Gabby Petito's Mom Reveals 'New Information' About Brian Laundrie's Family

Yahoo

25-04-2025

Gabby Petito's mother, Nichole Schmidt, recently opened up about the investigation into her daughter's murder, sharing some new details about Brian Laundrie's family that came to light just weeks ago.
While making an appearance on Tay and Taylor Lautner'sThe Squeeze podcast last week, Schmidt shared "new information" she learned about the Laundrie family just days prior, which she said now "keeps her up at night."
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Over three years after her daughter's murder, Schmidt said she was given new information about the Laundrie family home from a source whose name was not shared. Schmidt was told that Laundrie's room at his parents' house had been "completely gutted and renovated" while he was still believed to be "missing."
"None of his things were there," Schmidt revealed.
"That very same week. Gabby was missing and cops were going to their house to try and get a scent from their dogs," Schmidt recalled, only learning recently that Laundrie's room was "completely empty."
"Just gone," she said.
According to Schmidt's intel, the unnamed source said there was "something wrong" with Laundrie's mother, Roberta, who was described as "clearly not mentally well."
"And I'm like...just add it to the list because I didn't even know about that," Schmidt told the Lautner's.
The tragedy first occurred back in 2021, when 22-year-old Petito went missing during a cross-country road trip with Laundrie. He returned home to Florida in their van that September, but Petito never did.
Petito's body was found near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming later that month, with her death ruled as homicide by manual strangulation. Laundrie—who was later reported missing by his family—was found the following month in what appeared to be death by suicide. Authorities later determined he was responsible for Petito's death.
According to Schmidt's account, the van Petito and Laundrie used to travel across the country was also "completely cleaned out" after Laundrie returned home from the trip without Petito.
The mattress they slept on in the van was "never recovered," and "Gabby's stuff was packed away in a closet," according to her mom.
Schmidt noted that it still "drives [her] crazy" to think authorities never talked to Laundrie directly about Petito's disappearance before he went missing, too.
"That's the one thing that keeps me up at night sometimes," she added.