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The mother of murdered travel blogger Gabby Petito said she was “fed up” Monday afternoon, just days after the publication of a “narcissistic” confession from the alleged killer and boyfriend of her daughter, Brian Landry, who wrote the confession, which included a suicide note. found near his body in October.
“Narcissists are rewriting history to escape responsibility,” reads the text of an image she tweeted. “You’re not crazy.”
She also said that “the truth will be revealed” and that the family will not stop in their quest for justice for Petito.
Laundrie claims that he and Petito were “trying to cross the stream” when they heard “a spraying and screamingHe described Petito’s murder as “merciful”.
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Nicole Schmid, at the center, seen entering a courtroom in Florida before the hearing on June 22, 2022 (Fox News Digital / Michael Ruiz)
“I couldn’t find her for a moment, I called her name,” Landry wrote. “I found her breathing hard, panting my name, it was freezing cold. When I pulled Gabby out of the water, she couldn’t tell me what was hurting me. There was a small swelling on his forehead, which later became larger. Her legs ached, her wrist ached, but she froze, trembling violently as she carried it, she kept making sounds of pain, lying next to her, saying a little, flowing between strong shakes, panting with pain, praying to stop her pain . “
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Laundry added: “I don’t know the extent of Gabby’s injuries (sic). But she was in a lot of pain.”
Dr. Brent Blue, coroner of Teton County, Wyoming, ordered the death of Petito a murder as a result of manual strangulation and trauma with a blunt blow to the head and neck.
Gabby Petito poses for a photo on Instagram in Bryce Canyon National Park. (Gabi Petito’s family)
John Kelly, a crime profiler and psychotherapist who has interviewed a number of killers, said the note “repulsed” him and he believed it showed that Londry was showing signs of extremely narcissistic personality disorder and sociopathic disorder.
“Did you find her breathing hard and breathing, so you decided to suffocate her?” He said.
Laundrie could go for help or call 911. Petito’s phone was not destroyed by water damage – the FBI said in January that Laundrie claimed he had used it to send fake texts in an attempt to cover up the murder.
Jason Jenson, a Utah private detective who is closely following the case, called the note a blatant “attempt to rewrite history.”
“He wrote this farcical story about her falling and injuring himself as he crossed the Spread Creek, and he described how he couldn’t leave her,” Jenson said. “He said he had ended her life. He could not admit, ‘I killed her.’
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Police in Moab, Utah, stopped Brian Landry on Aug. 12 after he allegedly publicly beat Gabby Petito. (Moab City Police Department)
Search teams found the remains of Petit on September 19 at a campsite north of Jackson, Wyoming, where the couple was staying in August. By this time, Landry had returned to Florida in her van, using her debit card. He went on vacation with his parents, sister and nephews around Labor Day weekend. When Schmid announced that her daughter had disappeared on September 11, the family declined to comment.
Laundrie escaped on September 13, despite being monitored by the North Harbor Police Department, and committed suicide in an ecological park down the road, at one of his favorite local tourist spots. On October 20, police found his remains and other belongings, including a bag and notebook, after his parents took him to a lawn.
Gabby Petito Memorial in Florida. (Michael Ruiz / Fox News Digital)
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Law enforcement searched the area for five weeks, but the floods hampered their efforts.
Both of Petito’s parents sued Landry’s parents, claiming they had withheld information about the 22-year-old’s death and tried to help their son escape justice.
Schmidt filed a separate lawsuit for wrongful death.
Fox News Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.
Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.ruiz@fox.com and on Twitter: @mikerreports
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