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Brian Laundre’s mom says she wrote a letter promising to help him bury a body and break him out of jail before he set off on his fateful road trip with Gabby Petito.
Through her attorney, Roberta Laundrie said she wrote the letter prior to the start of the June 2021 road trip the couple was taking across the country that would end in Petito’s death.
It sparked fury from Petito’s parents, who claim it shows evidence Roberta had helped plot with her son to cover up their daughter’s brutal murder.
The undated letter from around the time of Petito’s death revealed Roberta offered to bake her son a cake with a file in it if he was sent to prison.
She also promised to help him dispose of a corpse as evidence of her love for him.
A judge ruled Wednesday that the contents of the letter can be used in a civil trial brought by Petito’s family against the Laundries over her death.
Roberta Laundrie (pictured) has been arguing for months that a suspicious letter she wrote her killer son, Brian Laundrie, was penned prior to his departure on what would end up being a fatal roadtrip with his fiancee, Gabby Petito
Part of the text from a haunting letter Roberta Laundrie wrote her killer son, which she claims was penned before Brian and Gabby Petito set off on their fateful roadtrip
‘I just want you to remember I will always love you and I know you will always love me. You are my boy. Nothing can make me stop loving you, nothing can or ever will divide us no matter what we do, or where we go or what we say – we will always love each other. If you’re in jail I will bake a cake and put a file in it. If you need to dispose of a body. I will show up with a shovel and garbage bags,’ read the letter.
She continued: ‘If you fly to the moon, I will be watching the skies for your re-entry. If you say you hate my guts, I’ll get new guts. Remember that love is a verb not a noun. It’s not a thing it’s not words. It is actions. Watch people’s actions to know if they love you – not their words.’
The letter was recently made public following a hearing in the civil suit brought by the Petitos against the Laundries.
Via her attorney, Roberta told Fox Digital: ‘The letter to Brian was written prior to Gabby and Brian leaving my home for their trip. Previously, I submitted an affidavit to the court for very limited purposes but that is not the whole story.
‘Now that the letter has been shared, I ask that you read it in its entirety, and understand that the letter contains other phrases besides those highlighted by Pat Reilly (the Petitos’ attorney) for sensationalism and to bolster his case.’
‘I truly loved my son, and simply wanted to convey to him how much he meant to me and how much I loved him. I am sure people use phrases all the time to express to their loved ones the depths of their love.
‘Although I chose words that I thought would be impactful with Brian given our relationship, the letter was in no way related to Gabby.’
Petito, 22, was strangled by Laundrie in Wyoming during a road trip around August 28, 2021. Her remains were found in Grand Teton National Park on September 19
Roberta Laundrie went on to quote Romans 8:38 in the letter she has claimed was meant to fortify the fraught relationship she had with her son
Petito, 22, was strangled by Brian Laundrie in Wyoming during a road trip in the summer of 2021. Her remains were found in Grand Teton National Park on September 19 after her boyfriend killed her on or around August 28.
Investigators determined she died by manual strangulation and had been dead for three to four weeks. Her death was ruled a homicide.
According to Brian’s notebook, which was obtained by authorities, he killed Gabby after she injured herself on their trip and believed she wanted to die.
Out of guilt, he took his own life.
Brian’s skeletal remains were found in October in a Florida park following a massive manhunt when he disappeared as police investigated Petito’s death. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on a nature reserve near his parents’ house.
The notebook was found along with Roberta Laundrie’s suspicious letter.
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In March, Roberta said she wrote to her son using ‘quirky’ references from books they loved in an attempt to repair their ‘strained’ relationship. She said it had nothing to do with Gabby’s murder.
Roberta claimed she wrote the letter months before Brian and Gabby set off on their cross-country road trip.
‘Although I do not know the exact date I wrote the letter, I do know that I wrote it and gave it to Brian before Brian and Gabby left Florida for New York, which was on June 2, 2021,’ Roberta said.
In March, Roberta said she wrote to her son using ‘quirky’ references from books they loved in an attempt to repair their ‘strained’ relationship. She said it had nothing to do with Gabby’s murder
Chris and Roberta Laundrie in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park on the morning authorities found their son’s skeletal remains
Laundrie’s remains were eventually found in October 2021 at a nature reserve near his parents’ house
In her statement to the court, Roberta admitted her letter did contain references that some would likely believe were about her son and Gabby, but she maintained that there is ‘no connection’ between her letter and the tragic deaths.
‘While I used words that seem to have a connection with Brian’s actions and his taking of Gabby’s life, I never would have fathomed the events that unfolded months later between Brian and Gabby would reflect the words in my letter.
‘The words in the letter could never have been a comment on that tragic situation as they were written so many months before.’
The Laundrie’s attorneys previously filed a motion to block Gabby’s parents, Joe Petito and Nichole Schmidt, from making the letter admissible as evidence in court.
The civil trial between the two families is set to begin in August.
The suit alleges that Laundrie, his parents and their attorney knew Petit to be dead at the time of a September 14, 2021, statement released to media by Steve Bertlino – the family’s lawyer.
In part, the statement read: ‘On behalf of the Laundrie family it is our hope that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is re-united with her family.’
