home. Brian claims he wants to sit in the background while we search for Gabby in the wilderness of the Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks. Brian left Gabby in the wilderness with grizzly bears and wolves while he sits in the comfort of his home. In his home! Brian, how could you do this to Gabby? You selfishly remain silent while Gabby is all alone in the wilderness. Brian, your silence is reprehensible! We beg you to do the right thing and help us bring Gabby home. Brian, whatever happened in Wyoming, happened. The only thing you can control is what you do now. Tell us where Gabby is. You tarnish your love for her with your silence."
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 15, 2021 23:29:15 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Sept 16, 2021 15:15:38 GMT
A young woman who mysteriously vanished while road tripping across the U.S. with her fiancé got into a physical altercation with him two weeks before he returned to Florida without her, according to a police report obtained by The Daily Beast.
And while the couple’s online postings made the journey appear perfectly idyllic, the strain of having been together nonstop for months on end had in fact escalated tensions between the two, the document provided by the Moab City, Utah, Police Department reveals.
Brian Laundrie, 23, has been named a person of interest in the baffling disappearance of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito, police announced Wednesday. The two set off on a cross-country trek on July 2, from North Port, Florida. From there, they traveled to the Monument Rocks formation in Kansas, then headed for Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park. Next, the pair went to the Zion, Bryce, and Canyonlands national parks in Utah. Petito’s mother last spoke to Gabby on Aug. 25, while she and Laundrie were at the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
On Sept. 1, Laundrie returned to the Florida home he shared with his parents and Petito, after the couple’s cross-country journey in a van across the U.S. But Gabby, inexplicably, wasn’t anywhere to be found.
Ten days later, after not hearing from her for more than two weeks, Gabby’s family reported her missing. Police then went to Laundrie’s home and seized Gabby’s customized 2012 Ford Transit Connect van, which the couple was living out of as they visited several national parks. The vehicle was processed for evidence by local cops and FBI agents on Tuesday evening, according to the North Port, Florida, Police Department.
On Tuesday night, Moab City Police Chief Bret Edge released a statement revealing that officers on Aug. 12 responded to an “incident involving Brian Laundrie and Gabrielle Petito.” Neither of them was “the reporting party,” according to Edge.
“Officers conducted an investigation and determined that insufficient evidence existed to justify criminal charges,” the statement said.
However, previously unknown details revealed in the report itself paint a fuller picture of what happened that day.
“On 08/12/21, MCPD officers were dispatched to a report of a domestic problem that had taken place near the Moonflower Co-op,” the report explains. “It appeared that a male and female had left the scene traveling north on Main in a white Ford Transit van with a black ladder on the rear after the male and female had engaged in some sort of altercation. It wasn’t clear, but I believe it was reported the male had been observed to have assaulted the female.”
When cops showed up, witnesses said they had seen Laundrie attempting to “create distance by telling Gabby to go take a walk to calm down,” the report states. Laundrie reportedly grabbed Gabby’s face at one point after she began slapping him, but Laundrie did not strike Gabby, according to witnesses. One bystander told cops that Laundrie seemed to have locked Gabby out of her van, and that she appeared to be hitting him in the arm and trying to climb inside through the driver’s window. The fight had apparently erupted over dispute involving a phone, the report states.
Gabby, who said she feared Laundrie was going to leave her behind in Moab, suffered from “severe anxiety,” the pair told police, who categorized the incident as more of a “mental/emotional health ‘break’ than a domestic assault,” in their report. The two said they were “in love and engaged to be married and desperately didn’t wish to see anyone charged with a crime.”
The couple had been pulled over for speeding that same evening by another officer, who interviewed both of them separately. Gabby, who was “crying uncontrollably,” according to the report, said that she “suffers from [redacted] with [redacted]. She continued, because of her [redacted] and [redacted], combined with little arguments she and Brian had been having that day, she was struggling with her mental health, which led to the incident that was reported to law enforcement.”
Laundrie told the officer that he and Gabby “both suffer from [redacted], and although her [redacted] is more advanced than his, issues between the two had been building over the last few days. This in turn, caused them to argue more than usual,” the report states.
Laundrie explained that the two had been traveling together for the past four or five months, and that this had “created emotional strain between them and increased the number of arguments.”
The officer was able to get Laundrie a hotel room for the night, and Gabby kept the van. They agreed not to contact one another until the next morning, which would allow them to “reset their mental states.”
Neither one was seriously injured, and no charges were filed.
In what may or may not be a coincidence, a couple living out of their van in Moab, Kylen Schulte and Crystal Beck, went missing on Aug. 13—after complaining to friends about a “weirdo” who had set up camp right near them. Schulte—who worked at the Moonflower Co-op, where Gabby and Laundrie were seen fighting—and Beck were found murdered a few days later. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been made in the case.
“As of now, Brian has not made himself available to be interviewed by investigators or has provided any helpful details,” the North Port PD said in a statement issued Wednesday, adding, “Brian Laundrie is a person of interest in this case.”
Laundrie will continue to stonewall investigators as they try desperately to solve the case, according to his lawyer.
In a statement provided to The Daily Beast following the North Port PD’s announcement, Laundrie’s Long Island, New York-based lawyer, Steven Bertolino, said that the “formality” of being named a person of interest hasn’t really changed anything about Laundrie’s situation, since he was already the focus of detectives. And he’s still not planning to say a word.
“Many people are wondering why Mr. Laundrie would not make a statement or speak with law enforcement in the face of Ms. Petito’s absence,” Bertolino said in an email. “In my experience, intimate partners are often the first person law enforcement focuses their attention on in cases like this and the warning that ‘any statement made will be used against you’ is true, regardless of whether my client had anything to do with Ms. Petito’s disappearance. As such, on the advice of counsel Mr. Laundrie is not speaking on this matter.”
Laundrie and his parents, Roberta and Christopher, who own a company that sells and services commercial juicing equipment, were unable to be reached.
Laundrie’s refusal to cooperate has been incredibly frustrating for Gabby’s father, Joe Petito, who moved to Florida in June, partly so he could be closer to his daughter.
“Get out of the house, get into the FBI offices, and start answering some questions,” Petito told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. “Do your job as a fiancé, as most would do.”
Petito said he was reluctant to speak negatively of Laundrie in the media because Laundrie is key to finding Gabby.
“My biggest fear is that people overpressure this guy and he hurts himself and then he can’t speak anymore—and then I’ll never find my daughter,” said Petito. “Focus on her, and keep it up until we get her home. I’m begging you of that. No one gives two shits about Brian until we get Gabby home.”
Petito hasn’t heard from Laundrie or his parents, and said he isn’t “anticipating anything” from them.
“As a father, I can imagine the pain and suffering Gabby’s family is going through,” North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison said in a statement. “We are pleading with anyone, including Brian, to share information with us on her whereabouts in the past few weeks. The lack of information from Brian is hindering this investigation. The answers will eventually come out. We will help find Gabby and we will help find anyone who may be involved in her disappearance.”
The Laundrie family appears to keep a low profile in their North Port, Florida, neighborhood. Donna Lear, a homeowner who lives a few doors away from the Laundries, said she and her husband have “never seen” Brian Laundrie or his parents in all the years they have resided there. Another neighbor, Andre Obradovich, also said he hasn’t had any interactions with the Laundrie family and was shocked to hear that the young man whose face has been plastered all over the news in recent days is holed up right down the street.
Laundrie’s Instagram profile describes him as a “nature enthusiast” and tells visitors, “Take a hike everyday.”
“Bug bites are better than being brainwashed by the media,” it says.
In a post from last October, Laundrie captioned a picture of himself kissing Gabby: “Never got around to posting these! I’d die just to watch all of our memories on repeat, never loved anyone as much as this girl💕”
Another so-called van-lifer who encountered Gabby and Laundrie while traveling near Moab, Utah, said he never saw any signs of trouble between the two.
“They were holding hands, they were ecstatic about their rebuild,” Jaye Foster told The Daily Beast. “That’s what I find so weird about the whole situation, is that they were both really cool. There didn’t seem to be anything wrong whatsoever.”
The pair said they were headed to Yellowstone next, according to Foster.
“She was such a cool person,” he said. “He was too. That’s what’s freaking me out. They seemed totally fine. What sucks is that I couldn’t see him doing anything like that. It’s crazy as hell. It really, really is.”
(The Daily Beast)
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 16, 2021 15:57:10 GMT
Police release bodycam footage.
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 16, 2021 21:40:33 GMT
At the 50 minute mark the cops debate charging her with domestic assault. I wonder if they would have, would things have played out differently?
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 18, 2021 1:29:49 GMT
Boyfriend is missing. How did the cops not have someone tailing him? Unbelievable.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 19, 2021 0:04:20 GMT
Well this keeps getting more bizarre.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 19, 2021 0:04:37 GMT
Don't forget the serial killer angle.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Sept 19, 2021 5:31:23 GMT
But even if he did nothing to her, he left her there to her own fate.
Maybe that's why he may have gone to a wildlife reserve himself, to surrender himself to his fate.
By the way, are wildlife in wildlife reserves controlled, or are they free to roam and maul and devour as they see fit?
I imagine there would be a lot of alligators/crocodiles and pythons in that reserve, not to mention who knows what else.
By the way, this is just another example of how many or most if not all of those happy romantic posts on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and what not are so fake in their sentiments.
The police bodycam footage seems to be the most genuine and sincere instance of that "couple's" onscreen escapades.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 19, 2021 19:34:19 GMT
But even if he did nothing to her, he left her there to her own fate. Maybe that's why he may have gone to a wildlife reserve himself, to surrender himself to his fate. By the way, are wildlife in wildlife reserves controlled, or are they free to roam and maul and devour as they see fit? I imagine there would be a lot of alligators/crocodiles and pythons in that reserve, not to mention who knows what else. By the way, this is just another example of how many or most if not all of those happy romantic posts on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and what not are so fake in their sentiments. The police bodycam footage seems to be the most genuine and sincere instance of that "couple's" onscreen escapades. Yeah often basically I find myself rolling my eyes at those "posts" when it's very obvious how amplified it is.
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2021 4:33:11 GMT
I'm surprised she didn't kill him, to be honest.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 20, 2021 7:09:15 GMT
I'm surprised she didn't kill him, to be honest. What makes you say that as well.
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2021 8:12:08 GMT
I'm surprised she didn't kill him, to be honest. What makes you say that as well. Presuming she wasn't on drugs, she clearly had some mental issues. When you get physically violent over having some food moved around in your van, you've gone way beyond the scope of OCD. She said she was hitting him to make him stop telling her to calm down. He had scratches all over his head, face, and neck for crying out loud. She did that while he was driving, just before she punched him in the arm and yanked the steering wheel because he was being pulled over. Hopefully the cause of death will clear things up a bit.
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 20, 2021 12:41:45 GMT
What makes you say that as well. Presuming she wasn't on drugs, she clearly had some mental issues. When you get physically violent over having some food moved around in your van, you've gone way beyond the scope of OCD. She said she was hitting him to make him stop telling her to calm down. He had scratches all over his head, face, and neck for crying out loud. She did that while he was driving, just before she punched him in the arm and yanked the steering wheel because he was being pulled over. Hopefully the cause of death will clear things up a bit. In the bodycam footage the police debate charging her with assault. One of them says she's a 110 pound woman who is no threat to him, which isn't true. A 110 pound woman with mental illness and any kind of weapon is a threat. All she needed was a hammer, or knife, or pen, or something, to do some real damage. They probably should've arrested her. As someone who has known a couple "excitable" women, I can tell you that a woman who will assault a man in broad daylight is capable of being extra excitable when no one is around.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 20, 2021 18:47:19 GMT
But even if he did nothing to her, he left her there to her own fate. Maybe that's why he may have gone to a wildlife reserve himself, to surrender himself to his fate.By the way, are wildlife in wildlife reserves controlled, or are they free to roam and maul and devour as they see fit? I imagine there would be a lot of alligators/crocodiles and pythons in that reserve, not to mention who knows what else. By the way, this is just another example of how many or most if not all of those happy romantic posts on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and what not are so fake in their sentiments. The police bodycam footage seems to be the most genuine and sincere instance of that "couple's" onscreen escapades. How poetic.
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2021 20:29:53 GMT
Presuming she wasn't on drugs, she clearly had some mental issues. When you get physically violent over having some food moved around in your van, you've gone way beyond the scope of OCD. She said she was hitting him to make him stop telling her to calm down. He had scratches all over his head, face, and neck for crying out loud. She did that while he was driving, just before she punched him in the arm and yanked the steering wheel because he was being pulled over. Hopefully the cause of death will clear things up a bit. In the bodycam footage the police debate charging her with assault. One of them says she's a 110 pound woman who is no threat to him, which isn't true. A 110 pound woman with mental illness and any kind of weapon is a threat. All she needed was a hammer, or knife, or pen, or something, to do some real damage. They probably should've arrested her. As someone who has known a couple "excitable" women, I can tell you that a woman who will assault a man in broad daylight is capable of being extra excitable when no one is around. Yeah, I noticed that. The lumberjack cop was pretty clear about them having no choice. Then they chose not to arrest her. Had the stop been in Detroit, the video would have been about 3 minutes long. lol
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Post by hi224 on Sept 21, 2021 4:26:21 GMT
Had they arrested we'd have no bodies.
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