Wow, this is a real shock. Well, half of it. It’s been nearly three years now since the disappearance of Gabby Petito — and eventual discovery she was murdered by her boyfriend.
For weeks the Petitos searched after Brian Laundrie returned to Florida from a couple’s cross-country trip… with the van but no Gabby.
She was found in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park in September 2021. Shortly afterward Brian was able to slip out of police surveillance and die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a nature preserve near his home.
The 23-year-old would never face justice, but he did at least confess, writing in a notebook how he’d strangled Gabby in what he thought was an act of mercy after she’d been injured in the wilderness of the park. Related: ‘Bad Breath Rapist’ Arrested After 16 Years — GF Had NO IDEA Who He Was! You’d think a parent could never forgive the man who took away their child… but Gabby’s mother has surprised us once again. Nichole Schmidt appeared at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee over the weekend with a message she admitted she knew “may shock most people.” She said to her daughter’s killer: That did indeed come as a shock to us.
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