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/bbddbdb Feb 19 '25

Because they harbored and aided a fugitive who murdered his girlfriend.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

The mother also offered to help dispose of the body

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u/Enchantedscribe2024 Feb 21 '25

The parents should face obstruction of justice. Harboring a fugitive. But I don’t know if he was even considered a fugitive. It would not surprise me if his mother got mad at the situation over the days and told her son he’d be better off dead. She is definitely a narcissist!

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

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u/Unique-Significance9 Feb 25 '25

Exactly, the police literally let Brian escape.

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u/VirtualMoneyLover Mar 18 '25

At the end, this turned out to be better.

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u/CorkSoaker420 Feb 26 '25

Because "feels sketchy" and actual probable cause are very far from the same thing.

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u/SunCharming9692 Mar 06 '25

They would never to get more evidence and the warrant first.

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u/AkaleoNow Feb 23 '25

Because Florida. Because white privilege. Because incompetence.

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u/Unique-Significance9 Feb 25 '25

It's not like his family was super white 🤦‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

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u/Temporary_Bliss Feb 23 '25

lol that’s how u get a case dismissed as a mistrial

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u/Ok_Bandicoot_2303 Feb 24 '25

Ya ok officer 🙄

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u/Mountain-Tap7560 Feb 24 '25

i’m sure you would’ve

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u/Key-Lead-3449 Feb 25 '25

Because that's not how the law works. They did not have enough evidence to obtain a warrant, it doesn't matter how sketchy it "seems".

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u/CDK5 Feb 26 '25

I just want to know how he managed to leave the house on the 13th without anyone seeing him.

Why didn't police search the house and place him under arrest as soon as his parents said he had an attorney.

I think such a precedent would be even more dangerous.

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u/Unlikely-Post-4063 Feb 26 '25

There's a pretty good chance he was never actually there. One theory says his parents picked up the van and brought it to their house to give him time to escape.

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u/CDK5 Feb 26 '25

One of the cops in the show mentioned there were two cameras pointed at the house, but the protestors were messing up the view (or something like that).

One of the cameras shown was one of the eye-in-the-sky types you see on telephone poles.

I don't know how that thing could have missed Brian.

There's a pretty good chance he was never actually there.

Seems like it could be verified with the said camera no?

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u/Unlikely-Post-4063 Feb 27 '25

Seems like it, but they were not there before the van showed up. They could verify *theoretically* whether or not he left the house, but you never know. Police make mistakes, cameras can fail.