– Laughlin’s father, Kevin, remarried and moved from Virginia to Iowa. His mother, Audrey Gudenkauf, was living in Kansas. For Laughlin, Lake Placid was a new adventure. When Laughlin decided to move here, his parents worried about him but according to his mother, he was excited to show them that he could “do it on his own.” “He kept saying, ‘You know what, Mom? I have to show you that I can do it on my own, ” Gudenkauf said. “When he said he was moving to New York, I just had to let him do it. He did well. He drove up there by himself, transferred his mail and got new bank accounts.”