VENICE, Fla. — A Florida judge has awarded Gabby Petito's family $3 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Brian Laundrie's estate.
The lawsuit claimed that Laundrie intentionally killed the 22-year-old travel blogger, and as a direct result of his conduct, Petito's mother and father -- Nichole Schmidt and Joseph Petito --"incurred funeral and burial expenses, and they have suffered a loss of care and comfort, and suffered a loss of probable future companionship, society and comfort."
An attorney for the Petito family said whatever settlement money is received would go to the Gabby Petito Foundation, which was formed by her family after her death to help fight domestic violence and find missing persons. Petito's family reported her missing on Sept. 11, 2021, while she was on a cross-country road trip with Laundrie. Her body was found about a week later in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest, with a coroner ruling that she had died of"blunt-force injuries to the head and neck, with manual strangulation."
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