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/Gallicah Feb 19 '25

Yes it was his bad decisions that killed Gabby. However it was the families bad decisions for covering up the murder and making the Petito family suffer for 30 days in agony.

It was the families bad decisions to aid and abet a fugitive from the law. For sneaking him out of the house so he avoided getting arrested. They knew he had killed Gabby before he returned home and didn’t call the cops. This led to the Petitos never getting justice and depriving them of ever getting answers through a court trial. 

The family literally begged the Laundries for help and got spit on. I’m sorry but they deserve all the hate coming their way. This went way beyond a family loving their son. They became complicit and made decisions that will have an impact on the Petito family for the rest of their lives.

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u/TopangaTohToh Feb 20 '25

I'm not blaming them for their son killing himself, but what did they think was going to happen? There is no planet where he doesn't get caught and go to jail and them not cooperating and harboring him just gave him more time to sit around and realize he was going to be in jail for the rest of his life. It seems pretty predictable that a mentally unwell person (abusive spouse and murderer) would kill themselves in that scenario.

Idk if rotting in jail for his whole life would have been better from their perspective or not, but at least he could have had a chance at parole and he would still be around if they had just turned him in. It's not a guaranteed that he wouldn't kill himself in jail, but it's less likely.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

If this was my situation with my daughter and her boyfriend, I gotta say. The bitter and hateful part of me that I like to embrace now and then would be very open with saying: I'm glad he's dead, I'm glad he killed himself, and I'm glad that his parents get to live every day with the knowledge that their poor excuse of rearing a child is the direct reason he's no longer alive. And that my only regret is that it was my child or any other life that was the catalyst, because the world would have been a significantly better place if he put a bullet through his brain years ago.

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u/TopangaTohToh Feb 20 '25

I'm with you. When I found out he disappeared back when this was all happening, I was stoked. I knew he was going to kill himself and part of me was definitely happy that that piece of shit was no longer going to be on this earth. I do mourn for the Petito family never getting to see a trial or have justice, though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

I try to think if this happened to me, and how hateful I am now as a person... I wouldn't even care about the trial or justice probably. My only grief would be that I didn't get to eye for an eye for my daughter. Cowards kill themselves, sure. But also knowing how much Brian's mom wanted to basically boink her son? Karmic justice. Hope she's miserable her entire life. I hope she never knows peace. I hope hell exists only for them to never be reunited.