Yeah, it’s a lie he wrote to make him look less evil.
That might be difficult at this point.
Other than the strangulation, I don’t recall anything about serious injuries to Gabby being mentioned in her autopsy. I think they might have mentioned a serious blow to the head from falling into the creek, or injured leg so she couldn’t walk.
The body was exposed to the elements and wildlife for 3 weeks. I’m not sure what was left and how they reached their conclusions. It’s possible some injuries may have been no longer visible.
My guess is it’s one of those forms of lie where the person lying basically “needed” to construct the lie for his own mental purposes. He knew he had killed her, but felt such existential guilt at what he had done, that he had to create a different reality to exist in as a form of protective denial. Of course, that probably didn’t work very well, and that is most likely a significant factor in why he killed himself–I tend to think most criminals who commit suicide don’t do it out of fear of prison, a lot of people who really don’t want to die but also really don’t want to go to prison, end up going to prison, suicide is a big thing to do if the “only” motivator is to avoid going to prison, I tend to think there is usually other psychology at food which there likely was with Laundrie.
That’s true. I had forgotten how long it took to find her body.
Pretty much how I see it. He told his lie to make himself look/feel better, but he couldn’t believe it himself.
I don’t think we’ll ever find out, but I would like to know what he actually said to his parents. I wonder how most parents would react if their son told them they had killed their girlfriend and left her body out in the boonies? It seems that getting him a lawyer and having him hide from police, then go “camping” by himself with a gun wasn’t the optimal plan.
The lawsuit against the parents is moving forward, isn’t it? That will be asked and I wonder how it will be answered.
My cousin was psychotic and sometime after he died, my aunt remarked that in one way it was a relief because there was always the fear that he would do something horrific.
I think most parents wouldn’t be prepared for that and would likely not have a good game plan.
Yes, I just read that a couple of days ago. I don’t really think the Laurie’s will do anything but lie if they do testify. Better for them to just keep up with their story.
Why do you think they knew about the murder? Most people aren’t going to tell their parents that they murdered someone. He probably just said they had a bitter split-up.
Maybe at first, but once she was missing for a couple of days he probably told them his “mercy killing” story. I’d like to think that if my soon to be daughter in law went missing when my son left her alone out in the boonies, I would have been on the phone to her parents immediately and putting everything I could into finding her. Not going camping with my son and avoiding helping in any search. Everything they did points towards them thinking she was murdered and wanting to protect their son.
I would never have told my parents I killed someone, mercy or otherwise. I have seen nothing to suggest this guy “probably” told his parents. Nor, in my opinion, does it make any sense to think he might have.
I’m not sure they knew he was so directly involved in her death but they had to have known/suspected something untoward happened.
He left their home for the last time a few days after she was reported missing to the police, and they didn’t tell anybody of that fact for a few days, despite a fair amount of national scrutiny at that point.
At a minimum, they knew he was involved in something bad relating to her death, even if they did not necessarily know precisely what (and they still may have known - they’re the only ones who know for sure).
I understand their impulse to help him hide from the police but helping people, even family, avoid the authorities comes with its own consequences, understandable though it may be.
How do you explain their behavior towards Petito being missing? This is someone they supposedly knew and loved, yet they didn’t lift a finger to help anyone other than their son. They specifically blocked the Petito family on social media and their cell phones. Plus this guy depended on his parents for everything. He still lived at home and Gabby moved in with him when they got engaged. He didn’t go to school and his work career was stocking grocery shelves until covid hit, then didn’t work again until the weeks before they left, at a juice bar. His parents have been his lifeline his entire life. He ran directly to them for help. Heck, he stole Petito’s van and debit card so he could make it home to his parents. This guy is useless on his own.
There’s also the fact that they hired an attorney for their son the day after he returned, well before the Petito’s missing person report.