The whole world has been following the case of missing woman Gabby Petito who disappeared in Wyoming whilst on a road trip with fiancé Brian Laundrie.
On September 1st Brian Laundie returned home alone and on Sunday, remains matching Gabby’s description were found in Wyoming.
According to the BBC, police consider Brian “a person of interest” but he has not been charged with any crime. Brian declined to speak to police and went missing a few days later.
Brian Laundrie’s parents reported him as missing last Tuesday.
What do Brian Laundrie’s Instagram following numbers mean?
On September 20th a Twitter user shared a screenshot of Brian Laundrie’s Instagram account statistics, which shows how many followers he has gained, and how many people he has followed or unfollowed.
The statistics show that Brian’s “following” numbers went down, which essentially means he has been unfollowing people on Instagram.
People on Twitter claimed that this meant Brian has been unfollowing people on Instagram and therefore has been active online.
The tweet read: “Brian Laundrie is definitely seeing what’s going on that he has the time while he is “missing” to be unfollowing people on his Instagram.”
However, the screenshot just shows how many Brian’s account is following not whether he unfollowed them, which means that those numbers may be people removing Brian as a follower, or even blocking him.
If people remove you as a follower, your “following” number will go down.
Has Brian Laundrie been active on social media?
People on Twitter began to respond to the post claiming that Brian’s social media statistics meant that he was active online. Many pointed out the fact that others could be removing him as a follower.
One user wrote: “People most likely removed him as a follower not him unfollowing people.”
Others explained that if Brian really had been online, the FBI would easily be able to see that and therefore determine his location or whereabouts.
A Twitter user said: “You really think this man is accessing instagram? Lol he would be tracked if that was him. Educate yourself.”