Gabby Petito Dead, Brian Laundrie's Room Gutted

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

There are reports that Briian Laundrie's parents “gutted and renovated” their son’s room while he was missing, evan as Gabby family was still searching for the missing 22-year-old.

Nichole Schmidt spoke with Taylor Lautner and his wife on their podcast, “The Squeeze,” revealing the new stunning claim. An individual who claimed to have been in the Laundrie home at the time, said it was obvious that something was “wrong” with Laundrie’s mother, Roberta's mental health.

Gabby Petito's parents have long claimed Christopher and Roberta Laundrie knew their son, Brian, murdered his girlfriend. Petito and Laundrie were on a cross-country road trip last year when Gabby went missing. Her body was later found in Wyoming, and her death ruled homicide by strangulation. Laundrie returned to his parents' Florida home, alone, driving a van owned by Petito. The FBI says Laundrie confessed to killing Petito in a notebook found with his belongings. The Petito family accuse the Laundries of concealing information a bout their daughter's death and, say the Laundries also tried to hide their son from law enforcement. Brian Laundrie committed suicide in a nature reserve in Florida.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Wendy Patrick - California prosecutor, author “Red Flags” www.wendypatrickphd.com 'Today with Dr. Wendy' on KCBQ in San Diego, Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHD
Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, www.carynstark.com, Twitter: @carynpsych, Facebook: "Caryn Stark"
Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"
Laura Ingle - Senior Correspondent, Fox News Channel, Twitter: @lauraingle, Instagram: @lauraingletv

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0:00.0	You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.6	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:11.5	The intrigue surrounding the disappearance and murder of a beautiful young girl,
0:18.3	22-year-old Gabby Petito, seemingly goes on. In the last days,
0:25.9	Gabby's mother claims her killer slash fiancé Brian Laundrie's room in the home he shared
0:35.4	with his parents was, quote, completely empty once he vanished.
0:44.7	What does that mean?
0:48.3	Did Brian Laundry's parents know all along what was happening?
0:58.8	I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us. Gabby Petito's mother says Brian Laundry's room was, quote, completely gutted and renovated
1:07.9	almost immediately once he disappeared.
1:12.6	She says none of his things were there anymore.
1:16.6	Nicole Schmidt says all of his things were gone.
1:20.9	That very same week Gabby was missing, she said,
1:24.8	police going to Laundry's home to try and get a scent from dogs to look for Brian.
1:30.8	All his things were gone at that time and his room was completely empty, completely cleaned out.
1:41.3	Also, she says that the van that belonged to Gabby, that Gabby alone had completely
1:48.5	remodeled to be a touring van was also completely cleaned out, that even the mattress
1:55.7	was never recovered. Nicole says Gabby's things were packed away in a closet. Okay. Is it just strange
2:08.9	behavior? Or does it prove something? Okay, how does this piece of the puzzle fit in to Gabby's disappearance and murder, followed by
2:22.2	killer fiancé Brian Laundry wandering into the 25,000-acre Carleton Reserve and killing himself?
2:31.2	Okay, where did the whole thing start?
2:34.3	Gabrielle, Gabby Petito's body was found out in a dispersed camping area far, far away from home.
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