BRIAN Laundrie's dad has broken his cover for the first time since a new series investigated his son's murder of his fiancée Gabby Petito.
Christopher Laundrie, 65, was seen out and about in Florida in exclusive photos obtained by The U.S. Sun one day after American Murder: Gabby Petito premiered on Netflix.
The three-part series dives into Brian's relationship with Gabby, 22, before he strangled the vlogger to death on their cross-country road trip in August 2021.
Just one day after the docuseries premiered, Brian's dad was seen outside his home in North Port, which is about 88 miles south of Tampa, Florida.
Christopher looked stoic as he walked up his driveway in the exclusive photos.
Hours before the exclusive photos were taken, Christopher and his wife Roberta Laundrie's family lawyer lashed out at the new series and slammed it as "inaccurate" in a statement.
The project, which features previously unseen texts, diary entries, and footage from Gabby's family and friends, features damning scenes about the Laundries, who refused to help Gabby's family search for her when she went missing.
Brian's family has stayed out of the public eye since the case and declined to participate in the new series.
The doc has reignited public interest in the case, which garnered nationwide attention when Gabby was first reported missing after Brian, 23, returned home from their trip without his fiancée.
He refused to speak about Gabby's whereabouts, which prompted her family to publicly beg for her return, even pleading with Brian's family to help them find their daughter.
However, Brian wasn't the only one who stayed quiet about Gabby's disappearance - his family stuck by his side when they were confronted by cops.
Christopher and Roberta became on edge and defensive when cops knocked on their door on September 11, 2021, the day Gabby was reported missing, according to resurfaced body camera footage.
The video, obtained by Fox News at the time, showed Brian's dad answering the door barefoot and immediately saying, "I'm not talking to anybody."
The officer then told Christopher he was on the phone with a New York detective who was looking for Gabby.
When the officer asked Christopher about the last time he saw his son and Gabby, the dad responded, "Well, Brian is here."
When the cop tried to confirm Brian was present at the home, Christopher quickly shut down the conversation.
"Yeah, and that's all I'm going to say," he fired back.
He then gave the officer his attorney's contact information.
After returning to the cop car for a moment, the officer then returned to the front door for a second round of questioning.
"I hate to bother you. I know you said already you don't want to speak or don't want to help us," the cop told Christopher and Roberta.
"I'm trying to figure out something for [Gabby's] parents, you guys as parents, and all they want is to know that their daughter is safe.
"So, I don't know where it all started before, I don't know what has transpired. I don't know anything about that.
"I'm here to know if you guys know anything. It would put the family at ease, and it will go from there."
But Christopher remained defiant and said, "We don't know anything."
When the cop tried to speak with Brian, his dad quickly interrupted and said, "He's not going to talk to you. He's not going to talk to anybody."
The police officer then told the family he was going to seize Gabby's van, which her family recently revealed has been destroyed, after Brian brought it home from the trip.
The conversation concluded with a cold response from Christopher.
"Goodnight. Don't knock on my door anymore," the dad said before shutting his front door.
When Brian and his family wouldn't speak about Gabby's whereabouts, online investigators scoured Gabby's social media posts and her YouTube video looking for clues in the disappearance.
Weeks after Gabby first went missing, a horrifying piece of the puzzle fell into place when cops released disturbing bodycam footage showing cops responding to a domestic abuse call involving Gabby and Brian in Moab, Utah, weeks before her death.
Gabby's body was found in Grand Teton National Forest on September 19, 2021. She had been strangled to death.
After her body was found, the FBI issued an arrest warrant for Brian for illegally using Gabby's debit card after her death.
The manhunt for Brian ended when they found his body at a Florida park near his parent's house on October 21, 2021. He died by suicide.
Brian took responsibility for Gabby's death in a note in his journal, which was found near his body in a bag.
The bag also included a letter stating, "Please do not make life harder for my family, they lost a son and a daughter."
Gabby's family sued Brian's family for her wrongful death in 2022 and was awarded $3 million.
In 2023, Gabby's parents sued the Laundries and their attorney, Steven Bertolino, for intentional infliction of emotional stress for their behavior after their daughter disappeared.
During the deposition for the case, the Laundries admitted what they knew about Gabby's disappearance after they received a "frantic" phone call from their son two days after she disappeared.
Chris and Roberta said Brian called them on August 29, 2021 and told them Gabby was "gone" and he needed a lawyer.
Brian's parents didn't admit they knew Gabby was dead and only said Brian reported she was "gone," Petito family attorney Pat Reilly told local NBC affiliate WFLA at the time.
Gabby and Brian's families eventually reached a confidential agreement to their civil lawsuit weeks before the case was set to be tried.
The Laundries have stayed silent about the case over the years, only speaking through Bertolino.