In October,partial human remainswere discovered in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, where authorities had conducted anexhaustive searchfor the 23-year-old fugitive. They were soonconfirmed to be Laundrie’sthrough dental records.
An initial autopsy of the remains producedinconclusive results, and the case was handed over to a forensic anthropologist for further evaluation. While it was revealed in November that Laundrie died of aself-inflicted gunshot woundto the head, full autopsy results were not released until Monday.
The 47-page report is largely scientific, summarizing various medical tests conducted on Laundrie’s remains, but a few pages within the report shed new light on exactly what was recovered in Myakkahatchee and the physical state he was in at the time of his death.
One investigator at the scene where Laundrie was discovered reported that his “skeletal remains and personal effects were in plain sight and scattered upon the dirt,” according to the report.
Dozens of human bones were recovered — many of which displayed animal gnaw marks inflicted post-mortem. Alongside them were “a pair of green shorts with a green belt, two slip-on shoes, a backpack with unknown contents, a white metal ring, and an unknown type of handgun” further described as a snub-nose revolver.
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According to a toxicology report included in the autopsy results, Laundrie was not under the influence of any substances at the time of his death.
During an interview with Laundrie’s parents, an investigator was informed that Laundrie was healthy and had no known medical history, and that he did not take any prescribed medications, according to the report.
When asked about Laundrie’s social history — which includes things like substance use, sexual behavior, exercise habits and diet — his parents declined to comment, the report states.
While Laundrie is now considered the sole suspect in Petito’s death, authorities failed to name him as such before his death, originally calling him a “person of interest” in her disappearance. The notebook confession recovered alongside his remains helped give the FBI the evidence they were looking for to tie him to her death.
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source: people.com
