Gabby Petito’s Mother Makes Chilling Claim About Brian Laundrie Years After Daughter’s Death
Gabby Petito's body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming after her family reported her missing back in 2021.
The 22-year-old had been on an adventure with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, when things went awry. In the days that followed, the FBI set out on a manhunt in hopes of questioning Laundrie. The 23-year-old had left his parents' home in Florida and his body was later discovered in the Myakkahatchee Creek in Sarasota. Police say he had suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head. Police also found a journal and on the inside pages was Laundrie's confession, thus leading police to confirm that Laundrie had killed Petito before killing himself.
Flash forward four years and Petito's mom, Nichole Schmidt, is sharing more details about that fateful trip. In an interview on The Squeeze podcast, Schmidt noted that Laundrie's belongings had been completely removed from his parents' house before Petito's body was found.
"None of his things were there anymore. All his things were gone," Schmidt claimed on the podcast.
“That very same week Gabby was missing, and cops were going to their house to try to get a scent from their dogs to look for Brian. All his things were gone. His room was completely empty, just gone," she added.
Even the van that Petito and Laundrie had taken on their cross country trip appeared to have been cleaned out, Schmidt said.
"The mattress was never recovered. Gabby's stuff was packed away in a closet. I don't understand. Yeah. I don't, I don't get it. Just strange behavior," she explained.
The criminal investigation into Petito's death has been closed.