JUSTICE FOR GABBY
Brian Laundrie’s parents could get charged, expert says as new details emerge about where he could be hiding
BRIAN Laundrie's parents could get charged, expert says, as new details emerge about where he could be hiding.
As the search for 's fiancé continues, a former FBI director speculated that could soon be summoned to a grand jury.
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"I would expect that to happen momentarily, see them in front of a grand jury, and then if they are not going to cooperate, they can get charged with contempt or obstruction," Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director for counterintelligence with the FBI, told this week.
"There is no parental-child privilege, and I actually thought, by now, we would see them summoned to the grand jury. We now have an indictment; it's a federal case."
Figliuzzi told the news outlet that the usage of "unauthorized use" in the indictment was also revealing.
"If it's her credit card, presumably, that means that authorities are convinced that Gabby was unable to give permission to use her card.
"That means they are closer to fixing the time of death… that's why you are seeing 'unauthorized use,' she was likely dead at that time," Figliuzzi said.
Steven Bertolino, the Laundrie family attorney, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Sun.
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The news comes as it was reported that the if it's proven they "misled" authorities.
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy Mike Hadsell estimates the bill for has reached $1.2million.
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“I can accurately estimate they are spending $200,000 a day on this search,” Hadsell, who says he is a swamp search and rescue expert, told .
Hadsell warned that the parents could be stuck footing the steep bill if it’s proven that they weren’t completely forthright with investigators who were searching for their son.
“And if this thing turns out to be bogus and they can prove that the family misled law enforcement on this, the parents will get a bill,” said Hadsell.
On Thursday, Christopher, 62, and Roberta Laundrie, 55, had reportedly traveled to Orlando, Florida, after leaving their North Port home.
Laundrie has been , when he told in Florida's Carlton Preserve.
According to Gabby's best friend, Rose Davis, she believes the fugitive is hiding out from cops and can survive on his own.
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In an interview with , Davis said lived in the rugged Appalachians “by himself for months.”
“He is out in the wilderness, I promise you,” Davis told the magazine.
Davis, 21, has insisted that she's been telling police and agents everything she knows about and suspects he is on the run in .
“He’s out there. He is. If he’s alive, he’s out there, camping out. He lived in the Appalachians by himself for months," the 21-year-old said.
Davis doesn’t believe Laundrie has anyone helping him hideout, saying the fugitive "does not have friends" and instead "reads books."
She became friends with Laundrie through her relationship with Gabby, though their friendship was strained, she told People.
She previously described him as a controlling and manipulative boyfriend with jealousy issues and said Gabby had sometimes stayed with her to put some space between them.
When Laundie disappeared, Davis feared he might come looking for her.
“He knows where I live. When he first went missing, there was a small percentage of me that was like, he definitely knows where I live. And he does not like me," she told the magazine.
Gabby Petito timeline
Gabby Petito, 22, was last seen on August 24, leaving a hotel in Utah. Here is a timeline of Gabby Petito's disappearance:
- June 2021 - set off on a cross-country trip across the US.
- July 4 - posts photos of herself barefoot in Gove County, Kansas.
- July 8 - Gabby posts photos of herself at the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.
- July 18 - Gabby and post photos of themselves at Utah's Zion National Park.
- August 12 - in September showing an encounter Brian and Gabby had with police in Utah. Police confirmed that no significant injuries were reported.
- August 19 - on their YouTube channel chronicling their trip. The video receives more than 200,000 views.
- August 24 - Gabby is spotted leaving a hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- August 25 - Gabby Facetimes her mom, Nichole Schmidt, for the final time. In a later police report, Schmidt said her conversations with her daughter revealed "" between her and Brian.
- August 25 - Gabby also posts her last Instagram. No location is given.
- August 27 - Gabby is . Witnesses claim they saw Brian in an explosive argument with staff at a restaurant in Jackson Hole, leaving Gabby in tears.
- August 27 - Four hours later, travel bloggers driving through Grand Teton National Park drive past the couple's van "abandoned" on a dirt road.
- September 1 - Brian returns home to without Gabby.
- September 11 - report her missing to Suffolk County police.
- September 14 - Brian's family issues a statement saying he has retained an attorney and will not be cooperating with investigators.
- September 14 - Brian is by his family. He reportedly told them he was going hiking in Cartlon Reserve but failed to return.
- September 15 - Florida's North Port police announce in the case. He is not charged with any crime.
- September 16 - Utah police release of the police encounter with Brian and Gabby.
- September 17 - say they have not seen their son in a couple of days and report him missing.
- September 18 - Police announc. Police announce they have not found anything.
- September 19 - Authorities in Wyoming say . The FBI announces the body was believed to be Gabby's but a full forensic identification needs to be completed first to confirm.
- September 20 - Police execute a search warrant on Laundrie's home, seizing and a hard drive that may contain "evidence relevant to proving that a felony has been committed."
- September 21 - Officials announce they will be on the remains found in Wyoming to confirm whether or not they belong to Gabby. Police also resumed their search for Laundrie, this time on the Venice side of Carlton Reserve.
- September 21 - The FBI announced the body found in Wyoming was identified as Gabby's. The cause of death was not yet revealed.
- September 21 - The Teton County Coroner's office said was still pending but the initial manner of death is homicide.
- September 22 - Police continue to scour for a trace of Laundrie but yield no leads. A specialist dive team is called in to assist with the hunt.
- September 23 - Officials announced a for Brian was issued.
- September 24 - Gabby's father announced his will be held on Sunday, September 26.
“You don’t know what it’s like for someone you considered a friend to murder your best friend,” she added.
“I’ve stayed at their house. I’ve slept in the same house as him. I ate dinners with him, played board games with him, gone to the beach. That’s scary.”
On September 19, authorities , Wyoming.
They later .
and a will be held in Blue Point, , on Sunday.
“This is a very heartbreaking tragedy. It is so surreal. It is so just horrific. There’s almost a loss of words for it because no one deserves to go out this way, especially not her," Davis said.
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