WE ASKED IF THE NEW FINDINGS
WOULD LEAD TO CHARGES AGAINST
LAUNDRIE.
NO WORD YET.
>> Neil: THANKS, LAURA.
TED WILLIAMS JOINS US.
WE KNOW SHE WAS STRANGLED.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
>> WELL, THERE’S A LOT THAT WE
KNOW, NEIL AND A LOT WE DON’T
KNOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO STEP BACK FOR
A SECOND AND TRY TO GO THROUGH
THE TIMELINE HERE.
WE KNOW THAT GABBY PETITO AND
BRIAN LAUNDRIE WERE LAST SEEN AT
A RESTAURANT AUGUST 27 IN
WYOMING.
ON SEPTEMBER 1, BRIAN LAUNDRIE
RETURNS HOME TO FLORIDA FROM THE
WYOMING AREA WITHOUT GABBY.
GABBY AND BRIAN LIVED IN THE
HOME WITH LAUNDRIE’S MOTHER AND
FATHER.
WE KNOW SEPTEMBER 6-8 IN DESO
POE PARK THERE IN FLORIDA, BRIAN
LAUNDRIE AND HIS FAMILY WITHOUT
GABBY WENT HIKING IN THAT -- AND
CAMPING.
WE KNOW SEPTEMBER 11th GABBY WAS
REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY,
THE PETITO FAMILY.
WE KNOW SEPTEMBER 13th LAUNDRIE,
BRIAN, GOES MISSING HIMSELF.
LAST SEEN ALLEGEDLY IN THE
CARLTON RESERVE.
THEY STARTED AND SEARCHED THE
RESERVE.
WE KNOW SEPTEMBER 19 GABBY’S
BODY WAS FOUND IN THE GRAND
TETON PARK THERE IN WYOMING.
WE KNOW SEPTEMBER 23, BRIAN WAS
CHARGED WITH THE USE OF HER
CREDIT CARD.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FACTS THAT
ARE FACED.
NOW THAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE
CAUSE OF DEATH IS STRANGULATION,
I THINK THEY’RE BEGINNING TO
CLOSE IN, MEANING THE FBI, ON A
SUSPECT.
AS YOU KNOW, NEIL, BRIAN HAS
BEEN ALL ALONG TREATED AS A
PERSON OF INTEREST.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT SOONER
THAN LATER THOSE -- THAT WILL
CHANGE AND I TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS ENOUGH PERHAPS MAYBE
FROM ALL INDICATIONS TO CHARGE
BRIAN WITH THE STRANGULATION
HERE OF THIS YOUNG LADY.
>> Neil: I’M JUST GOING THROUGH
THE TIMELINE WITH YOU, TED.
DOING THE MATH BACKWARDS.
IF HER BODY WAS FOUND THE 19th
AND IT WAS IN THE PARK FOR
UPWARDS OF THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, THAT WOULD PUT ROUGHLY THE TIME
THAT WOULD PUT ROUGHLY THE TIME
OF HER DEATH AROUND AUGUST 19 TO
AUGUST 26, WHICH FOLLOWS THE
PRIOR VIDEOS WE’VE SEEN ABOUT
HER AND BRIAN LAUNDRIE FIGHTING.
HOW DO YOU PIECE THAT TIMELINE
TOGETHER?
>> WELL, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE
UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS STAGE IS
MORE OF A CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE CASE.
BUT THERE’S BEEN MANY
INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED ON
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW ALSO HERE
IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS LAWYERS
SAY SOMETHING CALLED CONSCIOUS
OF GUILT.
THAT IS THE FACT THAT BRIAN
LAUNDRIE RETURNED HOME ON
SEPTEMBER 1 WITHOUT GABBY.
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE, NEIL, THAT
IF THEY LIVED IN THE HOUSE WITH
BRIAN’S MOTHER AND FATHER, THE
FIRST THING YOU SAY, WHERE IS
GABBY?
SO IT JUST IS BEFUDDLING THAT
SEPTEMBER 6-8, YOU’RE GOING TO
GO CAMPING WITH BRIAN WITHOUT
GABBY?
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE PART OF
THE PUZZLE.
I WOULD HAVE TO ALSO BELIEF THAT
AT THIS STAGE, THE FBI HAS SOME
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
THEY’RE TRYING TO PUT THAT
TOGETHER.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO DO,
THEY’RE GOING TO SAY YEAH, THEY
WERE OUT THERE IN THE GRAND
TETON PARK.
THEY HAD A FIGHT.
BRIAN THEN TOOK OFF AND CAME
BACK ACROSS COUNTRY.
HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
GABBY.
I GUARANTEE YOU, THAT’S THE
DEFENSE IN THIS CASE.
>> Neil: SO TED, THE FACT THAT
THEY HAVE NOT CHARGED LAUNDRIE
BEYOND ANYTHING STEALING A DEBIT
CARD AND GABBY’S DEBIT CARD, WHY
WOULD THEY HOLD OFF ON THAT?
>> MAINLY BECAUSE THEY WERE
COLLECTING AND THEY ARE STILL
COLLECTING EVIDENCE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MANNER OF
DEATH HERE OR THE CAUSE OF DEATH
BEING STRANGULATION, THEY KNEW
THAT RIGHT AWAY.
THE REASON BEING IS RIGHT IN
THIS AREA OF YOUR BODY, YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY CALLED A HYOID BONE.
WHEN YOU’RE STRANGLED, THAT BONE
IS NORMALLY CRUSHED.
THAT WOULD HAVE FIND THAT OUT
RIGHT AWAY.
NOW WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO IS
BACKTRACK AND FIND OUT WHERE
BRIAN HAS BEEN ALL OF THIS TIME.
AS YOU KNOW, BRIAN IS NOW
MISSING.
WE DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS.
HE COULD BE ALIVE, HE COULD BE
DEAD FOR ALL WE KNOW.
BUT THE FBI IS CLEARLY LOOKING