"Van life" youtuber returns from road trip without fiance. Wont speak to police; UPDATE _ STATEMENT!

[Demovictory9]

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Here is his statement:

The fiancé of the New York woman who went missing on a cross-country road trip has broken his silence on her mysterious disappearance, saying that he hopes she gets reunited with her family.

Brian Laundrie's attorney issued the statement about 22-year-old Gabby Petito on Tuesday.

"This is understandably an extremely difficult time for both the Petito family and the Laundrie family," Steven Bertolino, the lawyer representing the Laundrie family, said in a statement to Insider. "It is our understanding that a search has been organized for Miss Petito in or near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming."

"On behalf of the Laundrie family, it is our hope that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is re-united with her family," the statement continued. "On the advice of counsel, the Laundrie family is remaining in the background at this juncture and will have no further comment."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fianc%C3%A9-of-gabby-petito-breaks-silence-on-her-mysterious-disappearance/ar-AAOrrzB?ocid=msedgntp

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Her parents are besides themselves with worry.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-disappearance-florida-police-brian-laundrie


Police in Florida were seen dropping off a pink envelope at the home of missing Long Island woman Gabby Petito‘s boyfriend — as authorities say they’re preparing for the possibility that something "sinister" has happened to her.

Petito, 22, was last known to be in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park in late August while on a cross-country road trip in a converted van with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, who has since returned to his home in North Port, Florida.



North Port police said they attempted to talk to Laundrie, but were rebuffed by his parents, who put them in touch with his attorney.

"We talked with his parents, who did not make him available," North Port police spokesman Josh Taylor told The Post.

[lagomorph777]

1. Dirty Laundrie?

[Demovictory9]

2. Yep 😰

[Hugin]

3. I wasn't going to go there.

Since you started it...

"Van life" down by the river.

I'm going to Hell.

[Klaralven]

27. ...

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Well, she's dead then.

Hiding behind mommy and daddy? Lack of consequences and entitlement may be a large part of how this all came to pass to begin with.

I hope he rots in jail till he's drooling on himself but the life of a woman isn't really worth much in this country.

[malaise]

7. He will soon be one of two things

Locked up or dead from suicide.

Hope they lock him up!

[Demovictory9]

8. He got a lawyer.. Maybe he is concocting story of her death

[malaise]

9. The worst thing about these narcissiic sociopaths is that

they think they are so smart. They usually outsmart themselves and get caught.
I'll be following this one.

[Quakerfriend]

5. Three weeks and her family hasn't heard from her-

sounds like whatever has happened to her was not an accident.
So sad 😢 she seems like a beautiful girl.

[ZonkerHarris]

6. his parents will try to get him out of the country. I'd bet on it.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Nothing says "I'm innocent" like "talk to my lawyer"...

I hope the young woman shows up OK.

[Progressive Lawyer]

16. It's the smart thing to do. Unless you believe police are always saints who never lie.

[sakabatou]

30. Yep, even if I was innocent of a crime, I'd still say "talk to my lawyer."

[treestar]

19. That's what you should do, especially if you are innocent

Too many people get railroaded into pleading guilty, even to things they did not do. Juries can get it wrong.

[Demsrule86]

32. BS...she was last with him...if he was decent, he would explain that she left or what have you.

Clearly/ he knows she is dead. And he most likely killed her.

[Treefrog]

11. He gives me weird Chris Watts vibes.

Yikes.

[Phentex]

28. Yes. His other girlfriend will come forth soon...

as the onion gets peeled...

[Treefrog]

29. Ha! Something will show up.

Odd story.

[FelineOverlord]

12. "Van life" youtuber returns from road trip without fiance. Wont speak to police

Link to tweet

[vercetti2021]

13. Yeah he killed her

Parents aren't letting him talk to the media, they are complacent

[zuul]

18. And complicit. Damned auto correct!

[Thunderbeast]

14. I do not wish to ignore the real fears of Ms. Petito's family...

I have to say, however, that young women go "missing" every day. Many of these stories do end tragically. Young women and girls of color are largely overlooked when they vanish.

Here, again, is another pretty young blonde woman who has captured the attention of the media. Her story is bound to glue eyeballs to news programming and boost ratings.

I truly hope she turns up in an Idaho diner waiting for the fuss to blow over. If her boyfriend is responsible for a crime, let law enforcement work the process without the glare of klieg lights. Let's also support the families of those missing young women who don't fit the "great story" profile.

[Demovictory9]

15. Overlooked _ also males, older, not so photogenic

Its crazy how life is valued

[Bettie]

20. That's because to the media, stories are based on perceived worth

young, conventionally attractive, white women (especially blonde ones) are considered more valuable.

Fat or unattractive women don't get press either, if they are missing, the assumption is that they aren't worth anything.

Poor women are less likely to get press than women from middle or upper class families.

Black, Indigenous....pretty much every form of not-white, have little value to the media either, because they view everything through the lens of 'what white people care about'.

ETA: Men fit into the same categories: really conventionally attractive, well off young men get stories told. The middle aged guy? The fat guy? The socially awkward guy? The non photogenic guy? The media doesn't have time for them either.

Our society is changing, but television in particular is generally a reactive medium and as such, won't change as quickly as society does.

It all sucks and it is stupid, but that's just another facet of how our media works.

[Demovictory9]

23. College students vs same age/not in college... Valued differently

Young person in college valued more by media.

Years ago, two young women went missing and were found safely. Some mentioned that the black young woman was lucky she went missing with young white woman

[Demsrule86]

31. I would place a bet right now that the boyfriend did her in...he could have left her in

the wilderness to die (planned it) or they had a fight and he offed her...the fact he won't explain for sure points to his guilt and women of all colors are murdered by their significant others every f'ing day.

[Demovictory9]

36. Yes. He is hoping body never found

[Demsrule86]

37. Exactly, I wonder what I would do if I were his parents. I like to believe that I would do the

right thing...but I don't know. My son asked me what I would do if he was a serial killer, he was a teen...and we were watching a stupid movie. I replied. help you bury the body and chain you in the basement...hehe. I think I was kidding.

[ornotna]

17. North Port? Really

Yikes. Lots of crazy in North Port. Hope she's ok.

[Demsrule86]

38. It is very unlikely that she is OK...or he would tell the cops when she left and where she went.

[mackdaddy]

21. Hopefully investigators will get both of their phone location records.

They should be able to track her phone location, and his to see where they might end or split locations.

Sounds like his family has money to hide behind a lawyer. He is sure acting like something bad happened.

[LeftInTX]

25. Yep and they haven't heard from her in a month

[Demsrule86]

39. He could have driven around with her phone for weeks after what ever happened to her occurred.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Amazing how many people think getting a lawyer is "hiding."

[Demovictory9]

24. Coming back from roadtrip without your partner and not

Providing info of her location is "hiding"

[WhiskeyGrinder]

26. okay but that's not getting a lawyer

[Demovictory9]

33. see update to OP... fiance made a cryptic statement

[Demsrule86]

40. He sounds like a psycho to me...He hopes? Yeah right.

[Sewa]

34. That doesn't sound good

Thanks for the update.

[live love laugh]

35. RepubliQkkkans are emboldened to break the law--murder included. nt

[Demsrule86]

41. I would imagine his You Tube life is over. Goodbye big bucks...

[phylny]

42. I looked on Twitter and found this incident report from Utah.

I don't know the veracity of this, but found it interesting:

Link to tweet

/photo/1

There may be a press conference today.

[Donkees]

43. Police bodycam video link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9997531/Bodycam-footage-shows-cops-asking-Gabby-Petito-SLAPPED-boyfriend-days-vanished.html