"I speak for myself here when I say Brian, I forgive you,” Petito’s mother, Nichole Schmidt, said, speaking Friday at CrimeCon, a true crime convention in Nashville. “I needed to release myself from the chains of anger and bitterness, that I refuse to let your despicable act define the rest of my life."
Sounds like someone who is wishing to give up their bitterness and get on with their life.
A summary of the saga:
Boy and girl go on a trip.
Boy kills girl.
Boy goes home to parents.
Boy fears being found out.
Boy kills himself.
Boy's parents are found not guilty of anything.
Girl's mother gets angry.
Girl's mother sues boy's parents.
Now girl's mother says she forgives...
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"Your atrocious decision to take a life, my daughter’s life, has ignited a fire within me, a fierce determination to protect the innocent from falling victim to monsters like you," she continued.
She also described his mother, Roberta Laundrie, as "pure evil."
"We were denied the chance to confront our daughter’s killer, to look him in the eye and express the profound pain his actions inflicted upon us,” she said. “The unbearable weight of Gabby’s absence is compounded by the sickening injustice of her murder remaining unpunished."
Forgiveness?
But hey, the guy's dead. What "justice" was she wanting? One wonders that if the guy had failed to end his life, laying in a hospital hanging on, she would want everything done to heal him so he could face "justice" and "punishment". Maybe even bring him back so he can face the electric chair?!
But the guy's dead. Is it justice she wants? Or is it to cause him to hurt, to cause him pain, to be harmed in some way? Basically to torture him?
Has she really forgiven him?
