Gabby Petito’s Mother ‘Fed Up’ After Release Of Laundrie’s Notebook

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — Gabby Petito’s mother, Nichole Schmidt, tweeted Monday morning that she’s “fed up” after an attorney for Brian Laundrie’s parents released pages from his notebook in which he confessed to killing her daughter at a Wyoming campground last August.

The notebook was found near Laundrie’s remains in a Sarasota County park. He killed himself last September by shooting himself in the head after returning home to Florida without Petito, his fiancee, authorities said.

In a written confession, Laundrie said Petito fell in while crossing a stream at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping area 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.”

In her tweet, Schmidt shared an image with the words, “Narcissists rewrite history to escape accountability.”

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She also used the hashtag #thetruthwillberevealed, #justiceforGabby and #wewontstop.

Petito’s parents — Schmidt and Joseph Petito — filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit against Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, in Sarasota County.

Attorneys for both sides met in court for the first time Wednesday for a pretrial hearing. A judge will determine within the next two weeks whether the suit will move forward to a jury trial next summer.

Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito were Long Island, New York, natives 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 Brian 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 at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping area Sept. 19.

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 Brian Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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

Steven Bertolino, an attorney for Brian Laundrie's parents, released pages from the notebook Friday after meeting with the FBI.