Current Events > Brian Laundrie, fiance of missing Woman Gabby Petito, Now also Missing

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AloneIBreak posted...

How popular are these people that they're getting national attention? I've never heard of them.

They are rather small influencers. Like 200k on Instagram. The story mostly went viral due to how weird it is and the big outlets picked up the story because it was so viral. Remember, Chris Chan made national headlines not too long ago. We live in an age where CNN and Fox News copy reddit for stories.

Deuceswild posted...

The first thing you do is lawyer up.

Sure, if you're guilty and/or a sociopath.

Doesnt matter if youre innocent or guilty. Talking to the police does nothing to help you. The police are not your friend.

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Alpha218 posted...

Doesnt matter if youre innocent or guilty. Talking to the police does nothing to help you. The police are not your friend.

That's not the point. We aren't talking about if the police want to question you. We're talking about someone you supposedly care about goes missing, who do you contact? You just call your attorney well after the fact? That's stupid and not what anyone would rationally do.

as a POC I understand Why the dude didn't talk to the police, they're not out for your best interests

ScazarMeltex posted...

It's absolutely rational if you know how the cops operate. You can contact the police and tell them she is missing, but if they want to ask you questions you absolutely do not answer anything unless you have a lawyer there to protect you from saying anything the cops can use to pin it on you, because as the SO, you are absolutely who they want to pin it on.

Most people don't have criminal attorneys on retainer. So you're going to take the time to look for one and then explain the situation then go to the police. Meanwhile the odds of finding your loved one decrease. Nobody is going to be thinking about that when they're framed out about their SO.

No, you'd contact the cops first then find an attorney if you feel it necessary. That's why he was so suspect to begin with. He's not a ting like an innocent person would, at all.

soulunison2 posted...

as a POC I understand Why the dude didn't talk to the police, they're not out for your best interests

I'm black, as an fyi. And still, nobody is going to not call the cops when someone they care about disappears. Even in neighborhoods where cops are generally reviled does this happen.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

It's not hard to find a criminal attorney dude. A quick google search will find you a dozen with in 10 miles.

And all attorneys aren't equal, so...there's more that goes into selecting an attorney than simply drawing a name out of a hat lol

Deuceswild posted...

Police don't care whether or not you're innocent, they're only trying to solve a case, if they can pin it on you and close the case easier, it looks good on them.

Um, ok? That doesn't really have anything to do with what I'm saying. The point isn't about defending the police. It's about typical human behavior and what actually makes sense. Not some paranoid "logic" that nobody would ever actually employ at a time like this.

ClunkerSlim posted...

He was named a person of interest though. There have been protestors outside his house. What these fuck ups should have done is offer him police protection. Then they could have kept tabs on his location.

See, this is why I am so against giving the public details on an ongoing investigation. These people don't know shit beyond what the media tells them, and I always go back to Richard Jewell. Whih should've been a "maybe we shouldn't be broadcasting criminal investigations for entertainment juuuuuust in case the guy we're all saying is guilty turns out to be, yknow, innocent" moment of clarity.

But America.

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Alpha218 posted...

Doesnt matter if youre innocent or guilty. Talking to the police does nothing to help you. The police are not your friend.

That's an absurd stance. My sister was raped when she was 11. Talked to the cops. Cops found the rapist and locked him up. The point is, there are plenty of scenarios where it's beneficial to talk to the cops. Like if your girlfriend gets lost in the woods and you need help finding her...

metallica846 posted...

Why wouldnt a victim talk to the cops? Im sorry that happened but your example is not good.

Why wouldn't the boyfriend of a girl that actually got lost not want to talk to the cops right away? He's not guilty of anything so why would he fear them? And talking to them would vastly increase the chances of your girlfriend being found. And I'm sorry to break this to you buddy but a lot of people with that mod's mindset won't talk to cops even if they or their loved ones are victims. That mindset is not uncommon.

Grischnak posted...

He's not guilty of anything so why would he fear them?

Im not gonna say that you should always have a lawyer present or whatever but this is just a painfully naive question. Do you know how many people are wrongly convicted every year?

The fact is that its true that talking to police at all is a bad idea for your own self-interests, and a lawyer who is legally obligated to protect your interests is going to advise against you talking to the police for any reason. For most people, their desire to find their loved one is going to outweigh their sense of self-preservation and they are going to talk the the police anyway.

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bruh his google location or something is out there. dude's face is so recognizable.

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ClunkerSlim posted...

Scenario: She broke up with you in a large fight and just straight up left. You went home and after a week still nobody heard from her. You start thinking that either she died from exposure or got killed by the murderer from the campground you were both at. Suddenly there's three bodies that the police have got to solve and you're the only name they've got. You better sure as fuck lawyer up.

Because you left her to die in the wilderness and it's your fault she's dead. In a scenario where you're out camping with someone, be it friend or family or wife or whatever, and you get in a fight you don't just fucking bounce and leave them in the wilderness or ignore that they never came back. What kind of psycho would do that?

MrToothHasYou posted...

Im not gonna say that you should always have a lawyer present or whatever but this is just a painfully naive question. Do you know how many people are wrongly convicted every year?

The fact is that its true that talking to police at all is a bad idea for your own self-interests, and a lawyer who is legally obligated to protect your interests is going to advise against you talking to the police for any reason. For most people, their desire to find their loved one is going to outweigh their sense of self-preservation and they are going to talk the the police anyway.

My comment was in direct relation to someone getting lost in the woods and not some sort of general "never be afraid of the police if you didn't anything wrong" statement. Yes, people do get falsely convicted all the time and there are certainly times where you don't want to talk to police, but when comes to someone getting lost in the woods it's absurdly paranoid and self-serving to even think about that tbqh. And it doesn't really even work when it comes to keeping the cops off you because if she did indeed just get lost, reporting it right away would have been way less suspicious then what he actually did.

Lol wow...there about 7 posts I don't see.

ClunkerSlim posted...

In this scenario she could have left him at the campsite. I believe the other two women were murdered at or near the campsite. You can't force someone to come with you. If she broke up and left then there's not much you can do. Another example is if she met someone else at the campsite and bailed with him. "We're through. I met a guy named Craig and he believes in me. I'm leaving."

Now you're going completely off track. Remember what you're responding to buddy:

Grischnak posted...

Why wouldn't the boyfriend of a girl that actually got lost not want to talk to the cops right away?

If the scenario where a girl dumps you to be with another guy(or not) you wouldn't go to the cops because in that scenario she didn't get lost in the first place. And you wouldn't go to a lawyer in those scenarios either. So those are just like completely different situations. And they both fall apart when you remember that he had her van. So she broke up with him and let him take her van while she was stuck without a ride? Seems....unlikely.

Brian goes missing, Brian's Family "He went in that park..."

Cops goes searching for him in that park for days

Meanwhile, Brian on his way to Mexico or something...

*Face Palms*

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ClunkerSlim posted...

I don't think that's true. Only because the dumbass cops thought he was still in the house. Everyone did. So there wouldn't be any point to drawing attention to him not being there. He could have slipped quietly to Mexico and no one would have been looking for him.

Didn't he "disappear" for like a week before his family / lawyer finally told the police (He disappeared on the 12th).

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body found where they were searching for Gabby, identity unknown

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/gabby-petito-search-missing-woman-brian-laundrie

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BobanMarjanovic posted...

body found where they were searching for Gabby, identity unknown

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/gabby-petito-search-missing-woman-brian-laundrie

Damn, not surprised but still sad

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