Posted on 10/13/2021 12:39:58 PM PDT by Red Badger
Dog the Bounty Hunter is giving up the hunt for Brian Laundrie, who disappeared shortly before the body of his fiancée, Gabby Petito, was found in a Wyoming park.
The 68-year-old bounty hunter, whose real name is Duane Chapman, said he has left Florida and flown back to his home state of Colorado to nurse a sprained ankle. He and his team had been searching for the 23-year-old fugitive in the swampy Carlton Reserve.
His daughter, Lyssa Chapman, wrote on Twitter that the “bait is set.”
Late last week, police hunting for Laundrie reportedly found a recently used campsite at the Florida park where Laundrie told his parents he was going.
“A source close [to] his family told CNN’s Chris Cuomo last Wednesday that authorities said they ‘found fresh traces of a campsite’ at the sprawling, 25,000-acre Carlton Reserve in Sarasota,” the New York Post reported.
The new development followed a report Wednesday that says Laundrie flew home to Florida after his infamous fight with his girlfriend in Utah, then rejoined her just before she vanished.
The family lawyer, Steven Bertolino, revealed a twist in the case’s timeline to the Post last Tuesday, saying “Brian returned to his parents’ home in North Port on Aug. 17 and then flew back to Salt Lake City on Aug. 23 to rejoin Petito.”
“Brian flew home to obtain some items and empty and close the storage unit to save money as [he and Petito] contemplated extending the road trip,” Bertolino said in a text to the paper. “To my knowledge, Brian and Gabby paid for the flights, as they were sharing expenses.”
Petito, 22, was reportedly last seen at a Wyoming restaurant on August 27, while Laundrie, 23, returned home alone in her van on September 1. Petito’s body was found on September 19 at a campsite at the Teton-Bridger National Forest in Wyoming. A coroner declared her death a homicide and Laundrie has disappeared.
Meanwhile, other reports emerged. Laundrie used Petito’s bank card in Wyoming just three days after she was last seen alive, her family’s lawyer said Tuesday.
“You can look at his state of mind by his actions,” Petito family attorney Richard Stafford said on the “Dr. Phil” show on CBS-TV. “He ran, he stole her credit card, he used her credit card to get home and then ran from the police. That’s going to show a lot what he was thinking back then.”
Federal authorities in Wyoming issued an arrest warrant on September 23 for Laundrie for allegedly using a stolen card “on or about August 30, 2021, through and including on or about September 1, 2021” when he “obtained things of value aggregating to $1,000 or more.”
In another development, Laundrie’s sister last Tuesday implored her fugitive brother to hand himself over to the police.
“I would tell my brother to just come forward and get us out of this horrible mess,” Cassie Laundrie told “Good Morning America” in an interview. “I worry about him. I hope he’s okay — and then I’m angry,” she said.
That was quick.
No tv offers so he packed it in
Like Geraldo opening Al Capones safe …
Seems wimpy.
I believe Laundrie killed her after he returned from FLA, and found out she had been playing around in his absence. Chances are, Laundrie is dead. Stuffed under a log for a long dinner by a random gator or two.
Nice try, Daily Wire. It was reported Dog was leaving temporarily to take care of some business at home and get medical treatement for an ankle injury and gather funds to continue the search. Then it was posted he would stay in Florida. What kind of fake news site is Ben Shapiro running?
[I believe Laundrie killed her after he returned from FLA]
How could he have done that?
Nevermind the post. I didn’t see what the lawyer said about the timeline.
“What kind of fake news site is Ben Shapiro running?”
Does the name Michelle Fields ring a bell? Ben likes to tell a tall one occasionally...
He really persevered. Poor guy sprains his ankle and calls it quits?
Judge Crater, Amelia Earhart, Brian Laundrie...
I will take Daily Wire over Newsweek any day
They are wrong. It has been posted everywhere. Daily Wire is using information from a couple days ago.
Gave up the search. No money in it for him. We can but hope Laundrie killed himself—but I think he is still alive someplace planning to hold up until the heat is off and he can take on a new identity in a year or two —that’s my theory. I bet he has a new girl and if she assets her independence he will kill her too.
Gave up the search. No money in it for him. We can but hope Laundrie killed himself—but I think he is still alive someplace planning to hold up until the heat is off and he can take on a new identity in a year or two —that’s my theory. I bet he has a new girl and if she assets her independence he will kill her too.
D.B. Cooper.......................
Dog Remains in Florida
WE Should set up a team of psychics to find this creepy Brian Laundrie— a group. Two of my psychic friends say he is in the Northern state of Georgia—in a rented cabin (under a different name) ready to hold up all winter. Another says he is in Monterey, Mexico in a hotel with a Mexican Cutie. He plans to move south to Costa Rica.
Dog Remains in Florida
Where were they found?
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