KEY POINTS
  • A federal grand jury indicted Brian Laundrie for unauthorized use of a debit card following the death of his fiancé Gabby Petito.
  • Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, predicted that Brian Laundrie’s parents will soon be summoned to a grand jury. 
  • “There is no parental-child privilege, and I actually thought, by now, we would see them summoned to the grand jury. We now have an indictment, it's a federal case,” said Figliuzzi.

Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, predicted that Brian Laundrie's parents will soon be summoned to a grand jury. 

"I would expect that to happen momentarily, see them in front of a grand jury, and then if they are not going to cooperate, they can get charged with contempt or obstruction," Figliuzzi said. "There is no parental-child privilege, and I actually thought, by now, we would see them summoned to the grand jury. We now have an indictment, it's a federal case."