Brian Laundrie update: Dog the Bounty Hunter shares video warning

Several moderators of the Gabby Petito Reddit forum have apologised and stepped down after users complained that they were “profiting” off of the woman’s death.

The Independent’s Gino Spocchia has more on the story below…

Police have used yellow tape to prevent members of the public from entering the Carlton Reserve.

Law enforcement officers are searching the Carlton Reserve again today after renewing the search on Thursday.

There is nothing to indicate the yellow tape has any other significance beyond being a police barrier.

Duane Chapman – aka Dog the Bounty Hunter – shared a professional-wrestling style promo video with The Sun calling out Brian Laundrie.

“Let me have you, Brian,” he yells into the camera. “What did you do? You’re living it every night, aren’t you, boy?”

He then called on Mr Laundrie to “for once, be a man” and turn himself in to the authorities.

Mr Chapman is back on the search for Mr Laundrie after initially saying he was pulling back to treat an ankle injury. He has turned up little evidence since reporting his Fort DeSoto tip to the FBI.

Police search crews returned to the Carlton Reserve yesterday for the first time this week, and continued their search Friday morning.

Law enforcement focused their search near the Venice entrance of the swamp yesterday, and today are focusing on an entrance closer to North Port. It is the same area that Brian Laundrie’s father, Chris, helped the FBI search last week.

The attorney representing Brian Laundrie, Steven Bertolino, swiped at “true crime” TV stars Duane Chapman – aka Dog the Bounty Hunter – and John Walsh, creator of “America’s Most Wanted.”

Mr Chapman has publicly opined that Mr Laundrie could be a serial killer based on the fact that he enjoys media with dark content. Mr Walsh has also made Mr Laundrie the center of his public theorising, claiming recently that the man – with the help of his father – escaped to Mexico. Mr Laundrie has not been charged in Ms Petito’s death, a point his lawyer stressed after calling Mr Chapman and Mr Walsh “dusty relics” who are exploiting Ms Petito’s death for their own “egos.”

The Independent’s Graig Graziosi has more from the attorney below…

Someone left a large cardboard cutout of Gabby Petito on the Laundrie family’s front lawn overnight Thursday.

The cutout has a word bubble, which reads “remember me?” Ms Petito had lived in the home with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie and his parents for more than a year before she was killed.

It is unclear who sent the cutout or if it has since been removed by police.

Brian Laundrie’s brother-in-law has requested increased patrols in his neighbourhood after his family received alarming threats, according to sheriff’s records.

Mr Laundrie’s whereabouts still remains unknown although he has been named as a person of interest in her death and is also the subject of a federal warrant for alleged debit card fraud.

James Luycx, the husband of Cassie Laundrie who is Brian Laundrie’s sister, told Manatee deputies on that strangers were sending threats to his family.

He went on to ask the responding officer for information about patrols in the area and for security advice, reported Fox News.

Intimate violence against women ends in either death or escape – and escape just leads to a new world of trauma.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver writes:

The autopsy of Gabby Petito’s body revealed that she had been strangled, with a cause of death being officially listed as “manual strangulation/throttling.” This is, according to experts, a “very typically the cause of death in domestic violence cases.”

Kellie Lynch, an associate professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio explained: “Strangulation is not talked about as much, but it is a major risk factor for intimate partner homicide.”

Speaking on Good Morning America she revealed: “We often see it occur alongside more severe abuse.”

“When you’re talking about strangulation, that is very typically the cause of death in domestic violence cases,” said Dan Abrams, ABC News chief legal analyst, during an interview on Wednesday on GMA.

He explained: “It is angry. It is violent. It takes time. That is precisely what many believe happened here.”