Second sighting of Brian Laundrie as witness says he ‘freaked out & tried to jump from car’ after bible fell on his lap
A SECOND woman who claims she picked up Brian Laundrie alleges he "freaked out and tried to jump out of her car" after a bible fell on his lap.
Norma Jean Jalovec says she gave Gabby Petito's fiancé a lift on August 29 at around 6:15pm near the Jackson Lake Dam, Wyoming - two days after the couple was spotted in a Tex-Mex restaurant.
The alleged encounter came on the same day that Miranda Baker also claimed she gave Laundrie a lift in her jeep.
Jalovec was in the national park as she attended mass at a church – around 1.2miles from the dam.
She said she spotted was walking backward and holding his thumb out before she picked him up.
A bible fell on Brian's lap, Jalovec said, after she took a sharp turn. He picked it up and put it back on the dashboard, she added.
Laundrie then reportedly asked her to drop him off at the Spread Creek camping ground - where Gabby's body was later found.
But as they approached the entrance, he reportedly freaked out and tried to "get out the moving car", according to Jalovec.
She told : “I picked him up. Something just said, ‘Hey ask him where he’s going.”
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Jalovec told the outlet that everything was legitimate” and she has already spoken to FBI detectives.
During their small talk in the car, Laundrie reportedly told Jalovec that he had been hiking and had a fiancé.
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Since her alleged encounter, Jalovec admitted that she cannot "explain" why she went to church and picked up a "hitchhiker".
She said: "I've gotten so much s*** from family and friends."
The alleged encounter happened just minutes after and her boyfriend for a ride in their car.
She claimed that they were approached by the 23-year-old at the Grand Teton National Park.
Baker alleged that Laundrie offered $200 for the ride for approximately 10 miles, something which she saw as “kind of weird”.
The Sun reached out to law enforcement and Baker to obtain further details but didn’t receive a response.
North Port Police spokesperson Josh Taylor told the Independent at the time that cops had talked with Baker.
Jalovec's alleged encounter came just days after was reportedly last seen at the Tex-Mex restaurant Merry Piglets in Jackson.
'ALLEGED SIGHTINGS'
A manager at the restaurant confirmed to News that Laundrie and Petito were there on August 27.
The boss alleged that the, without their white Ford Transit camper van.
The manager’s account may be one of the last-known sightings of Petito and Laundrie together.
A photographer alleged she saw with a waitress.
Speaking to Fox News, Nina Celie Angelo, of New Orleans, claimed Gabby was with him at the time.
Angelo said she had been visiting the state with her boyfriend when they stopped for lunch at the Tex-Mex.
'EXPLOSIVE ARGUMENT'
She admitted that she couldn’t hear what words were being exchanged but claimed that the spat was over the “bill or about money”.
Angelo also uploaded a lengthy account of her alleged encounter with to her Instagram page on Wednesday.
A was issued for Laundrie, according to an indictment filed by the Denver Field Office of the FBI.
He is accused of swiping a Capital One debit card and running up a $1,000 balance from August 31 until September 1.
The purchases appear to violate a federal statute (use of unauthorized access devices).
The comes as detectives, K9s, and police continue to search for Laundrie.
He returned home to Florida alone on September 1 – weeks after starting a cross-country road trip with Gabby.
Laundrie immediately hired a lawyer and refused to cooperate with the police.
He is currently missing after allegedly telling his parents on September 14 that he was going for a hike.
Since the weekend, they have searched the vast 25,000-acre Carlton nature reserve in Sarasota but have not had any success.
North Port Police department Josh Taylor said the reserve is “an unforgiving location” at times.
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He said: “It is currently waist-deep in water in many areas.
"This is dangerous work for the search crews as they are wading through gator and snake-infested swamps and flooded hiking and biking trails."
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