Exclusive: Roberta Laundrie's "burn after reading" letter to Brian Laundrie in Gabby Petito Case
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2023
- The infamous “burn after reading” letter - which had become a focal point of the civil lawsuit filed by Petito’s family against the Laundries and their attorney Steven Bertolino - was released to WFLA Now’s JB Biunno by the Petito family Wednesday evening. The release comes after Judge Danielle Brewer denied a motion of protection against the letter’s inclusion in the discovery process as the two families head to a civil trial next year.
JB's Report: bit.ly/3ODNMNr
Well if anyone wanted to know why Brian was the way he was, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Exactly my thoughts. Condoning killing a young woman who had lived with you is not sane or decent. Not surprised considering how she treated Gabby’s folks. The Laundries are a family of sociopaths.
Many mental illnesses are genetic, sadly most are recognized way too late.
I do think the shovel thing isn’t true
EXACTLY
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Loving your child does not mean condoning criminal behavior.
You’d think, huh?
I think they were lovers. Super creepy letter from a mother to a son
Especially towards a next mother’s child death!!! It’s evil
No it means beating them with a belt😂
@@cwatson42785you’re seriously creepy
This letter explains her behavior when Gabby was missing. She would do anything for her son and anything to protect him. That’s what this letter is evidence of.
I agree that it does show that she would do anything to protect her son, but I think this was written prior to the murder
@@mandyskw91It sounds to me as though she and Bryan had discussed killing Gabby before they left or that Brian had said that he wanted too . Gabby will have been a competitor for her son .
YES!
I can understand that a mother would do anything for her son... However, she could give him advices and try to tell him to do the right thing and tell him she would be at his side... It's not what à "normal" mother would tell her son.... It's disgusting and disturbing... What his son did to his fiancee doesn't seem to shock Roberta (it's like "you killed her, don't worry I will help you to dispose of her body"; In Roberta's world, a murder is something normal...
This has nothing to do with Gabby's death.
This letter is not "A Mother's Love." It indicates an obssessive, overbearing, smothering parent with an extreme lacko of boundaries.
Agreed
Ding, ding, ding. Brian was pathological and we are seeing insight as to why.
Yes
The question is does it pertain to Gabby, it doesn't.
Major enabling smothering mommas boy
There is no way to normalize nor justify a mother writing to her son that she will bring a shovel and garbage bags to help him DISPOSE OF A BODY. That’s just twisted.
Have you seen literally any memes? It’s quite common to say you’ll help bury a body.
Now you KNOW how he turned out the way he did.
@@Fur_ball His mother should be accountable for being an accomplice!
@@rosalindjean1 a meme is a hell of a lot different than a weird af love letter to your son. Don’t be daft, it’s not cute at your big age.
And that's right at the top of the page! The first thoughts in her mind that she wrote! It's too strange, and it's too coincidental.
It doesn't matter whether Roberta wrote this before or after Gabby was murdered..... it is evidence Roberta would do anything to cover Brian's behaviour for anything,
Agreed!
Very good point! "Burn after reading" in itself says a lot too.
I've said I would do anything for some of the girls I loved but there are limits to ''anything''.
@@punktalley I have 4 children 3 of whom are adults.... I have held each and every one of my children accountable for their actions and they still adore me and I them. Given this is such a serious situation - murder - I would never cover for my kids yet I would still love them just the same, despite feeling for the victims and being disappointed in my kid. I can not comprehend this letter whether Roberta knew at the time of writing or not.
Exactly...she clearly said in her attempt to be a writer( fail) that she'll do anything for him..no matter what he did( planned to do) and her undying love for him was eternal.
Laundries defense about the letter not being any way in connection to the murder is only their say...not going to admit it. Up to a jury to decide. Coincidences don't just occur.. premeditation? Did her psychotic son tell her his plans? He most surely called her right after he ended Gabbys life...
I can't believe a son comes home with his gf van, no gf, charges her bank card, and nobody says anything to the Petitos?? She lived with this family...not an aquaintance....they trusted these parents.
What a betrayal...
Personally, I think that whole Laundrie family are mentally ill.
If this was reversed..Gabby came home without Brian, used his bank card, and Petitos said nothing.. would they feel the same?
No matter how deep u love your child, morals can't be eliminated. Legal or not, she had a moral obligation to tell Gabbys loved ones what happened. She could still love her son through the consequences for ending a life. Accountability is so vital in today's society. BL was never accountable it seems...legally or morally. Accountability Responsibility is learned..observed.
They failed as parents..just loving your child unconditionally is not enough.
The only thing that is embarrassing is that it sounds like a letter written to a lover not to a son from a parent. I think Roberta was one of those mothers that viewed Brian as only hers and would hate any woman that could come between them. Gross
Norman Bates mommy vibe.
My MIL is the same. She's in constant competition with her DIL's for her 4 sons attention. She even sent crazy photos of her to my husband. Yuck 🤮
Agree 💯
That's gross. Reminds me of my mom. She doesn't say she loves me but she wants me to be single. But I know she doesn't love me.
@@cartergomez5390keep your wife away from her and don't let her into your marital business ever.
This letter goes a long way to show why Brian turned out the way he did. His mother is basically excusing him of any nefarious act and saying that she will do everything she can (back a cake with a file in it) to help him escape the consequences of his actions . . . no matter how evil. This is not 'unconditional love', it is psychopathic parenting at its worst. I assumed (like everyone else) that his parents knew what he had done and that horrible parenting probably contributed to his actions later in life. This letter proves it. His mother reveals herself as a sick and twisted person unnaturally besotted with her own son ("if you hate my guts, I will change my guts").
Yes. Reminds me of Chris Watt’s mom. That’s not love, it’s sickness.
This is a very sick family unfortunately Gabby got mixed with them. No one would ever be good enough for her son. She might of been jealous of Gabby being there with her son. I can’t even imagine someone writing this letter especially a mother. This is just sick that’s why Brian was so mentally sick. This is Just sad.
I have three sons, the oldest is 25. I have never in my life as a mother used any words like this toward my children. I am, admittedly, a bit of a helicopter parent, due to losing their dad when they were young. Yet, I have never told my sons “if you’re in jail I’ll bake a cake with a file”. This is not anything in any children’s book I’ve ever seen. This whole letter is creepy af. If she wrote this before they left, hell it looks like they planned her murder, or she’s the most unlucky person on the planet that it turns out her kid murdered his girlfriend after she wrote this. 🙄
Exactly my thoughts!
Just bc we wouldn’t speak this way doesn’t mean other folks aren’t dark and weird tho. Idk when she wrote it, but it IS possible that even tho I wouldn’t say stuff this way, and you wouldn’t doesn’t mean other people wouldn’t. Idk, if this was after she was killed and she expected him to burn it.., I think he would’ve burned it!
Yeah I agree with you there isn't one statement in that letter that could have been referenced to a children's book.
It's BS they knew too much and hid it...
My first thought is that she had a strange relationship with her son and would do anything, legal or not to help her son. Very disturbing no matter when she wrote this.
IF this was written before brian murdered gabby, it means brian knew he could tell his mom about murdering someone without her turning him in to police.
it's damaging either way as far as my opinion goes..
more like that such letter was the trigger
All mothers tell their sons this we are their ride or die, and any person with adult children will know that.
I agree. It's ridiculous she wants to say because this was before the murder means it didn't have anything to do with it! Maybe if she wrote it after, but it's still insane to honestly say such things.
Exactly my thoughts! It really doesn't matter when it was written.
@@jenniferstarks4115 Ride or die doesn't mean encourage them to be criminals or murderers! If your child commits a crime they need to face the consequences plain and simple! Your child and even as adults, don't deserve to live any more or less than my children do! Everyone in this world is part of someone's family! Doesn't give anyone the right to play God! And this is exactly wtf is wrong with society today! Bunch of self entitled people thinking themselves & their family are more important or valued than someone else's! 🙄🙄🙄
It’s almost laughable that we’re examining this letter to this extent . As soon as I read:
1-burn after reading
2- cake with a file
3- shovel and garbage bag
…I figured it’s a wrap. There’s no other “sensible” reason for anyone to write such an insane sounding letter under normal circumstances, other than
Roberta’s knowledge(before and/or after the fact) of Gabby’s murder.
"As soon as I read...blah, blah, blah."
You had your mind made up. Thank God we have a jury to decide.
Exactly 💯. I'm so glad she wrote that letter, now there's a hope of prosecuting her.
@@ARolls-dd2zd
The FBI had the letter and investigated the Laundries, the case was closed with no charges filed so there is no "prosecuting" her. The Laundries broke no laws.
We don’t know that
Exactly. Finally! Someone brings up the "burn after reading" part. Why on earth would she say that, not having any clue that his things would be searched by police, not having any reason to think he'd be under a microscope. You only say that when it's something that you know incriminates you
Disgusting parenting on display. Loving your child means not letting them be a menace to society. I hope they go to jail for this.
No matter how Brian’s mother explains this letter! It is very damaging and seriously makes me believe that they knew what he had done. Shame on his parents, because they should have turned him in. A real parent would NEVER have condoned what he did to someone else’s child!!!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬
Exactly! I asked my own mom what she would do if I was in Brian's shoes and she said she would turn me in and be extremely disappointed because I should know better because the way she raised me. She also stated that she would definetly visit me in jail because she loves me more than anything but she wouldn't be bringing a cake with a file inside of it because she ain't crazy to that level to help a criminal become a fugitive.
My son would be sitting in jail. I’d make sure. I love my son with every fiber in my being and apart of that is making sure he knows there are consequences to his actions and there certain things we just don’t do which is murder. This lady is nuts!
Can you please swap that exclamation point after letter with a comma? I'll delete this
ok she's his colluding mother..
But why did the police let him get away❓
O would turn my son's in if they murdered someone! There is no reason for someone to take a life. Do I love my boys? Yes, but I'd love them thru what they would be going thru. The mom is an idiot to write that crap! His father was probably abusive! Son's tend to take thing's they seen the father does, or the mother. Enough to have an impact on your child's reactions.
The people who are trying to justify this & saying they believe Roberta are absolutely ridiculous who tf writes "burn after reading" on an innocent letter filled with "inside jokes" you gotta be deluded to participate in such mental gymnastics
It says burn after reading because she probably wanted to avoid people doing exactly what they're doing now, interpreting her words in every other way than a mother's love for her child.
@@WaxPaperThen why would she write the one thing you could possibly write on the envelope that would make people do _exactly_ that?
They killed Kennedy! It`s so obvious now!
I agree that question is too stupid to reply to this whole thing insult my intelligence everybody already thought a year ago that his parents were involved
@@WaxPaper that’s a twisted way to show love to your son.
As a mother , I can think of thousands of other’s sentiments to express my love for my children. This is such BS . Her actions right after told us everything we needed to know .
This is the response of a conniving mother who knows her son murdered someone. She immediately plans his escape from responsibility. She chooses to be an accomplice in hiding the body, knowing he is likely to be found alive, and put in prison. She then future plans for his escape. No one writes this to an innocent person. She also implicates herself admitting she plans on breaking laws to prevent her son's accountability. This is a criminal family imho.
I find it HIGHLY suspicious that in the beginning of the letter and her FIRST examples she writes to him about her love is literally 1. If he were to go to jail and her baking a cake with a blade in it and 2. Disposing a body with a shovel and garbage bags... This is very telling because typically the beginning of a letter, you're going to set the scene for the reader to understand what you are telling them. Also, the fact that the "jail" and "disposing a body" were her FIRST examples, highly suggests those things were at the forefront of her mind, for those to be the first things that come to mind... Especially because those are not typically the first things that come to mind, if at all, when thinking of proving your love to your child. This letter, plus what happened to Gabby and the way they acted when everything went down, is way too much of a coincidence for me to be comfortable with it.
Absolutely!
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This woman gives me terrible vibes, I dont get it why is she talking about disposing and being in jail. She knew something there's no doubt, this is dark and twisted, something is so wrong with this letter.
Something wrong w her
Everything is wrong with this letter
Something wrong with all of us.
I'm feeling sick ,just like I did when they thought they found her
I have hoped Gabby could rest in peace. We all have.
But don't think she is.! ! !
A violent death.
And now this , WE DO NOT ALLOW HER SWEET SPIRIT TO REST !
@@deborl7278 Yes, maybe she would say: Let it be! 🦋
Seriously, what parent even thinks of anything like this ever happening?
If she sent it before he murdered Gabby, Roberta certainly gave him permission to kill her. How awfully disturbing
Thats a huge leap to claim that
@@RalphieMaysGhost My statement was not meant to be taken literally….but depending on his state of mind / emotional instability it very well may have influenced him. It was a very manipulative letter IMO
@@RalphieMaysGhost it’s not that huge. She could very well have written it before the murder and whether she knew Brian was planning to kill Gabby or not, she does say in the letter that she loves him so much if he killed someone she’d help him get rid of the body. That’s pretty much saying she wouldn’t turn him in but help him cover it up. So yea, whether she knew it or not, IF she wrote that before the murder, she essentially gave him permission.
@@heidigordon1868 Thats a giant assumption on your part. Think about what that entails on the mom's part? Just so you know son, if you killed Gabby I wouldnt care and would help you evade punishment so wink wink when you are alone with her in the van killing her would nt be such a bad idea. After all thats why you are going on this trip with her, an elaborate scheme between me and you to murder Gabby and get away with it😉. Do you know how absurd that sounds? And he killed himself after so it makes that theory even more ridiculous. Whats plauaible is that the Petito lawyer is just using this letter to try to make Brian's mother look liable for Gabby's murder so they can get money from his family.
Conspiracy to murder.
And it just so happens they lawyered up so fast, went camping the day she was missing, that they drove his Mustang home after he went missing, and they knew where to find him in the end🧐
That she alluded to burying a body and baking a cake with a file shows she knew he killed Gabby.
Said she would watch the skies for him to return....does that show he's an astronaut?
So? She loves her son. Period. There's a reason a spouse can't be made to testify against a spouse and certainly that extends to a mother
This letter is very telling. It's like she was writing him hidden messages with secrets codes. She wrote it in a covert way, trying to disguise what she was saying with out revealing the true meaning behind her ominous words, knowing her son would understand exactly what she meant. She and her husband knew their son killed Gabby the very day he drove all the way home in her van without her. There's no other reason she would have wrote such a compelling letter.
I think they knew before that even. Pretty sure he called Mommy dearest soon as he did it in a freaked out panic. And she told him don't worry just come home.
@@staceys2711 Yep, I think so too! There is abosulety NO other reason a mother would ever write such a disturbing letter like that to her child!
They may have been expecting him.
Well I didn’t need any secret decoder ring to figure it out. It’s pretty obvious. You killed or plan to kill Gabby and I got your back.
@@mcc9040 What do you mean?
This is a glimpse into what ultimately caused this tragedy. The boy was raised by a mother/family who installed in him the belief that no matter what he did, it was ok, he would still be loved and sheltered from consequences and he and his needs and desires were all that mattered. Period. No Matter What He Did! His internal compass was broken by this upbringing.
Golden child syndrome.
Truth!!!
They treated the sister horribly. They have now disowned her because she told the truth.
That's not a mother. A mother loves you but does not support you when you do something wrong. A mother loves you enough to have the courage to say 'I love you but your actions are wrong'. She's a sick and twisted woman. When I read this letter, it sickened me...and then I wanted to reach through the screen and slap her really hard.
No I don't believe Roberta I think she knew Gabby was dead
At one time the lawyer for the Laundries said he acted as a friend, not lawyer, then he claimed he was acting as lawyer. Why would the Laundries have “lawyered up”as soon as Brian came back alone w Gabby’s van.
Ummmmmm...
Dunno, but one should never talk to the police without a lawyer.
Because he needed one
@@MyDyerMaker why if your innocent or want them to protect you lol lol
She wrote this after the murder. Who writes such a cryptic message out of the blue. She knew what her son did and she had to tell him she'd be by his side, regardless. Yuck.
The bottom line is: the laundries “lawyered up” immediately when brian came home, with Gabrielle’s van, and WITHOUT Gabrielle. They absolutely knew Gabrielle was dead, and brian murdered her. 😢
Yes these people know there legal rights unfortunately.
This letter is VERY weird - I don't know when it was written, but I do believe that the Laundries knew Bryan killed Gabbie.
Their son left on what was supposed to be a long trip with his fiance. He comes back, in her car, without her and her parents are begging to know where she is...
There is no way that any normal parent wouldn't be demanding to know what happened - Even if they are so obsessed they promise to rip out their own guts if he hates them. They knew and they could have just kept silent and not offered "hope for Gabbie to be reunited" with her family, and been okay. They didn't. Somewhere along the way this family lost their moral compass...
That’s being very generous. It’s more than weird and unrealistic she wrote this without knowing he killed her. What mom writes to their son this way? We’re supposed to believe she wrote “If you’re in jail, I’ll bake you a cake and hide a file inside”, and if “if you’ve killed someone, I’ll help you bury the body”, and “burn after reading” as a normal mother-son note of encouragement before he killed Gabby!!? And it’s just a coincidence he did kill someone, disposed of her body, and still had this note with him when he killed himself?
@@thaumaston7 I believe the letter was written after Gabby. When Brian left and they said they didn't know where he was. She gave him the letter then. She will never admit she wrote this letter after Gabby died. She resented Gabby for taking Brian away from her.
Of course they knew. Their actions are only explained by them knowing.
Their lawyer is suggesting anything plausible that makes them look like they weren’t aiding and abetting a murderer. But they were and anyone can see that. I hope the lawsuit exposes them for the cretins they are.
I believe Brian had issues as a young child. This was not their first rodeo in trying to smooth things over for him. They've known his issues and there is a responsibility they feel for him. He probably shed a lot of "mommy help me" crocodile tears over the years. She quoted the Bible, but then blatantly stated she would do something unbiblical.
She seemed to be as sick as he was
Mental illness is hereditary !
They are finding more and more that criminality has a genetic component.
sociopathy
That family give "dirty laundry" a whole new meaning!
A mother writes letter like this to her son when he needs reassurance that she has his back and will protect his secrets. That letter was given to him as he was leaving his parents after he took Gabbys life. Roberta will lie to death for her son. She will never tell the truth even though he is deceased.
Agreed
No JB, this seems like some really inappropriate, creepy, "love talk" for her to be writing to her son... speaking as a mother of two son's whom I adore! If nothing else it's obvious her jealousy over losing his sole love and devotion and having to share it with someone else got her panties in a serious bunch and was a huge threat to her. A falling out indeed! Weird, just weird. If she wasn't covering for his crime, than she sure was encouraging it!
Lol.. we say get knickers in a twist here in Scotland. Totally agree with you. I have a 19 year old son and can't imagine sending him anything like that.
Read The Runaway Bunny then see what you think
I was thinking the same, very creepy....
She's such a freak!!! This sounds entirely like a love letter!! I jokingly wrote "Burn after reading so Dad doesn't know we're having an affair." What a sick human being. The guts part literally made me nauseous.
@@rosep8481 telling your child you love them and always be there for them is a helluva lot different than saying I'll help you bury a body and escape out of jail. Get real
A mother writing this to her son is very concerning and very weird. She obviously knew her son was sick and twisted and it seems like she was obsessed with Brian and hated Gabby. Moms like this hate any woman their son is with because they would no longer be the main woman in their sons life. These people are sick. Its like she knew Brian had homicidal thoughts and fantasies and was giving him the ok to "get rid" of Gabby. If not, then this is just the biggest coincidence and shes the most unlucky person ever that she would write a letter like this right before her son committed murder. Seems unlikely
She didn't like Gabby, she wanted Brian to be with someone else
Yes she knew & seems she has some darkness in her! It not ok to be as dark he was! Obsessed with killing murder books! His drawings looked like demons!
@@staceys2711 ,
If true (and it sure looks like it) Brian's mom is very sick.
A normal mom of a 20+ year old son doesn't write love letters.
Mrs, Laundrie shows an unhealthy obsession with her son. It doesn't bode well for Brian to have a normal relationship with any woman, ever.
RIP Gabby ^i^ you deserved better! ^i^
The letter is gross. The only woman good enough for Brian in her eyes is her and she’s describing it in the most sickening way all throughout that letter. 🤮
I grew up with my mother recounting what her father told them. "If you find yourself in trouble through no fault of your own, I will do all I can to help you. BUT, if you knowingly do wrong, then you need to face the consequences.
That woman is as nutty as her kid was. She didn't like the victim. She stole her baby boy. .SICK-O
Maybe he snapped because he knew Mommy would help him dispose of the body and help cover it up. If she didn’t mean exactly what she said she wouldn’t have told him to burn the letter. This is a weird obsession with her child it’s sick.
This would all mean he didn’t snap, it was likely premeditated.
Their "relationship" sounded more like a paraphilia than a mother-son bond.
I’m a mom to three sos, no I’d never write words like that to any one of my kids… kind of creepy.
Very very strange indeed
It's almost sexual in a way. Like between lovers
Wack jobs everywhere. I'm telling ya
This women is sick. And twisted.
Wishing the P family so much justice.
@Sally Miller not kind of creepy. Creepy x’s a billion.
▶️ Seems like a DESPERATE letter. Possibly written as he was packing up in the next room, and given to her son as he was running away to escape the police. At the very least, she suspected Gabby's murder. It also exemplifies an incredibly disfunctional parent and her relationship to her child. She infers no healthy boundaries. She infers her child has no responsibilities. Should he merely say "jump," she will ask "how high?!" She infers Brian can do no wrong in her eyes. This is an enabled relationship smothered in unhealthy adoration for her child. I can only imagine what Gabby endured. Complete disfunctionality.
❤😂 THIS IS A VERY SAD CASE FOR ALL FAMILIES INVOLVED. AND YOU MADE A GOOD POINT....HER SON MAY NOT OF MENTIONED TO HIS MOM OR BOTH PARENTS...WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND? THEN ONE OF THEM GIVES THIS LETTER TO HIM BEFORE HE GOES CAMPING. EITHER WAY IT IS VERY SAD. GOD BLESS & HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024.
I have never spoken of this before, when I was younger and would stay with my fiance at his mom's house (yes he still lived with mom), you had to come through his room to get to the main part of the house if you used the back door. Anyway we would be sleeping and she would slam that door hard. Well I dyed my hair blond and she didn't know it. And she shut that door quietly that night. So glad I got away from them because he turned out to be very abusive. And the longer I stayed the worse it got. He never did quit abusing me. It was quite a challenge getting away from him.
I came to watch this with an open mind, being a single mother of an only child whom i love. And because I love him i can't picture myself writing or saying these things to him. That's not motherly love, that's sicj and twisted and she's an evil person. Sick mothers make sick individuals...
Yep.
I agree on many counts - I came with an open mind and was shocked how quickly I closed it! I'd never begrudge a mom loving and supporting her son, but that would mean saying I'll still love you, we'll find a good lawyer, don't kill yourself because it will get better.
Same. I have 3 adult sons and a daughter...but it OPENED with a whole scenario about hiding and burning a body and jail....that means that was weighing very heavily on her mind and heart when she put pen to paper.
My 24yr old son and I were just talking about this. He apologized to me, because I was a follower of their travels and Gabby well before this all happened and I started saying things before she disappeared. We are from a brutally violent past and I feel and spot things very quickly. He said (my son) to me today, you have written us letter or cards, even posted online of your devotion and love to us individually. You did everything to protect us, and raise us in love, safety and help us become good individuals in society. You would NEVER says you'd hide a body for us, help us escape authorities or "burn after reading"! I'm sorry mom that I thought you were one sided on this and I do now believe you that he did it, his parents hid everything possible and maybe helped and that she helped him escape faking his death.
I was shocked, because my son had always said it was just an accident but he handled it wrong in fear and that his parents were not in on it...and I was adamant about it being opposite. My son said he has been rewatching some of the coverage, especially the search and was like, there's now no way I don't believe, with this letter in her words, that he is alive and well living off grid somewhere...maybe another country, maybe our own.
They come from law enforcement backgrounds. Her working for high ups...NOPE I do not believe she wouldn't move heaven and earth to hide him alive!!! She'd never let him go off and kill himself in a swamp!! Nope!
This whole thing between Band his mom has grossed me out since the beginning! Now there's some solidarity to it.
I have only one child that I love with all my breath....but I'm not writing those things nor thinking them.
Wtf kinda mother was this ?
I have 3 sons. As a mother I would never have said (much less written) such a thing! This is terrifying to see most likely that she knew about Gabby. Possibly before he murdered her. It doesn't take much common sense to see she and Brian had a very unhealthy relationship. I felt bad for his parents until this came along. His dad might not have been aware until he came home. But goodness, this whole thing is tragic. I am still heartbroken for Gabby's family.
Roberta is totally referring to Gabby. If the letter was just something to show your unconditional love for your son, why would you ask him to burn it after reading? Wouldn't it be something special to be cherished forever? Liar liar!
Fact...The Laundies ignored Gabby's family when they called regarding Gabby missing. Fact...Roberta is so clingy ,and hated any woman other than her in her son's life like Cindy Watts. Gabby and Shanna never had a chance with these creepy MOTHER'S
Creepy mothers??are you saying gabby s mother was creepy too?
@@stephaniepiazzese2602no, Watts mum
@@harlowjademermaid1882 well who is WATTS?? I find your comments very confusing and convoluted.
@@stephaniepiazzese2602 Cindy Watts is the mother of Christopher Watts (he killed his family). Roberta is Brian Laundries' mother. She is saying they are similar.
@Stephanie Piazzese The guy who killed his pregnant wife and two small girls because he didn't want to be married to her anymore and his mother blamed the wife for her own death
Being a mother of a son and 4 stepkids all in their 20’s I have never written a letter with in it a ‘ cake with a file ‘ or ‘ disposing of a body’ That is not what you write to describe your love imo. Very strange behavior…. 😮
She's a sociopath
That letter speaks for itself and even under normal circumstances is creepy AF. Of all the ways to describe a mother's love she choose these words? Take the death of Gabby out of the picture and this letter still reeks of sick dysfunctional serial killer vibes. Hope the jury sees it for what it is.
Strange letter from a mother to her son. Strange on all levels.
It would seem a Mother knows her son well. Did she know what her son might do? Was this letter saying I’ll support you no matter what you do.
I definitely thought the same thing! Absolutely disgusting!
That’s 100% what I think 😑
She is a deplorable person !
Living in that little house with Gabby and Brian I'm sure both she and Brian's Dad saw violence against Gabby .
Of course they spoke about it before he did it.
That letter sounded like a "goodbye".
As a mother it breaks my heart that 2 mothers lost their children. As an adult I'm disgusted by her actions.
Most strangest disturbing letter ever! Actions speak louder then words. Strangest mother & son ever but lets not forget about his dad aswell. Both parents blocked Gabbys parents. If Brians mum was ashamed of her son she should be ashamed of herself aswell. I feel so bad for Gabbys parents. RIP sweet Gabby 🙏
Typical enabler mom of a criminal. They cover for them, lie for them, aid and abet them. Anything but hold them accountable. They lead them to believe ( since childhood) they will always get away with it. Either that or she's trying to convince him to confess by reassuring him. ( i doubt that one).
Sadly she lost her son because of this. Little kids lost an uncle, a sister lost her brother.
All this letter is starting is that no matter what life entails that she will love her son no matter what. The biggest question is when she wrote this letter. Over the years I have seen parents lie cheat and steal to protect their children. You see it everyday . Parents go into denial all the time about what their children do because I want to believe and that their child is the biggest blessing in the world. Most parents will defend their child even when they're not worthy of it.
"Most parents will defend their child even when they're not worthy of it." So very true and sad.
And that's dysfunctional
What a creepy, bordering on the pathological, letter for a mother to write to a son. This is an in-love letter much more than it is a maternal one.
She needs to be held accountable as well. Allowing them to keep searching, when his family knew he killed her. Horrible parents
Sounds like she babied him and probably made excuses for his actions in my opinion they probably cleaned up every mess he ever made In life without any consequences
Modern-day Norman Bates.
I think this happens a lot with autistic parenting. Your not allowed to discipline, they are sick kids
Hey JB I believe it was given before they left and I think she knew that he was planning this all along. Which is why he isolated her from her family because he knew they would be there to get her back in a heartbeat and ruin the whole plan. This was a letter basically saying I know you're a flipping psychopath deranged crazy evil lunatic my evil child. However, I will help you with whatever evil deed you need help with.
Hearing her actual thoughts about her twisted relationship with her social deviant son is alarming!
Unfortunately, this is not a new trend. By following the news, one can see this happen time and again between parents and children. Think of Aiden Fucci and how his mother washed his bloody clothes after he brutally stabbed and killed that hapless girl, Tristan Bailey, who was supposed to be his friend.
@@eucliduschaumeau8813 and now she is serving time for it as this monster should as well.
@@fawnfox1224 is she serving time? I have not seen that. I’ve only seen they’re being sued. She absolutely should be charged, but I don’t think she was.
@ Euclidus Chaumeau you are so right. This keeps happening with parents helping their children commit crimes or cover up for them is getting ridiculous in this world. I mean I get it we love our children unconditionally however we have to teach them right from wrong. This is so unhealthy
I can't understand why his parents are not in jail. So much they did to help him that it is sickening.
As a mother with an adult son that I love deeply, and would still love no matter what, I'd never give the tacit approval that I'd cover up a murder for him. that is not love, that's manipulation or something. Brian was a narcissistic coward, and this letter illustrates where those seeds were planted.
If this ain't enabling idk wtf it is.. absolutely disgusting this is NOT LOVE this is disgusting twisted justifications. To quote the Bible in the same breath she talks about burying a dead body that her son killed is insane. Pure narcissistic mother/son dynamic they sure were meant for eachother a god damn shame those sickos got their claws into an innocent soul like gabby. Roberta is an evil manipulative woman with no remorse or empathy for anyone else but herself/her family. & that's exactly the type of son she raised .
To quote the Bible and then say she’s ok with “sin” is just flabbergasting to me. 🤔🤣
To quote the bible? Why the hell can't you quote the Bible the Bible is full of incest rape torture murder genocide! WTF starting with Adam and Eve's children! And in a new testament they even let the devil speak I mean they quote the devil after all! So all spare and quoting any book of magical fairy tales that are based on nonsensical patriarchal stories from Mesopotamia, they have no scientific validity in the 21st century. News flash put the Bible down and pick up a book on science start with Darwin's Origin of Species, or has your local library and School Board burned those books!
Wickedness personified
I believe this letter is about Gabby. I think her name wasnt mentioned in the letter because of two things. No.1: Gabby's name wasnt mentioned because of Brians mothers conscience.
No.2: Gabby's name wasnt mentioned because that would implicate Brians mom as knowing of the murder.
GOD BLESS ALL TOUCHED BY THIS HORRIBLE ACT OF MURDER. AMEN.
How could this letter be a book? This letter is so bizarre! The letter just shows the mindset of this woman. Who writes something like this to their son? In my opinion, this letter reveals that they did know what happened.
If the letter was so innocent, why the instructions to "burn after reading"?? Anyways, refusing to let your guilty son face consequences by helping him escape from prison (cake with a file) or helping him hide a body, is not LOVING your child - it is twisting his character. If he was raised in such a way, it is no wonder he felt he could kill his girlfriend!
To me, what Roberta wrote in her letter indicates very clearly that she would go to any length to protect her son, even if he needed a shovel and bags in order to hide a body. I think that this letter was written after Brian returned home without Gabby, or perhaps he may have contacted his mother saying he would be coming home without her etc. Roberta knew that her son was not in a good place, and she wanted him to know that, no matter what his circumstances were, that she would come to his rescue because their bond was that strong. I think she intended for him to actually “burn” the letter so that it would not be found by anyone. I think the jury will find that this letter proves that Roberta might well have “hid” from the Petito family the fact that their daughter was missing and possibly deceased. I think that Brian did not burn the letter because he wanted to keep something sentimental and close to his heart. He was on the verge of ending his life when nothing would have mattered to him. He likely never considered how it could be used after his death. It’s also possible he did not even read the letter.
I’m with you! None of us know for sure what she did or didn’t know when she wrote this letter to her child. She may have thought it was possible that Gabby was gone, and he hadn’t admitted anything. Maybe she WAS trying to just let him know how much she loved her child who was in a dark place. Just bc I wouldn’t use those morbid words, and you wouldn’t.. doesn’t mean someone else wouldn’t.
Roberta sounds like she is in love with her son the same way that victims of abuse are trauma bonded to their abusers when the literally go to prison for some insane crime. She doesn’t sound all there herself.. this type of “mothering” is grounds for the brewing of a full blown narcissist free of consequences for his own actions. It’s disgusting. Roberta should be ashamed of the monster she created.
No.
Typical of people that think like you you have a lot of beliefs but no evidence to back up any of your beliefs but even if what you say is true there is no responsibility for Brian's parents to inform the police they have constitutional rights read the Constitution past the Second Amendment you have the right to remain silent Donald Trump's not the only one who can take the fifth amendment! But once again where is your proof of any of what you believe or is it all blind belief you know faith, based on what I mean what scientific hard evidence like the police after use that's why they didn't charge them because they had no evidence innuendo is not evidence believing in something doesn't make it so! Let's just hope any jewelry actually base things on evidence and not their personal moral beliefs!
I sooo agree with you. Its soo sick. And disgusting.
weird remark "if you hate my guts, i will get new guts" ... strange very strange.
Thank you JB for your coverage on this case. Your hard work is very much appreciated.
What is standing out about this letter, apart from its overall creepiness, is that bit is such an over the top attempt to convey how much she loves him & would nvr abandon him. A drawn out profession of love like that is done to assure Brian that no matter what heinous thing he’s done, she will be by his side & he will nvr loose her love. It wasn’t just said, “Son, I love you & will always love you no matter what”. It was meant to convey that anything bad he did or might have done wouldn’t impact her devotion to him.
She knew he killed Gabby.
Mommas boy. And vissa versa Man she must have hated Gabby … jealous. Grossssss. They must have made him feel the world revolved around him … no wonder.
Maybe she hated how Gabby treated her son?
To "bring" suggests that she will bring it for him to do the dirty work; to "show up" with it, leaves room for her to help him with the dirty work.
Interesting perspective.
I agree
The Laundries were way too calm during everything. They showed no sadness and walked straight to Brian’s location when the police couldn’t find him. Their behavior during the whole event was sketchy. It didn’t take a detective to see that.
Exactly
Sounds like a goodbye letter to me! Having raised 4 boys and one girl. I can really see that if I knew my son was going to take his life, many things in this letter I could see as a goodbye from a mother to a son! Some of it sounds more for a partner than a son but if I'd have to say, I'd say this was a goodbye letter! Gabbie was already gone, so she was telling him if you had wanted to hide the body she the mother would have showed up with a shovel and trash bag. If he went to jail she would have done anything to get him out. I feel like some of it was metaphorical and/or hypothetical. But definitely a goodbye letter in my opinion.
I think it was written after he came back in the van and told his mom what happened. After the murder of gabby. She was telling brian goodbye and stressing her love as she knew he was going to commit suicide.
Same. I think she knew he had to leave and may not have known he was gonna off himself necessarily, but she knew he HAD to leave if he were gonna have any chance at all, as she was watching how huge this had become outside their home and throughout the country as the cops were gonna take after him ASAP. So I think she knew what he did and knew he was leaving and knew his only 3 options were to run and stay on the run for life, or get caught by LEOs and go to prison, or to do what he ended up doing.. the cowardly thing.. taking his own life... So she was basically giving him a goodbye letter in a sense, knowing that any of the 3 options he had meant she wouldn't be seeing him much, or ever again at all.. so she wanted him to know the depths of her love for him, and that she stood by him no matter what option he chose... Sayin she would help bury the body if necessary, as I'm not sure they had found Gabby body quite yet.. also let him know that if he was on the run she would essentially do anything to help him or see him or at least know that she was with him in heart even from across the world, so to speak.. and letting him know that if he got caught she would be there for him in prison and do anything to help him that was necessary there as well.. She pretty much covered how she felt about him and what he had done to Gabs, and elaborated on the lengths she'd go to to be there for him and support him in each and all of his 3 options, and that she loved him no matter what, even tho he killed Gabby. A "Goodbye Son, I love you and I have your back always and forever, no matter what" letter... It's quite disturbing IMO.. all about her and her son's feelings and love, while dismissing Gabby's literal loss of her whole life and HER families feelings through the whole time period... Shameful and disgusting!
@@melissapeters9820 Yes, that's exactly what I think as well.
As a mother, I would have been telling my kid to turn himself in, that that would be the right thing to do.
@@JCisReal65 oh I agree with you. I have 3 boys(one is an adult already), and I would NEVER support any of them after finding out they had killed or hurt another human being... I would offer one thing only, and that would be a ride or call to the police station.. period! No one human life is more or less important than another's in my book, no matter what.. a life is a life, and we don't get to choose when someone else's life is going to end. So I am totally with you here, my comment was just speculating what I thought the letter meant and when it was given.. I don't agree with anyone in the dirty Laundry family at all, and feel their whole families moral compasses have been badly broken for quite some time, sadly, and poor beautiful Gabby paid for it with her life😢💔
I agree with John.
I don't recall children's book talking about disposing of a body and not caring about "sins" seems like she was telling him it's okay for him to do what he ended up doing
Who knows anymore. If you had told me 20 years ago there would be books of boys dressed like girls I would have thought you needed a psych ward.
Hey JB - this is NOT about the love between a mother and son. That would reference their relationship, or reference qualities about him. This is simply a screaming message to hold on, that mom doesn't care what you do, and will even help (not just love and support) you.
I think the fact that the mother only points out what she would do to help protect him if he were to be in trouble of some sort, and doesn't just simply give an appology or say how proud she is of her son, is proof enough that this was never intended as a reparitive letter to save their mother/son relationship or that it was written before Brian & Gabby went off on their trip...surely there would have been some mention of that?
Her son is a grown man-why is his mother still referencing childhood books?
I JUST PRAY THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE EXPOSED FOR GABBY'S FAMILY
If she wrote that months before, it seems unlikely that Brian would have retained that one letter for so many months even after his trip, a murder and even stranger that he would think to pack it while going on the run.
Good point.
I don’t think he went on the run. I think he went off to go kill him self and wanted the Momento
As Always ! Such extreme professionalism from you JB thank you for your lives !!
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She did admit she would do anything for Brian. No matter what.
This has a creepy incestuous vibe to it. Super creepy. It's like an obsessed love letter to a BF/GF
Thank you for covering this story!
JB, I believe that Roberta knew what Brian was going to do to himself. As a Mom, she wanted to pour her heart out to him but also knew someone could find that letter. She carefully crafted her words with quotes and Bible verses to say things in code.
Thanks so much JB…I really appreciate your thorough and compassionate coverage of this case. Let’s hope for Justice!
I guess we can see what happens when a fruitcake raises a kid.
I say fruitcake all the time.
Lol fruitcake 😂
As a mother, She will suffer such torment, mentally, physically, emotionally & spiritually. So sad on ALL LEVELS!
A mother would not write a heartfelt letter to her child and say " burn after reading". These words she wrote is not words of encouragement. These words are a mother saying you did something horrible and I will stand by you. It's all common sense.
No matter how innocent and playful she tries to explain the letter away, her son is a murderer 2x 's Gabby and himself. His explanation in his letter of why he killed Gabby tells it all. Both trying to justify their actions. Sick family!
His mom is disturbing.
Love you JB!!! Thanks for always getting the scoop to us.
Creepy AF! What mom writes to their son this way? We’re supposed to believe she wrote “If you’re in jail, I’ll bake you a cake and hide a file inside”, and if “if you’ve killed someone, I’ll help you dispose of the body”, and “burn after reading” as a normal mother-son note of encouragement!!? And that had nothing to do with the fact he had, in fact, killed his gf??
Sorry…I don’t believe for a second that “Burn after Reading” meant anything other than she wanted him to burn it after reading it so no one else could ever see what she wrote. And I love my children….and I would also express my love for my children even if they committed a horrible act….I would want them to know that I would visit them in prison as much as allowed and to serve their time and I would still be loving them…but I would never write that I would help hide a body or get new guts or any of that weird stuff she was saying. This seems to be a coded letter….that she’s letting him know she will help him cover up and hide what he did so he could avoid prison….in my opinion. It just feels like she’s speaking in code while trying to make it sound like she’s just being “poetic”. If she did indeed give this to him before they left on the trip….then it almost sounds like she knew what he intended on doing and she was letting him know she would help him hide everything. Of course there’s no way we will be able to know for sure if she gave it to him before he left or gave it to him after knowing Gabby was missing. It’s just very weird to speak with your child in this manner and with the words she chooses.
I wouldn't. I'd disown them.
Make her take a polygraph lol
@@jaymesnin You must not have children then.
he killed Gabby, contacted his mom about it, then she wrote this letter to him and gave it to him when he arrived home - the letter clearly infers that his mom will stand by him no matter what he has done - heck, she'd bring a file in a cake to the jail for him; bring a shovel and garbage bags (garbage is an interesting choice instead of PLASTIC bags) to help bury a body - If i was on the jury, this letter is definitely a support letter AFTER the fact. The miles and miles apart line - i think indicates she knows he's gone far far away to escape punishment - as in out of the country; knowing they won't be able to speak or see each other again - THAT is why he would have to burn the letter That whole family is disturbing
You mean like Guatamala¿
kim gordon yes - far away - wonder if he had a place he always wanted to go to - In my gabby story, i feel a boat was involved and he was taken secretly to - i don't know - british virgin islands - I never trusted the laundry's attorney or the local law enforcement
That letter seems more like it was written by an obsessed lover not a mother. To be honest I question the nature of their relationship because it sure does not sound like it is mother and son. There is no way he had a normal healthy upbringing with a mother like that.
I would say he called them, told them the situation. He may have been suicidal, didn't think they would love him anymore. Her way of saying we love you no matter what.
It looks like it was written in a hurry like she was trying to get it done before he left to kill himself
Hi, I think the mother knew, and was letting her son know that no matter what, she was on his side. That the letter was not dated, is a little suspicious, as I've written to my sons, and have always dated them to reference them later. Plus, what mother could be so cold as to ignore the plea of another mother wanting to know where her daughter was.
Excellent coverage
Thank you
JB! a welcoming familiar voice i’ve missed, considering the circumstances. i spent hours watching you cover the live search for brian in the forest preserve. thank you for your sensitive coverage of this case, while being a supportive and reliable outlet for the Petito’s to get valuable information to the public. We will never forget you Gabby Petito 💕