'IT MAKES SENSE'
Brian Laundrie web sleuths claim parents ‘cut deal’ with FBI to reveal location of body for immunity from prosecution
WEB sleuths have claimed Brian Laundrie's parents "made a deal" with the FBI to reveal the location of his body on the condition they were free from prosecution.
In a TV interview, the lawyer for Laundrie's family said "conversations were had with respect to certain charges" but insisted "no deal was cut" after claims were put to him.
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But internet sleuths believe there were "clearly negotiations" that they claim led to Laundrie's parents telling authorities where their son's body was - in exchange for immunity from being prosecuted.
Sleuths on YouTube channel Popcorned Planet have pulled apart a clip of an interview on NBC with the Laundrie's family lawyer, Steven Bertolino.
Interviewer Tom Llamas asks: "There has been some speculation out there that maybe some type of deal was cut - that they (Laundrie's parents) promised to cooperate with investigators to get some type of immunity - any truth to that?"
Bertolino then appears to sigh and takes a long pause before answering: "I can tell you no, there's no truth to that. What I can tell you is that conversations were had several weeks ago with the FBI with respect to certain charges.
"When questioned and when communications were had between myself and the FBI, I think it was realized that charges were not appropriate.
"There was never a threat, there was never a coercion, there was never a deal cut."
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Llamas then questions whether Bertolino is talking about "misdemenor or felony charges".
Again, Bertolino pauses before saying: "I don't know what level of crime or charge was in the mix.
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