![]() ![]() “But I mean, if there’s DNA maybe where it shouldn’t be, that could be kind of a clue as to what may have occurred.” “You would expect DNA on either one of them from the other,” Belli said. What’s difficult in cases like these is that unlike killings committed by strangers of the victims, when the person of interest is someone the victim was involved with, finding their DNA on a victim’s body is to be expected. There could be clues as to what happened – and who did it – that investigators may be able to collect from a crime scene, Belli said, including fingerprints, depending on the condition of the human remains. There was no mechanical force involved,” Blue told CNN. ![]() “Throttling means that someone was strangled by human force. Pictures of Gabby Petito and her boyfriend/fiance Brian Laundrie before her disappearance from gabspetito/Instagram Brent Blue said Petito died by manual strangulation/throttling, adding that her body had likely been in the wilderness for about three to four weeks before being found. With Laundrie now gone and many questions unanswered, here’s what experts say investigators could home in on to help them answer what happened to Petito.Ĭrime scenes will be critical in investigationĪmong the most important components in an investigation like this are the crime scenes, said Paul Belli, a retired lieutenant of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and president of the International Homicide Investigators Association. “Two people went on a trip, and one person returned,” North Port Police chief Todd Garrison said in September. Though authorities have not explicitly connected Laundrie to Petito’s death, they have said he was among the last people to see her alive. But little else is known – at least to the public – about what led up to her death. A coroner ruled she died by strangulation. Petito’s remains were recovered in Wyoming on September 19. “Brian Laundrie’s autopsy has not provided a manner or cause of death and his remains are now being transferred to an anthropologist,” attorney Steven Bertolino told CNN.īertolino said the family plans to cremate Laundrie’s remains and will not have a funeral service.Ī photo of Gabby Petito taken from her Instagram account From Gabby Petito/InstagramĪ timeline of 22-year-old Gabby Petito's case Laundrie, without talking to authorities during Petito’s disappearance, left his home September 13 and was not seen again, his parents later told police.Īn autopsy of Laundrie’s remains came back inconclusive, an attorney for the family said Sunday. On September 11, Petito’s parents reported her missing. Over the summer, the couple embarked on a cross-country road trip, from which Laundrie returned to their North Port, Florida, home alone on September 1, police say. ![]() Laundr ie’s remains were f ound Wednesday in the Florida reserve authorities had been combing through for more than a month. Brian Laundrie, who authorities had said could help fill in at least some of the blanks about what Gabby Petito’s final days looked like, has been confirmed dead. ![]()
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