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 murdered at a Wyoming campsite.
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.
"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.
"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.
Dog, 68, joined the search for Laundrie last month at the behest of his fans.
“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.
"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.
Brian quietly returned home to Florida alone on September 1, failing to alert police or Gabby’s family that she was missing.
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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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