Geraldo Rivera says Brian Laundrie should kill himself: ‘Sink in the Florida swamp’
Fox News' Geraldo Rivera has bitter words for Gabby Petito’s boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, who has been missing for over a week. Police are still searching for him after they found the 22-year-old’s remains on Sunday, September 19. The 78-year-old journalist told a TMZ reporter in New York City on Wednesday, September 22, that the young man should “sink himself in the Florida swamp,” before adding: “I think Brian Laundrie should kill himself. Have the dignity to spare us his absolute bulls**t.”
According to reports, Brian disappeared on September 14, a day after he was named the person of interest in the then-missing case of his girlfriend. But in a tragic turn of events a few days later, Gabby Petito’s body was found in a national park in Wyoming. Police have been looking for him in the alligator-infested Carlton Reserve, which is a few miles away from the home he shared with his parents and the young woman. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday, September 21, “I have directed all state agencies under my purview to continue to assist federal and local enforcement as they continue to search — we need justice for Gabby.”
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Brian is still a person of interest in the case and has not been pressed with any charges. Meanwhile, Gabby’s death was ruled as a homicide on September 21. The Denver office of the FBI stated, “Teton County Coroner Dr Brent Blue confirmed the remains are those of Gabrielle Venora Petito, date of birth March 19, 1999. Coroner Blue’s initial determination for the manner of death is homicide.”
Brian and Gabby went on a cross-country trip in a converted van at the beginning of July. But on September 1, the 23-year-old man came back alone to his North Port, Florida, home. At the time, he did not tell anyone anything about Gabby. Even when Gabby’s parents reported her missing on September 11, he refused to talk to investigators and his parents hired a lawyer.
Meanwhile, a park ranger named Melissa Hulls, who is the visitor and resource protection supervisor at Arches National Park in Moab, said she had an interaction with Gabby in Utah on August 12 when police were called to a “possible domestic assault” involving the pair. Hulls said, “I can still hear her voice. She wasn't just a face on the milk carton, she was real to me.”
She continued: “I was probably more candid with her than I should've been. I was imploring with her to reevaluate the relationship, asking her if she was happy in the relationship with him, and basically saying this was an opportunity for her to find another path, to make a change in her life,” before adding, “Sometimes you get evidence and they don't own up to it, and they're just lying to your face and it's unsafe, and you know that something more is going to happen if you let them go home together. That's a much easier decision to arrest. With this one, I just don't think she understood how big a deal this was.”