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GABBY Petito’s mom has shared a heartbreaking Mother’s Day post, almost two years after the vlogger died at the hands of her fiancé.
Nichole Schmidt took to Twitter on Sunday, celebrating the second Mother’s Day since Gabby was found dead.
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“Mamas in Heaven, on Earth, moms who have lost a child, step moms, adopted moms, foster moms, grandmas, etc!
“Happy Mother’s Day,” she exclaimed.
Schmidt said she was “thinking of my mom with Gabby and hoping to see signs they are with us.
“Love to all moms you rock!”
Gabby’s brother, TJ Schmidt, also shared a sweet message dedicated to his mother.
“Happy Mother’s Day moms love you tons,” he wrote in an Instagram post featuring a couple pictures of him and his mother.
Gabby was 22 when she was reported missing on September 11, 2021, while on a road trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie, 23.
Her remains were later found near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19, 2021, and it was discovered that she was strangled to death.
Gabby’s parents, Joe and Nicole, are suing Brian’s parents for “intentional infliction of emotional distress,” after Brian confessed to murdering Gabby before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
His remains were found near a notebook and backpack belonging to him in Florida‘s Carlton Reserve on October 20, 2021.
The lawsuit that Gabby’s parents filed in March 2022 claims that Chris and Roberta Laundrie were aware their son had murdered his fiancée and chose not to act.
On September 14, 2021, a lawyer representing the Laundries released the following statement: “On behalf of the Laundrie family it is our hope that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is re-united with her family.”
“On the advice of counsel the Laundrie family is remaining in the background at this juncture and will have no further comment.”
Before Gabby’s remains were discovered on September 19, 2021, the Petitos’ lawyer read a letter at a news briefing three days prior, begging for help in the case.
“Please, if you or your family have any decency left, please, tell us where Gabby is located,” Richard Stafford said on September 16, 2021.
“Tell us if we are even looking in the right place. All we want is for Gabby to come home. Please help us make that happen.”
The emotional distress case was originally scheduled to go to trial in August 2023.
However in March, the trial judge gave a start date of May 13, 2024, WLFA reports.
It is scheduled to go until May 24, 2024.
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