Lawyer for Brian Laundrie’s family dismisses ‘for sale’ sign at Florida home
Weeks after their son’s remains were found following the news his girlfriend had been murdered, the Laundrie family has had hit to back at another hoax.
A bizarre photo of a “for sale” sign on the lawn of Brian Laundrie’s family home has been revealed as a hoax.
Photos obtained by the New York Post showed a blank “for sale” signs in the front yard of Chris and Roberta Laundrie’s North Port, Florida home yesterday.
Their home has been swarmed for weeks by people wanting answers from Mr Laundrie, who was the sole suspect in his girlfriend Gabby Petito’s death after her body was discovered just outside Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
Chris and Roberta Laundrie’s house was a site of intense scrutiny during the case from both media and authorities.
However, the for sale sign is a hoax, according to the family’s lawyer Steven Bertolino.
In early September, after Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito went on road trip across America, Mr Laundrie returned home alone.
The family house was the last place Mr Laundrie was seen before his partial skeletal remains were discovered in a nearby reserve in October.
Mr Laundrie is believed to have taken his own life in the park, Mr Bertolino said last week.
The Laundrie family was closely watched throughout the saga, as police spent weeks searching for their son.
Some of the family’s neighbours were reportedly renting out space in their yards to the media, charging up to $3500 ($A4900) a week for a spot to camp out across the street.
It was Chris, 62, and Roberta, 55, who ultimately led authorities to their son’s remains, less than 90 minutes after entering Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park to help the search.
The couple was seen walking through those same woods this week in their first outing since their son’s death was ruled a suicide.
Pictures obtained by the New York Post showed them holding hands on a trail in the 68-hectare park.
Mr Bertolino has continually dismissed any speculation that the Laundries were involved in any part of the case and the two have not faced any charges.
Mr Laundrie grew up on Long Island in New York with Ms Petito, where the two met.
His parents later moved to Florida, sometime around 2017.
Mr Laundrie and Ms Petito moved into his parents’ home in 2019.
Real estate sites like Zillow and Realtor did not have the house listed for sale, but estimate it’s worth somewhere between $210,000 and $340,000 ($A295,000 to $A480,000).
This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been republished here with permission.
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