Brian Laundrie’s father, Chris Laundrie, revealed in a deposition that he didn’t understand what his son meant when he called him frantically saying “Gabby’s gone” after killing his fiancée, Gabby Petito.
The deposition is part of a lawsuit by Petito’s family against the Laundries, accusing them of helping Brian escape.
“I asked him, you know, how is he doing, and he — you know, he was not calm and he got very excited and told me things had — you know, ‘Gabby’s gone’ and he got very frantic,” Chris said. “Everything was frantic and quick. So, you know, Gabby’s gone.”
“He said, you know — and he was very panicked and he said he didn’t know what to do. He said, you know, ‘Can you help me,’ you know, and he might need a lawyer, you know. 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.’ And I calmed him down and I said — I don’t know,” he said.
“It was — it was all mumbled and I still don’t remember everything that happened, but, you know, he said he needed help and to get an attorney,” Chris added. “And I told him, ‘Yeah, I’ll help you. I’ll call Steven Bertolino, and just stay put.’ And then I asked him again, and he just said, ‘Just help me.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m going to, so stay calm. Stay put.’ And he hung up.”
Brian admitted to killing Gabby, claiming it was to end her pain after she fell and injured herself during a trip.
Brian’s remains were found in October 2021, and a notebook released later revealed his thoughts on the incident.
“I ended her life,” Laundrie wrote. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock.”
“Rushing back to our car trying to cross the streams of spread creek before it got too dark to see, to [sic] cold. I hear a splash and a scream,” Laundrie wrote.
He added that Petito “had a small bump on her forehead that eventually got larger” noting that she “continually made sounds of pain, laying next to her she said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging for an end to her pain.”
Gabby was last seen alive in August 2021, and her body was found in September.
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