Gabby Petito’s mom says she is ‘fed up’ following Brian Laundrie’s journal ‘confession’
Gabby Petito's mother offered her first response just days after Brian Laundrie's confession journal was made public by his family lawyer. Nichole Schmidt said she was "fed up" following the shocking revelations made in Laundrie's notebook, which is believed to contain his final words before he ended his life last October.
The widely-discussed journal was released by Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino, who received it from the FBI after the agency recovered it from the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park along with Laundrie's remains on October 20, 2021. The backpacker admitted in the journal to "ending" his fiancee's life and calling it a "merciful murder."
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"Narcissists rewrite history to escape accountability. You are not crazy," Schmidt shared in a post on Twitter, with the caption "fed up." The grieving mother also used the hashtags narcissist, selfish cowards, and justice for Gabby.
Fed up. #narcissist #thetruthwillberevealed #selfish #wewontstop #justiceforgabby #KeepGoing #Cowards pic.twitter.com/txC6x3ZM3H
— Nichole Schmidt (@Nikischmidt927) June 27, 2022
Laundrie claimed in his journal that Petito was dealing with some sort of injury and would "wake in pain." He wrote that he "ended her life, mercifully" because that was "what she wanted." The 23-year-old continued, "She would wake in pain, start her whole painful cycle again, while furious that I was the one waking her. She wouldn't let me try to cross the creek, thought like me that the fire would go out in her sleep, and she'd freeze."
"I don't know the extent of Gabby's injuries, only that she was in extreme pain," Laundrie stated. "I ended her life. I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked. I was in shock. From the moment I decided, took away her pain, I knew I couldn't go on without her." He also alluded to visiting his family after killing his fiancée and urged the public not to "make life harder for his family."
"I am sorry to my family. This is a shock to them as well as a terrible grief. They loved as much, if not more than me," he wrote. "A new daughter to my mother, an aunt to my nephews (sic). Please do not make this harder for them. this occurred as an unexpected tragedy." He continued, "I rushed home to spend any time I had with my family. I wanted to drive north and let James or TJ kill me but I wouldn't want them to spend time in jail over my mistake, even though I'm sure they would have liked to. I am ending my life, not because of a fear of punishment but rather because I can't stand to live another day without her."
He added, "I've lost our whole future together, every moment we could have cherished. I'm sorry for everyone's loss. Please do not make life harder for my family, they lost a son and a daughter. The most wonderful girl in the world. Gabby I'm sorry." Laundrie concluded, "I have killed myself by this creek in the hopes that animal may tear me apart. That it may make some of her family happy. Please pick up all of my things. Gabby hated people who litter."
Laundrie grabbed headlines last year after returning home to Florida from a cross-country road trip without his girlfriend Petito, whose body was later discovered in Wyoming and authorities found she was murdered as a result of strangulation. After her body was recovered, Laundrie went missing as investigators tried to track his whereabouts. On October 21, 2021, his remains were found at the Mabry Calrton Jr Memorial Reserve and Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park.