Brian Laundriewas the only person “directly involved”InGabby PetitoAccording to the FBI,’s death occurred last year.
According to the FBI, in fact, Press releaseon Jan. 21 that 23-year-old Laundrie admitted to killing his fiancée in a written confession in his notebook.
The news was part of FBI Denver’s final update regarding the death of the 22-year-old YouTuber, whose body was discovered in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest in September. According to authorities, the investigation is ongoing. “did not identify any other individuals other than Brian Laundrie directly involved in the tragic death of Gabby Petito.”
After returning home to Florida in September from a cross-country road trip without Petito, Laundrie was labeled a person of interest, but never a suspect. Laundrie disappeared five days after the FBI began its investigation. There were increasing questions about what happened to Petito and how it died. In October, authorities found his body, in an area previously underwater in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park. The Medical Examiner’s Office later revealed that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Near his remains was a backpack, notebook and a revolver, per the FBI.