Brian Laundrie update – Gabby Petito Instagram sleuths analyze cause of death, notebook, parents, and ‘gator’ theory

‘BOMBARDED WITH VIOLENT IMAGES’

“Then there can be people in the throes of various mental illnesses that can be kind of bombarded with violent images that are representations of how they feel inside,” Dr Guralnik added.

Laundrie shared numerous art pieces that featured blood, knives, and violence to social media.

‘SOCIOPATHS WILL ACT ON VIOLENT IMAGES’

Brian Laundrie’s artwork was analyzed by a psychologist, who told The Sun that it’s “rare to act on violent images”.

Dr Orna Guralnik, a Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst from New York, said “sociopaths will act on violent images.”

She added: “Many people translate difficult feelings that they have inside to violent images. Many people translate bad feelings into violent motifs.”

QUESTIONABLE FIREARM

Photos surfaced of Brian Laundrie’s bedroom revealing an American Flag-painted gun hanging off his bookshelf.

The gun hangs diagonally from a black-and-white poster above a bookshelf of people beating each other.

The gun was noticed by internet sleuths, but investigators are still looking into Brian’s habits leading up to Gabby Petito’s death and his disappearance.

BRIAN’S FAMILY ‘MAY NEVER SPEAK’ ABOUT SON

Brian Laundrie’s parents may never tell their side of the story, Steven Bertolino said to CNN’s Chris Cuomo.

Cuomo asked the reason behind the family’s decision not to speak with authorities or Gabby Petito’s family.

“I can tell you the reason,” Bertolino said. “I told them not to.”

Cuomo then asked if the Laundries will “explain the situation” at a later date.

“It may come out in the future, it may not,” said Bertolino.

BRIAN LAUNDRIE BUFFET, CONTINUED

The pictures were shared in several Gabby Petito Facebook groups, sparking a flurry of both positive and negative comments.

One person asked: “Did your kid have fun? That’s all the matters! I think it’s very creative.”

Another commented: “It’s funny for Halloween but idt that’s a great theme for a first birthday. She might look back on that when she is older and be like wtf (sic).”

However, the theme of the birthday party was also slammed by some furious users online.

One posted: “I could understand the skeleton/Halloween theme but trying to poke fun of a situation like Gabby and Brian’s is completely unacceptable.”

DAD THROWS BRIAN LAUNDRIE-THEMED BUFFET FOR DAUGHTER’S BIRTHDAY

A father threw a Brian Laundrie themed buffet party as he celebrated his daughter’s first birthday and uploaded photos on social media.

Pictures uploaded to Facebook show a skeleton lying on a table that’s been covered in pancetta.

Gummy worms appear to be in the skeleton’s eyeballs and mouth and there is a selection of cheese and crackers scattered on a black tablecloth.

The name “Brian Laundrie” was also written on a black chalkboard standing next to the skeleton.

Posting in an Aldi-themed Facebook group, Jack Bersch said: “We did this with Aldi food for my daughter’s first birthday.”

“If you don’t like it that’s fine. We all thought it was funny and I would understand if I’m no longer a part of this group tomorrow morning.”

JOKERS DRESS UP AS BRIAN AND DOG

Some trolls decided to pair up and dress as Brian and Dog the Bounty Hunter, after supposedly being inspired by the bounty hunter’s well-documented search for the fugitive.

Pictures shared on social media show people posing as Dog pretending to have caught Brian.

TROLLS DRESS UP AS BRIAN FOR HALLOWEEN

Social media trolls shared photos of themselves dressed up as Brian Laundrie for Halloween this year.

Others have gone as far as to put up distasteful decorations.

The nationwide search for Brian came to an end on October 21, when his remains were identified after being located by authorities at the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park.

‘LUDICROUS’ CLAIMS

The Laundrie’s attorney, Steven Bertolino, spoke with News Nation Now to express his anger at the accusations that the Laundrie’s planted their son’s remains.

“Do you really think the Laundries had skeletal remains of their son, you know, in a plastic bag and brought them to present to the [Carlton Reserve]?” he said.

“Do you realize how ludicrous that is, how aggravating, how maddening it is to even hear those things?”

‘I KNOW WHY YOU CAME HERE’

When he traveled to Wyoming to recover his daughter’s remains, Joe Petito posted the “beautiful view” of a lake near where Gabby’s body was found in Wyoming.

“I now know why you came here. #gabbypetito has a beautiful view from now on. Love you, and miss you,” Joe Petito wrote on Twitter, alongside a picture of a lake surrounded by mountains.

WHAT DID GABBY’S DAD JOE PETITO SAY AT HER FUNERAL, CONTINUED

“And she’s inspired a lot of women and a lot of men to do what’s best for them first. Put yourself first and do it now while you have the time. I couldn’t be more proud as a father,” he added.

Joe also warned women in toxic relationships to “leave now” so that way this tragedy does not happen to them.

Just days after, the family then held a press conference, where Nicole showed off matching tattoos that were designed by Gabby prior to her death.

On October 3, 2021, Gabby’s family announced that they had launched the Gabby Petito Foundation in honor of their late daughter.

WHAT DID GABBY’S DAD JOE PETITO SAY AT HER FUNERAL?

On September 26, the family held a memorial service for Gabby to lay her to rest following the autopsy results.

At the service, Joe said that he wanted people to be “inspired” by the life she embodied.

“So when you leave here today, be inspired by what she brought to the table because the entire planet knows this woman’s name now,” he said.

GABBY PETITO’S FATHER NOT EXPECTING CLOSURE FROM NOTEBOOK

After Florida police said the notebook found near Brian Laundrie’s remains may be “salvagable,” Gabby Petito’s father, Joe Petito, said he instead wants to focus on helping other abused and missing women.

The grieving father reportedly told TMZ that nothing in Laundrie’s book can bring his daughter back or help with his grief.

HOW LONG WAS BRIAN MISSING?

Laundrie vanished from his parents’ home on September 13, the family’s lawyer confirmed. Gabby’s remains were discovered in rural Wyoming on September 19.

On Thursday, September 23, the FBI issued a warrant for Laundrie’s arrest, claiming he “used unauthorized debit cards after Gabby Petito’s death.”

His remains were found on October 20 and identified on October 21, almost one month after the warrant for his arrest was issued.

QUESTIONS REMAIN, CONTINUED

Six days later, on Sept. 19, Gabby’s remains were found at a campsite near Grand Teton National Park.

A five-week nationwide search for Laundrie then ensued. While he wasn’t named as a suspect in her death a warrant was issued for his arrest on allegations of bank fraud.

That search came to an end on October 20 after skeletal remains were found in Myakkahatchee Creek Park, which is adjacent to the Carlton Reserve, in Sarasota County, Florida.

QUESTIONS REMAIN

Brian quietly returned home to Florida alone on September 1, failing to alert police or Gabby’s family that she was missing.

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.

Brian then vanished himself on September 13, telling his parents he was going hiking in the Carlton Reserve. They described him as being “upset” and “out of sorts” when he left their home for the last time.

SHERIFF SAYS BRIAN LIKELY KILLED HIMSELF

A Florida sheriff revealed that Brian likely took his own life, as authorities were desperately searching for the fugitive’s fiancé, Gabby Petito.

The Herald Tribune reported that Sarasota County Kurt Hoffman said Laundrie went out to the preserve ‘and by all accounts probably committed suicide.’

LAUNDRIE FAMILY ATTORNEY INSISTS ‘NO DEAL WAS CUT’

Web sleuths have similarly speculated Laundrie’s parents “made a deal” with the FBI to reveal what they know about where the location of his body might be on the condition they were free from prosecution.

In a TV interview, Steven Bertolino, the lawyer for Laundrie’s family, said “conversations were had with respect to certain charges” insisted “no deal was cut” after claims were put to him.

But internet detectives believe there were “clearly negotiations” that they claim led to Laundrie’s parents telling authorities information related to where their son’s body was – in exchange for immunity from being prosecuted.

SHOCK DISAPPEARANCE AT GRAND TETON, PART TWO

Originally from Ireland, Cian McLaughlin was living in Jackson, Wyoming, working as a snowboard instructor and bartender.

According to his mother, he also has a very thick Irish accent that would make him easily identifiable.

On the day McLaughlin reportedly went missing, he was hiking on the Lupine Meadows trail. A witness saw him around 3.45pm in the afternoon.

McLaughlin was an experienced outdoorsman, but the conditions on the trails were particularly dangerous in early June as there was melting snow and ice.

Grand Teton National Park is the same park that the body of Gabby Petito’s body was found last month.

SHOCK DISAPPEARANCE AT GRAND TETON

A mother is searching for her son who has gone missing in the same park where Gabby Petito’s body was found last month.

Cian McLaughlin, 27, has been missing since June 8. He was last seen in the park going out for a hike, NewsNationNow reports

He was first reported missing by his mother, Grainne McLaughlin, who is visiting from their native Ireland to help in search efforts.

“At this phase we have absolutely no idea,” she told NewsNation.

“We are trying to understand what may have happened.”

‘SHE SETTLED FOR HIM’

Livingston claimed he got to know Gabby because she would come to visit Laundrie a few times a week and that “she was always a sweetheart, very peaceful,” he told Fox News.

“She was always really nice to me, and she was really outgoing. Once I realize that the person who was missing was somebody I actually knew, it hit me like a tidal wave,” Livingston continued.

“I think the only reason why she settled for him is he wanted to travel.”

‘VERY POSSESSIVE’

Livingston added that Laundrie would reportedly attempt to mark his territory with Gabby and “would come over and do the boyfriend thing, put his arm around her, give her a kiss, very possessive,” Livingston claimed to Fox News.

“He was a good employee who knew how to talk to people,” he revealed.

“He knew how to make people like him, he knew how to make people happy, and he knew how to make people buy the product that we had, honest. He had the same kind of air you would be taught if you worked at a dealership.”

FORMER COWORKER SAYS BRIAN WAS ‘A CHAMELEON’

Brian’s former coworker Livingston, 31, also described Laundrie as a “chameleon” who always had his hands clean even though they worked with plants and dirt.

Laundrie would also make money on the side by selling drawings, he claimed.

“I remember from back then he was a big yoga nut, always telling me, ‘I gotta worry about my zen,’” Livingston said.

“And I thought he was this weirdo.”

FORMER COWORKER SAYS BRIAN LAUNDRIE WAS ‘A WEIRDO’

Brian Laundrie was a “weirdo” who had a “quick temper,” a former co-worker has claimed.

Michael Livingston, who claims he worked with Laundrie in a New York garden center for part of 2017 and 2018, said Gabby Petito’s fiancé was a “yoga nut” and was “very possessive” over Gabby.

Livingston also said Laundrie was good at “making people like him.”

“He never came across as the kind of person that would be the killing type,” he told Fox News at a memorial for Gabby in Patchogue, New York, on Sunday.

“But he did have that tendency to be — I don’t wanna say the wrong thing and make him sound worse than he already is — he was kind of a guy who would get p—ed off pretty quick.”

GABBY’S FINAL TEXT

Gabby’s mother believes that her daughter’s last text wasn’t written by the late vlogger.

The message was sent to Nichole Schmidt on August 30 when Gabby and fiancé Brian Laundrie were still on their cross-country road trip.

The mysterious text read: “No service in Yosemite”

Yosemite is about 800 miles away from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming where Gabby’s remains were eventually found.

It’s unclear if Gabby was the one who sent the message, but the FBI has pinpointed her date of death to between August 27 to 30.