BREAKING: Brian Laundrie's parents file motion to dismiss Petito family lawsuit
hometown, is representing the Laundries along with the Tampa-based law firm Trombley and Hanes.
Laundrie and Petito set off on a cross-country road trip last July. By October, both of them had been found dead on opposite ends of the country. By Sept. 1, Laundrie arrived at his parents’ Florida home driving Petito’s van. By then she was dead. It took 10 days before police arrived at the home looking for her. In that span he went camping with his family south of St. Petersburg and made no public comments about Petito’s disappearance. He invoked his right to remain silent and declined to cooperate with police.
The FBI eventually said he died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Materials recovered at the scene suggested he took responsibility for Petito’s death, according to investigators."It is believed that on August 27, 2021, Brian Laundrie murdered Gabrielle Petito," the civil complaint reads.