get clear, with no one looking for you

William Hurt; Kathleen Turner, in "Body Heat"

Today the Gabby Petito story moved forward a square:  they're reporting that Brian Laundrie's parents decided to come and help search the park and they apparently went straight to a spot where some of Brian's things and some remains were.

The remains are now said to have his DNA and dental records match....

Well -- that was fast.

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Reader Comments on an article:

* Does anyone else find this all pretty fishy?

* So hundreds of LEOs search the area for weeks, using helicopters, dogs, drones and other means, attempt to locate Brian with no luck:

Then Ma & Pa stroll three miles into the park and magically locate Brian in about an hour?

Why do I find this a little too staged:  just a bit too convenient and neatly covering all the bases?

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Some thoughts I had earlier today before the DNA and dental info was released:

I thought,

Let's ask ourselves:  if the public and law enforcement can be convinced (or take the position) that it's Brian's remains, who benefits?

The people who benefit are Brian and his parents.

Because now the search can be "over" and public interest can move on to something else.

And Brian, theoretically still in hiding, can breathe and relax a little.

It reminded me of the Lawrence Kasdan film, Body Heat.

..."But then Matty sees a way... a way to solve all her problems and get clear, with no one looking for her....It was so perfect, so clean....Case closed."

It occurred to me that Brian Laundrie would probably very much like to "get clear, with no one looking for him"....

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Reader comments

* CHECK THE DNA!  Probably killed another random hiker, left his stuff to "throw the police off" and is hiding out somewhere...

* I have to admit, that thought crossed my  mind as well.

* I don't know, maybe show some common decency and compassion by demanding that their son contact Gabby's parents immediately, when he arrived home without her, in her van?  And if he refused, they would make the call?  Instead, two weeks went by as they all went on camping trips.  These people are....

* ...The area apparently is where they often hiked.  It's the area they told authorities to focus on a month ago.  That's been the focus of the search.

* And the area was flooded and inaccessible before.

* I honestly would not be shocked if this was all some bonkers, elaborate ruse to buy him more time to escape.  He seems too narcissistic to kill himself and his parents seemed like they were willing to do anything to help him.  They didn't seem to care about Gabby at all.

* Yep, I can't help but feel this is a distraction to help him make a final run for it.

* It will be interesting to learn if the items with the remains include his getaway money.  If the cash isn't there...hummmmmmm....

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NED RACINE:  But then Matty sees a way -- to get rid of both of us at once -- at the boathouse.  A way to solve all her problems and get clear, with no one looking for her.  And Oscar she was right too, because I would have never stopped looking for her.  Matty killed this other girl and put her body in the boathouse.  It was so perfect, so clean.  You find two bodies, me and this girl.  Two killers - dead.  Case closed.

        You can't find the money, can you Oscar?  Doesn't that tell you something?

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