Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Lifetime Movie Trailer Released

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — A new Lifetime movie details the death of Gabby Petito at the hands of her fiancé, Brian Laundrie.

The trailer for the movie about the Long Islander’s murder was released over the weekend. The film explores the relationship between her and Laundrie, depicting their cross-country road trip in August 2021 and her ultimate death. (Watch the full trailer below.)

In the movie, “The Gabby Petito Story,” her mother, Nichole Schmidt, is played by Thora Birch, while Skyler Samuels plays the “van life” vlogger and Evan Hall takes on the role of Laundrie.

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The native New Yorkers were living with his parents in North Port when they left for a trip to visit state parks in the western United States last summer. Only Laundrie returned to Florida, on Sept. 1.

Gabby Petito, who was last heard from at the end of August 2021, was found strangled to death Sept. 19 at a campsite near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

Brian Laundrie was reported missing Sept. 17 in North Port. His skeletal remains, as well as a notebook and other items belonging to him, were found in a Sarasota County park after more than a month of searching for him.

The medical examiner's office determined in November that Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

In January, the FBI said the notebook found near Laundrie's body included written statements by him claiming responsibility for Gabby Petito's death.

In his written confession, Laundrie said Petito fell in while crossing a stream at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping area in Wyoming and injured herself. She had difficulty staying awake, and he said he worried she might have a concussion.

“I don’t know the extent of Gabby’s injurys (sic)," he wrote in his notebook. "Only that she was in extreme pain. I ended her life, 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.”

Petito’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his parents in Sarasota County.

Watch the movie's trailer: