The father of Gabby Petito, who was murdered by her fiancé Brian Laundrie while the two were on a cross-country road trip, has spoken out for the first time since the family settled a civil lawsuit against the Laundries.
Joe Petito sat down for <a href="https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/gabby-petitos-father-speaks-for-first-time-since-laundrie-settlement-pushes-for-new-domestic-violence-bill/">an interview</a> with WFLA, but said he couldn’t speak about the specifics of the settlement.
“I would love to get into more details about it, but unfortunately at this time I just can’t,” he said.
He reiterated that the families “reluctantly” came together to settle the lawsuit, which the Petitos filed against the Laundries last year, alleging the Laundries helped their son escape law enforcement. A civil trial for the lawsuit was scheduled to begin in May but will no longer take place.
<div class="p-rich_text_section">Instead of discussing the settlement, Petito discussed a bill he has been trying to get passed in the Florida legislature, which would give state law enforcement training that would help them identify victims of intimate partner violence who are at risk of death or serious injury. The bill, according to WFLA, would have law enforcement ask 12 questions to help determine the risk:</div>
<ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-indent="0" data-border="0">
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Did the aggressor ever use a weapon against you or threaten you with a weapon?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Did the aggressor ever threaten to kill you or your children?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Do you believe the aggressor will try to kill you?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Has the aggressor ever choked you or attempted to choke you?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Does the aggressor have a gun or could the aggressor easily obtain a gun?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Is the aggressor violently or constantly jealous?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Does the aggressor control most of your daily activities?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Does the aggressor reside in the same household with you?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Is the aggressor employed?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">To the best of your knowledge, has the aggressor ever attempted suicide?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Do you have a child whom the aggressor believes is not the aggressor’s biological child?</li>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Has the aggressor ever followed, spied on, or left threatening messages for you?</li>
</ul>
After the settlement was released, Petito and Gabby’s mother, Nichole Schmidt, issued <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/settlement-reached-gabby-petito-laundrie-families-rcna139905">a statement</a>.
“All parties reluctantly agreed in order to avoid further legal expenses and prolonged personal conflict,” the statement said. “Our hope is to close this chapter of our lives to allow us to move on and continue to honor the legacy of our beautiful daughter, Gabby.”
The Laundries also released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/families-of-gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-settle-civil-lawsuit">a statement</a>.
“Christopher and Roberta Laundrie and I participated in mediation with the Petito family and the civil lawsuit has now been resolved,” the statement said, <a href="https://www.mysuncoast.com/2024/02/22/family-gabby-petito-releases-statement-after-civil-suit-is-settled/?outputType=amp">according to WWSB</a>. “The terms of the resolution are confidential, and we look forward to putting this matter behind us.”
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Petito’s parents were seeking $100,000 for pain and suffering due to the alleged actions of the Laundries. It is unclear how much, if any, money they will receive in the settlement.
Laundrie is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newly-revealed-texts-show-brian-laundrie-casually-discussing-trip-after-killing-gabby-petito-once-in-a-lifetime">believed</a> to have committed suicide after he went missing following the murder of his fiancée, whom Laundrie admitted to killing, according to the FBI. His remains were found in Florida’s Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in October 2021, and his family’s attorney released the notebook found with his body in June 2022.
“I ended her life,” Laundrie wrote, according to <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/Gabby-note-better.pdf">a copy</a> of the notebook <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-murder-brian-laundries-notebook-confession-revealed">exclusively</a> provided to Fox News. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock.”
Laundrie went on to claim that Petito, who was 22 when Laundrie strangled her to death, had injured herself in a fall while they were visiting Wyoming and that he killed her to take “away her pain.”
“Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of spread creek before it got too dark to see, to [sic] cold. I hear a splash and a scream,” Laundrie wrote, adding that he carried her as far as he could but had to stop to make a fire to keep them warm when he couldn’t make it back to the couple’s van.
He claimed Petito “had a small bump on her forehead that eventually got larger” and that she “continually made sounds of pain, laying next to her she said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain.”
Laundrie also referred to Petito’s death as his “mistake” and insisted that he was not ending his life “because of a fear of punishment but rather because I cant [sic] stand to live another day without her.”
Petito and Laundrie were driving across the country visiting national parks when Petito went missing. She was last seen alive in late August before her family reported her missing in early September after Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in Florida without her. Laundrie’s family then reported him missing on September 17.
Petito’s body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19, 2021. Laundrie’s remains were found on October 20.

North Port, Florida Police Hold News Conference Regarding Case Of Missing Women Gabby Petito

Gabby Petito’s Father Speaks Out After Lawsuit Settled With Brian Laundrie’s Family

Brian Laundrie

Crime

Gabby Petito

U.S.

The family of Gabby Petito has settled their civil lawsuit against the parents of Brian Laundrie and their former attorney out of court, the details of which have not been made public.
The settlement allows the families to avoid a civil trial, which could have publicly revealed information not previously known about the death of Petito at the hands of Laundrie. Laundrie admitted to killing his fiancée in a case that gained national attention.
Laundrie’s parents released a statement through their former attorney, Steven Bertolino, regarding the settlement.
“Christopher and Roberta Laundrie and I participated in mediation with the Petito family and the civil lawsuit has now been resolved,” the statement said, <a href="https://www.mysuncoast.com/2024/02/22/family-gabby-petito-releases-statement-after-civil-suit-is-settled/?outputType=amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to WWSB</a>. “The terms of the resolution are confidential, and we look forward to putting this matter behind us.”
Petito’s family filed the lawsuit against the Laundries and Bertolino last year, alleging the Laundries helped their son escape law enforcement. A civil trial for the lawsuit was scheduled to begin in May but will no longer take place.
Petito’s parents were seeking $100,000 for pain and suffering due to the alleged actions of the Laundries. It is unclear how much, if any, money they will receive in the settlement.
Laundrie is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newly-revealed-texts-show-brian-laundrie-casually-discussing-trip-after-killing-gabby-petito-once-in-a-lifetime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believed</a> to have committed suicide after he went missing following the murder of his fiancée, whom Laundrie admitted to killing, according to the FBI. His remains were found in Florida’s Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in October 2021, and his family’s attorney released the notebook found with his body in June 2022.
“I ended her life,” Laundrie wrote, according to <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/Gabby-note-better.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a copy</a> of the notebook <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-murder-brian-laundries-notebook-confession-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusively</a> provided to Fox News. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock.”
Laundrie went on to claim that Petito, who was 22 when Laundrie strangled her to death, had injured herself in a fall while they were visiting Wyoming and that he killed her to take “away her pain.”
“Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of spread creek before it got too dark to see, to [sic] cold. I hear a splash and a scream,” Laundrie wrote, adding that he carried her as far as he could but had to stop to make a fire to keep them warm when he couldn’t make it back to the couple’s van.
He claimed Petito “had a small bump on her forehead that eventually got larger” and that she “continually made sounds of pain, laying next to her she said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain.”
Laundrie also referred to Petito’s death as his “mistake” and insisted that he was not ending his life “because of a fear of punishment but rather because I cant [sic] stand to live another day without her.”
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Petito and Laundrie were driving across the country visiting national parks when Petito went missing. She was last seen alive in late August before her family reported her missing in early September after Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in Florida without her. Laundrie’s family then reported him missing on September 17.
Petito’s body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19, 2021. Laundrie’s remains were found on October 20.

Families Of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Settle Civil Lawsuit

Courts

Murder

The father of a man who killed his fiancée during a cross-country road trip in 2021 said he didn’t know what his son meant during a frantic phone call placed after the murder.
Chris Laundrie, whose son, Brian Laundrie, admitted to killing his fiancée Gabby Petito in a case that gained national attention, acknowledged during a deposition in October that the phone call took place, People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-gabbys-gone-phone-call-8580466" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He stated, however, that he had “no idea” what Brian meant during the call when he said “Gabby’s gone.”
“I asked him, you know, how is he doing, and he — you know, he was not calm and he got very excited and told me things had — you know, ‘Gabby’s gone’ and he got very frantic,” Chris said in the deposition, according to transcripts <a href="https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/gabbys-gone-brian-laundries-parents-reveal-what-happened-after-petitos-death-in-new-depositions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reviewed</a> by WFLA. “Everything was frantic and quick. So, you know, Gabby’s gone.”
Chris was then asked what else Brian had said during the phone call.
“Well, it was quick,” Chris replied. “He said, you know — and he was very panicked and he said he didn’t know what to do. He said, you know, ‘Can you help me,’ you know, and he might need a lawyer, you know. And I would — I asked him why he wouldn’t tell me. He was very frantic. Everything was frantic and I started to not really comprehend, and then he said just, you know, ‘Can you help me?’ And I said, ‘Okay. I’ll help you.’ And I calmed him down and I said — I don’t know.”
“It was — it was all mumbled and I still don’t remember everything that happened, but, you know, he said he needed help and to get an attorney,” Chris continued. “And I told him, ‘Yeah, I’ll help you. I’ll call Steven Bertolino, and just stay put.’ And then I asked him again, and he just said, ‘Just help me.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m going to, so stay calm. Stay put.’ And he hung up.”
The deposition, which was just made public, is part of a lawsuit against the Laundrie family filed by Petito’s family, alleging the Laundries helped their son escape law enforcement. A civil trial for the lawsuit is scheduled to begin in May.
Petito’s parents are seeking $100,000 for pain and suffering due to the alleged actions of the Laundries.
Laundrie is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newly-revealed-texts-show-brian-laundrie-casually-discussing-trip-after-killing-gabby-petito-once-in-a-lifetime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believed</a> to have committed suicide after he went missing following the murder of his fiancée, whom Laundrie admitted to killing, according to the FBI. His remains were found in Florida&#8217;s Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in October 2021, and his family’s attorney released the notebook found with his body in June 2022.
“I ended her life,” Laundrie wrote, according to <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/Gabby-note-better.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a copy</a> of the notebook <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-murder-brian-laundries-notebook-confession-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusively</a> provided to Fox News. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock.”
Laundrie went on to claim that Petito, who was 22 when Laundrie strangled her to death, had injured herself in a fall while they were visiting Wyoming and that he killed her to take “away her pain.”
“Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of spread creek before it got too dark to see, to [sic] cold. I hear a splash and a scream,” Laundrie wrote, adding that he carried her as far as he could but had to stop to make a fire to keep them warm when he couldn’t make it back to the couple’s van.
He claimed Petito “had a small bump on her forehead that eventually got larger” and that she “continually made sounds of pain, laying next to her she said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain.”
Laundrie also referred to Petito’s death as his “mistake” and insisted that he was not ending his life “because of a fear of punishment but rather because I cant [sic] stand to live another day without her.”
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Petito and Laundrie were driving across the country visiting national parks when Petito went missing. She was last seen alive in late August before her family reported her missing in early September after Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in Florida without her. Laundrie’s family then reported him missing on September 17.
Petito’s body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19, 2021. Laundrie’s remains were found on October 20.

Brian Laundrie Made Frantic Call To Parents After Killing Gabby Petito, Said ‘Gabby’s Gone.’ Dad Claims He Didn’t Understand.

Brian Laundrie Made Frantic Call To Parents After Killing Gabby Petito, Said 'Gabby's Gone.' Dad Claims He Didn’t Understand.

Lawsuit

Newly revealed texts show that Brian Laundrie casually discussed his fateful cross-country road trip with a friend – just days after he killed his fiancée.
Within days of strangling his girlfriend Gabby Petito to death, Laundrie sent text messages to a friend saying the couple “had fun,” <a href="https://themessenger.com/news/brian-laundrie-texted-friend-after-strangling-gabby-petito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Messenger</a>. The texts give no indication that Laundrie killed Petito or felt any remorse or guilt.
“Trip was good,” Laundrie texted his friend Ben after he returned to Florida without Petito. &#8220;Gab and I had fun. Tired now, gonna sleep for a week.&#8221;
The text was sent before Petito was reported missing.
&#8220;We made a lot of content,&#8221; Laundrie texted his friend, referring to the couple’s YouTube travel channel they were making during the trip. &#8220;It was once in a lifetime.&#8221;
Petito was reported missing on September 11, 2021, while these text messages were sent on September 4. After Petito’s remains were found, Laundrie disappeared into the woods and was later found dead.
Laundrie is believed to have committed suicide after he went missing following the murder of his fiancée, whom Laundrie admitted to killing, according to the FBI. His remains were found in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in October 2021, and his family’s attorney released the notebook found with his body in June 2022.
“I ended her life,” Laundrie wrote, according to <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/Gabby-note-better.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a copy</a> of the notebook <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-murder-brian-laundries-notebook-confession-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusively</a> provided to Fox News. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock.”
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Laundrie went on to claim that Petito, who was 22 when Laundrie allegedly strangled her to death, had injured herself in a fall while they were visiting Wyoming and that he killed her to take “away her pain.”
“Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of spread creek before it got too dark to see, to [sic] cold. I hear a splash and a scream,” Laundrie wrote, adding that he carried her as far as he could but had to stop to make a fire to keep them warm when he couldn’t make it back to the couple’s van.
He claimed Petito “had a small bump on her forehead that eventually got larger” and that she “continually made sounds of pain, laying next to her she said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain.”
Laundrie also referred to Petito’s death as his “mistake” and insisted that he was not ending his life “because of a fear of punishment but rather because I cant [sic] stand to live another day without her.”
Petito and Laundrie were driving across the country visiting national parks when Petito went missing. She was last seen alive in late August before her family reported her missing in early September after Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in Florida without her. Laundrie’s family then reported him missing on September 17.
Petito’s body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19, 2021. Laundrie’s remains were found on October 20.
Petito’s family is suing Laundrie’s family for their daughter’s death, believing the Laundries helped Brian escape law enforcement.

Gabby Petito Memorial

Newly Revealed Texts Show Brian Laundrie Casually Discussing Trip After Killing Gabby Petito: ‘Once In A Lifetime’

Newly Revealed Texts Show Brian Laundrie Casually Discussing Trip After Killing Gabby Petito: 'Once In A Lifetime'

Roberta Laundrie, mother of Brian Laundrie, reportedly wrote in her infamous “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawyer-for-gabby-petitos-parents-makes-explosive-accusation-about-alleged-killers-mom-burn-after-reading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">burn after reading</a>” letter that she would bake her son a cake containing a shiv to help him if he were sent to prison for murdering his girlfriend, Gabby Petito.
The new information from the letter was contained in a recent court filing from Pat Reilly, the attorney representing Petito’s family in their lawsuit against the Laundries, NewsNation <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/gabby-petito-missing-case/lawyer-laundries-mother-offered-son-cake-with-shiv-inside/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Reilly’s latest filing argues for the release of Roberta’s “burn after reading” letter.
“The letter in question, written by Roberta Laundrie to Brian Laundrie references bringing a shovel to help bury a body, and baking a cake with a shiv in it should Brian Laundrie go to prison. A reasonable inference is that the letter was written at a time when Gabrielle Petito was as yet unburied, and Brian Laundrie could go to jail for the crime of murder,” Reilly wrote in the filing.
Reilly wrote in the court filing that the FBI had collected the letter as evidence but released it back to the Laundries earlier this year. He claims to have seen the letter, reporting earlier that “burn after reading” was written on the envelope.
He has also mentioned in previous interviews that Roberta had allegedly offered to bake a cake with a weapon inside, but until now, that claim has not been included in a court filing.
Laundrie, 23, is believed to have committed suicide after he went missing following the murder of his fiancée <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gabby-petito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gabby Petito</a>, whom Laundrie admitted to killing, according to the FBI. His remains were found in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in October 2021, and his family’s attorney released the notebook found with his body in June 2022
“I ended her life,” Laundrie wrote, according to <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/Gabby-note-better.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a copy</a> of the notebook <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-murder-brian-laundries-notebook-confession-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusively</a> provided to Fox News. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock.”
Laundrie went on to claim that Petito, who was 22 when Laundrie allegedly strangled her to death, had injured herself in a fall while they were visiting Wyoming and that he killed her to take “away her pain.”
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“Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of spread creek before it got too dark to see, to [sic] cold. I hear a splash and a scream,” Laundrie wrote, adding that he carried her as far as he could but had to stop to make a fire to keep them warm when he couldn’t make it back to the couple’s van.
He claimed Petito “had a small bump on her forehead that eventually got larger” and that she “continually made sounds of pain, laying next to her she said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain.”
Laundrie also referred to Petito’s death as his “mistake” and insisted that he was not ending his life “because of a fear of punishment but rather because I cant [sic] stand to live another day without her.”
Petito and Laundrie were driving across the country visiting national parks when Petito went missing. She was last seen alive in late August before her family reported her missing in early September after Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in Florida without her. Laundrie’s family then reported him missing on September 17.
Petito’s body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19, 2021. Laundrie’s remains were found on October 20.
Reilly, the attorney for Petito’s family, <a href="https://people.com/crime/brian-laundrie-notebook-confession-killing-gabby-petito/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=news_tab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> People that Laundrie’s claims about killing Petito out of mercy due to an accident were “nonsense.”
“He is writing a letter as though he wants people to feel sorry for him,” Reilly told the outlet.
Petito’s parents are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gabby-petitos-parents-are-suing-brian-laundries-family" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suing</a> Laundrie’s family, alleging the Laundries knew their son had killed the Petito’s daughter and tried to help him evade capture.
Laundrie’s family has said they have “no regrets” for the way they acted following Petito’s disappearance.

Justice for Gabby

Brian Laundrie’s Mom Reportedly Offered To Bake Son A Cake Containing A Shiv, Lawyer For Gabby Petito’s Family Alleges

Brian Laundrie's Mom Reportedly Offered To Bake Son A Cake Containing A Shiv, Lawyer For Gabby Petito's Family Alleges

The parents of Gabby Petito, 22, whose disappearance, subsequent strangulation, and murder by her boyfriend Brian Laundrie made headlines across the nation, have released a heartbreaking selfie she took just before a witness made a 911 call to report that Laundrie had attacked her.
On July 2, 2021, Petito left New York with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. They took a road trip to Colorado and Utah. The selfie was taken at 4.37 p.m. on August 12, 2021, in Moab, Utah. The photo shows her with tears in her eyes and a bloody bruise around her eye, wearing the same clothes as the video footage when two officers later responded to the call.
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The attorneys representing Gabby Petito&#39;s parents have released this photo from her cell phone. They say it shows Gabby was violently assaulted and likely strangled before her interaction with Moab Police. The Petitos are suing the police for the way they handled the interaction. <a href="https://t.co/PssoLlg3mK">pic.twitter.com/PssoLlg3mK</a>
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Petito told officers Laundrie “grabbed my face,” showing them how he had attacked her.
“Did he slap your face or what?” one officer asked.
“He grabbed me with his nail, and I guess that’s why it looks — I definitely have a cut right here. I can feel it. When I touch it, it burns.” Petito replied. After Petito said she had struck Laundrie first, police reportedly left.
The Petito family has <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11723667/Gabby-Petito-selfie-shows-bruised-face-moments-traffic-stop-Brian-Laundrie.html">filed</a> a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab Police Department. Attorney Brian Stewart, stated, “Moab police failed to listen to Gabby, failed to investigate her injuries and the seriousness of her assault, and failed to follow their own training, policies, and Utah law.”
The <a href="https://abc7ny.com/gabby-petito-disappearance-911-call-brian-laundrie/11033239/">transcript</a> of the 911 call reads:
<blockquote>
Dispatcher: Grand County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.
Caller: Hi, can you hear me, sir?
Dispatcher: Yeah, I can hear you.
Caller: Hi, I’m calling, I’m right on the corner of Main Street by Moonflower and we&#8217;re driving by and I&#8217;d like to report a domestic dispute, Florida with a white van, Florida license plate, white van.
Dispatcher: Where&#8217;s it at?
Caller: They just drove off. They&#8217;re going down Main Street. They made a right on Main Street from Moonflower.
Dispatcher: What were they doing?
Caller: What&#8217;d you say?
Dispatcher: What were they doing?
Caller: We drove by &#8217;em, a gentleman was slapping the girl.
Dispatcher: He was slapping her?
Caller: Yes, and then we stopped, they ran up and down the sidewalk, he proceeded to hit her, hopped in the car and they drove off.
Dispatcher: OK, you say that&#8217;s a white van?
Caller: It&#8217;s a white van. I can give you the license plate if you give me one [second] I took a picture of it.
Dispatcher: What kind of white van, like a big one?
Caller: Um it was a smaller van, with a license place of, it was white, Florida license plate [redacted]. It was, the make was a Ford, model was Transit, black ladder on the passenger side.
Dispatcher: Black ladder, passenger side.
Caller: White Ford Transit
Dispatcher: White Ford Transit, and what was your name?
Caller: [redacted] 
Dispatcher: And where did they, so they turned, they headed south on Main Street from Moonflower Market? 
Caller: Correct, they made the right turn.
Dispatcher: Oh, so they went north?
Caller: North, yes sir, I&#8217;m not from around here.
Dispatcher: So, you&#8217;re right there by the post office?
Caller: Right across the street, yep.
Dispatcher: And when they turned onto Main Street they went right or left?
Caller: Right.
Dispatcher: Right so they went north, north on Main, alright I&#8217;ll let somebody know thank you.
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The last time Petito was seen alive was on August 27 at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming, restaurant. On August 30, a text was sent from her phone: “No service in Yosemite.” On September 19, human remains matching her description were found at Spread Creek campground.

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An attorney for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gabby-petito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gabby Petito&#8217;s</a> family suggested that the mother of alleged killer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-laundrie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Laundrie</a> knew that her son killed Petito and offered him assistance in disposing of her body.
Pat Reilly, the attorney for the Petito family, wrote a letter to Matt Luka, the attorney for the Laundrie family, earlier this month informing him of materials he was seeking from the Laundrie family in a civil lawsuit.
The letter, which just became public record, references a letter that Reilly sought to obtain several months ago that Roberta Laundrie allegedly wrote to her son, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-parents-attorney-claims-court-filing-roberta-laundrie-offered-lend-son-shovel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The letter was reportedly titled, &#8220;burn after reading.&#8221;
&#8220;This request certainly would also include the note that Roberta Laundrie wrote to Brian Laundrie, [in] which she offered to bring a shovel to help bury the body,&#8221; Reilly wrote. &#8220;The note was released to the custody of Mr. Bertolino on Friday, June 24, 2022 by the FBI.&#8221;
Reilly told Fox News that he was not comfortable describing what was in the letter and that the content was &#8220;very specific.&#8221; He said that he believes the letter proves that Roberta Laundrie &#8220;knew of Gabby&#8217;s murder before Gabby&#8217;s body was located.&#8221;
Steve Bertolino, the Laundries’ longtime family attorney, told Fox News that the allegations were &#8220;not based on fact but on conjecture only,&#8221; claiming that the letter was written prior to when the murder happened.
Petitio&#8217;s parents have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gabby-petitos-parents-sue-laundrie-family-lawyer-he-knew-she-was-dead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a lawsuit</a> against Bertolino claiming he knew their daughter was dead when he publicly stated that the Laundrie family hoped “that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is reunited with her family.”
On July 2, 2021, Gabby Petito left New York with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. They took a road trip to Colorado and Utah. On August 12, a park ranger from Utah’s Arches National Park <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/park-ranger-warned-gabby-petito-of-toxic-relationship-urged-her-to-find-another-path-before-disappearance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> Gabby Petito that her relationship with Brian Laundrie appeared “toxic” and urged her to “find another path.”
The last time Petito was seen alive was on August 27, 2021, at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming, restaurant. On August 30, a text was sent from her phone: “No service in Yosemite.” On September 19, human remains matching her description were found at Spread Creek campground. The FBI <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-confirms-body-found-in-wyoming-is-gabby-petito-rules-death-a-homicide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that the body was hers and they ruled the cause of death to be a homicide.
But prior to the discovery of Gabby Petito’s body, on September 14, 2021, Bertolino released a statement in which he said:
<blockquote>This is understandably an extremely difficult time for both the Petito family and the Laundrie family. It is our understanding that a search has been organized for Miss Petito in or near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. On behalf of the Laundrie family it is our hope that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is re-united with her family. On the advice of counsel the Laundrie family is remaining in the background at this juncture and will have no further comment.</blockquote>
The new lawsuit <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11509477/Gabby-Petitos-parents-sue-Brian-Laudries-parents-LAWYER-Steven-Bertolino.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> of Laundrie’s parents, “When they did choose to speak, it was through statements issued by Steven Bertolino. It is believed that at the time the September 14, 2021 statement was issued, the Laundries and Steven Bertolino knew that Gabby Petito was deceased, and that under those circumstances, the statement was insensitive, cold-hearted and outrageous.”
Hank Berrien contributed to this report.

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The parents of Gabby Petito, who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, are suing Steven Bertolino, the attorney of Laundrie’s parents, claiming he knew their daughter was dead when he publicly stated that the Laundrie family hoped “that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is reunited with her family.”
On July 2, 2021, Gabby Petito left New York with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. They took a road trip to Colorado and Utah.  On August 12, a park ranger from Utah’s Arches National Park <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/park-ranger-warned-gabby-petito-of-toxic-relationship-urged-her-to-find-another-path-before-disappearance/">warned</a> Gabby Petito that her relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie appeared “toxic” and urged her to “find another path.” The last time Petito was seen alive was on August 27 at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming restaurant. On August 30, a text was sent from her phone: “No service in Yosemite.” On September 19 human remains matching her description were found at Spread Creek campground. The FBI <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-confirms-body-found-in-wyoming-is-gabby-petito-rules-death-a-homicide/">confirmed</a> that the body was hers and they ruled the cause of death to be a homicide.
But prior to the discovery of Gabby Petito’s body, on September 14, 2021, Bertolino released a statement in which he said:
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This is understandably an extremely difficult time for both the Petito family and the Laundrie family. It is our understanding that a search has been organized for Miss Petito in or near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. On behalf of the Laundrie family it is our hope that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is re-united with her family. On the advice of counsel the Laundrie family is remaining in the background at this juncture and will have no further comment.
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NEW: Statement from Attorney Steven Bertolino for the family of Brian Laundrie, boyfriend of missing 22 year old Gabby Petito via <a href="https://twitter.com/WFLAAllyson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WFLAAllyson</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y7tgn8mDd5">https://t.co/Y7tgn8mDd5</a> <a href="https://t.co/AeorQEGWnp">pic.twitter.com/AeorQEGWnp</a>
&mdash; Justin Schecker (@WFLAJustin) <a href="https://twitter.com/WFLAJustin/status/1437850775066234881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The new lawsuit <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11509477/Gabby-Petitos-parents-sue-Brian-Laudries-parents-LAWYER-Steven-Bertolino.html">claims</a> of Laundrie’s parents, “When they did choose to speak, it was through statements issued by Steven Bertolino. It is believed that at the time the September 14, 2021 statement was issued, the Laundries and Steven Bertolino knew that Gabby Petito was deceased, and that under those circumstances, the statement was insensitive, cold-hearted and outrageous.”
In June 2022,  Bertolino told <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/gabby-petito-missing-case/laundrie-lawyer-no-regrets-about-handling-of-petito-case/">NewsNation</a>, “What I knew, or what Chris and Roberta knew, we did not have to disclose, to any third party, and specifically to law enforcement, or the Petito family. &#8230; I did everything the right way. We have no regrets. The parents did everything the right way, and they have no regrets.”

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The family of Brian Laundrie, the murderer of Gabby Petito, is demanding an apology from “Celebrity Jeopardy!” after the show featured a clue referencing Laundrie.
On Sunday night’s episode, the show offered a clue to contestants Michael Higgins, Wil Wheaton, and Joel Kim Booster that read, “In 2021, fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla&#8217;s Myakkahatchee Creek area, home to these long &amp; toothy critters.” The correct answer was “alligators.”
&#8220;The entire Laundrie family is appalled and concurs with all of the comments on social media on how distasteful this was. I believe an apology is due,” Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/15/brian-laundrie-family-rips-celebrity-jeopardy-clue-suicide-gabby-petito/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a>.
Laundrie committed suicide weeks after Petito’s body was found, with her strangled in a campground near the Grand Teton mountains. He left a note in which he confessed to killing his longtime girlfriend.
Social media <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11428171/Fans-slam-Jeopardy-tasteless-clue-demise-Gabby-Petitos-killer-Brian-Laundrie.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abounded</a> with outraged fans offering their condemnation:
&#8220;Jeopardy! just had the most absurd question I have ever seen in my life,&#8221; one user said.
Another added, &#8220;This is the most tasteless and insensitive answer I&#8217;ve ever seen on any Jeopardy! What the hell were they thinking? Making light of that tragic situation is repugnant. Damn.&#8221;
&#8220;What the f***, Jeopardy! A Brian Laundrie question? Tasteless,&#8221; one added.
People were confused by the composition of the question as well.
&#8220;That Jeopardy! question mentioning Brian Laundrie and the answer was alligators?? What the actual hell, that was so&#8230;out of line. Not necessary! There was no reason to mention him at all,&#8221; one social media user said.
&#8220;Have you no soul? I can&#8217;t believe this question got past your lawyers,&#8221; one person asked.
In the note he left in a notebook, Laundrie claimed that Petito had slipped and fallen, “begging for an end to her pain.”
“I ended her life,” he wrote. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistake that I made. I panicked. I was in shock. But from the moment I decided, took away her pain.”
Petito’s mother Nichole Schmidt ripped Laundrie’s explanation, writing on Twitter, “Fed up. Narcissists rewrite history to escape accountability.”
“That was his character, even in his last moments he wanted to make sure he looked like the good guy,” Schmidt <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPnegp1Za2E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC’s Today Show. “That’s ridiculous. We know how she died.”
Patrick Riley, an attorney for the Petito family, reacted to Laundrie’s claim that the killing was “merciful,” calling it “nonsense,” adding. “He is writing a letter as though he wants people to feel sorry for him.”
In late September 2021, as hundreds of mourners attended a service at a funeral home for Petito, her father <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/gabby-petitos-father-gives-eulogy-if-there-is-a-relationship-that-youre-in-that-might-not-be-the-best-thing-for-you-leave-it-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the audience</a>, “If there is a relationship that you&#8217;re in that might not be the best thing for you, leave it. Now.”
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&#8220;Celebrity Jeopardy!&#8221; was harshly criticized for including a clue that referenced Brian Laundrie, the man who allegedly murdered Gabby Petito in the fall of 2021.
Laundrie committed suicide weeks after Petito’s body was found, with her strangled in a campground near the Grand Teton mountains. He left a note in which he confessed to killing his longtime girlfriend.
“In 2021, fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla&#8217;s Myakkahatchee Creek area, home to these long &amp; toothy critters,” the &#8220;Celebrity Jeopardy!&#8221; clue stated, referring to alligators, as actors John Michael Higgins, Wil Wheaton and Joel Kim Booster competed on the show.
Social media <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11428171/Fans-slam-Jeopardy-tasteless-clue-demise-Gabby-Petitos-killer-Brian-Laundrie.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abounded</a> with outraged fans offering their condemnation:
&#8220;Jeopardy! just had the most absurd question I have ever seen in my life,&#8221; one user said.
Another added, &#8220;&#8216;This is the most tasteless and insensitive answer I&#8217;ve ever seen on any Jeopardy! What the hell were they thinking? Making light of that tragic situation is repugnant. Damn.&#8221;
&#8220;What the f***, Jeopardy! A Brian Laundrie question? Tasteless,&#8221; one added.
People were confused by the composition of the question as well.
&#8220;That Jeopardy! question mentioning Brian Laundrie and the answer was alligators?? What the actual hell, that was so&#8230;out of line. Not necessary! There was no reason to mention him at all,&#8221; one social media user said.
&#8220;Have you no soul? I can&#8217;t believe this question got past your lawyers,&#8221; one person asked.
In the note he left in a notebook, Laundrie claimed that Petito had slipped and fallen, “begging for an end to her pain.”
“I ended her life,” he wrote. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistake that I made. I panicked. I was in shock. But from the moment I decided, took away her pain.”
Petito’s mother Nichole Schmidt ripped Laundrie’s explanation, writing on Twitter, “Fed up. Narcissists rewrite history to escape accountability.”
“That was his character, even in his last moments he wanted to make sure he looked like the good guy,” Schmidt <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPnegp1Za2E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC’s Today Show. “That’s ridiculous. We know how she died.”
Patrick Riley, an attorney for the Petito family, reacted to Laundrie’s claim that the killing was “merciful,” calling it “nonsense,” adding. “He is writing a letter as though he wants people to feel sorry for him.”
In late September 2021, as hundreds of mourners attended a service at a funeral home for Petito, her father <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/gabby-petitos-father-gives-eulogy-if-there-is-a-relationship-that-youre-in-that-might-not-be-the-best-thing-for-you-leave-it-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the audience</a>, “If there is a relationship that you&#8217;re in that might not be the best thing for you, leave it. Now.”

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‘What The F***, Jeopardy’: Jeopardy Ripped For Clue Referencing Gabby Petito’s Alleged Murderer

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Video footage from a Whole Foods store in Wyoming shows the last moments <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gabby-petito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gabby Petito</a> was ever seen alive.
Twenty-three-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-laundrie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Laundrie</a> confessed in a notebook before killing himself that he strangled his girlfriend, 22-year-old Petito, to death during the couple&#8217;s cross-country van trip.
The video, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-bombshell-video-emerges-revealing-hours-before-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> exclusively by Fox News Digital, shows Petito and Laundrie shopping together on August 27, 2021, at a Whole Foods in Jackson, Wyoming. Laundrie is wearing a hat and sunglasses, and Petito has her arms crossed at times while browsing the store.
The pair would reportedly leave the store and drive to the campsite where Petito was strangled.
The footage could be from the same day Petito was killed, Fox News noted, citing an autopsy timeline and a civil lawsuit filed by Petito&#8217;s parents, which dates their daughter&#8217;s murder as August 27, 2021.
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Never before seen video of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie shopping at Whole Foods market in Jackson, Wyoming on August 27, 2021. This is the last time she is seen alive. They would leave the store and drive to the campsite where Petito was murdered. (Via Fox News Digital) <a href="https://t.co/7KCDXFhjKM">pic.twitter.com/7KCDXFhjKM</a>
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An autopsy in November revealed that Laundrie <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-in-autopsy-reveals-brian-laundrie-cause-of-death-as-suicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">committed suicide</a> by shooting himself in the head.
The FBI said last October that a recovered notebook from Laundrie included a confession from the 23-year-old that he murdered Petito.
“I ended her life,” he wrote, according to <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/Gabby-note-better.pdf">a copy</a> of the notebook <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/gabby-petito-murder-brian-laundries-notebook-confession-revealed">exclusively</a> provided to Fox News. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock.”
Laundrie went on to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-ended-her-life-heres-what-brian-laundrie-wrote-in-his-notebook-before-he-killed-himself" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claim</a> that Petito had injured herself in a fall while they were visiting Wyoming and that he killed her to take “away her pain.”
“Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of spread creek before it got too dark to see, [too] cold. I hear a splash and a scream,” Laundrie wrote, adding that he carried her as far as he could but had to stop to make a fire to keep them warm when he couldn’t make it back to the couple’s van.
He claimed Petito “had a small bump on her forehead that eventually got larger,” and that she “continually made sounds of pain, laying next to her she said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain.”
Laundrie also referred to Petito’s death as his “mistake” and insisted that he was not ending his life “because of a fear of punishment but rather because I can&#8217;t stand to live another day without her.”
Ashe Schow contributed to this report. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-ended-her-life-heres-what-brian-laundrie-wrote-in-his-notebook-before-he-killed-himself" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘I Ended Her Life’: Here’s What Brian Laundrie Wrote In His Notebook Before He Killed Himself</a>

New Video Emerges Showing Last Moments Gabby Petito Seen Alive, Possibly Hours Before Murder

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Gabby Petito&#8217;s family members have filed a multi-million dollar wrongful-death lawsuit against the police department in Moab, Utah, alleging that law enforcement should have done more to prevent their daughter&#8217;s death.
According to a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gabby-petito-family-files-50-million-wrongful-death-lawsuit-utah-polic-rcna41980?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma">report</a> from NBC News, Petito&#8217;s family is claiming that the Moab City Police Department made critical mistakes during a brief interaction with their 22-year-old daughter and her then-fiancé Brian Laundrie — and that if the police had done things differently, their daughter might not have been found dead just a few weeks later.
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BREAKING: Family of Gabby Petito announces $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against police in Moab, Utah, accusing the department of failing to properly investigate her domestic violence case and protect her. <a href="https://t.co/ubyd5UitQO">https://t.co/ubyd5UitQO</a>
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Petito&#8217;s family filed a notice of intent on Monday against the Moab City Police Department — along with former-Chief Bret Edge, former&#8211;Assistant Chief Braydon Palmer, Officer Eric Pratt, and Officer Daniel Robbins — seeking $50 million in damages.
According to the filing, the family is alleging that police officers who spoke with Petito and Laundrie — after the two were <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/where-did-he-hit-you-new-police-footage-emerges-in-gabby-petito-case-revealing-violent-fight/">spotted fighting</a> — should have recognized the situation as a domestic violence case and pursued it accordingly.
The interaction in question took place on August 12, 2021 — and at the time, a visibly shaken Petito told police that she had slapped Laundrie and that he had grabbed her face. Both Petito and Laundrie assured the police that they loved each other and neither wanted to press charges against the other.
The 22-year-old blonde was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-confirms-body-found-in-wyoming-is-gabby-petito-rules-death-a-homicide/">found dead</a> in Wyoming&#8217;s Bridger-Teton National Forest on September 19th — approximately three weeks after officials believe she was killed — and the cause of death was reported to be homicide by manual strangulation.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-ended-her-life-heres-what-brian-laundrie-wrote-in-his-notebook-before-he-killed-himself/">Laundrie</a>, who quickly became a person of interest once Petito was officially declared a missing person, was found dead in Florida&#8217;s Carlton Reserve the following month. He reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head — and admitted in writing to &#8220;ending&#8221; Petito&#8217;s life, but said that he had done so only after she had fallen while hiking.
But according to an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/report-finds-utah-police-made-mistakes-encounter-gabby-petito-brian-la-rcna12024">independent review</a> of the case, police reportedly should have classified the case as a domestic violence incident — but instead it was recorded as a mental/emotional health issue.
Based on that report, Petito&#8217;s family is alleging that the police officers at the scene — who were reportedly trained to recognize the signs of abuse — should have immediately realized that &#8220;Gabby was a victim of intimate partner violence&#8221; and provided her with &#8220;immediate protection&#8221; from Laundrie.

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