r/netflix • u/TheMirrorUS • Feb 19 '25

News Article Brian Laundrie’s parents shunned by Florida community over Gabby Petito’s murder following Netflix docuseries

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/brian-laundries-parents-shunned-florida-984726
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u/nomadnomor Feb 19 '25

they lived just down the road from us, they were shunned from the start with protesters outside their house

they should be ashamed of their actions and wound up lossing their child too due to their bad decisions

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u/grannyknockers Feb 19 '25

His bad decisions. FTFY

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u/Here_4_the_INFO Feb 19 '25

They did make the decision not to talk to the cops the 1st night they stopped by looking for Gabby. Sure,, the son made the original bad decision, but they certainly compounded it with their actions and other decisions.

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u/Starbreiz Feb 19 '25

I followed the original story and did not realize what a delay that all created. Seeing the footage in the documentary blew my mind, how quickly they had a lawyer, you knew she was dead then :(

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u/Here_4_the_INFO Feb 19 '25

My thoughts exactly. I didn't realize it was right from the start that the parents refused to help. Also, the Florida Sargent didn't sound like he was too interested in getting involved while talking to the NY Cops, "That's New York, This is Southwest Florida"... OK, people don't do crazy stuff in Florida? There is an actual "FLORIDA MAN" trend because of all the crazy shit people in Florida do...

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u/Starbreiz Feb 19 '25

LOL, im aware of Florida Man, you make an excellent point about being invested. I wondered the same thing, like he didn't seem THAT alarmed... but I am not in law enforcement and it's hard to understand the mindset.

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u/DrCinnabon Feb 20 '25

I think at first yes but when he went back and saw they weren’t helping at all, he basically was like let’s at least get what we can, which was the vehicle.

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u/jasonic89 Feb 19 '25

I could be wrong, but I think what he meant was that the laws are different in Florida and New York regarding missing persons and/or probable cause to get some type of warrant. I think he was just frustrated getting a call from New York and basically just asking “what do you want me to do?”

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u/Coconosong Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

At the very minimum, he took their (Brian’s parents) word that that the van belonged to Brian and Gabby and didn’t run the plates.

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u/allblackST Feb 20 '25

No he didn’t? They ran the plates and the van came back as Gabbys and they took it

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u/Pink_Ruby_3 Feb 21 '25

Yes that's exactly right. People are misinterpreting this.

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u/Admirable_Branch_221 Feb 21 '25

Fr. Cops hate working with other cops, it’s all an ego trip to them. This case is riddled with shitty cops not doing their jobs right but then again that’s everywhere everyday 😪

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u/SadMom2019 Feb 20 '25

Yeah that part was disappointing, he clearly didn't want to do anything about this case at all. It wasn't until after he approached the Laundries himself and they were shitty and uncooperative with him, that it seemed to piss him off enough to actual do something (tow away Gabbys van).

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u/Here_4_the_INFO Feb 20 '25

Exactly. I felt like he thought NY was overreacting, and knowing what we know now it was frustrating.

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u/Impossible_Goose_529 Mar 13 '25

That Florida cop was defensive as fu**, he couldn’t handle the idea of a “New York” woman being right. He needs to check his own insecurity and why he responded the way he did. I hope he hangs his head in shame and checks himself.

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u/kitkatthebrat Apr 21 '25

Yeah he obviously was acting defensively and rude to the woman New York cop. I think because she was a woman, he tried to act like she was wrong, incompetent. As soon as the man got on the phone, he started to behave more reasonably. But he clearly didn’t want to do his job… just trying o get out of it and make the woman cop look stupid and like she was “emotional” and not being logical. But actually he was being emotional and not thinking logically about the situation. He was so wrong.

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u/ThinResolution3243 Feb 21 '25

Same . I was kind of impressed in a weird way in how they used the system. Unethical yes, but as long as they didn’t help him in the murder or coverup, they didn’t technically do anything illegal in not talking to the police and lawyering up

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u/Starbreiz Feb 21 '25

I am surprised that is not considered an after-the-fact accessory or aiding/abetting a criminal or something? IANAL :)

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u/Carmela_Motto Feb 19 '25

They should have called the cops the moment he told them Gabby was dead (whatever story he told them). Instead they wired 25K to a lawyer in Wyoming.

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u/Alternative_Year_340 Feb 20 '25

Hiring a lawyer for a son who committed a heinous crime is acceptable behaviour. Harbouring him as a fugitive isn’t. I’m sure that’s not what the lawyer told them to do.

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u/VirtualMoneyLover Mar 18 '25

that’s not what the lawyer told them to do.

I dunno. Whose idea was using her phone and debit card like she is alive?

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u/Disastrous-Taste-974 Feb 22 '25

Why on earth is this downvoted? 🤦‍♀️

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u/VirtualMoneyLover Mar 18 '25

were not harboring

Correct, it was obstruction of justice.

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u/sexyprettything Feb 21 '25

A family getting a lawyer despite what he did seems reasonable.

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u/grannyknockers Feb 19 '25

Yeah for sure, but he’s dead because of what he did. They didn’t lose their son because of their actions, they lost him because of his actions. 

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u/Here_4_the_INFO Feb 19 '25

Maybe if they had turned him into Police from the beginning he would still be alive, albeit in Prison, but alive. Their decision to shield him contributed to his death, in my opinion.

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u/Classic_News8985 Feb 20 '25

Arguably their son was the way he was because he was influenced by his parents actions. Take the “burn after reading” note for instance. He likely had some confidence in doing what he did because of his mother’s words and support.