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Brian Laundrie’s notebook confession, message to Gabby Petito
WFLA ^ | 6/24/2022 | WFLA

Posted on 06/24/2022 3:21:59 PM PDT by NautiNurse

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An attorney for the Laundrie family released contents of Brian Laundrie’s notebook on Friday, including what appeared to be his confession and explanation for killing his fiancée Gabby Petito.

This is a rough transcription of the eight pages of Brian Laundrie’s notebook, released by Steve Bertolino:

“Gabby, I wish I was right at your side, I wish I could be talking to you right now. I’d be going through every memory we made, getting even more excited for the future. But [we] lost our future. I can’t [live] without you. I’ve lost every day we [could’ve] spent together, every holiday. I’ll never get to play with [illegible] again. Never go hiking with TJ. I loved you more than anything. I can’t bear to look at our photos, to recall great times because it is why I cannot go on. When I close my eyes, I will think of laughing on the roof of the van, falling asleep to the sight of [illegible] at the crystal geyser. I will always love you.”

“If you were reading Gabs’ journal, looking at photos from our life together, flipping through old cards you wouldn’t want to live a day without her. Knowing that everyday you’ll wake up without her, you wouldn’t want to wake up. I’m sorry to everyone this will affect, Gabby was the love of my life, but I know [adored] by many. I’m so very sorry to her family because I love them. I’d [consider] her younger siblings my best of friends… I am sorry to my family, this [is] a shock to them as well a terrible grief.”

“They loved as much, if not more than me. A new daughter to my mother, an aunt to my nephews. Please do not make this harder for them, this [occurred] as an unexpected tragedy. Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of [illegible] before it got too dark to see, too cold. I hear a splash and a scream. I could barely see. I couldn’t find her for a moment, shouted her name. I found her breathing heavily, gasping [illegible.] She was freezing cold. [Illegible] the blazing hot national parks in Utah.”

“The temperature had dropped to freezing and she was soaking wet. I carried her as far as I could from the stream toward the car, stumbling, exhausted in shock, when my [illegible] and knew I couldn’t safely carry her. I started a fire and spooned her as close to the heat. She was so thin, had already been freezing too long. I couldn’t at the time realize that I should’ve started a fire first but I wanted her out of the cold back to the car. From where I started the fire I had no idea how far the car might be, only knew it was across the creek.”

“When I pulled Gabby out of the water, she couldn’t tell me what hurt. She had a small [bump] on her forehead that [eventually] got larger. Her feet hurt, her [wrist] hurt but she was freezing, shaking violently. While carrying her she continually made sounds of pain. Laying next to her she said little, [lapsing] between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain. She would fall asleep and I would shake her awake, fearing she shouldn’t close her eyes if she had a concussion.”

“She would wake in pain, start her whole painful cycle again [illegible] furious that I was the one waking her. She wouldn’t let me try to cross the creek, thought like me that the fire would go out in her sleep and she’d freeze. I don’t know the extend of Gabby’s injuries, only that she was in extreme pain. I ended her life, I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked, I was in shock. But from the moment I decided, took away her pain, I knew I couldn’t go on without her.”

“I rushed home to spend any time I had left with my family. I wanted to drive north and let James or TJ kill me but I wouldn’t want them to spend time in jail over my mistake, even though I’m sure they would have liked to. I am ending my life not because of a fear of punishment but rather because I can’t stand to live another day without her. I’ve lost our whole future together, every moment we could have [shared.] I’m sorry for everyone’s loss. Please do not make life harder for my family, they lost a son and a daughter. The most wonderful girl in the world. Gabby I’m sorry.”

“I have killed myself by this creek in the hopes that animals may tear me apart. That it may make some of her family happy.”

“Please pick up all of my things. Gabby hated people who litter.”


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KEYWORDS: bothnutbars; confession; gabby; laundrie; litter; lookasquirrel; petito
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yeh, not buying it either.


21 posted on 06/24/2022 3:41:16 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Husker24

Yes.


22 posted on 06/24/2022 3:44:24 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: NautiNurse

This is impossible. I was told by multiple FReepers that he was in Costa Rica and his parents helped him escape.
They were “positive”.


23 posted on 06/24/2022 3:54:51 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: DJ MacWoW

Strange he asked that his parents aren’t blamed. There were protests at the house but this fairytale was supposedly written before much of the outrage revved up against them.


24 posted on 06/24/2022 4:02:01 PM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill
Strange he asked that his parents aren’t blamed. There were protests at the house but this fairytale was supposedly written before much of the outrage revved up against them.

Supposedly. Remember they searched for him for a loooooong time, his parents "found" him in under half an hour. Did they plant the "confession"? Sounds like it was written after the autopsy, complete with an explanation for the blunt force trauma.....oops! She fell.

25 posted on 06/24/2022 4:09:37 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: NautiNurse

Just. Too. Bizarre.


26 posted on 06/24/2022 4:10:45 PM PDT by SE Mom
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To: NautiNurse

I don’t buy it either. Whole story seems far fetched. My guess is that he got angry at her and clubbed her and when she didn’t die right away he got scared that he would be in trouble with the law and strangled her. Made up the story, possibly with the help of his parents, to cover up his actions.


27 posted on 06/24/2022 4:34:22 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: NautiNurse

“Knowing that everyday you’ll wake up without her, you wouldn’t want to wake up”

I’m sure her family really appreciates this little reminder from THE man who murdered their daughter. This creep is the epitome of a malignant narcissist.


28 posted on 06/24/2022 4:49:54 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: NautiNurse

“ I have killed myself by this creek in the hopes that animals may tear me apart. That it may make some of her family happy.”

Should have done that first and saved everyone a lot of trouble now go away 🤪


29 posted on 06/24/2022 4:50:59 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I’m not buying it either. It’s pure fiction meant to shift the blame onto a false narrative.


30 posted on 06/24/2022 5:05:33 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: SE Mom

This Laundrie saga is giving competition to Alex Murdaugh in the weirdo category.


31 posted on 06/24/2022 5:14:00 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: NautiNurse

Rantings of a narcissist.


32 posted on 06/24/2022 5:52:19 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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To: House Atreides

Sorry, but I always thought his parents killed him. WHY did they pick up his car so quickly if they thought he was just hiking??


33 posted on 06/24/2022 6:08:30 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: NautiNurse

Both subjects are dead.

No reason whatsoever for this ‘note’ to have not been made public immediately.

If it was real, it’s discredited as genuine due to the delay.

Forever.


34 posted on 06/24/2022 8:38:33 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: NautiNurse
Why aren't family members being prosecuted for helping him evade capture?!?!?!
35 posted on 06/25/2022 9:19:57 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: NautiNurse

Hah! I’ve not been keeping up with Murdaugh recently- it became too complex, but last I read, it seemed the whole state of SC is involved!


36 posted on 06/25/2022 6:06:13 PM PDT by SE Mom
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To: NautiNurse

So it’s going to trial. Maybe the truth will come out and we’ll hear the other 2 “confessions” from Brian Laundrie and what his Mother wrote in her “burn this” letter.


37 posted on 07/01/2022 11:56:03 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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