Kukulkan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:45 pm
I was always under the impression he wasn't going to be found alive. He never struck me as a cold blooded killer who planned it all out, more so that he probably killer her in a spat of delirious rage. I've interpreted his departure from his family off into the woods was solely with the intent of ending his own life. I don't think he planned on coming back.
That's very possible. Anything is possible in a true crime case. I hope the notebook is in good enough condition to examine. Perhaps there's a note of explanation within it's pages.
I try to keep in mind that no witnesses who have spoken out or whose attorney has spoken out on their behalf OR what investigators have released is even a small portion of the truth. Example, if as you say, he went into the swamp to never return--kill himself, he might have told his parents he was going to the Carlton Reserve and not to try to find him. That would make sense in the scenario that you offer. It would also explain why the public statements were such that they said he told his parents he was going to the Carlton Reserve (without releasing more detail of their conversation) and why investigators have maintained that they were searching the reserve based on tips. Those tips could have easily been the type of conversation that I supposed above and could have easily led to the outcome that you also suppose.
In any case, I hope that truth and fact will be the result of these new findings.
My guess is that if the partial remains are that of Brian Laundrie, the case will be closed. If that happens, I predict that the internet will erupt with witnesses filling in the blanks, but not necessarily the parents. Witnesses who saw them fighting, his sister, and the Petito family themselves might have more to day. I don't know if we'll ever see the discovery in the case, but it's possible because there are online sleuths that will try to get it via the FOIA if that's remotely feasible.