BRIAN LAUNDRIE

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida judge on Thursday awarded Gabby Petito’s family $3 million in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the estate of Brian Laundrie, court records show. >> Read more trending newsThe award is part of a settlement reached Wednesday by attorneys for Petito’s family and Laundrie’s estate. In a statement obtained by WFLA, the Petito family said that the amount awarded to them was an “arbitrary number.” Laundrie did not have $3 million at the time of his death. “Whatever monies they do receive will help Gabby’s family in their endeavors with the Gabby Petito Foundation,” the statement read. Earlier this month, Petito’s family filed a lawsuit against police in Moab, Utah, saying that officers failed to recognize telltale signs of domestic abuse in interactions with the couple two weeks before Petito’s death.

A lawyer for Petito's parents called it "an arbitrary number" but that the Gabby Petito Foundation would benefit from whatever amount is collected.

A lawyer for Petito's parents said whatever money is received will go to the Gabby Petito Foundation dedicated to locating missing people and curbing domestic violence. “The Petito family lost their daughter and they were also denied the opportunity to confront her killer,” said attorney Patrick Reilly in an email. Reilly called it “an arbitrary number” but that the Petito foundation would benefit from whatever amount is collected. “Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt wish to turn their personal tragedy into a positive,” Reilly said. Both grew up in Blue Point, New York, but moved to North Port, Florida, in 2019 where his parents live.

The families of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have reached a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after authorities concluded he strangled her during a cross-country trip in August 2021.

"Brian did not have $3 million; it's an arbitrary number," the Petito family lawyer, Pat Reilly, said in a statement on behalf of the family.

Loved ones of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have agreed upon a $3 million settlement in connection with the Petito family's wrongful death lawsuit filed against his estate.

An attorney for the Laundrie family told CBS News they were "appalled."

A "tasteless" clue involving former fugitive Brian Laundrie on Sunday's episode of "Jeopardy!" prompted backlash online and from the former fugitive's Florida family.

On Thursday, Gabby Petito’s parents filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against the Moab, Utah, police department, specifically naming the two officers who pulled over Petito and her then-boyfriend Brian Laundrie on Aug. 12, 2021. The $50 million suit claims the officers should have recognized basic warning signs of intimate partner violence, which could have saved Petito’s life about a month before Laundrie killed Petito at a Wyoming campsite. The lawsuit also unearths a bombshell allegation tha

Gabby Petito's parents were preparing to shell out thousands to fly her home from Moab, Utah, after former fiancé Brian Laundrie was seen hitting her in public.

>> Read more trending newsAuthorities found Petito’s remains in a remote part of Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest in September 2021. In the lawsuit, the family alleged “that if the Moab police had followed the requirements of the Utah law, the Utah statutes on domestic violence, Gabby would still be alive today,” attorney Jim McConkie said at a news conference. “The attorneys for the Petito family seem to suggest that somehow our officers could see into the future based on this single interaction,” officials said, according to KSTU. The Petito family said this determination came despite scratches on Petito’s face and information given to police about controlling, aggressive behavior on Laundrie’s part. Investigators named Laundrie a person of interest in Petito’s disappearance and, after her remains were discovered, in her death.

The expected depositions of Brian Laundrie’s parents in a civil lawsuit following the Wyoming strangling death of Gabby Petito last year have been postponed.

Body language expert Susan Constantine has analyzed the newly emerged Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie surveillance video from hours before the 2021 murder.

Body language expert Susan Constantine has analyzed the newly emerged Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie surveillance video from hours before the 2021 murder.

Newly obtained surveillance video from a Wyoming Whole Foods shows the last known public sighting of Gabby Petito on the suspected day of her death last summer.

Newly obtained surveillance video from a Wyoming Whole Foods shows the last known public sighting of Gabby Petito on the suspected day of her death last summer.

Lifetime's "The Gabby Petito Story" is a true-crime drama – with fictional moments bridging the gaps in the real tragedy with ex-fiance Brian Laundrie.

Gabby Petito's parents hope that hearing her story can help others walk away from domestic abuse relationships.

Had the officers responded properly, the family argues, the case could have ended differently.

The Petito family filed a notice of claim, which is required before people can sue government entities. Moab, Utah, officials have 60 days to respond.

Gabby Petito disappearance: What you need to know (NCD)ORLANDO, Fla. — Gabby Petito’s family on Monday notified Utah officials of plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that police failed to recognize their daughter was in a life-threatening situation last year when officers investigated a fight between her and her boyfriend. Moab officials have 60 days to respond before the family can file a lawsuit based on the claim. The Petito family’s attorneys said they planned to argue that applying Utah’s governmental immunity law to wrongful death claims is unconstitutional and a roadblock to accountability. Laundrie, 23, later killed himself in Florida after being named the only person of interest in her death. I think the only two people that will ever know what happened in that relationship was Gabby and Brian.

Petito disappeared on the couple’s trip in a converted van, with her slain body found Sept. 19 in a Wyoming national park.

Petito disappeared on the couple’s trip in a converted van, with her slain body found Sept. 19 in a Wyoming national park.

A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their western trip.

Brian Laundrie scribbled his confession to the slaying of his fiancée, Gabby Petito, on the pages of a spiral-bound notebook discovered near his remains in a Florida swamp last October. In smudged-blue ink, Laundrie wrote that killing the woman he loved was an act of mercy after she allegedly became injured in the Wyoming wilderness, according to pages obtained by ABC 13. “I don’t know the ...

The notebook, which the FBI recovered from a Florida swamp and Fox News shared images of, appears to show him confessing to killing Gabby Petito.

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The Laundries are being sued for "intentional infliction of emotional distress" by the parents of Gabby Petito.

The parents of Gabby Petito have amended their lawsuit against the parents of her admitted killer, fiancé Brian Laundrie, that alleges he and his family went

Laundrie was found dead in a Florida nature reserve last fall, several weeks after his fiancée's body was discovered in a Wyoming national park, where the couple had been vacationing.

The lawsuit contends that Laundrie told his parents on Aug. 28 that he had killed Petito, 22, his fiancee of about a year at the time. Her body was not found until September 19.

The lawsuit filed Thursday contends that Laundrie told his parents on Aug. 28 that he had killed Petito, 22, his fiancee of about a year at the time.

The lawsuit filed Thursday contends that Laundrie told his parents on Aug. 28 that he had killed Petito, 22, his fiancee of about a year at the time.

The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new lawsuit in Florida that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new Florida lawsuit that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her when he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van. >> Gabby Petito: FBI confirms remains found in Florida preserve are Brian Laundrie’sThe lawsuit contends that Christopher and Roberta Laundrie concealed that their son had confessed to the murder from investigators and Petito’s parents while the search for Gabby Petito was ongoing. >> Coroner: Gabby Petito died of strangulationThe lawsuit seeks damages of at least $30,000. >>Brian Laundrie died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, medical examiner confirmsPetito had been in regular contact with her parents and posted frequently on social media about their travels, including YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. PHOTOS: Gabby Petito investigationExpand Autoplay Image 1 of 20 Gabby Petito investigation This police camera video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021.

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Details about Brian Laundrie’s remains and the items found around him at the scene of his death were revealed in a full autopsy report released by the District Twelve Medical Examiner Monday, according to WINK News.

Moab PoliceThe Sarasota Medical Examiner’s office has released the official autopsy report for doomed “van-lifer” Brian Laundrie, revealing new details into his death.The report, conducted by District 12 deputy chief medical examiner Dr. Wilson Broussard, states that Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. When the FBI finally found him days into his disappearance, he was discovered near a European American Arms revolver, which was marked as a .38 special on one side of th

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — Authorities in Southern Florida on Monday released the results of an autopsy report following the death last year of Brian Laundrie, the 23-year-old man who officials said admitted to killing his 22-year-old fiancee, Gabby Petito, months before his own death. >> Read more trending newsThe documents, obtained by WFLA-TV, WWSB and WINK-TV, confirmed that Laundrie died by suicide. >> Related: Brian Laundrie died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, medical examiner confirmsAuthorities found Laundrie’s remains on Oct. 20 in a Florida nature reserve following weeks of searches. He had earlier been named a person of interest in Petito’s death. He was not charged with any other crimes related to Petito’s disappearance or death before his remains were found.

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Officials have officially ruled out a connection between the murders of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner and the Petito/Laundrie case.

Brian Laundrie went missing as the search for his fiancé Gabby Petito, and the person responsible for her disappearance, intensified.View Entire Post ›

It was the first time authorities squarely pinned the blame for Petito's death on Laundrie. The FBI also said Laundrie had sent texts to deceive people that Petito was still alive.

It was the first time authorities squarely pinned the blame for Gabby Petito's death on him, though he was the prime suspect all along.

Laundrie, the boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito, took responsibility for killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (The Moab Police Department via AP, File) (Uncredited)FORT COLLINS, Colo. — (AP) — The boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito admitted killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday. “The investigation did not identify any other individuals other than Brian Laundrie directly involved in the tragic death of Gabby Petito." The FBI did not specify what, exactly, Laundrie had written in the notebook and in the texts he'd sent to mislead. Laundrie and Petito grew up on Long Island, New York, but were living in Florida in recent years.

The agency said it is wrapping up its investigation, concluding that Brian Laundrie alone was directly involved in the death of Gabby Petito.

Laundrie, the boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito, took responsibility for killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (The Moab Police Department via AP, File) (Uncredited)FORT COLLINS, Colo. — (AP) — The boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito admitted killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday. “The investigation did not identify any other individuals other than Brian Laundrie directly involved in the tragic death of Gabby Petito." The FBI did not specify what, exactly, Laundrie had written in the notebook and in the texts he'd sent to mislead. Attorneys for the Petito and Laundrie families did not immediately respond Friday to emails and text messages seeking comment about the FBI’s conclusions.

The FBI says the boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito admitted to killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp.

FBI agents provided the final investigative update in the Gabby Petito case on Friday, noting no “other individuals other than Brian Laundrie” had direct involvement in her death.

Petito died of "blunt-force injuries to the head and neck, with manual strangulation," according to the FBI.

Moab PoliceBrian Laundrie scrawled messages in a notebook admitting that he killed his girlfriend Gabby Petito, the FBI said in a statement Friday as they announced that their investigation into the couple’s deaths was now closed. The notebook was found alongside Laundrie’s remains in a wooded area in Florida in October, weeks after police say he killed Petito while they were traveling the country in a van.“The FBI’s primary focus throughout the investigation was to bring justice to Gabby and he

The FBI has announced that its investigation into the death of Gabby Petito has finished. >> Read more trending newsThe bureau said, “The investigation did not identify any other individuals other than Brian Laundrie directly involved in the tragic death of Gabby Petito.”The FBI started its investigation of Petito’s disappearance on Sept. 12, 2021, after they had received a report from her family that she was missing. Eventually, her remains were found near where she and Laundrie were last seen together. https://t.co/44SiImlo6C pic.twitter.com/IygdHuIWbv — FBI Denver (@FBIDenver) January 21, 2022Check back for more on this developing story. ©2022 Cox Media Group

TAMPA, Fla. — The families of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have agreed “in principle” to a deal that would split the couple’s belongings when they are released by the FBI, the Laundrie family attorney said. “I have no further comment at this time.”>> Gabby Petito: FBI confirms remains found in Florida preserve are Brian Laundrie’s#BREAKING: Families of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie reach property agreement, lawyer says https://t.co/luiYngLq4u — Allyson Henning (@WFLAAllyson) January 20, 2022The disappearance of Petito, 22, drew worldwide attention late last year. >> Coroner: Gabby Petito died of strangulationTeton County Coroner Brent Blue said on Oct. 12 that Petito died of strangulation. Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino says an agreement between the families in regards to property *including the notebook* has been reached. A medical examiner later determined that Laundrie died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The family of Gabby Petito was in Florida on Thursday morning, roughly four months after their daughter was found strangled to death in Wyoming, Fox News Digital has learned, as an attorney representing her fiance's loved ones says they have reached an agreement about how the couple’s property will be distributed.

An investigation has found that Utah police made “several unintentional mistakes” when they stopped Gabby Petito and her boyfriend before she was killed in what became a high-profile missing person case.

"If this case was handled flawlessly, would it have changed anything? Nobody knows," the report said, adding that "mistakes were made."

We might not be able to claim that 2021 was *the* wildest year in recent history (2020 will likely get that credit for quite some time), but it might be a close second.

Laundrie's skeletal remains were found in a Florida nature preserve last month.

Officials say Brian Laundrie, who was found dead last month in a Florida swamp, shot himself in the head.

A family lawyer says the initial autopsy on the remains of Brian Laundrie did not uncover a cause of his death and a more intensive examination will be done.

Now that the decomposed remains of Brian Laundrie have been found, where does the investigation into the strangling of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, go from here.

An attorney says family members are hoping for more answers from law enforcement regarding the cause of death for Brian Laundrie, who was a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito.

Authorities say remains found in a Florida wilderness park are those of Brian Laundrie, who was a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito.

The FBI and a family attorney say items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie and potential human remains have been found in a Florida wilderness park during the search for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito.

Brian Laundrie's parents returned to the Carlton Reserve area in search of their son after some of his belongings were located, the family attorney says.

A coroner in Wyoming says slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled.

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The sister of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his fiancée Gabby Petito is calling for him to surrender.

The family of slain traveler Gabby Petito has implored the public and news media to put the same energy into helping find other missing people as they did Petito, a 22-year-old woman who vanished on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend.

Mourners are paying their respects to Gabby Petito, whose death on a cross-country trip has sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend.

One week after her body was discovered in Wyoming, official memorial services for Gabby Petito will be held Sunday afternoon in New York.

Federal officials say the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, whose body was found at a national park in Wyoming after a cross-country trip with him, has been indicted for unauthorized use of a debit card.

Search teams were back out at a Florida nature park to look for the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the young woman who authorities say was killed while on a cross-country trip with him.

Search teams are back out at a Florida nature park to search for the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, who authorities say was killed while on a cross-country trip with him.

Search teams were back out at a Florida nature park to look for the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the young woman who authorities say was killed while on a cross-country trip with him.

FBI special agents are investigating the death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito and searching for her 23-year-old fiancé, Brian Laundrie, in Florida’s Carlton Reserve.

The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito and the police hunt for her boyfriend have generated a whirlwind online.

A county coroner has confirmed that human remains found in remote northern Wyoming along the border of Grand Teton National Park are those of Gabby Petito.

FBI agents and police swarmed the home of a young man wanted for questioning in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito.

The search for Gabby Petito’s fiancé at a Florida wildlife reserve continued Sunday after his family told investigators they believe he went into the area earlier this week, according to the North Port Police Department.

Authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.

A search is underway at a Florida wildlife reserve spanning nearly 25,000 acres for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of missing Gabby Petito, according to the North Port Police Department.

Police in Florida searched a vast wildlife reserve near the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.

Police in Florida said they are working with the FBI to find 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend disappeared during a cross-country trek in a converted van.

Investigators spoke with the family of Brain Laundrie, the last person who was seen with missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito.

A Utah county sheriff said Friday detectives have determined there is no connection between the disappearance of a Florida woman who went missing during a cross-country trip with her boyfriend and a still-unsolved slaying of two women who were fatally shot.

The 22-year-old blogger has documented her country-wide travels on Instagram and TikTok for the last two years.

A Florida police chief says they haven't begun a physical search for Gabby Petito out West because they don't know where to begin.