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Certified forensic pathologist. thank you for being with us. when do you think there will be answers? >> thank you for having me. this is obviously an extremely difficult case. you know, decomposition there like you said, underwater and it is partial remains they found. i think first we can expect within hopefully a few days that actual identification of the body and then the autopsy results can take a lot longer in this case. >> and what would the difference there be? >> sure. identification would just be who is this, right, where it is a presumption that it is brian laundrie, but by no means...

That's where the parents say he went. there is no other indication that he went there except that they say that's where he went. now, interestingly, the attorney for the laundrie family reiterated after this ruling was announced that brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to gabby's death, and that he's only charged at this point with the unauthorized use of a debit card that the lawyer volunteered was gabby's. the indictment did not say that. what was the point of such a statement? it's interesting, but it's a side issue. the big question is with what investigators now know...

Forensic pathologist, anthropologist, so it was pretty much covered all the bases. >> reporter: the coroner would only say the official autopsy report shows the body was out in the wilderness before the remains were examined. >> as far as the time of death, we are estimating three to four weeks from the time that the body was found. >> reporter: after an extensive search, petito's remains were found in wyoming's bridger teton forest. she was first reported missing by her parents september 11, more than a month ago. petito spent the summer traveling across the country in a van with boyfriend br...

The big question is with what investigators now know, do they have enough for an arrest? and if so, what would the charge be? that's where we turn to the better minds now. we have cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson, forensic pathologist, former medical examiner, dr. dupree. doc, let's start with you. we'll deal with what we know. on the know side, were you surprised by this? >> no, not really. i do think it is a crime of passion, and strangulation is very common in those. >> now, what else do you think that you can tell about circumstances based on what you know from ...

This is terry parker from palm beach county, florida. you said you were very thorough in this autopsy and examination. could you give us an example of the type of tests and analysis that you performed? >> this autopsy included a whol body cat scan, and examination by forensic pathologist, and examination by a forensic anthropologist, and toxicology evaluation. so we pretty much covered all the bases. >> doctor, thank you for taking the question. you mentioned that strangulatio is the cause of death. can you talk about how you received, or how you came to that conclusion?