A judge ruled Wednesday that the letter, which said “burn after reading,” could be relevant in the Petito family’s lawsuit against the Laundries.
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The mother of Brian Laundrie, who confessed to killing his girlfriend Gabby Petito before committing suicide in 2021, offered her son “a shovel and garbage bags” if he ever needed to dispose of a body, according to a letter shared with Petito’s family in court Wednesday.Key Facts
The letter—which said “burn after reading” on the outside and was written at an unknown date by Roberta Laundrie to her son—said that nothing could make her stop loving her son before telling him “if you need to dispose of a body, I will show up with a shovel and garbage bags”; Laundrie’s lawyers said it’s unrelated to Petito’s death and was written months before, NBC News reported.
Petito’s family had requested a copy of the letter for months, and it was eventually released to the Petitos on Wednesday after a judge determined it could be relevant to their lawsuit brought against Laundrie’s parents and their former attorney.
