FBI: Brian Laundrie Claimed Responsibility For Gabby Petito’s Death In Notebook Found Near Body

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Authorities say Brian Laundrie claimed accountability for Gabby Petito‘s loss of life in written statements that had been discovered close to Laundrie’s physique again in October.

The FBI offered a ultimate replace on the investigation into Petito’s loss of life Friday.

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“The investigation didn’t determine every other people aside from Brian Laundrie straight concerned within the tragic loss of life of Gabby Petito,” mentioned FBI Denver Division Particular Agent in Cost Michael Schneider.

Petito, a 22-year-old Blue Level native, was reported lacking in early September after happening a cross-country highway journey with Laundrie, her fiancé.

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Laundrie, who had returned from the journey with out Petito, went lacking himself because the investigation into Petito’s whereabouts started.

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Petito’s physique was later present in Grand Teton Nationwide Park in Wyoming, close to the place Petitio and Laundrie had been seen collectively. The coroner’s workplace dominated Petito’s loss of life a murder, saying she died from strangulation and blunt pressure accidents to the pinnacle and neck.

Laundrie’s stays had been discovered a couple of month later in a Florida nature reserve, together with a backpack, a pocket book and a revolver.

The FBI mentioned Friday that the pocket book contained written statements by Laundrie claiming accountability for Petito’s loss of life.

The health worker’s workplace decided Laundrie died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Petito’s household launched the next assertion in response to the FBI’s ultimate replace:

“Gabby’s household want to thank the Federal Bureau of Investigation, particularly the Wyoming, Denver, New York and Tampa workplaces, all of their activity pressure members and their helping companies.

“Gabby’s household want to thank the FBI’s Sufferer Companies Division for all they’ve executed for them. Sufferer Companies has been there for assist from the earliest phases of this investigation and helped their complete household navigate by way of the worst moments of their lives.

“We really respect the FBI’s diligent and painstaking efforts on this extraordinarily sophisticated case. The standard and amount of the details and knowledge collected by the FBI depart little doubt [that] Brian Laundrie murdered Gabby.”