Family of Gabby Petito sues Brian Laundrie’s family, alleges they knew she was dead during search 

The family of the late Gabby Petito, the 22-year old woman who was murdered by her boyfriend last year, has sued the family of Gabby’s killer, claiming they knew Gabby was dead while the search for her was ongoing.

Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, the parents of Brian Laundrie, who the FBI concluded strangled Petito to death at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, are facing a lawsuit filed by Petito’s parents that alleges Brian confessed to the murder of Petito and his parents concealed the information.

The search for Gabby Petito began in early September and lasted weeks, until authorities located her remains in the Wyoming Park on September 19. The lawsuit claims Brian Laundrie confessed to killing Petito in a phone call to his parents on August 28, and that Laundrie’s parents failed to notify authorities, violating the rights of Petito’s parents.

“In doing so, Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie acted with malice or great indifference to the rights of (Gabby’s parents) Joseph Petito and Nicole Schmidt,” the lawsuit reads. The suit also says this conduct was “shocking, atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”