Brian Laundrie called his parents up to 20 times in two days after killing his girlfriend Gabby Petito, it has emerged.
The flurry of panicked calls marked a marked change from Laundrie’s usual communications with his parents, the Daily Mail reported.
In the two months before Petito’s death, he apparently only called his father, Christopher, once, and his mother, Roberta, five times.
Laundrie, 23, finally told his parents that Petito, 22, was “gone” and needed a lawyer two days after the blonde Long Island native was last seen alive, he revealed previously a court file from November 2023.
Now, additional details indicate that Laundrie first called his parents around 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2021, a few days after Petito last spoke to his mother, Nichole, the Daily Mail reported.
Gabby Petito (right) was murdered in 2021. NORTH PORT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAN
Laundrie’s call lasted 55 minutes, followed by another 22-minute conversation around 9:20 p.m., the outlet said, citing phone records.
Brian Laundrie (right) is believed to have killed his fiancee before taking his own life. instagram
The first two calls were followed by several more over the course of Sunday and into Monday, August 30, most of which were between Laundrie and her mother, Petito family attorney Pat Reilly told the Daily Mail.
Laundrie allegedly made the “he left” comment to his father, but on his mother’s phone.
“Brian told Christopher, ‘Gabby’s gone, I need a lawyer.’ And he was frantic, in Christopher’s words,” the lawyer told the Daily Mail.
“They refused to acknowledge that this meant Gabby was dead, which flies in the face of logic. If her son calls and is desperate and says, ‘she’s gone, I need a lawyer.’ What other explanation for ‘disappeared’ could there be? he insisted she.
Christopher and Roberta Laundrie spoke to their son 20 times in just two days after he killed Gabby Petito, records show. William Farrington
Christopher dismissed Reilly’s interpretation, saying he thought his son was referring to “something like, well, there were times when Gabby would leave for a couple of days to meet up with her friends or just leave for a while.” a couple of hours when she lived with us.”
“That was his explanation for why he couldn’t admit that ‘missing’ meant she was dead. It was an avalanche of calls those two days. The calls between Brian and his parents before that were very sporadic, around five,” Reilly said.
Gabby Petito’s father, Joseph, was in court to hear the statements, he added.
When the “he’s gone” call came, the grieving father “just put his hands on his head.”
Amid their son’s calls, Roberta and Christopher Laundrie also contacted their family’s attorney, Steve Bertolino.
Gabby Petito’s body was found on September 19, 2021. City of Moab Police Department/AFP
Bertolino, who resides on Long Island, was detained on September 2 and ordered the parents to remain silent.
After a nationwide search, Petito’s remains were found on September 19 in a campground in the Grand Teton National Forest in Wyoming.
Laundrie is believed to have strangled his fiancée before returning to his parents’ home in North Port, Florida, on September 1, using his white 2012 Ford Transit van.
His skeletal remains were found in October in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park. The autopsy ruled that he took his own life with a gunshot to the head.
Petito’s parents are suing Laundries and Bertolino for pain and emotional distress based on allegations that the couple intentionally withheld information about their daughter’s death.
Roberta Laundrie is “cold,” the Petitos’ attorney said. momandpaparazzi.com / SplashNews.com
The case hinges on the Laundries’ statement on September 14, 2021, in which they said: “On behalf of the family, we are hopeful that the search for Miss Petito will be successful and that Miss Petito will be reunited with her family,” Reilly. explained.
“The key is that they knew Gabby was dead at the time of the statement,” he said.
Roberta Laundrie, he added, “is cold, a very cold woman.”
“She has no emotions, she is defensive. [during her deposition]“said the lawyer.
“Christopher has a different personality, he is more reserved, polite and practical. He wasn’t as stoic as Roberta, and I don’t mean that in a positive way,” he said.
Reilly criticized Roberta and Christopher’s behavior.
Laundrie and Petito were attempting to be “van life” influencers at the time of the latter’s disappearance and death. instagram
“They were parents themselves and Gabby was going to be their daughter-in-law. How could they stay silent when they know she is no longer alive? he said.
“They know Gabby’s parents are frantically searching, they know they can ease her suffering by letting them know where her body is,” he continued.
“And instead, they allowed the body to remain in the desert to be attacked by animals or whatever else was there. It is simply unacceptable,” Reilly concluded.
Petito’s parents feel “sympathy and empathy” for the Laundries because they also lost their son, but “that is something they don’t see that they are receiving from Roberta and Christopher,” the lawyer said.
Reilly also took issue with the infamous “burn after reading” letter that Roberta wrote while her son was on the run.
“What kind of father writes a letter like that to anyone, much less his son?” he said.
“But it is up to the jury to decide when it was written. I don’t know when it was exactly. Roberta says it was written before, but it has no date. “So it’s a terrible coincidence that she would have talked about burying a body of hers and him going to prison in a letter if it was before Gabby was actually murdered,” she insisted.
Reilly said Laundrie’s own statement claiming Petito’s death was a “mercy” killing was “ridiculous.”
Looking ahead, Reilly explained, Petito’s parents simply “want to know what Christopher and Roberta know, what they knew and what they hid.”
“And this sounds simplistic: they want justice. “They want the laundries to pay for what they have done,” he added.
“They have been strong since this case was filed in 2022. But there have been times when they cried and there have been times when they got angry. They have gone through everything reliving what happened. But his determination is to keep moving forward.”
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