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/Chuyzapatist Feb 20 '25

I know they said they found Brian’s remains, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they helped him get away and start a new life. The circumstances of how they found his remains seem strange from what I recall.

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u/Daigojigai Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25

You do know that there is forensic, DNA testing & things like dental records that can be used to confirm even severely decomposed remains right? The switching bodies & decoy corpses trope only works in films that ignore modern forensic science. His parents didn't bribe several police departments, foiled public records requests & fooled the FBI to fake an autopsy & smuggle him out. The coward is dead, don't worry.

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u/circuit_breaker Feb 21 '25

It really is baffling how badly people seem to want to believe he's alive.

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u/Accomplished_Ask_876 Mar 01 '25

People love to make up true crime theories😂 just like most Unsolved Mysteries episodes are explained by suicide or drugs/cartel, family just doesn’t want to believe it

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u/Forward_Bend_2189 Apr 11 '25

Not exactly the same, but lots of people believe Elvis and JFK Jr. are alive. I don’t get it

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u/Fine_Ad744 Jun 27 '25

I know. He isn’t alive. I believed he was dead and that was likely suicide as soon as it came out he had been missing from his home for 3-4 days. He wasn’t just verified by dental records or something else. Itwas DNA. He had left his home on the 13th or 14th and reported missing on the 17th. There were no sightings of him during that time period.

Once his pictures were released to the public people were coming forward with sightings of him going back to the time period of Gabby’s murder I believe he would have ran if it was possible and his parents would have helped him just like they helped him sneak out to commit suicide. There was nowhere that Brian could go that he wouldn’t be spotted and recognized.

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u/Luna920 Feb 21 '25

I had this discussion with someone in the gabby sub who said he’s alive, his corpse was decomposed and no skin was present… like do you not know how advanced our forensics are

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u/GalSouth Feb 24 '25

I read somewhere that one tooth and one bone were tested. Could have been a little finger bone for all we know. I don’t remember the article stating a specific bone. Small sacrifice if Brian is living a second life outside the US if this is correct information.

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u/Daigojigai Feb 26 '25

He's dead. It's been confirmed. This isn't the movies. No need to do backflips conjuring asinine conspiracy theories that don't hold up to evidence & fact.

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u/daysinnroom203 Feb 21 '25

Well they are saying he was identified by his teeth…. And his uncle was the dentist that verified that. Is this not true?

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u/Daigojigai Feb 21 '25

After confirmation with the dentist in question, those dental records are then shared with agency forensic science teams to verify. It is only officially confirmed once the agencies with jurisdiction verify it. Additionally his dental records, as part of the health network is not stored locally in a physical version, but digitally across the health care networks systems, so it can not be changed or modified without facing heavy scrutiny.

There are numerous checks and balances in place where a single dentist could not fake a person's death. Not anymore, not for over three decades.

He is dead, been verified. What you are are assuming only happens in fictional entertainment.

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u/Daigojigai May 26 '25

He's dead. Let it rest. And yes, you can determine age from teeth.

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u/prohammock Feb 21 '25

The Laundries were present when the remains were found, but so were the police. The remains were thoroughly tested, it was him.

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u/No_Consequence_6821 Feb 22 '25

I’m pretty sure the police were not present.

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u/Forward_Bend_2189 Apr 11 '25

The Laundries led the police to the site. They obviously had been there prior. Maybe they left the car there so they could find their way back?

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u/No_Consequence_6821 Apr 12 '25

They knew where he had gone and walked in there and found his remains. Police had searched prior, but it had been flooded when the police were there. Once the weather had cleared, the Laundries were able to find his remains pretty quickly, but he was only about a mile in; doesn’t mean they knew where he was-I mean, the knew he was at this wildlife refuge because his car was there, so they didn’t need any special knowledge beyond that in order to find the remains.

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u/officialdiscoking Feb 21 '25

I wouldn't put it past them, but wouldn't the police have to handle/identify the remains

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u/Fuzzy_Strawberry1180 Feb 21 '25

That's more than a coincidence

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u/Stunning_Contract245 Feb 22 '25

I’ve had this same thought….