In another thread, someone was very upset that missing males don't get the same coverage as missing white females. So, the purpose of this thread is to discuss Brian Laundrie who went missing. It's possible in theory that someone killed him. I'm just saying...
I didn't pay attention to this till the police bodycam video came across my feed a few days ago, and I started watching and ended up watching the whole thing. From that video, I wondered whether it could have been a self defense situation, because she was the one that was going to be charged for assault. ICYMI, they were stopped for driving erratically in Utah. From their own accounts, she did hit him while he was driving and also earlier in the day, and he had visible marks on his face and arms. The police even talked to a witness on the phone who had witnessed the earlier altercation, and said the woman was the aggressor. So, the police were considering charging her alone, but ultimately decided not to and just to ask them to spend the night apart. The police were exceedingly accommodating to them, so polite and generous. They made arrangements to get the guy a room for the night, to be covered by the local women's shelter. She was to take the van on her own.
Anyway, she was very anxious and crying and did seem like she could have mental health issues, and maybe she could have been the abuser. She was acapologetic about what she did to him. He also come off anxious, less so, and he put it to having police lights flash behind him. They were both very cooperative and blabby, more so than any attorney would advise. They admitted way too much.
So, I was wondering whether maybe she might have attacked him one day and he was defending himself and it got out of hand.
BUT, then a couple of days ago, it was reported there was another 911 call on that same day of the stop, and this caller said he saw the guy had slapped the woman several times. And then there was another story that a diner at a Wyoming restaurant recalled seeing Brian arguing aggressively with a waitress there on 8/27, 2 days before Gabby was last heard from. And there are reports now that friends of the couple say they had a rocky relationship, he was controlling and jealous.
It's been like a Dateline episode where the bury the lede of all the obvious incriminating evidence until the end. Now I suspect her anxiety on display during the stop could be because he made her like that.
Anyway, fuck this guy. He is probably hiding out, hope the crocs get him, if he is even in the woods, which could be a diversion.
I wonder how the UT police feel now about how they handled it. Probably nothing they could have done to change things though.