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ROBERTA Laundrie’s “burn after reading” letter to her son, Brian, has finally been published after a judge ruled it could be released to Gabby Petito’s parents.
The Petitos earned another victory against the Laundries, whose son Brian Laundrie strangled their daughter Gabby to death during their ill-fated road trip in 2021.
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In the note, Roberta wrote how “nothing” would ever make her stop loving her son, whom she called “my boy.”
“Nothing can make me stop loving you, nothing will or could ever divide us,” read the note. “No matter what we do, or where we go or what we say – we will always love each other.”
Roberta wrote the note around the time of Gabby’s disappearance, referencing a shovel and burying a body.
“If you’re in jail, I will bake a cake with a file in it. If you need to dispose of a body, I will bring [sic] show up with a shovel and garbage bags,”
“Bring” was crossed out in the original letter, with Robera writing instead that she would “show” up with a shovel.
The letter ends with Roberta warning her son to “watch people’s actions to know if they love you – not their words.”
She also writes a bible verse, writing that nothing could separate her and Brian.
“Nothing can separate us: not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not threats, not even sin, not the thinkable or unthinkable can get between us.”
LEGAL WIN
On Wednesday, Florida Judge Danielle Brewer denied the defense’s motion for a protective order on the letter, which means the Petito family may be granted permission to view its contents.
Following the ruling, the Laundrie family attorney, Matt Luka, said they’re “concerned about how the letter might be used, it can be embarrassing.”
Luka said the letter may be taken out of context and “feel inflammatory,” saying the topics appear in a series of “fanciful descriptions of how much somebody will love somebody else.”
Meanwhile, the Petitos and their attorney, Patrick Reilly, celebrated the ruling outside the courtroom, telling the media: “‘Its a victory, we’re happy to have it, we’ve fought hard to get it, we’ve been fighting for over a year to get that letter.”
