parents about why he returned home alone on september 1. but we do know that gabby s mom, nicole schmidt, told the daily mail that she texted both brian and his mom roberta laundrie on september 10, saying she was trying to get in touch with gabby. she says neither of them responded to her. the next day, on september 11th, gabby s mom filed a missing persons report in new york. she told the dr. phil show that at first she was worried about both of them until police told her that brian was back home in florida with the van. i felt it the night i found out the van was in florida, on the 11th. i felt in my heart that she was gone. you knew then? when did the north port police first make contact with the laundrie family and were they cooperative? the first time that we had interaction with that family was on september 11th, very late at night, blending over into the
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had in this case. so from your standpoint, at this point, do you feel that there was anything that could have been done differently or any mistakes that were made? there s no investigation that s 100% perfect. you know, i can tell you this. it wasn t from the lack of effort. it was from a lack of hustle or knowledge or working to find answers in this. i am 100% comfortable in that. missing person cases are a little bit tricky. but to me the difference here was, she was missing under suspicious circumstances. and knowing that, i m a little bit harder in judging the police departments on both ends of this. i think they should have taken a closer look at him. coming up, will we ever really know what happened to gabby? do you think brian killed gabby? like rhymes wrongs o like me oh my land and sea, that s mine and pardon when i shine
generally speaking in an investigation, sometimes you hold back, you lay back, because you want to see what that person does. you want to see, maybe they lead you to evidence. you don t just plop yourself right in the front yard, then people clam up and they don t potentially reveal other issues. north port police say they were surveilling brian laundrie but only as much as they could do so legally since there was no crime and no homicide at the time. gabby was still a missing persons case and her remains had not been found. but if he was being watched, how did he get away on the 13th? i think if you talk to a lot of people who have experience in law enforcement, i mean, the guy goes for a walk in the carlton reserve, he s not wanted for a crime. i mean, what are we what are we supposed to do? we re going to go tree to tree, following him back through the woods? i mean, you know, it just wasn t there with the information we
subject of why brian came home alone from his trip out west with gabby didn t even come up. who was there? my mom, my dad, my brother. did brian say anything about gabby? we had our kids there. nothing came up. he didn t say anything about gabby? no. in the weeks after brian s return home, he was seen riding his bike, mowing the lawn, even going to the at&t store to buy a new cellphone. the cellphone he used on the trip, along with gabby s cellphone, according to police, are both missing. authorities seized the white van used on the trip and though they didn t find any cellphones, they are examining other material including an external drive they took from the van, according to a police affidavit. meanwhile, in a sudden twist, two days after the petitos filed a missing persons report about gabby, brian is gone. brian laundrie s parents contacted north port police on friday, september 17. they say they haven t seen brian since he told them he was going