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/nomadnomor Feb 19 '25

they lived just down the road from us, they were shunned from the start with protesters outside their house

they should be ashamed of their actions and wound up lossing their child too due to their bad decisions

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u/Spinoza42 Feb 20 '25

Totally. They sneaked him out of their own house, and afterwards they knew exactly where to find him. I don't think you can hold them personally responsible for Gabbi's death, but they are absolutely responsible for Brian's. His life might have been saved through coming clean. But for whatever reason they really did not want that, I still cannot wrap my mind around that at all. It's like they just couldn't face the truth themselves, but the thing is that that idea conflicts with the "burn after reading" letter, at least with the most obvious interpretation of it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Do you think his parents knew he was going out there to kill himself or just run away?

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u/Forward_Bend_2189 Apr 11 '25

I may be confused, but when the family went on vacation shortly after Brian’s return, he went with them. Might that have been when he left for the woods? It doesn’t account for his mother’s car being there but she had plenty of time to leave it at the scene.