Brian Laundrie’s family ‘MUST’ know more about missing fugitive than they’re revealing, FBI veteran claims
BRIAN Laundrie's parents aren't sharing what they know about Gabby Petito’s strangling murder and their son’s sudden disappearance, an ex-FBI official claims.
“There’s got to be something they know that they're not disclosing,” ex-FBI agent Dennis Franks said.
“They do know things that they're not going to reveal.”
Franks is skeptical that are coveting critical information because they quickly let their attorney Steve Bertolino be their mouthpiece.
“They hired this attorney, which they have a right to do,” he said. “This attorney is providing a certain amount of information.”
But he suspects there is much more that they’ve chosen to withhold.
“How to you get to that,” asked Franks. “I don't know.”
KNOW SOMEONE WITH INFO
Whether or not the parents are playing possum or truly in the dark about what happened to in Wyoming or where their son is they might know someone else who could come forward to help.
“If they don't know something maybe they know someone - somebody who knows them; someone who knows some information.
“I always like the idea of going back to those involved and talking to them as much as possible.”
FINDING BRIAN
The manhunt for the has drawn federal and local Florida law enforcement spending valuable time and manpower searching through 24,000 acres of treacherous swampland of the Carlton Reserve in Venice, Florida.
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.
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 .
STRANGLED GABBY
On Tuesday, Teton County, Wyoming, coroner .
During the press conference, .
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.
Then, on September 13, after telling his parents he was going hiking at Carlton Reserve.
But they didn’t report Brian missing until four days later.
The charges stem from August 30, when Brian allegedly used Gabby’s debit card and personal identification number to access her bank accounts.
That same day, Gabby's mom, Nicole Schmidt, also receives a text from Gabby's phone that reads: “No service in Yosemite.”
The mother is convinced that the text wasn’t sent from her daughter.
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