Brian Laundrie's notebook confession: Experts weigh in on killer's claims about how he murdered Gabby Petito

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Brian Laundrie framed his strangulation of Gabby Petito as an act of mercy and an 'unexpected tragedy' in a shocking, handwritten confession discovered near his remains in October and just unveiled Friday. Experts moved quick to dissect his story.

Fox News Digital was first to report the details of the note. Laundrie wrote how he "ended her life" because he "thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted."

"According to Wyoming Law, all I can release is her name, her birthday and her cause and manner of death," he said, when reached by phone. The coroner’s office did not release Petito’s autopsy report.Jenn Bethune, who was in the area of Wyoming at the time of Petito's death, disputed Laundrie's claims regarding the temperature. Bethune told Fox News Digital the weather was around the high 40s, instead of the 38 degrees Fahrenheit that Laundrie claimed.

Police in Moab, Utah, stopped Brian Laundrie on Aug. 12 after he allegedly slapped Gabby Petito in public. hypothermia becomes significant "He writes this farcical tale about her falling down and getting injured while crossing Spread Creek, and describes how he couldn't leave her behind," Jensen said, calling it "an attempt to rewrite history."Laundrie did leave her behind, sometime in late August. Search teams found her remains on Sept. 19.

Screengrabs from police bodycam in Moab, Utah, on Aug. 12 show the couple following a domestic violence call.examiner and has conducted more than 20,000 autopsies in his five-plus decades as a forensic pathologist, said there is some information, though not much, pointing to signs of stomach hemorrhaging as a result of severe hypothermia.

The Laundrie parents, for their part, felt "terrible" Friday, according to their attorney Steve Bertolino."He stated he ended her life," Jensen noted. "He cannot admit ‘I killed her.’"

 

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