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Post by brux on Oct 26, 2021 12:18:39 GMT -6
that's interesting. so his mom did intend to throw the police off his trail? I wonder. They had to have known their house was under surveillance, right? She goes to pick up an abandoned car two days after her son left and then doesn't report her son missing for another two days? Suspicious.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 26, 2021 12:24:02 GMT -6
I am once again not trying to shame anyone's interest (here I am as well) but the hubaloo around this case is really weird. Everyone listen to the Fall Line and the Missing and Murdered podcasts. Those are some stories. I would really like to study why some stories stick and some don't. It's more than race but I know race can be a part of it. 🤷🏻♀️ to me it is race deep down no matter if people want to believe it. Gabby was a cute blond girl that many white men and women (mostly women) think that could be my daughter and take to the internet. They don't see that when they see a black or brown girl even though we should because that is someone's daughter and it could have been your daughter still
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Post by truffleshuffle on Oct 26, 2021 12:57:23 GMT -6
Josh Taylor, the public information officer for the department, told WINK that police began tracking the 23-year-old's movements soon after his fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing. Taylor said police had surveillance cameras set up around the Laundries' home, intent on keeping a close eye on Brian, who returned home on Sept. 1 from a road trip with Petito, alone. However, that plan failed. Investigators tasked with keeping tabs on Laundrie apparently saw him leave his parents' house in his grey Mustang on Sept 13. Two days later, when the car returned, they mistook Laundrie's mother for him. "They're kind of built similarly," Taylor said. At a press conference on Sept. 16, officials told reporters they knew where Laundrie was, and that they were confident he was in his parents' home. "That was certainly news to us that they had not seen him," Taylor said. "We thought that we [had] seen Brian initially come back into that home on that Wednesday. But, we now know that that wasn't true." Taylor alleges that Roberta drove Brian's car back, and was wearing a baseball hat at the time. "They had returned from the park with that Mustang," Taylor says. "So, who does that? Right? Like, if you think your son's missing since Tuesday, you're going to bring his car back to the home? So it didn't make sense that anyone would do that if he wasn't there. So the individual getting out with a baseball cap we thought was Brian." even with a baseball cap, i don't see how a 55 year old woman could be mistaken for her 23 year old son
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Post by GhoatMonket on Oct 26, 2021 13:02:18 GMT -6
Josh Taylor, the public information officer for the department, told WINK that police began tracking the 23-year-old's movements soon after his fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing. Taylor said police had surveillance cameras set up around the Laundries' home, intent on keeping a close eye on Brian, who returned home on Sept. 1 from a road trip with Petito, alone. However, that plan failed. Investigators tasked with keeping tabs on Laundrie apparently saw him leave his parents' house in his grey Mustang on Sept 13. Two days later, when the car returned, they mistook Laundrie's mother for him. "They're kind of built similarly," Taylor said. At a press conference on Sept. 16, officials told reporters they knew where Laundrie was, and that they were confident he was in his parents' home. "That was certainly news to us that they had not seen him," Taylor said. "We thought that we [had] seen Brian initially come back into that home on that Wednesday. But, we now know that that wasn't true." Taylor alleges that Roberta drove Brian's car back, and was wearing a baseball hat at the time. "They had returned from the park with that Mustang," Taylor says. "So, who does that? Right? Like, if you think your son's missing since Tuesday, you're going to bring his car back to the home? So it didn't make sense that anyone would do that if he wasn't there. So the individual getting out with a baseball cap we thought was Brian." even with a baseball cap, i don't see how a 55 year old woman could be mistaken for her 23 year old son Like, I'm kind of built like a dude but you wouldn't mistake me for my dad because I put on a fucking hat.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Oct 26, 2021 13:06:53 GMT -6
I would really like to study why some stories stick and some don't. It's more than race but I know race can be a part of it. 🤷🏻♀️ to me it is race deep down no matter if people want to believe it. Gabby was a cute blond girl that many white men and women (mostly women) think that could be my daughter and take to the internet. They don't see that when they see a black or brown girl even though we should because that is someone's daughter and it could have been your daughter still It's absolutely a huge part of it. Has she been a WOC with the same social media following, it would not have received the same level of attention. The media would have been treated her parents considerably different than Gabby's were treated as well.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Oct 26, 2021 13:08:55 GMT -6
I am really disappointed in his parents. I fucking tried with you people.
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Oct 26, 2021 13:17:12 GMT -6
that's interesting. so his mom did intend to throw the police off his trail? I wonder. They had to have known their house was under surveillance, right? She goes to pick up an abandoned car two days after her son left and then doesn't report her son missing for another two days? Suspicious. Now, now, don't ASSUME anything. /jk
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Post by brux on Oct 26, 2021 13:22:10 GMT -6
I wonder. They had to have known their house was under surveillance, right? She goes to pick up an abandoned car two days after her son left and then doesn't report her son missing for another two days? Suspicious. Now, now, don't ASSUME anything. /jk who me?!?! I would *never*!
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Post by McBenny on Oct 26, 2021 13:26:44 GMT -6
I would really like to study why some stories stick and some don't. It's more than race but I know race can be a part of it. 🤷🏻♀️ to me it is race deep down no matter if people want to believe it. Gabby was a cute blond girl that many white men and women (mostly women) think that could be my daughter and take to the internet. They don't see that when they see a black or brown girl even though we should because that is someone's daughter and it could have been your daughter still but you have missing white girls that get no play too is what I'm saying. Sure it's race we know that. I think then also socioeconomic backgrounds, lifestyles, etc.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Oct 26, 2021 13:29:13 GMT -6
to me it is race deep down no matter if people want to believe it. Gabby was a cute blond girl that many white men and women (mostly women) think that could be my daughter and take to the internet. They don't see that when they see a black or brown girl even though we should because that is someone's daughter and it could have been your daughter still but you have missing white girls that get no play too is what I'm saying. Sure it's race we know that. I think then also socioeconomic backgrounds, lifestyles, etc. They aren't all cute and blonde and 20. And yes, someone with more money is going to get more attention. Someone that has a history of substance abuse is likely to get less attention.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Oct 26, 2021 13:30:28 GMT -6
If you haven't, look up a picture of her. You aren't mistaking that woman for her son. In most of the pictures that come up when you Google- SHE HAS ON A FUCKING HAT.
Hair alone should have been a dead giveaway.
Clearly my skills are needed in Florida.
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Post by angelashly on Oct 26, 2021 13:42:51 GMT -6
to me it is race deep down no matter if people want to believe it. Gabby was a cute blond girl that many white men and women (mostly women) think that could be my daughter and take to the internet. They don't see that when they see a black or brown girl even though we should because that is someone's daughter and it could have been your daughter still but you have missing white girls that get no play too is what I'm saying. Sure it's race we know that. I think then also socioeconomic backgrounds, lifestyles, etc. I can see that
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Post by teraiin on Oct 26, 2021 13:43:11 GMT -6
If you haven't, look up a picture of her. You aren't mistaking that woman for her son. In most of the pictures that come up when you Google- SHE HAS ON A FUCKING HAT. Hair alone should have been a dead giveaway. Clearly my skills are needed in Florida. Someone posted this screenshot on FB and I loled because … come on… she does not look like him just because she’s wearing a hat
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Post by icedcoffee on Oct 26, 2021 13:52:29 GMT -6
I dont know. Not in that picture no but if she was wearing different clothes I could see it
If she was mistaken for him I don't think that was a coincidence and it was intentional
That just makes me feel even more like I believe the theory that they hid him and then panicked because they hadn't heard from him and then started cooperating because of that
**not a coincidence forgot the not
Edit again I was right the first time ignore me lmao
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Post by GhoatMonket on Oct 26, 2021 14:00:04 GMT -6
I dont know. Not in that picture no but if she was wearing different clothes I could see it If she was mistaken for him I don't think that was a coincidence and it was intentional That just makes me feel even more like I believe the theory that they hid him and then panicked because they hadn't heard from him and then started cooperating because of that You are going to mistake that for a 23 year old dude with a shaved head? The hair alone should have been a clue.
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Post by icedcoffee on Oct 26, 2021 14:03:00 GMT -6
I dont know. Not in that picture no but if she was wearing different clothes I could see it If she was mistaken for him I don't think that was a coincidence and it was intentional That just makes me feel even more like I believe the theory that they hid him and then panicked because they hadn't heard from him and then started cooperating because of that You are going to mistake that for a 23 year old dude with a shaved head? The hair alone should have been a clue. A baggy sweatshirt and pants? Hair tucked into a hat? A hat? A mask possibly even? Add in driving his car and running quickly into the house? Yes I think it could be possible. Irresponsible on the police part, definitely. That's why I think if they did mistake her she did it on purpose
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Post by Skewball on Oct 26, 2021 14:06:40 GMT -6
I dont know. Not in that picture no but if she was wearing different clothes I could see it If she was mistaken for him I don't think that was a coincidence and it was intentional That just makes me feel even more like I believe the theory that they hid him and then panicked because they hadn't heard from him and then started cooperating because of that You are going to mistake that for a 23 year old dude with a shaved head? The hair alone should have been a clue. I don't know the exact details of this sighting but if she was wearing a hoodie, if it was at dawn or dusk, from a driveway to a front door there isn't a big distance, I can see how they could have mistaken the mom for the son.
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Post by icedcoffee on Oct 26, 2021 14:10:45 GMT -6
She could have even had her sweatshirt hood over her hat where you couldn't even see the hair at all
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Post by brux on Oct 26, 2021 14:12:07 GMT -6
If she tucked her hair in or had a hoodie up on top of a hat, she was 100% pretending she was Brian to throw off the police.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Oct 26, 2021 14:14:25 GMT -6
Her hair is as tucked as it can be. It's short. Her hairline extends well below a hat line.
His dad you might have had a chance at selling that one.
Also hat =/= hoodie.
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Post by hugsfordrugs on Oct 26, 2021 14:30:17 GMT -6
These are also professionals doing the surveillance. While some of you apparently couldn't tell the difference, I would REALLY like to think that professionals can tell the difference between a 50+ old woman with her hair up in a hat, to that of her 23 year old son. These aren't neighbors looking out their blinds from across the street.
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Post by icedcoffee on Oct 26, 2021 14:34:37 GMT -6
I mean it's a huge fuck up for sure
What's the alternative? Are the police lying then? Not watching closely? Paid off?
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Post by McBenny on Oct 26, 2021 14:40:26 GMT -6
Josh Taylor, the public information officer for the department, told WINK that police began tracking the 23-year-old's movements soon after his fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing. Taylor said police had surveillance cameras set up around the Laundries' home, intent on keeping a close eye on Brian, who returned home on Sept. 1 from a road trip with Petito, alone. However, that plan failed. Investigators tasked with keeping tabs on Laundrie apparently saw him leave his parents' house in his grey Mustang on Sept 13. Two days later, when the car returned, they mistook Laundrie's mother for him. "They're kind of built similarly," Taylor said. At a press conference on Sept. 16, officials told reporters they knew where Laundrie was, and that they were confident he was in his parents' home. "That was certainly news to us that they had not seen him," Taylor said. "We thought that we [had] seen Brian initially come back into that home on that Wednesday. But, we now know that that wasn't true." Taylor alleges that Roberta drove Brian's car back, and was wearing a baseball hat at the time. "They had returned from the park with that Mustang," Taylor says. "So, who does that? Right? Like, if you think your son's missing since Tuesday, you're going to bring his car back to the home? So it didn't make sense that anyone would do that if he wasn't there. So the individual getting out with a baseball cap we thought was Brian." even with a baseball cap, i don't see how a 55 year old woman could be mistaken for her 23 year old son i don't see it at all. As GhoatMonket said she's usually in a hat. 🤷🏻♀️ This is a reach to me.
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Post by shamycooler on Oct 26, 2021 15:04:15 GMT -6
These are also professionals doing the surveillance. While some of you apparently couldn't tell the difference, I would REALLY like to think that professionals can tell the difference between a 50+ old woman with her hair up in a hat, to that of her 23 year old son. These aren't neighbors looking out their blinds from across the street. My guess is the police were doing a lazy job...they probably did mistake the mom for Brian, because they were only halfheartedly doing their work. Yeah they're the police, but they're not always "professionals". I should message you the article about the latest fuck up from my local agency that made news...if you haven't seen it yet.
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Post by hugsfordrugs on Oct 26, 2021 15:46:01 GMT -6
These are also professionals doing the surveillance. While some of you apparently couldn't tell the difference, I would REALLY like to think that professionals can tell the difference between a 50+ old woman with her hair up in a hat, to that of her 23 year old son. These aren't neighbors looking out their blinds from across the street. My guess is the police were doing a lazy job...they probably did mistake the mom for Brian, because they were only halfheartedly doing their work. Yeah they're the police, but they're not always "professionals". I should message you the article about the latest fuck up from my local agency that made news...if you haven't seen it yet. I totally think it was laziness too. I certainly don't think they were fooled. Lazy? Absolutely.
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Post by icedcoffee on Oct 26, 2021 16:39:40 GMT -6
So instead of admitting they didn't watch the house as closely as they could they're saying they mistook the mother for him?
That doesn't make them seem any better honestly. Why are so many things with this case so weird?
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Post by sweptaway on Oct 26, 2021 17:53:27 GMT -6
I mean according to what was posted up thread he was gone from the house for two days before mom came back with the car. So they weren't really watching him anyway. They watched him leave the house. .. then what ?
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Post by Radley on Oct 26, 2021 19:01:46 GMT -6
So instead of admitting they didn't watch the house as closely as they could they're saying they mistook the mother for him? That doesn't make them seem any better honestly. Why are so many things with this case so weird? I guess they think it sounds better to say “yeah we were watching. We saw the car leave and later come back with some one in a baseball cap and figured they wouldn’t just leave him without a car”. Verses saying “yeah we didn’t watch”.
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Post by lifesaverz on Oct 26, 2021 19:07:47 GMT -6
Laziness is my vote too. I don't think they would've mistaken the two if they had been watching the house in person, but remotely, with probably a not perfect quality camera, & making a quick "assumption" that "oh that's him", without questioning or examining it much, that would be my guess how that could happen.
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Post by McBenny on Oct 26, 2021 19:22:58 GMT -6
I mean according to what was posted up thread he was gone from the house for two days before mom came back with the car. So they weren't really watching him anyway. They watched him leave the house. .. then what ? exactly. They knew he left the house so he should have been followed that time when he left.
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