Brian Laundrie’s family home becomes a ‘tourist attraction’ after Gabby Petito’s death

The family home of Brian Laundrie, who has now been missing for almost a month after the death of his girlfriend, has become a “tourist attraction”.

The family home of Brian Laundrie in North Port, Florida has turned into a tourist attraction, as curious visitors travel from far and wide to see where he lived, while police ramp up their hunt for the missing man.

Mr Laundrie vanished from his family’s home on September 14, a few days after his girlfriend Gabby Petito was reported missing by her family, and a few days before Ms Petito’s remains were found in a remote national park.

Ms Petito’s manner of death was ruled a homicide last month, with authorities desperately searching for clues after her body was found in Grand-Teton National Park in Wyoming.

Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito. Picture: Instagram

Mr Laundrie’s family said he went to go on a hike in nearby Carlton Reserve on September 14, and they haven’t seen him since.

Carlton Reserve is a sprawling park in Florida, described as “unforgiving” by local police due to its high population of alligators and snakes.

Media have been camped outside the Laundrie home since Brian’s disappearance as occasional visits from FBI investigators and local police spark theories about the mysterious case.

However the home, a humble, single-level, yellow house, is also increasingly attracting the attention of other people.

In videos uploaded to Twitter, a number of cars were filmed doing drive-bys past the Laundrie home.

In one video, filmed by protester Jonathan Lee Riches, two women in a convertible cruise past the home, with the driver slowing to crawling speed to allow her passenger to take photos of the house.

Cars drive by the Laundrie family home consistently throughout the day taking Videos & Pics of the house.
Becoming a tourist attraction here.#GabbyPetito#BrianLaundriepic.twitter.com/qJVC6S5ueZ

— Jonathan Lee Riches (@R_I_C_H_E_S) October 11, 2021

In another bizarre video, also filmed by Mr Riches, a car slowly drives past the Laundrie house blasting the song Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell.

The lyrics of the song are about a man worrying about people watching him.

“All I want is to be left alone in my average home, but why do I always feel like I’m in the Twilight zone? And I always feel like somebody’s watching me and I have no privacy,” Rockwell sings.

“I always feel like somebody’s watching me, tell me is it just a dream?”

Girl in car keeps driving back & forth in front of the Laundrie home playing "I always feel like somebody's watching me,
And I have no privacy (ooh ooh)" by Rockwell.#GabbyPetito#BrianLaundriepic.twitter.com/KYODUIJiqD

— Jonathan Lee Riches (@R_I_C_H_E_S) October 11, 2021

The peculiar situation around the Laundrie house has only become worse in recent weeks.

Brian’s parents Chris and Roberta have mainly kept to themselves since Ms Petito’s body was found.

However they did emerge late Sunday night to remove laundry baskets dropped on their front lawn in protest.

The Laundries cleared up about 10 white laundry baskets from the North Port property, according to Fox News.

The Laundries collecting the baskets. Picture: Fox News Digital

Last week, a Pennsylvania woman dropped off a laundry basket and a sign reading, “Dirty Laundrie come clean” on their lawn.

The display – which included the sign, a box of detergent and a bottle of bleach – stoked outrage online.

Marissa Zdazinsky, 46, told The Sun she was only sending a message to Mr Laundrie’s parents to co-operate with law enforcement.

Originally published as Brian Laundrie’s family home becomes a ‘tourist attraction’ after Gabby Petito’s death