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Brian Laundrie‘s body was ‘scavenged’ and eaten by wild animals before it was discovered by lawmen in a Florida swamp in October, a newly released autopsy report has revealed.
‘On October 20, 2021 at approximately 0820 hours, search groups found a backpack and shoes that were identified as belonging to Brian Laundrie,’ the highly anticipated report released Monday, months after the 23-year-old Long Islander’s body was found in the expansive Carlton Reserve, reads.
In the report, released by The Sarasota Medical Examiner’s office, investigators observed that Laundrie’s ‘personal belongings’ – which included a notebook in which Laundrie confessed to killing girlfriend and travel companion Gabby Petito – ‘were surrounded by apparent skeletal human remains that were scattered on top of the dirt ground in plain sight.’
The forty-seven page document then notes that Laundrie had been subjected to ‘moderately extensive carnivore activity evidenced by multiple gouging and gnawing marks’ on his corpse.
‘These areas are consistent with carnivores and/or omnivores including canines such as feral dogs and coyotes along with rodents and raccoons,’ the filing adds.
In the report, investigators observed Laundrie’s ‘personal belongings’ – which included a notebook in which Laundrie confessed to killing girlfriend Gabby Petito – ‘were surrounded by apparent skeletal human remains that were scattered on top of the dirt ground in plain sight’
The forty-seven page document, released Monday by The Sarasota Medical Examiner’s office, noted that Laundrie had been subjected to ‘moderately extensive carnivore activity evidenced by multiple gouging and gnawing marks’ on his corpse
Aside from the notebook, several other items were recovered near Laundrie’s remains, found in the Carlton Reserve swamp near his parents home in North Port, Florida on October 20, including a wooden box containing the journal as well as several photos.
Both ‘the skeletal remains and personal effects were in plain sight and scattered upon the dirt ground,’ it adds.
According to the report, one of the snaps was a shot of Laundrie. It is not clear what the other photos showed.
The report confirmed that Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, as police frantically searched for the man as the primary ‘person of interest’ in the disappearance of 22-year-old Petito, who had been traveling across the country with Laundrie when she suddenly disappeared.
The report confirmed that Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, as police frantically searched for the man as the primary ‘person of interest’ in the disappearance of Petito, 22, who had been traveling across the country with Laundrie when she disappeared
Authorities also recovered ‘the vast majority of [Laundrie’s] skeleton,’ aside from a few bones from his teeth and his face upon the discovery of the remains, the filing continues, adding that a toxicology report showed no sign of drug use before his death.
The bombshell document further revealed that authorities recovered a pair of green shorts, shoes, a ring, a backpack and a handgun from what was left of the savaged remains, which was partly concealed by ‘overgrown vegetation,’ the document said.
Near Laundrie’s corpse, at an adjacent ‘secondary’ scene, authorities recovered animal skeletal remains that suggested the self-professed killer had been hunting before his death.
Lawmen also found a incomplete, handwritten note at the ‘secondary’ site, but did not detail its contents, as well as a ‘MOAB Coffee Roasters’ hat belonging to Laundrie, that advertised the same Utah coffee shop were pulled over by police for a domestic incident on 12 August – approximately two weeks before Petito was killed.
Brian Laundrie took responsibility for killing Gabby Petito in the notebook that was found near his remains, the report reveals. Petito last spoke to her parents in August, and her remains were found in September. Laundrie’s remains were found in North Port, Florida two week in October – a month after he disappeared. The young couple had been on a cross-country van trip but it turned sour and in August, just a few weeks before she died
The search for Petito began after Laundrie had returned to his parent’s Florida home from their trip without her on September 1.
On September 11, Gabby’s family reported her missing and two days later, her boyfriend Brian Laundrie vanished from his parents’ home.
The young couple had been on a cross-country van trip but it turned sour and in August, just a few weeks before she died.
Chris and Roberta Laundrie, Laundrie’s parents, have been widely condemned for not talking with Petito’s family or turning their son in to police when he returned home from his trip, especially after she was reported missing.
He left their home on September 13, two days after her family on Long Island, New York, reported her disappearance.
Petito’s family criticized the Laundries for not helping them. Her remains were soon uncovered in a Wyoming campground on September 19.
Before Petito’s disappearance, she and Laundrie were pulled over by Utah police officer in Moab after visiting the ‘MOAB Coffee Roasters’ on August 12, 2021, who had been responding to a call from a witness who saw the couple involved in a domestic fight.
Last week, an independent investigator has said that the officers who pulled them over should have been suspended for not citing Petito following the violent encounter where she admitted to being the aggressor.
Officers Eric Pratt and Daniel Robbins had pulled the couple over after they responded to a call from a witness who saw the couple involved in a domestic fight.
Bodycam footage showed a visibly shaken Petito admitting to being the aggressor in the public argument. During the conversation, Pratt had noted that Petito should have been arrested for her actions as stated in the Utah state law.
The cops who pulled Petito and Laundrie in Moab, Utah were also recommended for probation for not pressing charges in the incident
An independent investigator revealed that Gabby Petito should have been cited for being the aggressor in a domestic dispute with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie (pictured left). Moab City PD Eric Pratt (right) is seen speaking with Laundrie
The couple, however, managed to dispute the allegations and the officers let them go following a 75-minute conversation on the promise that they spend the night away from one another.
After the bodycam footage emerged, the Price City Police Department launched its own independent investigation and said Wednesday that the officers should have pressed charges in the incident.
‘I believe the officers responded to a domestic violence call and had probable cause an act of domestic violence had been committed,’ Price Police Capt. Brandon Ratcliffe.
‘This should have meant an arrest was made, either by citation or custody.’
Despite evidence pointing towards Petito as the aggressor, Ratcliffe noted that she had probably been the victim of violence in the relationship.
As a result of the investigation, Ratcliffe recommended that Pratt and Robbins be put on probation for how they handled the incident.
He also concluded that he couldn’t be certain that the officers could have changed the outcome of Petito’s fate if they acted accordingly.
‘Would Gabby be alive today if this case was handled differently?,’ the report said, according to CNN. That is an impossible question to answer despite it being the answer many people want to know.
‘Nobody knows and nobody will ever know the answer to that question.’
Source: Daily Mail
