the question was what was inside it. the petito family was hoping for some answers inside that notebook about what happened to their daughter, but the question is what are those details? we don t know what brian laundrie wrote besides taking responsibility. did he say it was an accident or intentional, did he say why or where this happened? also, it s important to note that the coroner last fall when he found the cause of death for gabby petito, the teton county coroner said it was homicide by manual strangulation, and he said it was likely someone used their hands. in terms of reaction from the family in this case, gabby petito s family releasing a statement saying thank you to the fbi but also noting the quality and quantity of the facts and information collected by the fbi leave no doubt brian laundrie murdered gabby petito. steve bertilino releasing a statement after learning more about this case saying this