NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WBCS 880) – Gabby Petito’s parents will be among the speakers at CrimeCon 2023 in Orlando next month as they look to “continue to honor Gabby’s legacy” and fight for missing people and domestic violence victims.
Two years after the 22-year-old Long Island native was killed by her fiancé Brian Laundrie during a road trip out west, her parents Joe Petito and Nichole Schmidt and stepparents Tara Petito and Jim Schmidt will head to Florida to take part in talks at the three-day event.
According to CrimeCon, the four will take part in “two incredibly powerful sessions about domestic violence, ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’ and so much more.”
The first event on Sept. 23 is “Gabby Petito’s Legacy: A Family's New Purpose.” It will focus on how the family is “turning tragedy into purpose,” including through the Gabby Petito Foundation.
The second event on Sept. 24 is “Missing White Woman Syndrome: Asking the Hard Questions.” It will be an “honest, no-sacred-cows session” about the role of race in the coverage of missing persons cases.
The Gabby Petito Foundation posted on Twitter, now X, that they accepted an offer to speak at the convention and are “proud to be a guest at this year’s event so we can continue to honor Gabby's legacy.”
The weeks-long search for Petito in late summer 2021—and the subsequent search for Laundrie after her body was found in a Wyoming camping site on Sept. 10—captivated the nation. The FBI later said Laundrie—who was discovered dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Florida park on Oct. 20—admitted to killing Petito in a notebook he left behind.
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