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Calls Grow For Investigation Of Police Handling Of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Case Calls Grow For Investigation Of Police Handling Of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Case
Calls Grow For Investigation Of Police Handling Of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Case A petition calling for an investigation into a Florida police agency's handling of the case of the late Brian Laundrie, who was named a person of interest in the homicide of fellow Long Island native Gabby Petito, has received more than 3,600 signatures. The Change.org petition calls for a "formal internal investigation" into how the North Port Police Department in Sarasota County handled Laundrie's case. Laundrie, age 23, was the only person of interest authorities named in the death of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito, both of whom grew up in Blue Point in Suffolk County. Petit…

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Brian Laundrie Was Likely Dead When Police Mistook His Mother For Him, Authorities Say Brian Laundrie Was Likely Dead When Police Mistook His Mother For Him, Authorities Say
Brian Laundrie Was Likely Dead When Police Mistook His Mother For Him, Authorities Say A police spokesman in the Brian Laundrie case said a mistake made by officers mistaking his mother for him, did not have a big impact on the investigation because he was likely dead by that time. Joshua Taylor, the spokesman for the North Port Police Department in Sarasota County, Florida said on Friday, Oct. 29, said that "other than confusion, it likely changed nothing. There is a very good possibility that Brian was already deceased." "He still needed to be found," Taylor said. "We just wanted people to better understand why we thought Brian was in his home." Earlier Story: Local Poli…

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by Kathy Reakes