Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito

[Adam Strange]

I need to go buy the essentials at Lowe’s. A shovel. Some duck tape. Zip ties. And I probably need some acid to disintegrate my trash. You don’t think they’ll get the wrong idea at check out, do you????

Don't forget the lime. It keeps the odor down and speeds up decomposition. Also, latex gloves and a mask and some bleach for DNA cleanup. Giant trash bags and maybe a coarse blade saw and some heavy knives. You want to go full-on with this.

I'd skip the zip ties unless you are planning something unusual. They don't decompose, even with acid or bases.

[Aster]

I'd skip the zip ties unless you are planning something unusual. They don't decompose, even with acid or bases.

Really. I didn’t know that. But it’s good to know

[Adam Strange]

Really. I didn’t know that. But it’s good to know

Polyethylene is one of those miracle plastics that don’t interact with much of anything. It’s cheap and moldable and impervious to acids and bases and bacteria eating it. About the only way to get rid of it is to burn it, since it is basically solid gasoline. They make milk cartons out of it. It’s basically everywhere and will be for a long time.

*EDIT*
Wait, my mistake. Zip ties are made of Nylon, but Nylon is almost as good as polyethylene. It just absorbs a bit more water.
I’ve had zip ties outside for twenty years and they are still fine.