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‘We Would Have Never Let Him Out of Our Custody’: Florida Sheriff Questions Police Handling of Brian Laundrie Amid Gabby Petito Disappearance
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A Florida sheriff has criticized the North Port Police Department for letting Brian Laundrie slip away after returning from a road trip without Gabby Petito, his girlfriend and travel companion. Petito was reported missing on September 11, and her remains were found in Bridger-Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19. As previously reported, North …

Benjamin Elliott
Murder
October 1, 2021

Teen Brother Stabs Twin Sister to Death, Claims He Was Dreaming & Sleepwalking: Police

A Texas boy is facing charges after police say he killed his twin sister, but he apparently claims it was unintentional. On early Wednesday morning, deputies arrived at a home off of Brown Meadow Court in Harris County, where they found 17-year-old Benjamin Elliott performing CPR on his twin sister, Meghan Elliott. Harris County Sheriff …

Juveniles
September 30, 2021

Louisiana Dad Charged With Murder in Death of Infant Daughter

A 26-year-old Louisiana man has been charged with murder in the death of his 11-month-old daughter. The child’s mother asked deputies to check on her infant daughter at a Thibodaux home just after midnight on September 28, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office said. The arrived at the home and spoke with the baby’s father, Jake …

Murder
September 30, 2021

Cops Called to Laundrie Home Twice on Day Before Gabby Petito Was Reported Missing

North Port police went to the home of Christopher and Roberta Laundrie twice on the day before Gabby Petito was reported missing and three more times on that day. That was the start of dozens of calls to the Laundrie home since their son, Brian Laundrie, returned home alone from a cross-country trip he was …

Murder
September 30, 2021

Dad Decapitates 2 Kids & Forces Younger, Food-Deprived Siblings to View Their Bodies: Cops

A California woman was arrested on murder charges on Tuesday, nearly a year after her husband allegedly killed their two children at their home. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in an alert that Natalie Brothwell, 44, was arrested in Arizona and is awaiting extradition to California, where her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter, Maurice …

oshua Davis and Richard Lenhart
Murder
September 30, 2021

Stranger Gets on Elementary School Bus, Stabs Driver to Death in Front of 35 Children: Police

On Monday, Washington police shared details about how a man boarded a bus full of elementary school children and fatally stabbed the driver. According to the Tri-City Herald, Pasco Detective Julie Lee wrote in court documents that Joshua Davis, 34, forced entry into a school bus leaving Longfellow Elementary School on Friday after knocking on …

Murder
September 28, 2021

Teen Artist and Wrestler Shot Dead After Returning Home from Halloween Costume Shopping

An 18-year-old student was fatally shot outside her Chicago home on Saturday, after returning home from shopping for Halloween costumes. As WLS reports, Melissa de la Garza, who went by the name “Azul,” had just arrived to her residence on the city’s southwest side when she was fatally shot inside her car. The shooter is …

Missing
September 28, 2021

Moab City Police Chief On Leave Amid Internal Probe, Outrage Over Police Response to Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Domestic Incident

The chief of the Moab City Police department has taken leave days after the announcement of an internal probe to examine the department’s handling of an August 12 incident between Gabby Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie. KUTV reports that Moab City Police Chief Bret Edge had taken Family Medical Leave, effective Monday, September 28. …

Murder
September 27, 2021

Investigators Check Out Park Where Brian Laundrie Reportedly Went Camping With His Parents

Investigators are looking into reports that Brian Laundrie and his parents twice went to Fort De Soto Park south of St Petersburg after his return home without girlfriend Gabby Petito on September 1. Fox News said that one of its digital reporters heard an employee of the Pinellas County park say that investigators had checked …

Murder
September 27, 2021

Nancy Grace: ‘Mama Ain’t Cryin’ and Brian Laundrie Is ‘Not in That Swamp’

CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says Brian Laundrie is not in Florida’s Carlton Reserve, where he allegedly told his parents he was going hiking when he fled their home last week just days before his girlfriend’s murdered body was found in Wyoming. “From the beginning, I did not think Brian Laundrie was in a 25,000-acre swamp because …