'ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE'
Brian Laundrie’s parents ‘MUST know more’ about fiance Gabby Petito’s disappearance, former FBI Deputy Director says
BRIAN Laundrie's parents haven’t been entirely forthcoming and know a lot more than they’ve let off, an ex-FBI official claims.
“What do Laundrie's parents really know,” Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director said.
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“When you think about essentially taking a weekend camping vacation with your son who just returned back from months on the road camping with his fiancée, and returned without his fiancée - it's almost impossible to imagine that conversations didn’t take place between them,” he said, according to an interview on .
He suggested parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, might be keen to learn some basics such as “like, oh, I don't know 'Where is your fiancee?" and ‘Why did you leave her in Wyoming - or wherever he claims to have parted ways?’"
Petito's remains were found near the camping area in Bridger-Teton National Forest on September 21 after her family reported her missing on September 11, sparking a widespread search.
"The cause of death remains pending final autopsy results," the FBI stated.
On September 23, coroners in Wyoming listed her likely cause of death as the result of a homicide in a preliminary report.
That same day, a federal arrest warrant for Brian was issued accusing him of swiping more than $1,000 of a debit card that is believed to be Gabby’s sometime between August 30 and September 1, according to the .
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MUM SO FAR
Laundrie's parents have said that their 23-year-old son left their Florida home back on September 14 to head for a hike at the Carlton Reserve in Sarasota, but failed to return.
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Three days later when Brian failed to come back, they reported him missing to North Port police.
This week, it was revealed that on Sept. 6, the parents took a camping trip with their son at the Fort De Soto Campground which some 75 miles away from their home.
Roberta checked in at a waterfront site and stayed two days, according to a Pinellas County Parks campground report, reported.
The family trip findings come as the FBI are running down reports that .
Agents are said to be poring over CCTV footage taken at a Florida store near his parent's home in North Port, Florida.
DOG'S TIP
The lead came after Dog the Bounty Hunter joined the manhunt for Gabby Petito’s former fiancee.
He said that tipster came forward claiming that Brian had never actually left Fort De Soto with his parents when they checked out of the camp.
Dog the Bounty Hunter, real name Doug Chapman, arrived at the Fort De Soto on Wednesday morning with fresh investigators pinpoint Laundrie’s location on foot and on water.
Law enforcement was also believed to be using , with helicopters and police cars spotted in the area.
A heavy presence had been flooding the Carolton Reserve for several days to navigate .
When asked by The Sun about police "activity" at Fort De Soto Park, the North Port Police Department said they "can't give any of that information out over the phone."
‘NOTHING BUT BALONEY’
In a statement issued through the Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino yesterday, Chris and Roberta denied Dog's claim that Laundrie didn't leave the park with them on September 8.
"That dog doesn't know what he's talking about," Bertolino stated.
"The Laundries had reservations at the campground for September 1 to 3. They canceled those reservations and did not go to the park during that weekend although dog says they did.
"They did go to that campground September 6 and 7 as a family and they all left together despite the claims of others."
Bertolino added that went to "other places on two different dates" which he claimed the FBI has been notified.
"So Brian obviously returned home after camping and what that dog is spewing is nothing but baloney," he wrote.
TRACKING BRIAN
Brian Laundrie disappeared more than two weeks.
He is only considered a “person of interest” in 22-year-old Gabby's murder.
The couple logged two months into their planned four-month cross-country road trip touring the US’ national parks before Gabby vanished sometime around August 27.
Brian quietly returned home driving Gabby's transit van back to Florida alone on September 1, failing to alert police or Gabby’s family that she was missing.
FBI agents and cops discovered remains in Grand Teton National Park in on September 19, and a ruled the manner of her death as a homicide.
has not yet been released as medical examiners try to establish her
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