Brian Laundrie’s mom wrote a letter to him offering to bury a body

Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote him an undated letter offering to bury a body around the time of Gabby Petito’s disappearance.

Roberta Laundrie wrote the letter to her son that said she would “bring a shovel and bury a body,” Patrick Reilly, the attorney representing Gabby Petito’s family, said in court Tuesday.

The astonishing discovery Reilly made was labeled “burn after reading” and was found in Laundrie’s backpack when her body was found at Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in North Port, Florida.

Reilly claimed that the letter was at the FBI regional office and included details that Roberta was also willing to help get Brian out of jail.

“This request would also include the note Roberta Laundrie wrote to Brian Laundrie offering to bring a shovel to help bury the body,” court documents obtained by CNN read. ‘This note was delivered to the custody of Mr. Bertolino on Friday, June 24, 2022 by the FBI.’

If approved, the letter will be used to support the lawsuit Petito’s parents filed against Laundrie’s for emotional distress. The lawsuit will go to trial in August.

The letter was inside the backpack where her son’s body was found at Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in North Port, Florida, and suggested that Roberta was willing to help him “get out of prison.”

Petito, 22, was strangled to death by Brian Laundrie in Wyoming during a road trip in the summer of 2021. Her remains were found in Grand Teton National Park in September after she went missing in August.

Investigators determined that she died from manual strangulation and that she had been dead for three to four weeks. Her death was ruled a homicide.

After killing Petito, a notebook obtained by authorities revealed that Brian Laundrie took his own life out of guilt. The skeletal remains of Brian Laundrie were found in October. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a nature preserve near his parents’ home.

Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt sued the Laundromats claiming they knew their son had killed Petito and were not communicating.

A defense attorney argued that Roberta Laundrie’s letter was written before Petito’s death and is irrelevant to the lawsuit.

“This document predates Brian and Gabby’s trip, so its creation really doesn’t necessarily have any bearing on the unfortunate events that have unfolded since then,” Fr. Matthew Luka said Tuesday.

“I know that some of the wording that was used in the letter is unfortunate and might suggest that it has some connection, but it doesn’t.”

Petito’s lawyer, Reilly, argued that the letter was not dated. Reilly added: “The language in that letter is damning and that letter has a reference to bringing in a shovel and burying a body.”

Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt (pictured) originally filed the lawsuit against Christopher and Roberta Laundrie earlier this year, claiming the couple knew their son murdered Gabby and refused to tell them the location of her remains.

Gabby’s parents are suing the laundromat for emotional distress, as they claim they knew Brian had killed her.

Petito, 22, was strangled on a road trip with Laundrie in Wyoming in the summer of 2021

Gabby’s family posted a new selfie of their daughter last week, showing her with a bruised face moments before police responded to a 911 call saying she had been attacked by her boyfriend.

Since pushing for the letter to be reviewed in court, Reilly said he received threats from the defense attorney that he would be sued for defamation.

The defense lawyer stated that the letter is in the possession of another family lawyer from the Lavanderías.

The lawsuit claims they ‘exhibited extreme and outrageous conduct’ after Petito’s disappearance and seeks ‘fair compensation for the damages they have suffered, along with costs and other remedies.’

Gabby’s family posted a new selfie of their daughter last week, showing her with a bruised face moments before police responded to a 911 call saying she had been attacked by her boyfriend.