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- Brian Laundrie claimed responsibility for the death of his fiancée Gabby Petito before he died by suicide, the FBI said.
- Laundrie’s skeletal remains were found in a Florida reserve in October, nearby a backpack and a notebook.
- “A review of the notebook revealed written statements by Mr. Laundrie claiming responsibility for Ms. Petito’s death,” the FBI said.
Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook found near his skeletal remains in a Florida nature preserve that he was responsible for the death of his fiancée Gabby Petito — and tried to “deceive” authorities before the young woman’s body was found, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Friday.
Laundrie’s remains were discovered on October 20 of last year near his backpack at Florida’s vast 25,000-acre Carlton Reserve where the 23-year-old eventually vanished after he returned home from a joint cross-country road trip without Petito.
He died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a coroner ruled.
