Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Brian Laundrie's 'mental health crisis' revealed in writings: Gabby Petito's family | Banfield" video.

  1. He had extensive experience in manipulation.
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  2.  @MissRed92837  Yes. He came back, then fought with her even worse, in front of witnesses, and then murdered her. Take the correct lesson from this. Even the police failed Gabby. She, like so many young, good-hearted, innocent women, needed to save herself. Nobody was going to do that for her. That's the tragedy, to me. So sad!
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  3. ​ @tonifitz6831 You have literally no idea what you would do. The people most adamant about what they would do tend to be the least strong.
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  4. ​ @tonifitz6831  What LAW did she violate? Spell it out. Not moral code, but law.
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  5.  @tonifitz6831  No you don't. You have no idea what you would do if your adult son came to you and hinted that he had killed his girlfriend. You imagine you know. This is too extreme for anyone to know. Did she think she was "protecting" him? Maybe.
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  6. ​@rachelsill79 That was my thought. He left her for about a week after an argument, and went back to Florida with some excuse about cleaning out a storage unit and selling some things. She had a chance. That was enough time to call someone, talk it over, and reframe that relationship.
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  7.  @tonifitz6831  People go to prison based on breaking actual laws. Although there seems to be a shift in sentiments where that's concerned. We have the largest jail/prison population in the world by far. It's not accidental.
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  8.  @MissRed92837  He left her alone for a week and flew back to Florida. That was her chance.
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  9. @tonifitz6831  OH I GET IT. "Belonging in jail" requires a criminal law to be broken. That's the connection. You're welcome. BTW, if Brian was psychotic, blaming his family for his actions becomes quite tenuous. A parent cannot raise a child not to become mentally ill. Parents can only be criticized for failing to notice and help the child.
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  10.  @tonifitz6831  This did not take place in the UK. The US declared independence from you.
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  11. @tonifitz6831  The OP, which YOU reference, says the parents, plural, belong in jail. In the US, that requires Due Process and a crime.
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  12.  @tonifitz6831  She doesn't need a criminal lawyer. Florida did not seek to convict her of any crime.
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  13. You know all this happened --- how? This sounds twisted, too.
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  14. Why? Why is prison your go-to? You don't even need a crime? Just the fact that they're bad people? Then a quarter of the country could be imprisoned, at least.
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  15. ​ @tansywelsh1636  Those aren't the only choices.
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  16.  @tonifitz6831  The law doesn't back up your opinion. Maybe you're right. We have the largest prison population in the world because that's what we do. We like it that way.
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  17.  @tonifitz6831  Some of us are rather fond of the Constitution. It is unique in the world.
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  18. @MaryEastBay  Point to me what the Laundries did that is against criminal law. It doesn't have to be precise. Just point to what crime they committed. And . . . Why no prosecution of them? Why no criminal investigation of them? Why only a civil suit that was settled for a confidential sum? (The suit against Brian's estate, which was uncontroversial and well conceived, was settled for a known sum and all his belongings. Hence those weapons and diaries, which were in FBI custody, belong to Gabby's family to do with whatever they believe best.)
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  19. You know, schools and social service organizations are pushing mental health care for all, but the people who desperately need it, and may even meet criteria for short-term commitment, always seem to fall through the cracks. He even fooled police. How??
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  20. ​ @falconquest2068 I don't think she liked the bad boy in him, either. She probably made too much of the tiny good side he showed sometimes. That's a good heart for you! ;(
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  21. How were they at fault? This happened in another state. They weren't even there. I see him as being at fault.
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  22. @MaryEastBay  Point to me what the Laundries did that is against criminal law. It doesn't have to be precise. Just point to what crime they committed. What LAW did they break? And . . . Why was there no prosecution of them? Why no criminal investigation of them? Edit: wow it takes the algo forever to decide, lol.
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  23.  @Aliiiiiiisssssooooonnnnnnn  No evidence of that, either. In any case, it is not a capital crime if she were.
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  24.  @Devonellah  Dr. Freud, is that you?
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  25. @tjh4115  I agree, in that it was first and foremost HIS job to own up, and to tell authorities where he left her remains. His responsibility, no one else's. His actions. Both families were thousands of miles away when he did this. Let's not lose sight of that fact. For all we know, his father or his mother might have been trying to persuade him to turn himself in. If they spoke, wouldn't that mean they were turning him in instead?
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  26. @kathymcmc  There's a lot of truth in that. We are chided over and over to be "loyal," "optimistic," and give a person a "second chance." Lord, no!!
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  27.  @island4603  Please quote the part that you read as incestuous.
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  28. ​ @tansywelsh1636  Maybe you should reconsider whether that is the best thing for you? Maybe there are better things out there?
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  29. @falconquest2068  What part of she was a crime victim and no one wants to see such a thing happen, EVER, to anyone, is lost here? The suggestion was that a woman cannot leave a psychopath. That isn't always the case. That they fear leaving, and that their fear is well-founded, is undoubtedly true. This case, and the one in Idaho, I will never accept. They are cases that, once you hear about, you will never forget.
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  30. No, it was in FBI possession.
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  31. Wow, just wow. Law is all about revenge now. Do you know anything about the Crumbly case? Or about the Bill of Rights, for that matter?
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  32. Thank you. 💯
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  33. @mothersgauri4137  I have to say that on some level, I acknowledge their discipline. They stood fast on their right to remain silent -- even their attorney couldn't do it. And they remained silent even under the most extreme vilification and the threats they were subjected to by people camped out in front of their house. Not everybody can do that. BRIAN should have led the authorities to her remains. That was up to him, not mumsy.
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  34.  @Dojustdoandbe  That's also possible. I am always gratified when people think of more than one possibility!
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  35. @irene_f.  Arrested for what crime, precisely?
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  36. @irene_f.  The general rule is that you are not required to report a crime. There are exceptions, of course. That's why they made laws to mandate reporting when children are victims. Without those laws, you wouldn't have mandated reporting.
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  37. @chilo8187  OH PLEASE. I was just reading a brilliant book on medical ethics, and you pipe up with this. Maybe they just weren't Attracting Abundance? Risible.
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  38.  @chilo8187  About the fact that you have absolutely no knowledge or expertise to venture such a diagnosis, and if you were a doctor, you'd be on ethical thin ice. It makes about as much sense as the "abundance" fad.
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  39. Everyone wants to ignore the fact Gabby had a chance to get away. He left her alone for a week and went back to Florida. Why not take the correct lesson from this? Even the police failed Gabby. She, like so many young, good-hearted, innocent women, needed to save herself. Nobody was going to do that for her. She had ample opportunity. All she had to do was talk to a few real friends, then run. He would have never found her. That's the tragedy, to me.
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  40. @falconquest2068  You wondered whether I was going the old "blame the victim" route.
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  41. @samcorkerasmr3710  Even if true, that's after the act. You could look at his parents' actions and say they did not prevent his suicide, and you could judge that failure in more than one way. In any event, that would make them more culpable for his death than for hers, wouldn't it? There's no causal connection between Gabby's murder and Brian's parents. He is responsible. No one else.
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  42. ​ @falconquest2068 That's exactly what OP just did. Everyone wants to ignore the fact Gabby had a chance to get away. He left her alone for a week and went back to Florida. Why not take the correct lesson from this? Even the police failed Gabby. She, like so many young, good-hearted, innocent women, needed to save herself. Nobody was going to do that for her. That's the tragedy, to me.
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