Brian Laundrie’s parents expressed hope his fiancee would be found despite call from him saying Petito was ‘gone’, lawsuit claims

The fiance and killer of the domestic violence murder victim Gabby Petito desperately called his parents and told them that she was “gone” weeks before she was discovered dead – yet they later shared messages expressing hope that search efforts for her would end in success, her family has alleged.

Petito’s parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt, made the claim in a lawsuit that they are pursuing against Brian Laundrie’s family and their attorney in the latest chapter to a case that has generated international news headlines.

The Petitos, who amended the lawsuit with the new allegations on 30 November, have accused Laundrie’s parents as well as their lawyer of intentionally withholding information about their daughter’s murder, inflicting on them pain and emotional distress.

      • dangblingus@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Not predicted, there were letters that investigators made public that detailed how the parents knew she was dead. They were offering to help him hide the body.

    • kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      The amended suit does not elaborate on how the Petitos knew about the phone call Laundrie made to his parents about his fiancee being “gone”. But NBC News reported being told by the Petitos’ attorney, Pat Reilly, that the information came from depositions that the Laundries gave in October.

      • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        I thought it was already known because of discoveries related to finding his remains, etc, and formed the basis for them suing the parents to begin with, but maybe not.

        • dangblingus@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          It was known. It was widely reported that there were letters written between Brian and his parents, with his parents offering to help him hide the body. It was a very well publicized case and it’s weird that people forgot this massive detail.