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Tampa, Fla. , Specific: The first public glimpse of a confession left in a notebook at Brian Laundry Florida Swamp where he killed himself last year, reveals his last words.
“I ended his life,” reads the note, which FBI recovered From Mayakahatchi Creek Environmental Park on October 20, 2021. “I thought it was a pity, that this is what she wanted, but now I see that I made all the mistakes. I panicked. I was in shock.”
He also wrote: “From the moment I decided to take her pain away, I knew I couldn’t live without her.”
Lawyers representing the Petito-Schmidt and Laundry families met Friday at the FBI’s Tampa field office. Fox News Digital has obtained copies of notes written by Laundry before he took his own life.
Part of an eight-page note left by Brian Laundry.
(Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)
“Please don’t make life difficult for my family,” said the notebook, “they lost a son and a daughter and a daughter – the most wonderful girl in the world. Gabby I’m sorry.”
Earlier in the note he wrote: “I feel sorry for my family. It’s a blow to them too [as] A terrible grief (sic).”
Fox News Digital called Laundry’s parents to the park that morning, where they met a North Port detective and an FBI member and headed out into the swamp to find what they believed was their son for weeks. had disappeared earlier. By that time the extensive search had been interrupted by flood waters.
Christopher Laundry found a dry bag that later turned out to be his son’s. The confession was in a notebook collected by the FBI that morning.
Laundry parents discuss their search with a North Port Police detective, shortly after investigators find the partial remains of their son on October 20, 2021. The parents also found a drybag, pictured in the detective’s right hand, and other items.
(Fox News Digital/Michael Ruiz)
“Today the Petito family attorney, Patrick Reilly, and I met with the FBI in Tampa and took personal items belonging to Gabby and Brian,” Laundry family attorney Steve Bertolino told Fox News Digital Friday. “Brian’s notebook was given to me as part of this return of assets to FBI custody and I have turned [the] Chris and Roberta to the laundry too.”
Pettito’s mother, Nicole Schmidt, also attended the Tampa meeting.
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The FBI disclosed in January that investigators Found Brian Laundry’s Confession In the notebook, which was under water for about five weeks.
Gabby Petito is believed to have been executed around August 28. An FBI-led search discovered his remains in Bridger-Teton National Forest on September 19. The Wyoming coroner ruled over her death. strangulation,
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Brian Laundry returns home On September 1, his parents in North Port, Florida, were told by police, citing a license plate reader recording of his van rolling over the city. According to the FBI, he also sent fake text messages from Petito’s phone and stole his debit card to cover up the crime.
Laundry went camping on the beach at Fort de Soto ParkPetersburg, and did not publicly say anything about Petito’s disappearance.
Records from Pinellas County Park show that Roberta Laundry checked into this campsite at Fort de Soto Park on September 6, 2021.
(Fox News Digital/Michael Ruiz)
Finally, on September 11, Petito’s mother, Nicole Schmidt, reported her missing to the police in her hometown. On Long Island in New York, He contacted the North Port Police, who knocked on the door of the laundry, where they found silence.
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On September 13, Brian Laundry became trapped in the swamp despite surveillance cameras hidden around his home. That was the last time he was seen alive.
Her father later voluntarily handed over the family’s guns to the FBI, saying that one may be missing. Investigators found a revolver near the skeletal remains of Brian Laundry in the swamp.
Left: Brian Laundry on police bodycam video in Moab, Utah. Right: Attorney Steve Bertolino sits down for an interview with Fox News Digital.
(North Port Police/Stephanie Pagones/Fox News Digital)
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There was also a water bottle nearby that probably contained Petito and other items belonging to the couple.
Bertolino said he was sharing the contents of the note “as a matter of transparency”.
“I will not comment further as the proceedings are still pending in the court,” he said.
Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
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