- Brian Laundrie’s handwritten confession was discovered near his remains in October
- He claimed Gabby Petito was “violently shaking,” “freezing cold” and had injuries before he killed her.
- Experts dissected his story, including a criminal profiler and psychotherapist who has interviewed killers.
Notebook confession found in October beside his remains and only now being made public, Brian Laundrie justifies the strangling of Gabby Petito as an act of kindness and a “unexpected tragedy.” Analysts wasted no time dissecting his claims.
Before killing her and beginning his own route to suicide, he said she was “violently trembling,” “chilling cold,” and had evident injuries.
Michael Baden, Cyril Wecht, and Brent Blue, three veteran medical examiners, talked to Fox News Digital on Friday, hours after information from Laundrie’s confession were made public. Blue conducted the autopsy on Petito, 22, in late 2021. Jason Jensen, a private investigator, and John Kelly, a criminal profiler and psychotherapist who has examined a wide range of murderers, both participated. Laundrie, 23, reportedly shot and killed himself in a Florida environmental park, leaving behind eight pages of notes.
BRIAN LAUNDRIE’S NOTEBOOK CONFESSION IN THE DEATH OF GABBY PETITO: “I ENDED HER LIFE”
Figure 1: Brian Laundrie (primary) and Figure 2: A snapshot of a piece of the letter Landrie left behind
Main image of Brian Laundrie (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital) and inset shot of a piece of the message Landrie left behind.
The note’s contents were originally reported by Fox News Digital. As Laundrie put it, he “terminated her life” because he “felt it was merciful, that it is what she wanted.”
“He avoided directly admitting it. He intended for it to be a merciful murder “Fox News Digital quoted criminal profiler Kelly. That, more than anything else, is what is driving me crazy at the moment.
Laundrie said, “I heard a splash and a scream” while he and Petito were “trying to cross” a brook.
“After a few period of time during which I could not locate her, I called out for her. When I finally located the chilly and shivering woman, she was gasping for air and calling my name “As an example of a paraphrase, he wrote. “When I rescued Gabby from the pool, she was unable to articulate any pain. She started off with a little lump on her forehead, but it quickly grew. While being carried, she uttered constant screams of anguish; while lying next to her, she spoke nothing more than a few syllables at a time in between strong tremors, gasping in pain, and pleading for an end to her suffering.”
