Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie.
Netflix’s courtesyNetflix’s documents for the killing of Petito Gabby mentioned Brian laundrieFamily – but where are his loved ones after his death?
American Murder: Gabby PetitoWhich was released in February 2025, researched the shocked relations of Petito and Laundrie that led to their infamous country journey. The fiancée Coupleifi documented their 2021 departure for Petito’s YouTube channel, but it did not eventually return home.
Laundrie was discovered in his parents’ home in September 2021 amid Petito’s disappearance. He was reported missing more than a week after Petito was found dead. A high profile search for Laundrie ended in October 2021 when his remains were found in the Myakahatchee Creek Environment Park.
The FBI determined in January 2022 that Laundrie was responsible for Petito’Smurder because of a story written in his notebook before his suicide death. Two months after the FBI investigation, Petito’s parents filed a civil lawsuit against Brian’s mother Roberta laundrie and father Christopher Laundrie Allegedly the knowledge of the killing of Petito and the location of her felt body.
One judge placed in favor of the Petito family in the wrong death lawsuit at the end of 2022, giving Petito’s mother $ 3 million as her daughter’s assets. Brian’s boyfriends, meanwhile, remained out of the public eye and chose not to participate in three -part Netflix documents for the case.
Filmmaker Julia Willoughby Nason AND Michael Gasparro spoke exclusively The weekly regarding the attempt to contact Roberta and Christopher.
“We reached his family. It is difficult to open about this (subject) for that side of the family. So we made the best efforts to approach them, “Nason noted as Gasparro added,” We reached the family, their lawyer and Brian’s sister. But we respected the fact that they did not want to attend and that’s it. “
Keep moving to see where Brian family members are now:
Brian laundrie

Brian Laundrie.
Netflix’s courtesyAfter meeting at high school, Brian began meeting with Petito in 2019 and they engaged in 2020. Jog Highlights the issues the couple began to face – especially after moving to Florida to live with his family.
Brian and Petito escaped before they went on their cross-country journey in 2021, which they documented. In August 2021, police officers in Moab, Utah, drew Brian and Petito after a 911 call reported a man hitting a woman. In the footage of the body’s cameras released after Petito’s disappearance, Petito agreed to hit Brian as he admitted to pushing him.
The incident was classified as disordered behavior and the duo was separated for the night. However, they reunited and continued their journey until Petito stopped responding to her parents’ messages later that month. Petito’s disappearance was subject to intense nationwide attention after Brian returned home in September 2021 without him.
Petito was found dead at the age of 22 in September 2021 near the Grand Teton National Park more than a week after it was reported missing. Brian was named a person of interest before he was lost as well. He was found dead by suicide in Florida in October 2021. He had a backpack that the FBI confirmed that he had a notebook where he accepted the responsibility for Petito’s death.
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Gabby Petito and Roberta Laundrie.
Netflix’s courtesyNetflix’s Jog Special included fragments from Brian’s correspondence with his mother, where she stated that she would help her “dispose of a body” if needed. The amount of knowledge Brian’s parents had of Petito’s death was questioned when Petito’s parents filed a civil lawsuit accusing Roberta and Christopher of failing to discover that Brian admitted to killing his fiancé.
Laundry lawyers argued for the acceptability of the letter he claimed to have been written before Petito’s death. The matter was resolved in November 2022 and families agreed on a confidential resolution.
“Christopher and Roberta Laundrie and I participated in mediation with the Petito family and civil lawsuit has now been resolved. The conditions of the resolution are confidential, and we look forward to putting this issue after us,” Read a statement read by the Laundrie family lawyer.
The Petito family issued their statement, where they stated that “all parties agreed with desire to avoid further legal expenses and prolonged personal conflict. Our hope is to close this chapter of our lives to allow us to allow us to allow Continue and continue to honor the heritage of our beautiful daughter, Gabby. “
Petito’s mother, Nicole SchmidtShe said in Crimecon in May 2024 that she forgave Brian for her daughter’s death – but not Roberta.
“I speak myself here when I say Brian, forgive you,” Schmidt said at the Nashville Congress. “I had to release myself from the chains of anger and grief. And I refuse to allow your despised act to determine the rest of my life. “
Schmidt claimed that Brian’s parents were “conscious of his cowardly flight of justice” and said their actions “added salt” to her wounds.
“As for you, Roberta – and I call you individually because you are apparently the creator who destroyed your family and your mind with your wicked ways – I see no empathy in your eyes, without repentance in your heart and no willingness to Take responsibility for your actions, “Schmidt continued. “You are darkness. You are the sociopath that everyone is afraid. He who appears so innocent and kind, but there is darkness within your soul. You do not deserve forgiveness. You deserve to be forgotten and dehumanization. You epitomize pure evil. “
Roberta – and Christopher – have not made public comments during or after the matter. They also did not participate in any documentary about the case after receiving extensive public reactions.
Christopher Laundrie
Views from Jog showed that Christopher refusing to discuss Brian’s whereabouts with authorities when he initially returned home from his journey to 2021 with the van – but not with Petito.
Christopher and Roberta spoke for the first time about the murder of Petito before the civil lawsuit, which was finally resolved. Christopher admitted that his son called him in August 2021 and said frantic: “Gabby has gone.” Brian’s father said in his deposit that he had no “no idea” what Brian would say with that statement.
“It was – everything was upset and I still don’t remember everything that happened. It is said that he needed help and get a lawyer,” Christopher recalled, according to WPTV and WFLA. “And I said, ‘Yes, I will help you. I will call Steven Bertolino and just stay firm.’ And then I asked again, and he just said, ‘Just help me’. And I I said, ‘Yes, I’m going, so stay quiet.
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Brian Laundrie and Cassie Laundrie.
Netflix’s courtesyBrian’s sister was the only one from the Laundrie family to break their silence during the widespread search for Petito.
“Of course my family and I want Gabby to be sure,” Cassie said Good morning America In September 2021. “She is like a sister and my children love her, and all I want is for her to return home safe and healthy and this is just a big misunderstanding.”
Cassie has also remained out of the public eye after her brother’s remains were found in October 2021. She asked Brian to “come forward” when authorities were still looking for it, saying further GMA“Take us away from this terrible mess. I really wish he had come to me first that day with the van, because I don’t think we would be here. “