During a court hearing Tuesday, lawyer Patrick Reilly alleged the letter, which he claimed was recovered from Laundrie’s backpack when his body was found, also alluded to his mother – Roberta Laundrie – “helping him get out of prison” and “some other things.”
Furthermore, Reilly said the envelope in which the letter was found, allegedly read, “burn after reading,” per CNN.
“I know that some of the wording that was used in the letter is unfortunate and might suggest that it has some connection, but it doesn’t,” he said.
Reilly claimed the letter is undated, CNN reports.
She was reported missing on Sept. 11 — 10 days after Laundrie quietly returned to his parents' Florida home without her, but with her van.
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The Petito-Laundrie case will get underway in August.
source: people.com
