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 Gabby Petito's fiancé continues, a former FBI director speculated that could soon be summoned to a grand jury.
"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.
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.
“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.
According to Gabby's best friend, Rose Davis, she believes the fugitive is hiding out from cops and can survive on his own.
“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 .
“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.”
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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