Almost three years After Gabby Petito's remains were discovered after she disappeared while on a trip with her then-fiancé Brian Landry, the FBI released more than 350 pages of documents from its investigation into the incident. Appearing just over 100 pages into the release is a letter Petito wrote to Lundry, who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a month after Petito was found.
In the handwritten letter, which does not indicate when it was written, Petito wrote: “You know how much I love you, so (and I write this with love) just stop crying and stop calling me because I'm a team and I'm here with you.” The document goes on to discuss an apparent dispute or dispute that arose before their trip, with Petito apologizing for “getting upset over a stupid piece of paper.”
“Just try to understand. Yes, I can be a child sometimes, I know, but it's because you give me this energy and I just love you so much,” she wrote. “Like it hurts so much. So you who are in pain are killing me. I'm not trying to be negative, but I'm disappointed that I can't do more.”
The final sentences of the letter find Petito looking ahead, telling Laundrie, “You know as soon as we get off and I get back from New York [indistinct] I myself will come to work with you because there is not much else here.'
The hundreds of other pages include several redacted documents describing the FBI's investigation into Petito's disappearance and what was later ruled to be her death by strangulation. Some files recount witness interviews, video descriptions of gas stations and stores, and photos of items authorities discovered in September 2021 while executing a search warrant.
Earlier this year, Petito's family reached a settlement in an emotional distress lawsuit against Lundry's parents. Petito's family claimed that Laundrie's parents already knew their son had killed her and did not tell her parents, even in the midst of a search effort to find their daughter when she was missing.
Petito was found murdered in Grand Teton National Park on September 19, 2021. That was 18 days after Laundrie returned to Florida without her and one week after Petito was first reported missing. Laundrie—along with his written confession to strangling Petito and his belongings—was found in a Florida environmental park on October 20, 2021.
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