Police Off The Cuff

New Petito lawsuit filed against Laundries Gabby Petito's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's estate in a move that could end with the Petito family's obtaining the presumed killer's "notebook and writings," lawyers said Monday. The legal maneuver comes after Petito's parents filed a lawsuit March 10 accusing Laundrie’s parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, of hindering the search for their murdered daughter. In the new civil complaint, filed in Sarasota County, Florida, Petito's mother, Nichole Schmidt, acting as the administrator of her daughter's estate, is targeting Laundrie's estate for "damages which exceed $30,000." Brian Laundrie took responsibility for Gabby Petito’s death in notebook, FBI says JAN. 21, 202201:00 "The death of Gabrielle Venora Petito resulted from the intentional acts of Brian Laundrie," according to the three-page complaint filed by the parents' attorney, Patrick Reilly. "As a direct and proximate consequence of Brian Laundrie's tortious conduct,