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Post by Scumhunter on Oct 21, 2021 14:11:48 GMT -5
Not as weird as other people think in that we've established this before- law enforcement- as much as I praise them in general in active fugitive manhunts- are notoriously bad at finding fugitives who are already dead- it usually takes them years to find bodies hiding in plain sight- in their defense usually because they err on the side of caution in assuming the fugitive is still alive. So it doesn't surprise me that they couldn't find what are probably Brian's remains but his parents could.
If what you find it weird is suggesting that Brian's parents knew he was planning to kill himself in that part of the reserve the whole time or knew his body was there the whole time it wouldn't surprise me- but I'm not sure what people are getting at when they suggest it's weird that the parents found him when the FBI couldn't.
To me that actually isn't that surprising- and I don't mean that as a knock on the FBI- as once again every fugitive needs to be considered alive armed and dangerous until proven otherwise.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Oct 21, 2021 16:12:34 GMT -5
What I’m getting at…. Which is speculation at this point is that if Brian Laundrie was planning on ending himself, could he have reached out to his parents, thus prompting his parents to want to join the search and Brian could’ve told his parents where his body would be if they wanted to find him… that’s what I’m getting at, and it makes me see it that way.
Also it seems the remains are likely that of Brian Laundrie according to the news reports.
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Post by Scumhunter on Oct 21, 2021 17:27:46 GMT -5
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Post by Scumhunter on Oct 21, 2021 17:37:57 GMT -5
But yeah I don't think your thoughts are far fetched I guess the autopsy will determine the timeline of when and how Laundrie died just I saw people suggesting that the parents planted the remains of someone else or animal remains there to throw police off track which in my opinion- like wtf? Do you know how much trouble they'd get in? Why would they purposely plant evidence knowing they'd be looked at?
Another is that Brian killed someone else and put someone else's remains there. Like that is something you only see in movies.
People obviously watch too many TV shows and movies. This is real life. Most people are not criminal masterminds. Especially not a 23 year old millennial or his parents.
Don't get me wrong the crime that I feel Brian Laundrie is guilty of- the strangulation murder of Gabby Petito was brutal and awful and he's a scumbag who is now rotting in hell. And I hate saying it in the terms of "only" but he was wanted for "only" one awful horrific murder that we know of, yet people on the internet talked about Laundrie like he was a known prolific serial killer.
I might sound like I'm being a jerk but actually what I am trying to say is we're giving this loser more credit than he deserves. He was a murderous piece of crap dumbass, not an evil genius. And I am glad he is dead.
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Post by Scumhunter on Oct 21, 2021 17:44:16 GMT -5
And yeah since Laundrie was on In Pursuit I will add him to the capture directory later on.
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Post by ninja108 on Oct 21, 2021 19:49:34 GMT -5
Not shocked it ended this way. Brian always seemed like someone who would take the easy way out in the end.
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Post by Scumhunter on Oct 21, 2021 23:59:19 GMT -5
We don't have a cause of death although the notebook near him would indicate the possibility of a suicide note. We will have to wait and see.
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Post by Scumhunter on Oct 26, 2021 8:31:32 GMT -5
I think I read now that Brian's parents didn't actually find the remains, but they found Brian's bag or lead them around the area where they knew he liked to hike and then the FBI found his remains. I still feel they let Brian out of their sight whether they knew what was he was going to do or not and then were seemingly cold and indifferent and seemed to offer no support to Gabby's family, and then only assisted the FBI after 4 weeks of them searching for Brian when if they were that concerned they should have insisted on being out there looking for Brian from the beginning. So I don't feel they've been vindicated, in my opinion.
It is a shame though as I feel the only reason John Walsh got critiqued a little more harshly than usual was because of Dog the Bounty Hunter's antics. John Walsh has a proven track record of 30 plus years tracking criminals. But because Dog made it a sideshow, people automatically lumped JW in with him. I admit I did find it silly when JW asked the coroner if Brian Laundrie was the killer, as much as I love John, but I think that was either John wanting to keep Brian in the spotlight and/or having a momentary mental lapse that has nothing to do with his age but because EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US INCLUDING ME have mental lapses. This is the same guy that basically saved Elizabeth Smart's life because he aired a clue and sketch they told him not to. And all of JW's assessments on the case, besides thinking Laundrie was still alive (which I admittedly thought too, although I did acknowledge I wouldn't have been surprised if he killed himself) was in my opinion still spot on.
And also Brian Laundrie is dead, gone, finito. People are turning this into QAnon-level conspiracy theories. If I were to believe any fugitive were capable of faking his death, it would be someone like El Chapo or a most wanted terrorist. Not some 23-year-old millenial wannabe survivalist who co-starred in YouTube videos (no disrespect to Gabby as I know she was in them with him). Brian Laundrie went from some Rambo type the FBI would never catch because he was an avid hiker and camper to now the greatest criminal mastermind in U.S. history or along with his parents the greatest and most clever criminal family in U.S. history.
I'm sorry for Gabby's family that her case turned into a sh**show and media circus. I'm sorry Gabby had to suffer as an example for what even her father acknowledged was media bias in missing people cases. I hope eventually Gabby is remembered more than Brian.
At the end of the day, I acknowledge the media and publicity when it comes to other types of missing and unsolved murder cases was important. But the case also should have been about domestic violence, and domestic violence awareness as 1A, just as important.
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Post by ninja108 on Nov 6, 2021 20:17:59 GMT -5
You hit the nail on the head Scumhunter and there is one more thing I hope this case serves as a warning for. If you go to Gabby's still active Instagram page, you'll see a happy couple filled with love having the time of their lives. As we all sadly know by now, that wasn't even close to reality. It was a violent relationship that ended in a young woman's death and a suicide of her abuser. Bottom line, social media isn't real life. People can put stuff on there to make it seem like things are amazing but that doesn't make it so and that has been proven in many cases with the coming of social media. I hope that lesson is taught going forward.
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Post by ninja108 on Nov 23, 2021 14:34:08 GMT -5
The official cause of death for Brian Laundrie has been released. Died of a gunshot wound to the head. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Post by Scumhunter on Nov 23, 2021 14:41:35 GMT -5
He must have saw Dog The Bounty Hunter was after him and realized he didn't stand a chance. *sarcasm* But yeah I was just about to post this too, I'm pretty much done talking about Laundrie but only because this is actual news as to how the manhunt ended it is noteworthy. www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/us/brian-laundrie-autopsy/index.html
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