‘His words are garbage’: Gabby Petito’s mother responds to Laundrie lawyer statement

WFLA NBC Channel 8 ^ | Oct 12, 2021 / 06:34 PM EDT | Nathaniel Rodriguez, Allyson Henning

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The mother of Gabby Petito fired back at comments made Tuesday by the Laundrie family’s attorney concerning the death of her daughter.

Attorney Steve Bertolino issued a statement via text, calling Petito’s death a tragedy but doubled down on her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, being only a person of interest in her death.

Gabby Petito homicide: Coroner says exact day of death may never be known “While Brian Laundrie is currently charged with the unauthorized use of a debit card belonging to Gabby, Brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to Gabby Petito’s demise,” Bertolino wrote. “At this time Brian is still missing and when he is located we will address the pending fraud charge against him.”

However, Petito’s mother, Nichole Schmidt, rejected his comment.

“His words are garbage. Keep talking,” she wrote in a text to WFLA’s J.B. Biunno.

The back-and-forth comes after a coroner in Wyoming confirmed Petito’s cause of death to be strangulation and the manner of death to be homicide.

[CarolinaReaganFan]

Can we vote for Dog and Nancy Grace to be ahead of Ma/Pa Laundrie?

[1Old Pro]

His life is over once they find him.

Not as over as his victim.

[lee martell]

They have my vote.

Come And Get Them!!

[DJ MacWoW]

This is a Petito-Schmidt interview with Dr Phil, sigh, that gives details about finding and identifying Gabby's remains. Yes, it's "Dr Phil" but it does give interesting details.

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