Manhunt for Brian Laundrie; some think he could be in Appalachians

[4eyedbuzzard]

he may fancy himself living along the AT, changing his appearance and trying to mix in with other hikers

how many times have you encountered a "duffle-bag" hiker on the AT ? the drifter who wanders the trail and lives in AT shelters bumming food or money off AT hikers.

hope this Laundrie character doesn't turn into another Gary Gilmore, a psycho drifter who looked for victims along the AT and trails in the national forests. Gary Gilmore murdered Meredith Emerson on Blood Mountain on New Years Day 2008. He's on death row in Florida for murdering another woman in Apalachicola National Forest.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-hilton

Yeah, both of those Garys were bad guys but only Hilton had a connection to the trail and hiking in general. But more important, both had violent histories and problems extending from childhood. Laundrie doesn't fit the same profile. Whatever happened - and we simply don't know - seems more like it might be a domestic issue gone horribly wrong. He's scared and running/hiding, but I don't see him as a predator type like the two guys you mentioned. But, just MHO.

That is a pretty bold statement. Maybe they have "something" that they are not telling the rest of us. Who knows?

Fair enough. I'm sure they have info that isn't being released. But they sure don't seem hot on the trail of much of anything.