The statement also acknowledged the reality of what happened to Petito at Laundrie’s hands: “We all know Brian took Gabby’s life and Brian then took his own as well. Let the parents of both Gabby and Brian mourn and remember them in peace.”

After declining to participate in the documentary, Brian's parents shared a statement about the Netflix special, in which they called the series "one-sided."

Brian Laundrie's parents, whose son killed his fiancée, Gabby Petito, on a cross-country trip in 2022, are speaking out after the release of American Murder: Gabby Petito, a new three-part Netflix documentary on the case,