Killer's mum offered to help him bury body in sinister 'burn after reading' letter

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READ MORE: Brian Laundrie's body 'gnawed by wild animals' after suicide, grim autopsy revealsThey point out that during the period that Gaby was missing, the Laundries refused to return calls or texts, and offered no help at all.

But the Laundrie family simply say they were under no obligation to do anything for the Petitos.Patrick Reilly, the lawyer acting for Gabby’s parents, told a Sarasota County Circuit Court that he was shown the letter at an FBI regional office and he remembered details “including helping [Brian] get out of prison, getting a shovel and some other things.”Gabby is believed to have been killed some time in late August 2021, while she was on a road trip with her fiancé Brian.Her remains were found in a shallow grave in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest and an autopsy found that she had been bludgeoned and strangled to death.Before taking his own life, Brian wrote in a notebook confessing to killing the 22-year-old YouTuber.Laundrie claimed it was a mercy killing, saying he had killed his fiancée after she had fallen and injured herself: "I ended her life,” he wrote. “I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but now I see all the mistakes I made."He detailed how he had attempted to convince Gabby’s family that she was still alive by sending text messages from her phone.

He also used her bank card to give the same impression.The killer then returned to his parents’ home where he stayed for just under a fortnight while the Petitos grew increasingly concerned about their missing daughter.When police went to Laundrie’s home to question Brian his parents refused to let them in, instead directing the officers to contact their lawyer.A few days later, Brian disappeared on a solo “camping.