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re: UPDATE: Body found in Brian Laundrie search

Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:14 pm to
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:14 pm to
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He goes silent then sends a text from her phone on the 30th on the way to Fla. to throw them off the scent.


If that's true they would be able to tell where the text was sent from based off of cell tower pings, or possibly GPS tracking.

If the cell phone really was near Yosemite on that August 30 text, and it can be established that he was back in Sarasota on the Sep 1, then that moves the needle towards his innocence as it would be very difficult for him to murder her, plan and carry out the disposal of her corpse and then drive all the way across the country in that short of a time frame.

Another possibility since the source of the text was from a timeline that her uncle constructed, wrote out and posted to the internet is that the actual text said Yellowstone (their intended next stop, and the most logical place to visit after GTNP) and the uncle just got confused and mixed up the names of the national parks.

The cell data should tell you where to begin searching and it's odd we haven't seen any movement on that front. It makes me wonder if maybe this chick really is crazy and ran off.

BTW - this case sort of parallels the Colorado man accused of murdering his wife (no body or evidence of crime). In that case (he was arrested and charged) the prosecution has claimed that cell phone data indicates he was chasing his wife through their house the night before she went missing. How the hell can cell phone tracking data be so precise as to establish someone is "chasing" another person in a house, yet in this case we're left wondering if she just disappeared somewhere along the Oregon Trail?
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
87660 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:31 pm to
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How the hell can cell phone tracking data be so precise as to establish someone is "chasing" another person in a house, yet in this case we're left wondering if she just disappeared somewhere along the Oregon Trail?


I’m sure the cops have this info already, though no idea how much/if at all the service out there could impact the data
This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 11:33 pm
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
16282 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:34 pm to
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I’m sure the cops have this info already, though no idea how much/if at all the service out there could impact the data

Generally accepted cell phone GPS accuracy is about 16ft with a solid signal. That degrades as signal decreases or you start jumping networks.
This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 11:39 pm
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
4999 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:40 pm to

Yeah, I'm guessing the cops have a rough outline of the case but are missing the body and some details. They are withholding all of this while the media puts the screws on him and his parents to tell their side of the story, hoping they can trap him in some lies that will bolster a circumstantial case if they can't find a body.

TBH, if you are looking to get away with murder, doing it in the middle of nowhere Wyoming, hiding the body and then keeping your mouth completely shut is a pretty good plan.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
91798 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:43 pm to
He could’ve stopped anywhere along the way home to FL to dump her body. He had a van after all.

Wonder if their search is only in WY as of now. Agreed it’s a good starting place
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
293053 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:43 pm to
They say there is a part of Yellowstone in which there is no law enforcement jurisdiction. There's a 50 mile area called the "zone of death."

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The vast majority of Yellowstone National Park is situated in the state of Wyoming. However, the northernmost and westernmost parts of the park spill over the border into the adjoining states of Montana and Idaho. This is where the opportunity lies, thanks to a poorly drafted statute in the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
127700 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 11:59 pm to
I just read about this. Wow. It actually exists and is very true. And would likely pass Constitutional muster.

What a shitshow that would be.
Posted by Cajunhawk81
Member since Jan 2021
2511 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 5:45 am to
Hell hath no fury like a pretty white girl gone missing.
Posted by bulldog95
North Louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
21163 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:12 am to
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23261 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:19 am to
People here are mistaking Yosemite in California for Yellowstone in Wyoming/ Montana. From all accounts they were in Yellowstone/ grand Teton National park not Yosemite.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36155 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:32 am to
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I just don’t believe she sent at least that last text based on the timeline and that she stopped FaceTiming like usual

I guess they can track where it was sent from? Because texts should use towers like phone calls do. If they had the location that the text was sent from then they should be able to clear him if it’s from somewhere that doesn’t match up with the timeline. Can’t necessarily prove that it was him if it wasn’t sent from the Yosemite area though.
Posted by OldmanBeasley
Charlotte
Member since Jun 2014
10878 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:37 am to
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People here are mistaking Yosemite in California for Yellowstone in Wyoming/ Montana. From all accounts they were in Yellowstone/ grand Teton National park not Yosemite.

People here aren’t mistaking Yosemite for Yellowstone, the uncle may have though
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
52570 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:41 am to
Looks like a lot of youtuber fans and Tik tok fans in here.

The world will be better off without them. Just accept it
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 7:43 am
Posted by OldmanBeasley
Charlotte
Member since Jun 2014
10878 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:45 am to
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Looks like a lot of youtuber fans and Tik tok fans in here.

The world will be better off without them. Just accept it

I don’t think anyone here really gives a shite about either of those, this is just an interesting story. You still turning tricks in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot?
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 7:49 am
Posted by UpToPar
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
22790 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:13 am to
The statement from his attorney is odd: "and the warning that 'any statement made will be used against you' is true, regardless of whether my client had anything to do with Ms. Petito's disappearance."

Seems like he should have said "even though my client had nothing to do with Ms. Petito's disappearance."
Posted by UpToPar
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
22790 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:15 am to
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If the cell phone really was near Yosemite on that August 30 text, and it can be established that he was back in Sarasota on the Sep 1, then that moves the needle towards his innocence as it would be very difficult for him to murder her, plan and carry out the disposal of her corpse and then drive all the way across the country in that short of a time frame.


Not really. He could have already killed her when the August 30th text was sent.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
55758 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:21 am to
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Another possibility since the source of the text was from a timeline that her uncle constructed, wrote out and posted to the internet is that the actual text said Yellowstone (their intended next stop, and the most logical place to visit after GTNP) and the uncle just got confused and mixed up the names of the national parks.



I think that you are spot on here.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46110 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:44 am to
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the uncle just got confused and mixed up the names of the national parks.

happens once a week on the travel board
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
127700 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:47 am to
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They say there is a part of Yellowstone in which there is no law enforcement jurisdiction. There's a 50 mile area called the "zone of death."


The more I go down this rabbit hole the more interesting a legal question it is to me.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
55758 posts
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:54 am to
I'm assuming that this is the area in the tv show "Yellowstone" where they dump their bodies off the cliff.
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