Those posts abruptly stopped in late August, and police say Laundrie returned September 1 in the couple's van without his fiancée to the North Port, Florida, home where he lived with Petito and his parents. Petito's family reported her missing September 11, and her body was found September 19 in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest.
The attorney pushed back against the unsubstantiated claims Brian Laundire's parents attempted to pervert the course of justice in an explosive 20-minute interview with NewsNation Prime.
Steve Bertolino, the attorney representing Laundrie’s family, told 8 On Your Side’s Mahsa Saeidi that he and the family reported Brian missing the very first night that he went for a hike and didn’t come home.
The undisputed facts are that Brian Laundrie, 23, and Petito, 22, had been road-tripping in a white van from New York through the US West over the summer, regularly posting photos and stories to their social media pages with the hashtag #vanlife.
Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino said on Friday: “To my knowledge there will be no charges.”
Laundrie and his family hired a lawyer and invoked their Fifth Amendment rights. On Sept.
The parents of Brian Laundrie will not face charges over the homicide of Gabby Petito, their lawyer has told The Independent.
Laundrie's remains were found in a Florida nature preserve last month, one month after Petito, 22, was found strangled to death on the edge of Wyoming's Grand Teton national park, where the couple had been travelling together in a van.
Grand Teton National ParkPetito, 22, died three to four weeks before her body was found Sept. 19 near an undeveloped camping area along the border of Grand Teton National Park in remote northern Wyoming, Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said in a news conference.
Gabrielle Petito, 22, was reported missing on Sept. 11 after she did not return from a monthslong cross-country trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Her remains were later in a national park in Wyoming. The authorities were searching for Mr.
Petito's family filed the lawsuit earlier this month, alleging that Laundrie told his parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, he had killed Petito before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip, and that the couple concealed their son's alleged confession from the Petito family and authorities.
Gabby Petito's parents filed a lawsuit Thursday against Brian Laundrie's parents for damages related to the fact that they believe the Laundries knew their son killed Gabby Petito and did not share her location with them during the search.
— The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new Florida lawsuit that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Sarasota County Circuit Court contends that Laundrie told his parents on Aug.
September 19September 21: The coroner confirms that the remains found in Wyoming belong to Gabby and initially rules her death is a homicide. September 19: Remains are found in the Bridgerton National Forest in Wyoming.
Laundrie disappeared a few days before Petito's remains were found after he allegedly went for a hike and never returned. The couple were together on a months-long cross-country trip before Petito was reported missing on September 11. The police said that Petito died of strangulation by another human.
Brian Laundrie flew cross-country to visit his parents' home in Florida during his trip with Gabby Petito, according to the Laundrie family's lawyer, Steven Bertolini. The attorney said Laundrie flew home on August 17 and returned to Utah on August 23, four days before Petito was last seen.
Brian was officially declared a missing person on Sept. 17. At the time, his parents told police they had last seen him leave home to go to the Carlton Reserve area for a hike on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Bertolino later said that, after further communication with the FBI, the Laundries believed their son actually left home to go hiking on Sept. 13.
More than a month into the search for Brian, on Oct. 20, partial skeletal remains were found in the Carlton Reserve. The remains were identified as those of Brian on Thursday using dental records, according to the FBI.
Laundrie and his family did not immediately speak with police when given the opportunity.
North Port police had no information Laundrie was missing on September 13 and believed he was at the house, spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN in a statement Thursday, noting the department was “an assisting agency” in the investigation until the night of September 14.
Laundrie and his family did not immediately speak with police when given the opportunity.
North Port police had no information Laundrie was missing on September 13 and believed he was at the house, spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN in a statement Thursday, noting the department was "an assisting agency" in the investigation until the night of September 14.
After reporting Petito missing, her family and police publicly pleaded with the Laundrie family to cooperate with authorities.