1 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Crime stories with Nancy Grace. Hi, guys, Nancy Grace here, 2 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: and the last days, we've been hearing a lot of developments, 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: believe it or not, in the Gabby Petito murder case. 4 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: That's right. We know Brian Laundry committed suicide in the 5 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: Carlton Reserve, basically twenty five thousand acres of swampland in Florida, 6 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: giving a detailed, very self beneficial admission in a notebook 7 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: where he wrote down his let me just say thoughts 8 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: and feelings. Well that said. In the last days, a 9 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: so called burn letter has emerged, a letter purportedly written 10 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: by Brian Laundry's mother to him offering to bring a 11 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: shovel to bury a body, words to that effect, offering 12 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: to get him out of prison, words to that effect, 13 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: and on the outside of the envelope studying Burne after 14 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: reading not only that, multiple lawsuits flying and they are 15 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: heart breaking. You know, you can read a lot of 16 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: news reports and hear a lot of reporters talking about it. 17 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: But let's take a thorough examination at exactly what has 18 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: been filed by Gabby's family against not only the Moab 19 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: police department who treated her. Gabby is the aggressor. This 20 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: after a selfie emerge is taken before the Moab police 21 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: pulled them over, where she was battered and bruised, bleeding 22 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: and crying having been beaten by Brian Laundry. Yet they 23 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: the police accused her of being the aggressor. A lawsuit 24 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: relating to that and a lawsuit relating to the so 25 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: called burn letter. Take a listen to this, Gabby. I 26 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: wish I was right at your side. I wish I 27 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: could be talking to you right now, I'd be going 28 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: through every memory we've made, getting even more excited for 29 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: the future. I can't live without you. I've lost every 30 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,839 Speaker 1: day we could have spent together, every holiday. I'll never 31 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: get to play with Unintelligible again, never go hiking with TJ. 32 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: I loved you more than anything. I can't bear to 33 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: look at our photos to recall great times, because it 34 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: is why I cannot go on. When I close my eyes, 35 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: I will think of laying on the roof of the van, 36 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: falling asleep to the side of a meteor shower at 37 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: the Crystal geysers. I will always love you. If you 38 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: were reading Gab's journal, looking at the photos from our 39 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: life together, flipping through old cards. You wouldn't want to 40 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: live a day without her. Knowing that every day you'll 41 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: wake up without her, you wouldn't want to wake up. 42 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: I'm sorry to everyone this will affect. Gabby was the 43 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: love of my life, but I know adored by many. 44 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: I'm so very sorry to her family because I love them. 45 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: I'd consider her younger siblings my best of friends. I'm 46 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: sorry to my family. This is a shock to them, 47 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: as well as the terrible grief. They've loved as much, 48 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: if not more than me. A knew daughter to my 49 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: mother and aunt to my nephews. Please do not make 50 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: this harder for them. This occurred as an unexpected tragedy. 51 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: Rushing back to our car, trying to cross the streams 52 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: of Spread Creek before it got too dark to see 53 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: and too cold, I hear a splash and a scream. 54 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: I could barely see. I couldn't find her for a moment. 55 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: I shouted her name. I found her, breathing heavily, gasping 56 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: my name. She was freezing cold. We had just come 57 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: from the blazing hot national Parks in Utah. The temperatures 58 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: had dropped to freezing and she was king wet. I 59 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: carried her as far as I could down the stream 60 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: towards the car, stumbling, exhausted and shocked. When my knees 61 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: buckled and knew I couldn't safely carry her, I started 62 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: a fire and spooned her as close to the heat. 63 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: She was so thin, had already been freezing too long. 64 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: I couldn't at the time realize that I should have 65 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: started a fire first, but I wanted her out of 66 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: the cold, back to the car from where I started 67 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: the fire. I had no idea how far the car 68 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: might be, only knew it was across the creek. When 69 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: I pulled Gabby out of the water, she couldn't tell 70 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: me what hurt. She had a small bump on her 71 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: forehead that eventually got larger. Her feet hurt, her wrist hurt, 72 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: but she was freezing, shaking violently. While carrying her, she 73 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 1: continually made sounds of pain. Laying next to her, she 74 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: said little lapsing between violent shakes, gasping in pain, begging 75 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: for an end to her pain. She would fall asleep 76 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: and I would shake her awake, fearing she shouldn't close 77 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: her eyes. If she had a concussion, she would wake 78 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: in pain. Start the whole painful cycle again, while furious 79 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: that I was the one waking her. She wouldn't let 80 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: me try to cross the creek, thought like me that 81 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: this fire would go out in her sleep and she'd freeze. 82 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: I don't know the extent of Gabby's injuries, only that 83 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: she was in extreme pain. I ended her life. I 84 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: thought it was merciful, that it was what she wanted. 85 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: But I see now all the mistakes I made. I panicked, 86 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: I was in shock, but from the moment I decided 87 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: took away her pain, I knew I couldn't go on 88 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: without her. I rushed home to spend any time I 89 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: had left with my family. I wanted to drive north 90 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: and let James or t J kill me, but I 91 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't want them to spend time in jail over my mistake, 92 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: even though I'm sure they would have liked to. I 93 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: am ending my life not because of a fear of punishment, 94 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: but rather because I can't stand to live another day 95 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: without her. I've lost our whole future together, every moment 96 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: we could have cherished. I'm sorry for everyone's loss. Please 97 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: do not make life harder for my family. They've lost 98 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: a son and a daughter. The most wonderful girl in 99 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: the world. Gabby, I'm sorry. I've killed myself by this 100 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: creek in the hopes that animals may tear me apart 101 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 1: that it may make some of her family happy. Please 102 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: pick up all of my things. Yeah, I be hated 103 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: people who litter, and there you haven't. Thanks Dave Matt 104 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: from crime Online. We wait as justice Unfoalds Nancy Grace 105 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: signing off, goodbye friend.