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'HELL TO PAY'
Brian Laundrie ‘doesn’t have guts to kill himself & cowboys will make his life HELL in jail’, Dog the Bounty Hunter says
DOG the Bounty Hunter says other prisoners will make Brian Laundrie's life "hell in jail" if he's arrested by police, adding that he believes the fugitive fiancé of Gabby Petito is still alive.
Laundrie has been on the run for more than four weeks, having vanished sometime around September 13 amid an investigation into Gabby's disappearance - six days before she was found
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The 23-year-old is not currently considered a suspect in Gabby's death but he is .
He is, however, wanted on fraud charges after he allegedly used a bank card belonging to Gabby, racking up charges of over $1,000 between August 30 and September 1.
Law enforcement has been focusing their search on the 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve in Sarasota County where Brian allegedly told his parents he was .
Dog, meanwhile, has been conducting his own search of Fort De Soto Park, somewhere where Brian and his family were known to regularly visit including as recently as September 6.
'DOESN'T HAVE THE GUTS'
Despite a month-long search so far unearthing no concrete traces of the wanted van-lifer, that he's certain Brian is still alive.
"Is he alive? Oh yeah, he’s still alive," the TV star said. "Do they wish that we thought he was dead? Oh yeah.
"Do they wish that we thought that he’d been eaten by the alligators [in Carlton Reserve]? Oh yeah. I think they all wish that we thought he was dead.
"I don’t think he’s that personality," he continued. "I guess it takes a lot of guts to kill yourself.
"I like to think that I have a lot of guts but I don’t have [enough] guts to kill myself - and I don’t think he does either."
'HELL TO PAY'
Dog also said that he believes it's just a matter of time before Brian is captured by investigators.
He also alleged that Brian killed Gabby, despite the fact he's not currently considered a suspect, and will soon be .
"You've committed a terrible crime," he alleged of Laundrie. "You've gotta pay for this, so you might get 20 years [in jail] and do 11.
"But for the next 11 years you're inside a Wyoming penitentiary and them cowboys up there, they don't like it if you kill a girl or a child.
"Almost every penitentiary in America don't like if you kill a girl or child so he was going to have - as they would say in Wyoming - hell to pay."
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Dog, 68, joined the search for Laundrie last month at the behest of his fans.
He was on honeymoon with his wife Francie when he learned of Brian's disappearance but felt compelled to interrupt his romantic trip to aid in the hunt for him.
He told The Sun through tears that and that “” who Dog lost in a tragic car accident at 23-years-old.
“Dog, Dog, Dog the ‘D’ is in the sky,” Dog said, as he grew more emotional.
He said the pull to jump into the search was just too much.
“Then we came down here and I said to Francie ‘Honey, it's eight hours away. Honey, I need it so bad. My skin is crawling, I'm getting goose bumps. I'm having those dreams FREEZE I GOT YOU BOY! I’m having those kinds of dreams Francie.”
DOG'S PLEA
On Tuesday Dog urged Brian to “turn yourself in" after it was revealed the and her body left out in the Wyoming wilderness for three to four weeks.
"The corner's report is not good for the entire Laundrie family. Brian's only chance is to turn himself in - he cannot run forever," Dog said.
"The Laundrie's have stonewalled Gabby's family because they knew what Brian had done. And it looks like they helped him run.
"And now it seems like, based on the [autopsy] report and coupled with their behavior, that they have most likely aided and abetted a murderer.
"Strangulation is not an accident," he continued. "Right now it looks very bad for the Laundrie family."
HUNT FOR LAUNDRIE
and Gabby, who met in before moving to two years ago, were around two months into their planned four-month cross-country road trip touring the US’ national parks before
Brian quietly returned home to Florida alone on September 1, failing to alert police or Gabby’s family that she was missing.
He reportedly acted "without a care in the world" upon his return, neighbors said, mowing the front yard and enjoying idyllic bike rides with his mom.
Gabby was eventually reported missing by her mother in New York on September 11. That came after 10 days of allegedly being stonewalled by Brian and his parents about where her daughter was, she said.
Then, on September 13, Brian allegedly vanished after telling his parents he was going hiking at Carlton Reserve.
But they didn’t report Brian missing until four days later.
A four-week search for Laundrie has so far yielded no leads beyond speculation and a
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Neither Brian nor his parents have been charged with any crime relating to Gabby's death at this time.
An investigation into Gabby's murder continues.
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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.
- 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 26 - Gabby'swas held on Long Island, New York.
- October 12: were made public. Teton County Coroner Dr Brent Blue confirmed Gabby died by strangulation.
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