Long Island dad begs for return of daughter who vanished on road trip

NY Post ^ | 09/13/2021 | Jackie Salo

[ChicagoConservative27]

The desperate dad of a Long Island woman who went missing during a cross-country trip with her boyfriend told The Post on Monday that he is only focused on bringing her home — adding, “All of the crap afterward will sort itself out.”

Gabby Petito, 22, was last known to be in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park in late August after heading out on a road trip a month earlier with her boyfriend, identified on social media as Brian Laundrie.

Laundrie, who has since returned to Florida, has reportedly hired a lawyer and refused to cooperate with authorities.

“I want to keep the focus on finding [Gabby],” Joe Petito told The Post amid questions about what happened to his daughter. “[Laundrie] doesn’t matter. The van [they were in] doesn’t matter.

“Don’t focus on the crap, focus on finding her. I can’t implore that enough. All of the crap afterward will sort itself out. Please find her. I beg you,” the dad said, addressing authorities and the public.

[ChicagoConservative27]

The boyfriend flies home and lawyers up. That speaks volumes on his character.

[Jonny7797]

Laundrie, who has since returned to Florida, has reportedly hired a lawyer and refused to cooperate with authorities.

Gee, I wonder why.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The boyfriend is not missing and the daughter is missing.

That doesn’t sound good.

[montag813]

Laundrie, who has since returned to Florida, has reportedly hired a lawyer and refused to cooperate with authorities.

Ok, so hire a goon with a blowtorch and pair of pliers and send him to Florida.

[Red Badger]

[TornadoAlley3]

Laundry?

[Veggie Todd]

Waterboard him.

[EEGator]

Boyfriend looks like Shia LaBeouf...

[Dilbert San Diego]

I know right? They are on a road trip together, he returns home, but she doesn’t? And he has nothing to say about why she didn’t return home as well????

[ClearCase_guy]

Brian should do everyone a favor and come clean.

[DesertRhino]

Not hearing ANY explanation from the guy at all? He just flies home and gets a lawyer?

Hate to say it, but this story is going to follow a predictable path.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Florida Man

[Blood of Tyrants]

You would think that he would be eager to clear himself. But then, there is the old adage of NEVER talk to the police in which you might be implicated of a crime.

The question I still have is did he lawyer up as soon as he was named a suspect or before?

[PghBaldy]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9984283/Van-lifer-22-disappears-cross-country-trip-Yellowstone-fianc-e.html

[ChicagoConservative27]

says her daughter sent her a text message FIVE DAYS after they last spoke but can’t be sure it was her.

Could be him using her phone..

[TornadoAlley3]

Most definitely he should SHOUT it out.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Laundrie, who has since returned to Florida, has reportedly hired a lawyer and refused to cooperate with authorities.

Hiring a lawyer and refusing to cooperate with authorities is good advice for anyone who the police wish to talk to - there are way too many horror stories about what has happened to innocent people who talked to police without a lawyer present. But the fact that this guy is back, safe and sound, while his girlfriend isn't, and no explanation - doesn't sound good.

[EEGator]

I’m thinking he murdered her or they did drugs together, she OD’d, and he buried her God knows where.

[kiryandil]

Fentanyl.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

“Hate to say it, but this story is going to follow a predictable path.”

She’s dead, Jim.