r/netflix • u/TheMirrorUS • Feb 19 '25

News Article Brian Laundrie’s parents shunned by Florida community over Gabby Petito’s murder following Netflix docuseries

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/brian-laundries-parents-shunned-florida-984726
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u/CampingWithCats Feb 19 '25

As they should be.

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u/bbddbdb Feb 19 '25

Because they harbored and aided a fugitive who murdered his girlfriend.

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u/TisrocMayHeLive4EVER Feb 19 '25

You mean their son?? I wouldn’t give my kid up either

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u/katwoop Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

I would get a good lawyer and support my kid in every way I could but I would encourage him to turn himself in. If he refused, I would turn him in myself. He killed someone else's child. It wasn't an accident. He strangled her. He would need to take responsibility for that.

He wasn't going to get away with it no matter how much his parents tried to shield him. If he turned himself in, he may have gotten some goodwill from that

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u/leolisa_444 Feb 19 '25

💯 Being my kid does not mean I'll let you get away with murder ffs.

One of my best friends was murdered by a serial killer, and lemme tell you it changes EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. Nobody in her family was ever the same.

There are ripples that reach outward to do severe emotional trauma in ways you can't even imagine. My other friend got panic attacks for five years after.

Murder isn't like any other death. It rips families apart, makes alcoholic/addicts, changes the way you see EVERYTHING, survivor guilt is real and terrible, and even when you think you're over it, BAM!! a wave of grief will just take you over, even many years later. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.