Gregg Jarrett: Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito and the challenges of proving a murder

As frustrating as it may seem as the Gabby Petito case has unfolded, Laundrie had a constitutional right against self-incrimination in his decision not to talk with police during the investigation. 

Whether law enforcement is officially calling him a suspect in Petito’s death is immaterial and nothing more than the parsing of legally-loaded vocabulary. Police and the FBI are certainly treating him as a suspect. And for good reason.  

Presumptions of innocence aside, if Laundrie is found alive there is a very good chance that he will be criminally charged with her death.  But it won’t be easy.