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New information has emerged surrounding Brian Laundrie’s mother, Roberta Laundrie. In a “burn after reading” letter, made public this week, sent to Brian Laundrie, 23, by his mother, she promised she would help him if he ever needed to get rid of a body, per Fox News. She wrote: “I just want you to remember I will always love you and I know you will always love me. You are my boy. Nothing can make me stop loving you, nothing can or ever will divide us no matter what we do, or where we go or what we say –...

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...

Brian Laundrie admitted he killed girlfriend Gabby Petito in a notebook entry he wrote shortly before he took his own life, the FBI revealed Friday in its final report on the case. Laundrie also sent text messages between his and Petito’s cellphone in the days after Petito was strangled to death last summer in an attempt “to deceive law enforcement by giving the impression Ms. Petito was still alive,” the FBI Denver said in its final investigative update on the case. All “logical investigative steps have been concluded in the case,” FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Michael Schneider...

Brian Laundrie, the sole suspect in the death of Long Island native Gabby Petito, died of a gunshot wound to the head, a lawyer for the Laundrie family said Tuesday.

Brian Laundrie’s father was spotted mowing his lawn in Florida Wednesday morning — less than 24 hours after Gabby Petito’s autopsy revealed she was strangled. In video shot by Fox News, Chris Laundrie ignored questions from reporters as he mowed and trimmed the grass around a makeshift memorial set up for Petito outside his North Port home. Chris refused to react when asked about Petito’s autopsy results, which showed she was manually strangled during her ill-fated cross-country road trip with his 23-year-old son. He also wouldn’t comment on his fugitive son, who has been the subject of a weeks-long manhunt...

WOOD TV8 @WOODTV Coroner holding press conference on Gabby Petito's autopsy. WATCH: woodtv.com Gabby Petito autopsy update expected today A Wyoming coroner is expected to update the public on Gabby Petito’s autopsy Tuesday afternoon. 1:23 PM · Oct 12, 2021

Gabby Petito's cause of death was strangulation, and the manner of death was homicide, Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue just announced at a news conference. Officials previously announced her death was a homicide in preliminary findings. The coroner said that the body had been in the wilderness for three to four weeks before it had been discovered. Blue explained that it took a month to reach a final autopsy because officials were very "exacting" in their examination of the details. He noted that they were also waiting for other specialists to arrive to help with this investigation and for...

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,”...

Florida police on Thursday refuted reports that authorities searching a marshy nature reserve for fugitive Brian Laundrie had come upon remnants of a fresh campsite. North Port Police Department spokesman Josh Taylor confirmed to The Post in an email that the report from CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Wednesday night was incorrect. “No campsite has been located,” he wrote. Cuomo said he was told by a source close to the Laundrie family that a campsite had been found at the 25,000-acre Carlton Reserve, where the FBI has lead a search since Sept. 18.

Florida fugitive Brian Laundrie’s attorney said Wednesday that Christopher Laundrie would begin assisting authorities in the search for his son – who was last seen on Sept. 13, just days after his fiancée Gabby Petito officially became a missing person. The FBI later uncovered Petito’s remains at a remote Wyoming campsite on Sept. 19. "Chris Laundrie was asked to assist law enforcement in their search for Brian at the preserve today," Steve Bertolino, the family's attorney, told Fox News Wednesday night. "Since the preserve has been closed to the public, Chris has not been able to look for Brian in...

Brian Laundrie used Gabby Petito’s bank card in Wyoming just three days after the slain 22-year-old Long Island native was last seen alive, her family’s lawyer said Tuesday. Petito was last spotted at a Wyoming restaurant on Aug 27, while Laundrie, 23, returned home alone in her van on Sept. 1 — and the boyfriend has since gone on the run from the feds. “You can look at his state of mind by his actions,” Petito family attorney Richard Stafford said on the “Dr. Phil” show on CBS-TV. “He ran, he stole her credit card, he used her credit card...

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — The lawyer for Brian Laundrie’s family told The Post on Tuesday that the fugitive flew home to Florida on Aug. 17 — a bombshell claim that throws a wrench in the timeline of the Gabby Petito case. Laundrie family lawyer Steven Bertolino said Brian returned home for supplies and then flew back to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 23 to rejoin Petito. Brian’s brief sojourn home would have come after the couple’s now-infamous fight in Utah that involved cops and before her body was found in a national forest last month. “Brian flew home to...

Florida fugitive Brian Laundrie’s sister told protesters outside her Lakewood Ranch home Monday that her family has been ignoring her following the disappearance of her brother and the death of his fiancée. When asked if her parents were helping Brian Laundrie evade authorities, she said, "I don't know" and that she hadn't been able to speak with them. "I'm in the boat where I'm getting ignored by my family and thrown under the bus by my family's attorney," Cassie Laundrie said to a group of protesters Monday in video shared by TikTok user @chroniclesofolivia. The lawyer Laundrie seemed to be...

A laundry basket and a sign reading “Dirty Laundrie come clean” has appeared at a memorial for Gabby Petito outside her fugitive boyfriend’s home in Florida. The display — which includes the sign, a box of detergent, and a bottle of bleach — has stoked outrage online after a photo was posted by Fox News reporter Michael Ruiz. Also in the basket is a can of a Monster energy drink, a reference to the beverage company’s Energy Ultra Gold container Dog the Bounty Hunter came across during his search for Laundrie in a Sunshine State campsite. “That basket does not...

BRIAN Laundrie shared a series of dark and disturbing posts about ghosts and witchcraft to Pinterest shortly before his fiancee Gabby Petito was found dead at a campsite in Wyoming. Laundrie, 23, is not currently considered a suspect in the death of Gabby, 22, but has been identified as a person of interest. Brian Laundrie's digital footprint has been raising questions in recent weeks Prior to his vanishing, Laundrie failed to report Gabby missing and refused to cooperate with a police investigation into her disappearance. In a statement issued by his attorney, Steve Bertolino, at the time, it was claimed...

BRIAN Laundrie's "concerned" family have revealed they think he is still in Florida and hope he'll be found alive, their lawyer said on Friday. The statement could have a huge impact on search efforts for the missing person of interest in Gabby Petito's death two weeks after he vanished. "They are concerned, but hopeful that he is found alive," the Laundries' family attorney Steve Bertolino said. Bertolino's statement to People is the first Laundrie's family has made since his disappearance, and after much attention has been brought to their home. Bertolino also confirmed that Cassie saw him with their family...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (NewsNation Now) — Brian Laundrie’s sister, Cassie Laundrie, may have seen her brother in the days following his return to Florida without Gabby Petito, despite her previous comments. Cassie Laundrie said last month she had not spoken to her brother since he returned to Florida without Petito on Sept. 1. Gabby Petito case: Timeline of road trip with boyfriend, tragic end “I haven’t been able to talk to him,” Laundrie told ABC News last month. “I wish I could talk to him.” However, NewsNationNow.com reporter Brian Entin exclusively confirmed that Cassie Laundrie may have been at the...

New police body camera footage of the August 12 traffic stop of Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito shows a sobbing Petito telling an officer her boyfriend hit her “but I hit him first.” At least two witnesses called 911 that day, reporting that they’d seen what might be a domestic violence situation between Laundrie and Petito in Moab, Utah. When police later located their van and pulled them over, Petito told officers she was anxious and Laundrie was frustrated with her. “Did he hit you though?” the officer asks in the new footage. “We want to know the truth, if...

FBI agents returned to the Florida home of Brian Laundrie’s parents Thursday to collect “personal items” that will help in a massive manhunt for the 23-year-old fugitive. “The FBI is at the Laundrie home today to collect some personal items belong to Brian that will assist the canines in their search for Brian,” family attorney Steven Bertolino told The Post. “There is nothing more to this.” The feds’ visit marks at least the fourth time the FBI has been at the North Port house since Laundrie, sought for questioning in the disappearance and death of his girlfriend, Long Island native...

The intense coverage of the Gabby Petito case has helped bring apparent closure to the family of a Texas man who went missing in Wyoming, where the Long Island native’s body was found, according to a report. The last trace from Robert Lowery, 46, a father of two from Houston, was reportedly a ping from his cellphone in Jackson on Aug. 23. Lowery was seen on video from Aug. 19 at a restaurant at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village. He was last spotted the following day in Bridger-Teton National Forest, where Petito’s body was found Sept. 19, CNN...