Brian Laundrie’s autopsy deemed INCONCLUSIVE
The remains believed to belong to Brian Laundrie have been sent to an anthropologist in an effort to determine how he died.
The FBI said the remains of missing vlogger Gabby Petito’s fiancé were identified as belonging to Mr Laundrie using dental records.
However, Florida authorities have said the autopsy was inconclusive and a manner or cause of death could not be determined.
Steve Bertolino, the Laundrie family’s lawyer, told The Daily Mail: “I can confirm that the remains were being sent to an anthropologist for further evaluation.”
The decision comes a month after the remains were discovered at Florida’s Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park Reserve.
Mr Laundrie’s partial remains were found, along with a backpack and a notebook, after a flooded section of the reserve was drained.
“Chris and Roberta Laundrie were at the reserve earlier today when human remains and some of Brian’s possessions were located in an area they had initially advised law enforcement that Brian may be,” Mr Bertolino told NewsNationNow.
Some web sleuths have theorised that Mr Laundrie’s parents planted the dry bag they found in the reserve, while others believe Mr Laundrie may have been eaten by an alligator.
So we are expected to believe a massive manhunt, with the FBI, police and dogs were all unable to find a shred of anything connected to #BrianLaundrie, but his parents go to the site a month later and in minutes suddenly find his belongings? Huh.
— Victoria Brownworth 🎃💀 (@VABVOX) October 20, 2021
Mr Laundrie allegedly told his parents that he was going hiking in the alligator-infested reserve on September 13 - a week before Ms Petito’s remains were found.
Tom Joyce, a retired NYPD commander, told The Sun that the remains likely suffered “a lot of post mortem predation”.
“If the remains are skeletal, that means the tissue has been pulled away from the bones,” he said.
“Most likely by alligators, crabs, fish, and stuff like that.
“That’s what it sounds like to me because it’s definitely not long enough time for it to go naturally.”
Following the discovery, the manhunt to find Mr Laundrie came to an end after entering its fifth week.
Mr Bertolino also confirmed that the Laundrie family would be farewelling their son privately.
He told TMZ that the remains, including part of his skull, would be cremated.
Chris and Roberta Laundrie assisted with the search for their son. Image: Fox News
“Getting the news your child is no longer with you is sad under any circumstance,” he said on NBC’s Top Story program.
“The Laundries have also been subject to people outside their house for four weeks and they’re continuing out there today, which is making it all the more difficult.”
Ms Petito was last in contact with her family on August 25, and was spotted at a restaurant with Mr Laundrie several days later.
After her remains were found on September 19, a preliminary autopsy ruled that her death was a homicide.
It was later revealed by coroners that she died from strangulation.
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