Gabby Petito

The parents of Gabby Petito filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department on Thursday alleging its officers were negligent in their interactions with the 22-year-old and her fiancé Brian Laundrie two weeks before her death last summer. “The purpose of this lawsuit is to honor Gabby’s legacy by demanding […]

New video footage has emerged showing Gabby Petito shopping with her fiancé and suspected killer Brian Laundrie at a Wyoming grocery store on the last day she was seen alive. The security footage was obtained on Monday by Fox News and was taken on the afternoon of Aug. 27, 2021. It shows Petito, 22, and Laundrie, 23, entering […]

SALT LAKE CITY—Gabby Petito’s family on Monday notified Utah officials of plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that police failed to recognize their daughter was in a life-threatening situation last year when officers investigated a fight between her and her boyfriend. The fight happened weeks before authorities say the boyfriend killed her while […]

NEW YORK—Even in hindsight, Nichole Schmidt can’t be sure if anything could have been done to save her daughter Gabby Petito from a messy and violent relationship that ended in murder nearly a year ago in the western wilderness. But there is work to do, she said, to keep alive the memory of her daughter, […]

SARASOTA, Fla.—A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their western trip. The decision Thursday by Sarasota County Circuit Judge Hunter Carroll means the lawsuit can proceed against Christopher and […]

A portion of the notebook that Brian Laundrie left behind contained an alleged confession regarding her death, according to lawyers for the two families. “I ended her life,” a line from the note says, according to WFLA and Fox affiliates. WFLA posted a photo of the notebook page that was obtained by attorneys of the […]

The mother of Gabby Petito has filed a new lawsuit against the curator of the estate of Brian Laundrie, who was Petito’s boyfriend prior to her death. Nichole Schmidt filed the lawsuit in Florida seeking wrongful death damages of $30,000 and demands a trial by jury and judgment for compensatory damages. The lawsuit, obtained by Fox News, […]

In an amendment to their lawsuit filed earlier this spring, Gabby Petito’s parents allege during the search for the young woman, Brian Laundrie’s parents knew their son had killed her and knew “the whereabouts of her body.” The amended suit, filed by Petito’s parents, alleges the Laundrie family went on vacation to Fort De Soto […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new Florida lawsuit that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Sarasota County Circuit Court contends that Laundrie told his parents on Aug. 28 […]

Brian Laundrie’s full autopsy and forensic reports (pdf) were released by the District Twelve Medical Examiner Monday in Florida on Monday, providing more details about the circumstances around his death. The report included details about the 23-year-old’s belongings, which were found in plain sight along a trail in the Carlton Reserve near North Port, Florida. The […]

The boyfriend of deceased traveler Gabby Petito had admitted in a notebook to killing her, according to the FBI. It marks the first time the FBI has placed the blame squarely on Brian Laundrie, Petito’s boyfriend and fiancé, also deceased. He was the prime suspect in her death. The FBI in Denver also announced in a […]

Police officers who stopped a vehicle containing Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie several days before Petito disappeared made “unintentional mistakes,” according to a newly released review of the Aug. 12, 2021, stop. A formal complaint lodged with the Moab City Police Department triggered the review, which was conducted by Capt. Brandon Ratcliffe of the Price City […]

MIAMI—An attorney for the family of Brian Laundrie said Tuesday that he fatally shot himself in the head. Laundrie had been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators searched for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, during their cross-country van trip together. Attorney Steve Bertolino said in […]

The police chief in North Port, Florida, admitted human error played a role in the manhunt for Brian Laundrie, who was sought as a person of interest in the disappearance and death of ex-girlfriend Gabby Petito. North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison told reporters on Monday that police made a mistake when they saw Laundrie […]

Brian Laundrie, who authorities had said could help fill in at least some of the blanks about what Gabby Petito’s final days looked like, has been confirmed dead. Laundrie’s remains were found Wednesday in the Florida reserve authorities had been combing through for more than a month. Over the summer, the couple embarked on a […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Family members were hoping for more answers from law enforcement regarding the cause of death for Brian Laundrie, who was a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip, an attorney said Friday. “I was informed by law enforcement yesterday that perhaps […]

The FBI on Thursday evening confirmed that the human remains discovered in a Florida wildlife park on Wednesday belonged to those of manhunt suspect Brian Laundrie, who is a person of interest in the death of his ex-girlfriend Gabby Petito. “On October 21, 2021, a comparison of dental records confirmed that the human remains found […]