By DANIELLE GIANNANDREA
Staff Writer
On September 11, 2021, Gabby was reported missing by her parents. Gabby and her fiance Brian Laundrie had gone on a trip around the country in their convertible camper van. They left in late August, just the two of them, however, the fiance returned from the trip on September 1st without Gabby. Gabby was not responding to any of her family’s calls or texts. Her mother reported a missing person case a few days after Brian’s return.
Two days after Gabby’s missing person case file, Brian was reported as a missing person.
Search parties found Gabby’s body on September 19, 2021, where they were camping in Wyoming. The coroner came to the conclusion that her death was a homicide through strangulation.
The search for Brian continued, his parent’s house was searched, the FBI could not find any evidence of his remains.
About a month later Brian was found alongside his backpack and other items in a creek. The coroner reported that he had committed suicide, indicated by the gunshot to the head.
When Brian was reported missing his parents turned all of their firearms into the FBI, however, they were missing one gun; the FBI was unable to determine if this missing weapon had been used in his suicide.
Along with Brian’s personal items found by his body, there was a journal found. This journal had a confession written in it stating that he was the one that strangled his fiance to death.
