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.”

Brian Laundrie's parents ripped into Netflix's documentary, "American Murder: Gabby Petito," calling it biased and inaccurate. The three-part docuseries explores Gabby Petito's disappearance, murder and Brian Laundrie's suicide through texts,

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."