'THEY KNEW'
Chilling clue Gabby Petito’s family say proves Brian Laundrie’s parents KNEW their son had killed his girlfriend
GABBY Petito’s family has said there was one chilling clue that proves Brian Laundrie’s parents knew their son had killed his girlfriend.
In an updated lawsuit filed by the tragic vlogger's family, they accuse Roberta Laundrie of blocking Gabby's mom Nichole Schmidt on Facebook.
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The suit reads: "In an effort to avoid any contact with Nichole Schmidt, on or about September 10, 2021, Roberta Laundrie blocked Nichole Schmid: on her cellular phone such that neither phone: calls nor texts could be delivered, and she blocked her on Facebook."
Gabby was reported missing by her parents on September 11 after they failed to reach her or Brian and his family; her body was found on September 19 in Grand Teton National Park.
Brian, 23, then disappeared on September 13 but was not reported missing by his parents until days later.
A warrant was then issued for his arrest on September 23; his remains were found on October 21.
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The FBI and North Point Police said Laundrie was the only person of interest in the case after he went on a cross-country camping trip with the 22-year-old and returned with her van alone.
Gabby's parents, Petito and Schmidt, originally filed a lawsuit against the Laundries in March, but their attorneys recently made changes.
The new lawsuit claims that the Laundries knew Brian murdered Gabby as soon as he returned home to Florida from the driving trip without her.
It also claims they tried to help him leave the country to avoid prosecution.
The Laundrie's lawyer Steven Bertolino told that all of the new allegations are "baseless."
Petito and Schmidt's attorney Pat Reilly told the Laundries would "have to wait and see," about the evidence.
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“If we didn’t believe it was true, we wouldn’t have put them in the complaint.”
WFLA reported that there are six major changes to the lawsuit.
The new suit claims that after returning from his vacation, Brian informed his parents of Gabby's murder.
Instead of turning him in, it alleges that the family went on vacation to Fort DeSoto campground while knowing the location of Gabby's body.
“While Gabrielle Petito’s family was suffering, the Laundrie family went on vacation to Fort DeSoto Park on September 6-7, 2021," the lawsuit says.
"They went on vacation knowing that Laundrie had murdered Gabrielle Petito, it is believed that they knew where her body was located, and further knew that Gabrielle Petito’s parents were attempting to locate her."
The lawsuit also claims that Brian's parents' statement saying they hoped the search for Gabby would be successful was "beyond outrageous."
“For the Laundries to express their 'hope' that Gabrielle Petito was located and reunited with her family, at a time when they knew she had been murdered by their son was beyond outrageous,” the suit says.
The original lawsuit claimed that the Laundrie family refused to cooperate with the Petito family and law enforcement.
In the new suit, the law enforcement part is removed, saying instead that the Laundries simply refused to communicate with Gabby's parents.
It claims that the Laundries were aware of the "mental suffering and anguish of Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt in not knowing the well-being or location of their daughter, and further knew that such mental suffering and anguish increased each day that Gabrielle Petito was missing."
The main five allegations of the lawsuit have been amended to argue extreme and outrageous conduct.
It alleges that the Laundries didn't tell Gabby's parents she was dead, they didn't tell them the location of Gabby's body, they took a family vacation, they blocked access to their phones and Facebook pages, and they issued a statement of hope when they knew Gabby would never be found.
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The Laundries and their lawyer are expected to file a motion for dismissal, and if the motion fails, the Laundries will be tried the week of August 14, 2023.
This would be the first time a case regarding Brian and Gabby has gone to trial.
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