Brian Laundries parents ostracized in Florida community over Gabby Petitos murder, neighbors say: You reap what you sow
The parents of Brian Laundrie have been outcasts in their Florida community since their son, Brian, killed his girlfriend Gabby Petito in 2021 — and neighbors tell The Post that the ostracization will get worse in the wake of a new Netflix docuseries about the case.“American Murder: Gabby Petito” paints Christopher and Roberta Laundrie as being cold and distant to Petito when she began dating their son.But even worse, the docuseries spotlights the allegations that the Laundrie family stonewalled investigators and refused to help them locate Petito after she was reported missing on Sept.11, 2021.“The more I watched, the more pissed I got,” said Miriam Woodby, who lives near the Laundrie family in North Port.
“When I pass their house, I get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.I hate them, and I’ve never even met them.
I wish they’d just leave.”Another neighbor whose property abuts the Laundries’ home agreed.“Just horrible people, in my belief,” he said.
“It’s unanimous.No one wants anything to do with them.”A third neighbor, Jorge Ruiz, revealed that people throw garbage into the Laundries’ yard, including dirty diapers and dog feces.
On at least two occasions, some have stood on the sidewalk outside the Laundrie home and hurled insults at Roberta Laundrie as she walked from her car to her house.“Yeah, my heart breaks for her,” Ruiz said sarcastically.“That’s what you get.
That’s what you get when you prolong the pain of innocent people to protect someone you know is guilty.You reap what you sow.”Neighbors have reacted to Petito’s apparent pleas for help as she reached out to old friends to gain the courage to break up with Brian Laundrie, 23.
“I have a plan,” Petito, 22, allegedly told an ex-boyfriend, per the documentary.“I think I want to leave him.
I’m going to do it.I have to figure out when to do it.”“That family destroyed her,” another neighbor told The Post.
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