Gabby Petito ’s family have not given up on getting justice for their daughter. And they have an idea where they’ d look first.
We don’t yet know exactly what caused Gabby’s death, but her family have made no secret of blaming her boyfriend Brian Laundrie . From the beginning, they have taken issue with the 23-year-old keeping quiet about when he last saw Gabby after she went missing — and their criticism only grew harsher when Brian himself disappeared.
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In a new interview with Dr. Phil on Tuesday, both sets of Gabby’s parents spoke out about the case (Dad Joe Petito and stepmom Tara Petito , as well as mom Nicole Schmidt and stepdad Jim Schmidt ). Joe had only scathing remarks for Brian and his whole family, saying:
“ Anyone who lived in that house is a coward. … They don’ t know how to stand up for their actions. ”
The parents reaffirmed their belief that Brian is hiding, and Joe added that he definitely believes the young man is alive — because he’ s too much of a coward to kill himself .
Going over the nightmarish events of the last few weeks, they recalled trying to contact the Laundries when they couldn’t get in touch with Gabby. Nicole shared:
“ We thought they were both missing at that point in time when we were calling them. We didn’t know the van was in Florida when we contacted [them]. I was worried about both of them. ”
Joe added:
“ One of the texts was ‘ I’m going to call the police, so let me know. ’ No response. A normal parent, when you text someone that they’re going to call the cops because you can’t find your child, they would reply. ”
Nicole then explained:
“ The night from the 11th when I reported her missing, a detective came to my door and let me know the van was in Florida. ”
As the investigation commenced, the four parents traveled to different locations in order to help law enforcement. Her stepfather Jim was the one to go to Wyoming, because, he said:
“ Deep down, I knew she was there. Just going off the information that we had, we felt that someone had to be there. I said right away that I would go. We felt we needed to put our family out there. ”
Before Jim had even identified the body that was eventually found, Nicole admitted:
“ As a mom, I knew she was gone. … We knew it was Gabby — even though we were hoping it wasn’t. It was the hardest thing I’ve listened to. ”
We can’ t even imagine. How awful.
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The group agreed that the Laundries certainly know more than they have let on, and delivered a message to Brian courtesy of Jim:
“ Turn yourself in. … You’re only making it worse. For us and for himself. Let us have some closure. ”
We can’t imagine how devastated these parents are. They have showed a lot of strength and courage through their part of the investigation. We hope they are granted the closure they deserve soon.
Watch the full interview with Gabby’s parents (below):
[Image via Gabby Petito/Instagram & Dr. Phil/YouTube]
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