Two days after Brian Laundrie killed Gabby Petito, he called his parents in a panic and told them the victim was “gone,” according to documents filed by a Petito family attorney. Despite that reported Aug. 29, 2021, phone call, Petito wasn’t reported missing until 13 days later, Sept. 11, when her own mother alerted police. Laundrie also told his parents he needed a lawyer and they heeded his .
Shannon Stapleton/ReutersA lawyer representing the family of Gabby Petito’s parents filed a motion on Thursday evening seeking to force the testimony of an attorney for the family of Brian Laundrie. Petito was found dead from strangulation in Wyoming in September 2021. Her family now want to know what Laundrie, her fiancé, told his lawyer Steven Bertolino after her death. The motion demanding Bertolino’s testimony attached the letter discovered in Laundrie’s notebook after his suicide in which h
A lawyer representing Brian Laundrie’s parents has proposed a settlement in the civil case filed against him by Gabby Petito’s mother and father. “Settlement, discussions and proposals are part of the process with every civil litigation,” the Laundries’ attorney, Steven Bertolino told WFLA. ”This case is no different.” The terms of the deal were not disclosed, and a lawyer representing, .
The letter was released to Gabby Petito’s parents after a Florida judge denied a request from Laundrie’s parents to withhold it, as the two families head to a civil trial next year.