Brian Laundrie Was Staying In A Nearby Motel On The Night Kylen Schulte & Crystal Turner Were Last Seen Alive
The investigation into death of Gabby Petito — who went missing during a road trip with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie — has unearthed a potential link to another crime.
Clues connecting Laundrie to the unsolved murders of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner keep emerging, raising even more suspicions about Petito's boyfriend.
he couple were found found shot dead in the South Mesa area of the La Sal Loop Road not long after Laundrie and Petito, 22, had been in the area.
Is Gabby Petito's death connected to Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner's murder?
Utah police said they were investigating potential connection between the two high-profile cases that seem to have happened within weeks of each other.
"We're looking at everything, I mean, anything and everything that was suspicious around that time or we're not ruling anything out at this time," a representative for the Grand County Sheriff’s Office told Fox earlier this month.
Police did later clarify that the deaths were "not related" but that hasn't stopped people from pointing out Laundrie's connection to each case.
As the FBI seek Laundrie's DNA, it's possible we may soon know if he is involved in Schulte and Turner's murder.
There have been no suspects named in the investigation into Turner and Schulte's deaths but Petito's boyfriend has been named as a person of interest in her death.
Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie allegedly fought outside the store where Kylen Schulte works.
Weeks before she had been reported missing on August 12th, police were called to a domestic incident that occurred in front of the Moonflower food co-op in Moab, Utah where Petito and Laundrie were apparently fighting.
Schulte had worked as a cashier at Moonflower co-op for four years prior to her death. Kylen Schulte, 24, and Crystal Turner, 38, were found dead six days after Petito and Laundrie's police run-in.
No charges were issued after the incident but Petito and Laundrie reportedly told police that stress and undisclosed mental health issues had caused the argument.
Turner and Schulte went on a camping trip on August 13th, staying around the Moab, UT area but jumping from campsite to campsite.
Schulte and Turner were last seen leaving local bar Woody’s Tavern at around 8.30pm on that same day — the day after Laundrie and Petito had been separated following their fight.
Brian Laundrie was staying in a nearby motel on the night Schulte and Turner were last seen.
After police separated Laundrie and Petito, Laundrie was taken to check into the Bowen Hotel in Moab, a seven minute walk from Woody's Tavern.
It is unclear if anyone else saw Laundrie that night nor has the exact date of Schulte and Turner's death been released.
Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner were concerned about a 'creepy' man before their murder.
While they were at the bar, they had told friends that they were having issues with a man and planned to move to different campgrounds.
"They said they needed to move their campsite because of some creepy guy at their campsite," Schulte’s aunt, Bridget Calvert said to NBC News on Monday.
"These are outdoors girls, and they're independent and confident," she said, "And for somebody to make them feel uncomfortable, it had to be a very valid discomfort."
Soon after, friends and family stopped hearing from them altogether.
Unsealed search warrants filed in court this week said the newlywed couple were found by a friend partially undressed in a nearby creek with multiple gunshot wounds on August 18th.
August 24th, Petito and Laundrie were seen checking out of a hotel in Salt Lake City, UT.
Petito was last seen alive on August 27, by a witness who saw her arguing with Laundrie in a Wyoming restaurant not far from where her body was later discovered in Grand Teton National Park.
Gabby Petito's body was found in a similar manner to Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner.
Like the couple, Petito was discovered in a remote area near a creek, at Spread Creek Dispersed Camping.
Images allegedly taken at the scene where Petito was found holes in a nearby log. While Petito's exact cause of death has not been released, there is speculation that she was shot, like Schulte and Turner.
Images from inside Laundrie's North Port, Florida home suggest he owned a gun.
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Isaac Serna-Diez is a writer who focuses on entertainment and news, social justice and politics.
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