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Gabby Petito

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PascowV · 14/09/2021 20:13

Is anyone else following this news story?

Fucking hell I hope she is found. So many things about the timeline don't add up.

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kirinm · 23/09/2021 23:26

@HelenaRavenclaw

They have issued an arrest warrant for Brian now.
For fraud.
knittingaddict · 24/09/2021 09:07

For fraud.

Seriously? I listen to lots of US true crime podcasts and the ways that the police and the justice system works is often incomprehensible. Sometimes they will act with impunity and another seem to have their hands tied behind their backs. Do they think that there isn't enough evidence?

I'm just going to say it. If BL was black they would have got him for murder by now.

FortunesFave · 24/09/2021 09:13

@knittingaddict

For fraud.

Seriously? I listen to lots of US true crime podcasts and the ways that the police and the justice system works is often incomprehensible. Sometimes they will act with impunity and another seem to have their hands tied behind their backs. Do they think that there isn't enough evidence?

I'm just going to say it. If BL was black they would have got him for murder by now.

They probably only have circumstantial evidence. They usually find something more minor to get someone into an interrogation room.
CaveMum · 24/09/2021 09:26

The fraud charge will be related to the fact he was apparently using an “unauthorised card”, probably Gabby’s. More info in this thread:

twitter.com/laurarichards99/status/1441244553655177228?s=21

Gingernaut · 24/09/2021 09:32

The issue is that Gabby was murdered in one state and she and Brian lived in another.

Although Brian is a 'person of interest' in the murder of Gabby, the state where they live have no grounds to arrest him.

Whichever state he's found in, there are now grounds to arrest him.

State officials can then travel to wherever he is, interview him and possibly extradite him back to the state the murder occurred.

It's a bizarre, legal minefield.

Derbee · 24/09/2021 15:04

@Gingernaut

The issue is that Gabby was murdered in one state and she and Brian lived in another.

Although Brian is a 'person of interest' in the murder of Gabby, the state where they live have no grounds to arrest him.

Whichever state he's found in, there are now grounds to arrest him.

State officials can then travel to wherever he is, interview him and possibly extradite him back to the state the murder occurred.

It's a bizarre, legal minefield.

Surely when a crime crosses state lines, that’s when it becomes a federal crime and the FBI have authority? He’s committed a murder, and has crossed multiple state lines?
prh47bridge · 24/09/2021 18:39

urely when a crime crosses state lines, that’s when it becomes a federal crime and the FBI have authority? He’s committed a murder, and has crossed multiple state lines?

No, he is a person of interest in a murder case. We don't know for sure that he has committed a murder, although there is clearly strong circumstantial evidence.

Crossing state lines does not automatically make this into a federal crime. If he crossed state lines for the purpose of criminal activity this may be placed in the hands of a federal prosecutor but there does not appear to be any evidence that this is the case. Gabby does not appear to have been murdered on federal property, nor was she an elected or appointed federal official so, on my understanding of US law, this is not a federal crime.

Credit card and ATM fraud, on the other hand, are always federal crimes. Hence the FBI has an arrest warrant over card fraud.

Cadent · 02/10/2021 08:11

@Orangejuicemarathoner

This case is of two people in the public eye, internationally known, loads of footage available of them and their relationship and a huge mystery, firstly with one missing, now the other, nothing resolved.

You’re making them sound much more famous than they are. Gabby had 21k YouTube followers before she died, it jumped to 60k after she died. Similarly, she had a few hundred thousand followers on Instagram and the media made much of hitting the 1m milestone AFTER her death.

They were not ‘internationally known’ or in the ‘public eye’.

Sabina Nessa's case is completely different, a man has already been arrested for murder, neither of them a public personality, no mystery, nothing to speculate on

Of course there is. Many of us want to know what happened that night, why her killer targeted her, did anyone witness anything, has he done it before.

HannaHanna · 05/10/2021 23:38

@PascowV

That post you found keeps sticking in my mind. The one that mentions the storage unit and him packing her things up with his father because he doesn’t care about her anymore. I keep wondering who would have that kind of detail. It’s is especially creepy now that the news came out he flew home and cleaned out a storage unit, then apparently flew back to Utah and she was dead within a few days.

Where did you find it?

Windows01 · 07/10/2021 07:42

How do we think this guy is realistically surviving on the run? Like food and drink? What are the weather conditions like in the area he is expected to be?

FlowerTink · 12/10/2021 20:04

To update it's just been announced that Gabby died by strangulation. I'm so sad for Gabby and her family.

IcetSUV · 12/10/2021 21:49

No news onBrian Laundrie?

IndecentCakes · 13/10/2021 08:33

As I said upthread, I had a feeling that would be the cause. Poor Gabby.

fournonblondes · 13/10/2021 08:38

Probably already in SA hiding. Parents helped him to escape.

IndecentCakes · 13/10/2021 13:20

It certainly seems he has a guilty conscience.

HelenaRavenclaw · 20/10/2021 20:56

Human remains (unidentified) and some items belonging to Brian Laundrie found in Florida reserve. Press conference very soon!

Windows01 · 20/10/2021 22:03

Do you think there will be a confession in the journal that was found?

What does it mean by human remains? Seems different to just a body being found.

Anyway screams of guilt clearly. Shame justice was not served in the proper way.

KatherineJaneway · 20/10/2021 22:49

He was home long enough to make a good plan for escape before anyone realised about Gabby. Maybe this is a ruse.

Myusernameisnotmyusernameno · 21/10/2021 09:07

Wonder if he's killed himself

neveradullmoment99 · 22/10/2021 06:21

@Windows01

Do you think there will be a confession in the journal that was found?

What does it mean by human remains? Seems different to just a body being found.

Anyway screams of guilt clearly. Shame justice was not served in the proper way.

Its been reported its skull and bones.
neveradullmoment99 · 22/10/2021 06:21

Also a 'dry' backpack.

neveradullmoment99 · 22/10/2021 06:23

@Myusernameisnotmyusernameno

Wonder if he's killed himself
I think this. Terrible situation. 2 young people. Awful.
KatherineJaneway · 22/10/2021 06:24

They are his remains. It has been confirmed

Piccalino3 · 22/10/2021 06:30

This is a sad update. Sad there was no justice for Gabby and her parents and sad for his parents too. They have to deal with what their son did and now the fact he's gone. Two wasted young lives.