Where Are Brian Laundrie’s Parents Now? Everything They’ve Said After Their Son Murdered Gabby Petito — and Their Lives Since

Mar. 15, 2025

Gabby Petito with Brian Laundrie ; Brian Laundrie.

That October, Brian was found dead from aself-inflicted gunshot woundin the Florida wilderness.

“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 will or could ever divide us. No matter what we do, or where we go or what we say- we will always Love each other,” the letter reads, per the outlet.

Who are Brian Laundrie’s parents?

Brian Laundrie.Instagram

Brian Laundrie.

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Eventually the young couple moved out to embark on their van-life journey, and only Brian returned home that September. Then, when he went missing shortly after, their family attorney Steve Bertolino told PEOPLE that Brian’s parents did not know where he was.

When Brian’s death was later ruled a suicide, Bertolino gave PEOPLE a statement on the family’s behalf, saying, “Chris and Roberta are still mourning the loss of their son and are hopeful that these findings bring closure to both families.”

Gabby Petito’s mother Nichole Schmidt speaks alongside stepmother Tara Petito, stepfather Jim Schmidt and father Joseph Petito during a news conference on Sept. 28, 2021, in Bohemia, N.Y.

“Christopher and Roberta Laundrie exhibited extreme and outrageous conduct which constitutes behavior, under the circumstances, which goes beyond all possible bounds of decency and is regarded as shocking, atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community,” the lawsuit read, perWFLA.

Gabby Petito in July 2021.

“He said, you know, ‘Can you help me,’ you know, and he might need a lawyer, you know,” Christopher continued. “And I would — I asked him why he wouldn’t tell me. He was very frantic. Everything was frantic and I started to not really comprehend, and then he said just, you know, ‘Can you help me?’ And I said, ‘Okay. I’ll help you.’ "

He added, “And I calmed him down and I said — I don’t know. It was — it was all mumbled and I still don’t remember everything that happened.”

Where are Brian Laundrie’s parents now?

Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie.

Roberta and Christopher have been very private since the beginning of the case, and that remains true today.

Bertolino shared a statement toFox Newsand other outlets at the time, saying, “Christopher and Roberta Laundrie and I participated in mediation with the Petito family and the civil lawsuit has now been resolved. The terms of the resolution are confidential, and we look forward to putting this matter behind us.”

“One perspective depicted as the ‘truth’ as seen through their lens,” the statement read. “Similar to Republicans and Democrats fighting it out lately. Each side believes their perspective is correct. Hard to see through the lens of the other with all the noise and distrust.”

The statement alleged that the docuseries consisted of “many inaccuracies, incorrect juxtapositions of timelines, and misstatements and omissions of fact,” which it claimed were done deliberately to depict their “truth.”

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source: people.com