Where is Brian Laundrie? His Sister Says She Does Not Know, But That She’d Turn Him In

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) – The sister of Brian Laundrie has doubled down connected her assertion she has nary thought wherever helium is, arsenic authorities hunt for him aft the decease of his fiancée Gabby Petito.

“No, I bash not cognize wherever Brian is. … I’d crook him in,” Cassie Laundrie said successful an exclusive interrogation with ABC’s “Good Morning America” which aired Tuesday.

Cassie Laundrie said if she could speech to her brother, she would archer him to travel forward.

“I interest astir him. I anticipation he’s OK, and past I americium aggravated and don’t cognize what to think. … I would archer my member to conscionable travel guardant and get america retired of this horrible mess,” she said.

Petito was recovered dormant September 19 successful a nationalist wood successful Wyoming, 18 days aft authorities accidental Brian Laundrie returned to his parents’ Florida location without her pursuing a cross-country travel the brace took this summer.

After Petito’s household reported her missing September 11, Laundrie near the Florida location September 14 and hasn’t been seen since, his parents told authorities.

Though authorities person not explicitly connected Laundrie to Petito’s death, they are looking for him, successful portion implicit a national apprehension warrant accusing him of illegally utilizing different person’s debit card.

A coroner made an archetypal ruling past period that Petito’s decease was a homicide.

Sister says she past saw her member September 6 connected camping trip
Cassie Laundrie said the past clip she saw her member was during a household camping travel astatine Florida’s Fort De Soto Park successful aboriginal September — days earlier Petito’s household reported her missing. The travel happened September 6-8, and the tract is astir 75 miles from wherever Brian Laundrie’s parents live, region officials person said.

Cassie Laundrie told ABC she past saw and spoke to him September 6.

“We conscionable went for a mates of hours and we ate meal and had s’mores astir the campfire and left. There was thing peculiar astir it. There was nary feeling of expansive goodbye. There was nary nothing,” Cassie said of her past brushwood with her brother, aboriginal adding she was “frustrated” she didn’t prime up connected anything.

She shared photos of her member with her 5-year-old son, she says were taken that day.

“It was conscionable a regular visit,” she told ABC.

Brian Laundrie’s parents told investigators they past saw him leaving their North Port, Florida, location connected September 14 with a backpack, and told them helium said helium was going to the adjacent 25,000-acre Carlton Reserve, according to police.

Police reported they were fixed that accusation September 17, 3 days aft helium allegedly left. Investigators person since spent days searching for Laundrie astatine the Carlton Reserve extracurricular Venice, Florida.

The time Cassie Laundrie learned of her brother’s disappearance, she informed authorities of the September 6 camping trip, she told ABC.

“It was not hidden from instrumentality enforcement. … I’ve been cooperating with the constabulary since time one. I person been successful interaction with instrumentality enforcement,” she said.

She said she has besides tried to get successful interaction with her brother, but the “phone went to voicemail.”

In precocious September, Brian Laundrie’s parents released a connection done their lawyer saying “Chris and Roberta Laundrie bash not cognize wherever Brian is,” and were “concerned astir Brian and anticipation the FBI tin find him.”

“The speculation by the nationalist and immoderate successful the property that the parents assisted Brian successful leaving the household location oregon successful avoiding apprehension connected a warrant that was issued aft Brian had already been missing for respective days is conscionable wrong,” the statement, obtained by aggregate media outlets, continued.

Amid the nationalist speculation, Cassie Laundrie told ABC she doesn’t cognize what role, if any, her parents whitethorn person played successful her brother’s disappearance.

“I don’t cognize if my parents are involved,” she said during a bid of abbreviated clips successful the ABC interview.

When asked for a effect to the ABC interrogation connected Tuesday, lawyer Steven Bertolino, who represents Brian, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, told CNN “I judge Cassie.”

Bertolino declined to remark connected Cassie Laundrie’s connection that she doesn’t cognize whether her parents are involved. Bertolino besides said “no comment” erstwhile asked if Cassie has been successful interaction oregon spoken to her parents.

Laundrie’s sister says she didn’t spot signs of home unit betwixt him and Petito
Petito, 22, and Laundrie, 23, spent their summertime traveling successful a achromatic van done the American West portion she posted astir their adventures crossed societal media.

The posts abruptly stopped successful precocious August, and Laundrie returned to his parents’ location successful North Port, Florida, with the van but without his fiancée September 1, according to police.

One of Petito’s past reported sightings live was connected August 27, erstwhile she and Laundrie were seen leaving a edifice successful Jackson, Wyoming.

Before that, connected August 12, a witnesser called constabulary to accidental the brace were successful an altercation successful Utah. A caller told a 911 dispatcher “the man was slapping the girl” and helium “hit her” earlier the brace drove off.

Police successful Moab, Utah, pulled the brace over. Several assemblage camera videos from officers who responded amusement exchanges betwixt constabulary and Petito, including Petito telling officers portion Laundrie had deed her, she deed him first.

In the interrogation aired Tuesday, Cassie Laundrie told ABC she ne'er saw immoderate signs of home unit betwixt her member and Petito.

She said the assemblage camera videos of officers’ brushwood with the brace were achy to watch.

“It’s decidedly achy to spot everybody conscionable beryllium upset,” Cassie Laundrie said. “It was beauteous emblematic of them to reason and effort and instrumentality abstraction from each other, but radical saying they saw nationalist home violence, I’ve ne'er seen thing similar that from either of them.”

No charges were filed successful the August 12 incident, and astatine officers’ suggestion, the mates separated for the night, with Laundrie staying astatine a edifice and Petito taking the van.

Cassie Laundrie says she wishes her member had travel to her archetypal upon his instrumentality to Florida
In the interrogation that aired Tuesday, Cassie Laundrie said she wishes her member had travel to her archetypal erstwhile helium returned to Florida connected September 1.

“I truly privation he’d travel to maine archetypal that time with the van, due to the fact that I don’t deliberation we would beryllium here,” she told ABC.

She told ABC her member had antecedently taken trips for up to 5 days connected the Appalachian Trail.

“I’d accidental Brian is simply a mediocre survivalist. It wouldn’t astonishment maine if helium could past retired determination a precise agelong time. But also, I don’t deliberation thing would astonishment maine astatine this point,” she told ABC. “If the FBI finds him successful Timbuktu, I’d beryllium like, ‘Alright, well, that’s wherever helium was.’ I’ve got nothing.”

“I anticipation my member is alive, due to the fact that I privation answers conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic everybody else,” she told ABC.

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