Gabby Petito bodycam shows Brian Laundrie’s parents refuse to help police after missing person report

FIRST ON FOX: When Florida constabulary visited the location of Brian Laundrie successful 2021 aft the disappearance of his fiancee Gabby Petito connected the different broadside of the country, his parents dodged their questions earlier officers yet near with her van – and much questions than answers, recently released bodycam video shows.

"I'm not talking to anybody," Laundrie's father, Christopher Laundrie, tells a North Port constabulary serviceman aft answering the doorway successful a sleeveless garment arsenic his wife, Roberta, looks connected implicit his shoulder.

The officer, who has a New York detective connected the telephone who was looking for Petito, asks, "You don't privation to speech to us?"

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"No," Christopher Laundrie replies, shaking his head. 

The serviceman explains helium has a detective connected the telephone and asks erstwhile the past clip the parents person seen their lad oregon Petito.

"Well, Brian is here, and that's each we're saying," his begetter replies. "We person an attorney…That's each I privation to say."

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He agrees to stock the attorney's telephone fig with police.

North Port constabulary recorded the brushwood connected Sept. 11, 2021, the time Petito's mother, Nichole Schmidt, reported her missing successful her New York hometown. The video was conscionable made nationalist done nationalist records requests.

"This nightmare ne'er ends," Schmidt told Fox News Digital Wednesday, conscionable implicit 3 years aft her daughter's remains were recovered astatine a campsite northbound of Jackson, Wyoming. Petito had past been seen live astatine a market store successful municipality determination connected Aug. 28, 2021.

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Christopher and Roberta Laundrie reply their beforehand doorway aft constabulary knocked connected Sept. 11, 2021, looking for missing Gabby Petito. Their lad had returned location to North Port, Florida, without her aft the FBI says helium killed her astatine a campsite northbound of Jackson, Wyoming, 2 weeks earlier. (North Port PD)

After authorities accidental Laundrie bludgeoned and strangled Petito, helium near her assemblage successful the Bridger-Teton National Forest and drove location to his parents' location successful North Port – utilizing her van and debit card.

"Is this her vehicle, her van?" the serviceman asked Laundrie's parents, pointing astatine her achromatic Ford parked successful their driveway.

"It's some of theirs," Christopher Laundrie replied.

Gabby Petito's achromatic Ford van pictured successful the Laundrie household driveway successful North Port, Florida, connected Sept. 11, 2021, the time she was reported missing and weeks aft she was past seen live successful Wyoming. Her fiance Brian Laundrie aboriginal killed himself, and the FBI identified him arsenic the lone fishy successful her death. (North Port PD)

The serviceman returned to his patrol conveyance and enactment the Suffolk County detective connected speakerphone, arsenic they sermon what to bash and she revealed that Petito hadn't been successful interaction with her parents since Aug. 27. 

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Gabby Petito was reported missing successful September 2021, astir 2 weeks aft her erstwhile fiance Brian Laundrie is believed to person killed her and abandoned her assemblage astatine a campsite successful Wyoming. (@petitojoseph/Instagram )

"His sister told maine different communicative that helium near her retired determination and flew home, and yet you're seeing the van successful their driveway, and they won't accidental wherever she is," she says. She notes that the conveyance is registered to Petito and says her household considers it hers.

By then, Petito's telephone had been disconnected for 10 days.

Brian Laundrie arsenic seen successful bodycam footage released by the Moab Police Department successful Utah. (Moab PD)

"I don't cognize if that van's a transgression scene," the detective says. 

A North Port sergeant aboriginal approached the doorway and tried to inquire the Laundries for assistance reassuring Petito's parents that she was OK. They refused and said their lad wouldn't speech to investigators either. He told them the van was registered to her only, that it shouldn't beryllium there, and that constabulary would tow it.

"If that's what you're saying you gotta do, you gotta bash it," the begetter replies. "Right now, I'm not speaking to you anymore." 

North Port constabulary yet towed Petito's van from the Laundrie driveway to analyse it for evidence. (North Port PD)

The family's lawyer, Steve Bertolino, antecedently told Fox News Digital helium advised them to invoke their law close to stay soundless arsenic the probe played out.

Brian Laundrie himself besides declined to ever talk with constabulary and yet snuck retired and changeable himself successful the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park astir 10 minutes away, wherever his remains went undiscovered for weeks until floodwater receded.

GABBY PETITO'S MOM AND STEPMOM SEND NOT-SO-SUBTLE MESSAGE TO ROBERTA LAUNDRIE

Fox News Digital was contiguous erstwhile his parents discovered a drybag astatine the scene, which they handed to police.

The FBI yet revealed it contained a handwritten confession arsenic good arsenic idiosyncratic effects belonging to some Laundrie and Peitito.

A North Port detective informs Chris and Roberta Laundrie that quality remains were discovered successful the hunt for their lad astatine the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park connected Oct. 20, 2021. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

"I ended her life," reads the note, recovered connected Oct. 20, 2021. "I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I spot present each the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was successful shock."

He claimed helium did it aft she injured herself successful a fall.

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The slaying inspired Petito's parents to recovered a nonprofit instauration successful her honor, assisting different families of missing persons and advocating against home violence.

Gabby Petito's parents, Joseph Petito, left, and Nichole Schmidt, center, with their attorney, Patrick Reilly, right, perceive to arguments by an lawyer for Brian Laundrie's parents successful tribunal successful Sarasota County, Florida connected Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The parties yet settled retired of court. (Mike Lang / USA TODAY NETWORK)

They person lobbied for national legislation, immoderate of which became instrumentality with bipartisan support, arsenic good arsenic lethality appraisal laws successful Florida, Utah and New York designed to springiness constabulary grounds and authorization to abstracted victims from their abusers.

The foundation donated $100,000 to the National Domestic Violence Hotline past year.

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If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize is suffering from home violence, delight interaction the National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 1−800−799−7233 (SAFE).