Found Deceased WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 25 Aug 2021 #75

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I agree with you. There have been posts that mention his suicide (if his death was by his own hand) resulting from guilt or shame, even remorse. But personally I believe he did so because he could not face a trial or prison....no, he could not accept to be controlled by others. He needed to be in control.....just like being in control of Gabby, in control of whatever the issue was in that last outing to the Piggy place (forgot the name), etc. There was no other way out for him.
I am not convinced as yet re suicide. WL. ..could be, maybe, maybe not.
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He looked mighty clumsy to me, and when that is combined with Brian's belief in his prowess as a man of the forest and all that, a sort of Dunning Kruger 'hiker', things of a particularly lethal nature can take place, trees fall on one, snakes bite one, sudden dips in terrain happen, water is particularly dangerous and lethal, while looking calm and receptive..

He could have simply died of fright while being confronted with one of those huge escaped Burmese pythons that roam freely in the Florida swamps..... I know I would have.
 
Thanks for that information. In Australia, our crocodiles take every opportunity to grab a person or dog etc.
So when the waters receed, where do they go?
Truly, an alligator could live in any body of water large or small in eastern coastal plain of the U.S. I wouldn't stand too close to a ditch full of water anywhere south of Atlanta, and every swamp has alligators even parks like Mykkahatchi where they encourage camping and fishing. JMOO This story about a fatal attack during the flooding in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida in Septembet happened very close to downtown New Orleans. A woman saved her husband then went to seek help but the alligator attacked him again and must have dragged him under the water.
Louisiana man presumed dead in Ida floodwater alligator attack survived Hurricane Katrina, officials say
 
So last week, I think, I saw on the news that the hashtag "Justice for Gabby" had been used (or viewed)? over one billion times. I think Joe Petito mentioned this too.

What do we think Justice for Gabby will look like now?

All I can think of is that Gabby's family is given access to any confession or diary that BL might have had, and that their foundation in her memory has a huge impact on reducing DV. Other than that, I'm not sure.
-We could include serial stalkers and domestic abusers into our sex offenders list. Look at England.
-We can include coercive control and consent as topics in required sex ed/health classes.
-We can update police training to ask more questions/probe differently when domestic violence is suspected. Did LEO in Moab even ask Gabby why Brian was locking her out of her own car? Or if this had happened before?
-This is not the end of the story!! Just because Brian is confirmed dead doesn't mean we can't still learn about his past actions and how they align with what we already know about DV!
 
Saddest of all for Gabby and her family. Can't feel too sorry for Laundries. If my son came home without Gabby in the manner that he did, I would have made him tell me the truth, then insisted he tell LE. That way they could still have their son to visit in prison. Instead they gave him the death penalty by not handing him in when they had the chance. And he chose the death penality. Would have gotten off a lot lighter sentence in the court system. He had a choice. Gabby did not!
THAT is exactly how I feel. If the Laundries had handled this like they should have, in my opinion, then when he came home without Gabby, they should have gotten the truth from him and called LE. They didn't. As a result, there are two young people dead now.
 
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Gabby Petito's Dad Says Brian Laundrie Was 'Useless' Before Disappearance

edited by me for brevity..

'Useless'.... that strikes a most authentic note.
 
One thing that really bothers me….and makes me question the finding of the body…..is WHY were not the Laundries escorted each by either FBI agents or LE.

They never should have been allowed to go search on their own. Coming across a loved ones body is awful in itself, then touching all the evidence found. The parents have no idea what to do in a crime scene especially after finding a body, their son. FBI dropped the ball on this one…even if the park was back open to the public, they still should have had the parents escorted..with at least 2 LE people. Then why did the parent split up? Especially if there are alligators, deadly snakes etc….they had no weapons to protect themselves…at least a LE could have shot a snake! I would have wanted to stay with my spouse while searching…dad walked right to the area…..oh dad knew imo. That’s why they did not stay together, they both knew. Why didn’t dad Yell for someone, they were not all that far apart from other LE people.….no he stops meets his wife and then carries out the evidence. What a fishy mess. I think imo, the parents aided BL with the suicide because they knew what he was going to do. What did any LE agency know? I am not only one asking these questions…moo on all of this.

I hope Gabby’s parents get some sort of closure…especially if BL left any type of note….his parents should share it with Gabby’s family. They probably want to protect their sons good name…..in their eyes. They are not thinking about others. Imo. I hope any tests come back with finger print answers so Gabby’s family knows who murdered their daughter for sure. Right now is just 99% speculation that the murderer is the suspect BL. moo
 
Eight years ago I wrote ‘that’ note for my family, swallowed a bottle of pills, that was hard, the second one was even harder-the hardest thing I’ve ever made myself do. I’m alive talking to y’all so I was found in time. The bravest thing I’ve ever done is look each one in their face, beg for forgiveness and start all over. The police kept that note. Everyone read it including police and first responders. They let my family call my oldest daughter and read it on the phone. They said the only way I could retrieve it is to go and sign for it. It’s still there at the PD in some old file folder in a dusty box…
You have always been an inspiration for me on these threads, and now I know a little more into the "why". I'm so glad you were able to turn it around.
 
Do you really think he was thinking about that? I don't. He just wanted it over with.
I have no idea what he was thinking.

However, it definitely takes thought to set your belongings in one place then go to another place nearby in the uncomfortable, wet, and pretty icky location where you'd been hiding than it does to kill yourself right there with your stuff. So if he wasn't wearing the bag/pack and it was a self-inflicted death, then he was making some decisions and having some coherent thoughts
 
Exactly, I think the CC fraud was a reason to bring him in while they sought evidence in Gabby's death. Doesn't mean that he wasn't a suspect because they only called him a POI.


Exactly, and they haven't come out and said there was another POI. Which leads me to believe he was the only one they thought committed the murder. He just never lived long enough to actually be called the suspect.
 
I agree @Claire182 that the attorney's statements to the media regarding C sounded as if he was throwing her to the wolves. The attorney stated that she wasn't being truthful regarding when she last saw BL. IMO that upset C enough that she went outside and gave the protesters her version of events. She wasn't the only one who mixed up her dates. The L's couldn't remember the correct date of when they last saw their son and ended up changing the date later on. They lived with BL and were the last people to see him alive and yet they gave the wrong date when they first reported him missing to LE. However that wasn't mentioneded by the L's attorney at the time he was pointing out C's supposed discrepancy to MSM. It was mentioned much later.

Are you sure re BBM? I remember that quote differently. He said that the media had basically butchered her replies, which the media then accepted. She herself was blazing that it had been intimated - via TV editing - that she was a liar

As for her going outside, she had so-called protesters yelling outside her home with her kids crying & as she said, they'd now found out awful news about Aunt Gabby from people screaming outside.


As for the rest of the details - I have no idea why they got their date wrong & it's not my job to defend them.
I just like to aim for some accuracy - less confusion is a good thing
 
THAT is exactly how I feel. If the Laundries had handled this like they should have, in my opinion, then when he came home without Gabby, they should have gotten the truth from him and called LE. They didn't. As a result, there are two young people dead now.

We don’t know what he told them or when.
 
So I asked a few threads back if BL's parents get the reward. I wonder if legally they are entitled to it. Yeah, I'm aware they may not be thinking about the reward, but I am. I do wonder how that works.
They didn't find him - they found his stuff. Others apparently found Brian's actual remains.
 
Brian did not evade law enforcement prior to his going missing. LE knew where he was. They could have picked him up at any time.

I do think it is possible Brian confessed to his parents at some point. If so, I expect that information to be shared with the media and/or the Petito family eventually. Might as well at this point.
Brian disappeared on 13th , until that date changes yet again.
Gabby was reported missing on 11th.
How could they have 'picked him up ' when her death had not even been reported at that stage.
Also he had lawyered up.
I don't know whether BL suicided or not but if he did is that not the ultimate evasion?
 
I think Gabby and Brian loved each other to death. Whenever I see women, who do not have a solid group of female friends, and men, that do not have a solid base of male friends..........trouble................ love is just too intense.

I feel this is the root of all. Brian was not evil. Gabby was certainly not evil. Their relationship was just toxic....and at the end of the day, I feel this will be proven.

None of the parents deserved this pain or fame. And neither did Gabby. Brian went out of control, and he is the obvious blame game here.

That he pondered how to get out of , or around this was a mental game for sure.... for a couple of weeks.

But, at the end of the day, I still think that the final action of going to the Reserve to die, was because he really, truly could not live without her.
 
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