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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Van life" youtuber returns from road trip without fiance. Wont speak to police; UPDATE _ STATEMENT!
Last edited Tue Sep 14, 2021, 08:29 PM - Edit history (1)
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 Petitos boyfriend as authorities say theyre preparing for the possibility that something "sinister" has happened to her.
Petito, 22, was last known to be in Wyomings 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
(30,613 posts)Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)Hugin
(32,778 posts)Since you started it...
"Van life" down by the river.
I'm going to Hell.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)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
(267,800 posts)Locked up or dead from suicide.
Hope they lock him up!
Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)malaise
(267,800 posts)they think they are so smart. They usually outsmart themselves and get caught.
I'll be following this one.
Quakerfriend
(5,417 posts)sounds like whatever has happened to her was not an accident.
So sad 😢 she seems like a beautiful girl.
ZonkerHarris
(24,155 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)I hope the young woman shows up OK.
Progressive Lawyer
(617 posts)sakabatou
(42,082 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Too many people get railroaded into pleading guilty, even to things they did not do. Juries can get it wrong.
Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)Clearly/ he knows she is dead. And he most likely killed her.
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Yikes.
Phentex
(16,330 posts)as the onion gets peeled...
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Odd story.
FelineOverlord
(3,554 posts)vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)Parents aren't letting him talk to the media, they are complacent
zuul
(14,615 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,380 posts)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
(32,320 posts)Its crazy how life is valued
Bettie
(15,997 posts)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
(32,320 posts)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
(68,347 posts)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
(32,320 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)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
(10,763 posts)Yikes. Lots of crazy in North Port. Hope she's ok.
Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)mackdaddy
(1,520 posts)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
(24,547 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)Providing info of her location is "hiding"
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)Sewa
(1,242 posts)Thanks for the update.
live love laugh
(13,000 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)phylny
(8,353 posts)I don't know the veracity of this, but found it interesting:
Link to tweet
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There may be a press conference today.