reserve that brian laundrie visited. good morning, trace. trace: good morning everyone. i m trace gallagher. the hunt for gabby s boyfriend is heating up as we await the completion of a body found in wyoming. investigators believe the remains belong to gabby petito. dana: after the f.b.i. completed its search of brian laundrie s parents. trace: we re learning more about the august 12th incident in utah that prompted police to pull the couple over. here is what a witness told 911. what were they doing? we drove by and the gentleman was slapping the girl. trace: he was slapping her? yes, we stopped. they ran up and down the sidewalk and proceeded to hit her, hopped in the car and they drove off.
hiking last tuesday before he disappeared. finally, the attorney representing brian initially had a news conference scheduled for midday today. he abruptly canceled it. he told the new york post after speaking with the f.b.i. he decided a news conference was not in his client s best interest. trace. trace: jonathan live in florida. thank you. dana: for more let s bring in former assistant f.b.i. director chris swecker. why do you think that the lawyer after talking to the f.b.i. decided not to do a press conference today? i think out of abundance of caution he saw no value in doing a press conference. he represents the laundrie family, i assume, not just brian but the laundrie family. given this is now a federal crime and there is a proceeding or matter at hand by virtue of the federal search warrant
all of us want to hear more. trace: i want to keep going back to this thing, dana. we ll talk to experts later. the whole concept of whether or not gabby was hit by brian laundrie or whether she was the aggressor because that s a big piece of this puzzle. and the police officer in question in the first part of his report intimates hit and then says the witnesses say she was not hit. why did the confusion happen on the ground in utah and what it means to the overall investigation? that s a key part. dana: i was thinking about the people that called 911 after witnessing what they say they saw. they did the right thing so people should be encouraged to continue to report things that they think are wrong. trace: was that information then given to the police officer who responded? we ll have that and more. texas governor greg abbott heading to the southern border today after asking president biden yesterday for an emergency declaration over the border crisis.
it look like a fight had ensued. here in wyoming the criminal investigation into what happened in the days leading up to gabby s disappearance on her road trip moves on with rapid developments. newly released search warrant to obtain petito s hard drive and there was an odd text that read can you help with stan? i just keep getting voice mails and missed calls. now this text that came in on august 27th and was the last communication from gabby s cell was concerning to her mom because stan is gabby s grandfather but gabby never referred to him by his first name. a 911 call that led to the traffic stop of gabby s van with her boyfriend brian laundrie in utah was released giving more detail. what were they doing? we drove by and the gentleman was slapping the girl. he was slapping her?
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