Gabby Petito\u2019s devastated family fears that her fugitive boyfriend\u2019s death means they will never get \u201cclosure\u201d with answers on why she was murdered, according to \u2026<\/b>
\nGabby Petito\u2019s devastated family fears that her fugitive boyfriend\u2019s death means they will never get \u201cclosure\u201d with answers on why she was murdered, according to a close friend. While the FBI confirmed that Brian Laundrie,23, died \u201ca person of interest in the murder of Gabby Petito,\u201d there remains a slew of mysteries over exactly how or why she was strangled in Wyoming. \u201cShe\u2019s gone now. He\u2019s gone. Who\u2019s really got closure?\u201d a Petito family friend told DailyMail.com. \u201cYou don\u2019t get closure because you don\u2019t know what happened,\u201d she said of the 22-year-old Long Island native\u2019s death. \u201cYou don\u2019t know \u2014 did they get in a fight, did he kill her? There\u2019s no answer,\u201d said the friend, a male former classmate of the pair from Bayport-Blue Point High School. \u201cBrian\u2019s not here, so has justice been served?\u201d he asked. Petito\u2019s mom, Nichole Schmidt, previously told \u201cDr. Phil\u201d that she wanted to \u201clook [Laundrie] in the eyes.\u201d \u201cI want to see him in a jail cell the rest of his life,\u201d the murdered woman\u2019s dad, Joe Petito, said. Laundrie has spent nearly two weeks with his family in their Florida home after unexpectedly returning home in Petito\u2019s white van that the couple had been traveling the US in. After Petito was officially reported missing Sept.11, Laundrie\u2019s parents refused to speak to her family nor let police speak to their son, who they say fled home on Sept.14 \u2014 later admitting it had actually been the day before. His father, Chris, only once joined the search for his son in Florida reserve before he and his wife, Roberta, both went Wednesday \u2014 quickly helping find their son\u2019s remains despite a five-week hunt by law enforcement. While hoping that Petito\u2019s family still \u201cfeel some justice,\u201d the high school pal also noted that it was a heartbreaking ending for the Laundries, too. \u201cBoth sides are suffering right now. Nobody wishes this on any of their children,\u201d he said. It was a message reflected by the Laundries\u2019 attorney, Steven Bertolino. \u201cThese are parents that are suffering,\u201d he told NBC, calling it \u201ctragic for two families.\u201d \u201cAnybody with a child, and anybody with a sense of humanity can understand the frustration that both families feel on that point,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n