Brian Laundrie died of single gunshot wound to the head, autopsy reveals
Brian Laundrie, 23, died of single gunshot wound to the head, his lawyer says: Prime suspect in girlfriend Gabby Petito’s murder killed himself in Florida swamp – but what happened to the gun?
Laundrie family lawyer Steve Bertolino announced the autopsy results Tuesday It’s unclear when he killed himself; he was last seen September 13 and his body wasn’t found until October 20Gabby Petito’s body was found in Wyoming on September 19; she had been dead several weeks The pair argued on their trip beforehand and were ordered apart for the night Laundrie’s remains were found in a Florida reserve on October 20He returned home to Florida on Sept 1 after killing Gabby then went into the Florida reserve where he killed himself without ever talking to her family
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Brian Laundrie, the fiance of murdered hiker Gabby Petito, died of a single gunshot wound to the head, his lawyer has said.
The 23-year-old went missing in September after returning alone from a trip with Petitio, whose body was found in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
His remains were discovered in the Florida reserve near his parents house on October 20.
An initial autopsy was inconclusive but the Laundrie family lawyer, Steve Bertolino, said on Tuesday he had been told by the forensic anthropologist who took over that he died by a single gunshot wound to the head.
‘Chris and Roberta Laundrie have been informed that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death was suicide.
‘Chris and Roberta are still mourning the loss of their son and are hopeful that these findings bring closure to both families,’ he said.
Bertolino later told DailyMail.com that one of the family’s guns was missing when Laundrie vanished, but that they kept it secret because they didn’t want the public to panic. It remains unclear where the gun is now.
Brian Laundrie, the fiance of murdered hiker Gabby Petito, died of a single gunshot wound to the head, his autopsy has revealed. He is shown in police bodycam footage in August, during his trip with Petito
Laundrie with his fiancee, Gabby Petito, whose body was found in Wyoming on September 19
‘We didn’t want the public going into a frenzy on that. I don’t think they considered him dangerous to anybody he met on the street,’ he said.
Laundrie returned home to his parents house in Florida on September 1.
Gabby was not with him and he had no contact with her family, who were becoming increasingly worried that she hadn’t been seen or heard from.
On September 11, Gabby’s family reported her missing and two days later, Brian vanished from his parents home.
He told them he was going camping in the park.
On September 19, Gabby’s strangled body was found in Wyoming. Police say she had been dead for three or four weeks.
Police started searching the park for Brian in the hopes of finding him alive to question him over Gabby’s death.
Laundrie’s remains were found in a Florida swamp on October 20 two months after he is believed to have killed Gabby
Chris and Roberta Laundrie are shown arriving home in October after their son’s remains were found. They were widely criticized for not turning their son into police after Gabby was reported missing
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, they were ordered apart for the night by police.
Witnesses had see them arguing in their van and were worried.
The police however ruled that Gabby was the aggressor.
Chris and Roberta Laundrie, Brian’s parents, have been widely condemned for not talking with Gabby’s family or turning their son into police when he returned home from his trip, especially after Gabby was reported missing.
He left their home on September 13, two days after Gabby’s worried family in Long Island, New York, reported her disappearance.
Gabby’s family criticized the Laundries for not helping them.
