{"id":928743,"date":"2021-10-27T14:14:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=928743"},"modified":"2021-10-27T14:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:14:44","slug":"brian-laundrie-may-already-have-been-dead-when-police-mistakenly-thought-he-returned-home-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-laundrie-may-already-have-been-dead-when-police-mistakenly-thought-he-returned-home-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Laundrie May Already Have Been Dead When Police Mistakenly Thought He Returned Home, Police Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrian-laundrie-may-already-have-been-dead-when-police-mistakenly-thought-he-returned-home-police-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=928743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Earlier this week, the North Port Police Department admitted that it had mistakenly believed that Brian Laundrie had returned to his parents home in mid-September while police were investigating the disappearance of his fiance, Gabby Petito.<\/p>\n<p>Police had told media outlets that they knew where Laundrie was, after mistaking his mother, Roberta \u2013 who is reportedly about the same build and was wearing a baseball cap \u2013 for the 23-year-old. The police had installed surveillance cameras prior to Laundrie\u2019s own disappearance. On September 15, four days after Petito\u2019s parents reported her missing, police saw Laundrie\u2019s mother return to their home in his Ford Mustang after driving to Florida\u2019s Carlton Reserve. Brian Laundrie had gone to the reserve on September 13 and is said to never have returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe it was it was his mom who was wearing a baseball cap,\u201d North Port Police Department Public Information Officer Josh Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/2021\/10\/25\/north-port-police-admit-to-mistakes-in-brian-laundrie-investigation\/\">told<\/a> WINK News. \u201cThey had returned from the park with that Mustang. So who does that? Right? Like, if you think your son\u2019s missing since Tuesday, you\u2019re going to bring his car back to the home. So it didn\u2019t make sense that anyone would do that if he wasn\u2019t there. So the individual getting out with a baseball cap we thought was Brian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police now say Laundrie may have already been dead when police mistakenly believed he had returned home, Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/brian-laundrie-likely-had-already-been-dead-when-mother-was-mistaken-him-police-1642754\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/sarasota-county\/brian-laundrie-very-good-possibility-he-was-dead-when-north-port-pd-mistook-mom-for-him-spokesman-says\/\">told<\/a> WFLA that the misidentification had no impact on the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther than confusion, it likely changed nothing. There is a very good possibility that Brian was already deceased,\u201d Taylor told the outlet. \u201cHe still needed to be found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stever Bertolino, the attorney representing the Laundrie family, told the outlet that the mistaken identity did cause issues for the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of this may have made a difference with respect to Brian\u2019s life but it certainly would have prevented all of the false accusations leveled by so many against Chris and Roberta with respect to \u2018hiding\u2019 Brian or otherwise financing an \u2018escape,\u2019\u201d Bertolino said.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor insisted the misidentification \u201cwas a direct result of a lack of cooperation from the family early on in this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bertolino disagreed, however, saying, \u201cYou can\u2019t blame the family because the police didn\u2019t know enough to follow someone they were obviously surveilling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bertolino said last week that he notified the FBI when Laundrie didn\u2019t return home after travling to the reserve. He also said Laundrie\u2019s parents retrieved his vehicle so it wouldn\u2019t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, the North Port Police Department admitted that it had mistakenly believed that Brian Laundrie had returned to his parents home in mid-September while police were investigating the disappearance of his fiance, Gabby Petito.Police had told media outlets that they knew where Laundrie was, after mistaking his mother, Roberta \u2013 who is reportedly about the same build and was wearing a baseball cap \u2013 for the 23-year-old. The police had installed surveillance cameras prior to Laundrie\u2019s own disappearance. On September 15, four days after Petito\u2019s parents reported her missing, police saw Laundrie\u2019s mother return to their home in his Ford Mustang after driving to Florida\u2019s Carlton Reserve. Brian Laundrie had gone to the reserve on September 13 and is said to never have returned.\u201cI believe it was it was his mom who was wearing a baseball cap,\u201d North Port Police Department Public Information Officer Josh Taylor told WINK News. \u201cThey had returned from the park with that Mustang. So who does that? Right? Like, if you think your son\u2019s missing since Tuesday, you\u2019re going to bring his car back to the home. So it didn\u2019t make sense that anyone would do that if he wasn\u2019t there. So the individual getting out with a baseball cap we thought was Brian.\u201dPolice now say Laundrie may have already been dead when police mistakenly believed he had returned home, Newsweek reported.Taylor told WFLA that the misidentification had no impact on the investigation.\u201cOther than confusion, it likely changed nothing. There is a very good possibility that Brian was already deceased,\u201d Taylor told the outlet. \u201cHe still needed to be found.\u201dStever Bertolino, the attorney representing the Laundrie family, told the outlet that the mistaken identity did cause issues for the family.\u201cNone of this may have made a difference with respect to Brian\u2019s life but it certainly would have prevented all of the false accusations leveled by so many against Chris and Roberta with respect to \u2018hiding\u2019 Brian or otherwise financing an \u2018escape,\u2019\u201d Bertolino said.Taylor insisted the misidentification \u201cwas a direct result of a lack of cooperation from the family early on in this investigation.\u201dBertolino disagreed, however, saying, \u201cYou can\u2019t blame the family because the police didn\u2019t know enough to follow someone they were obviously surveilling.\u201dBertolino said last week that he notified the FBI when Laundrie didn\u2019t return home after travling to the reserve. He also said Laundrie\u2019s parents retrieved his vehicle so it wouldn\u2019t get towed.\u201cThis is a tragedy for two families and any mistakes made by anyone or any entity involved should be acknowledged and used to train or educate others so the mistakes are not repeated,\u201d Bertolino said after remains were found in the Carlton Reserve last week. The remains were identified as Laundries. No cause of death has been determined.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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