The family of Gabby Petito, who was killed in August 2021 by her fiance Brian Laundrie, says that their daughter’s killer’s father admitted during a deposition that he received a “frantic” phone call from his son, who told his parents that Petito was “gone” — 13 days before any law enforcement agency was notified she was even missing.
The revelation comes in an amended complaint filed last week in the ongoing civil case between Gabby Petito’s parents Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt against Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie.
Left: FILE – In this image taken from police body camera video provided by the Moab Police Department of Brian Laundrie near the entrance to Arches National Park in Utah on Aug. 12, 2021. Right: FILE- In this image taken from police body camera video provided by The Moab Police Department, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito talks to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. (The Moab Police Department via AP, File). Inset: FILE – Nichole Schmidt, mother of Gabby Petito, speaks alongside, from left, Tara Petito, stepmother, Joseph Petito, father, Richard Stafford, family attorney, and Jim Schmidt, stepfather, during a news conference, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Bohemia, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
