After a cross-country manhunt, Laundrie’s remains were discovered on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at Sarasota County’s Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, following the finding of girlfriend Gabby Petito’s body in a national park camping area in Wyoming on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021.
On Monday, new information of Brian Laundrie’s death has emerged, including the fact his bones were scattered and had been gnawed on by feral dogs and rodents following his death, New York Post reported.
According to a newly disclosed report by a Florida medical examiner’s office, 23-year-old Laundrie, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head that caused significant fractures in his skull.
The District Twelve Medical Examiner in Sarasota, Florida, released a report on Monday, Feb. 14, revealing that Laundrie, who had admitted to have killed Long Island native, Petito, who grew up in Blue Point in Suffolk County, shot himself in the left side of the head, and animals had eaten parts of his body.
His bones, including sections of his arms and legs, exhibited signs of “gnawing and chewing” from “post-mortem scavenging/carnivore activity,” according to the report.
Laundrie’s toxicological result revealed no evidence of drug usage.
Authorities also discovered personal things belonging to the young man on the dirt ground, including a pair of green shorts, slip-on shoes, a white silver ring, a rucksack, and a revolver. The scene was obscured by overgrown vegetation.
According to the report, the pistol found near to the remains was a Windicator revolver with two live rounds and one used cartridge. The authorities discovered animal skeleton bones, a scribbled half note, and a “MOAB Coffee Roasters” hat at a nearby location.
They also discovered a drybag containing Laundrie’s journal, as well as a wooden box with a little notebook and a photograph of him. The examiners suspect his corpse was immersed in up to 3 feet of water in the Florida marsh a long time. His remains were uncovered once the swamp waters retreated, reports said.
Excavation took places at the location to look for other bones and personal things that may have been buried, and the uprooted dirt was combed through in 5-gallon buckets.
The authorities identified the skeletal remains using dental records provided by Laundrie’s dentist, as well as genetic material from one of his teeth and two femur bones, which they matched with DNA samples collected from his parents.
The authorities claimed they inquired about his parents’ son’s “social past,” but the Laundries stated that she and her husband did not want to share that information.
When Laundrie’s remains were discovered on the Carlton Reserve on Oct. 20, he was sought as a suspect in Petito’s disappearance and death. Petito went missing when the young couple was on a cross-country trip in September, and Laundrie came home in her van without her. On Sept. 19, her remains were discovered in a Wyoming campground.
