Roberta Laundrie biography: 13 things about North Port, Florida woman

Roberta Maria Vinci Laundrie is an American woman from North Port, Sarasota County, Florida, United States. She is married to Christopher John “Chris” Laundrie.

Roberta Laundrie

Before moving to North Port, Roberta lived in different parts of New York, USA including Woodhaven, Bayport, Forest Hills and Sayville. She also previously lived in Venice, Florida and in Hanahan, South Carolina, USA.

Chris and Roberta own Juicer Services, a company that sells and services commercial juicing equipment, and a 10,000-square feet property in North Port, Sarasota County, Florida. They live in a single-story home on Wabasso Avenue in North Port, which is the company’s address.

Roberta is seven years younger than Chris. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1989, she gave birth to Cassandra “Cassie” Laundrie.
2. In 1998, she gave birth to Brian Laundrie.
3. In 2009, her annual salary in Suffolk County, New York was $27,066. It increased to $28,998 in 2010, $32,119 in 2011, $34,052 in 2012 and $36,911 in 2013 then decreased to $36,743 in 2014.
4. Still working in Suffolk County, she received an annual wage of $37,787 in 2017. Chris is the president while she is the vice president of Juicer Services, which was incorporated on June 7, 2017. On September 6, 2017, she registered to vote in Sarasota County. She is affiliated with the Florida Democratic Party.
5. While she was still working in Suffolk County, her annual wage decreased to $28,060 in 2018.
6. In 2019, her annual wage in Suffolk County was $27,004. In the same year, her son Brian started dating Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito of Bayport, Town of Islip, Suffolk County and Petito moved to their North Port home. Brian and Petito got engaged in July 2020.
7. In 2020, her annual wage as an office staff in Suffolk County was $50,408.
8. On July 2, 2021, Brian and Petito started their cross-country camping trip driving a white 2012 Ford Transit van with a Florida license plate. Brian allegedly killed Petito on August 27, 2021 and told her and Chris about it on August 28, 2021. She and Chris allegedly planned to help Brian leave the U.S. On September 1, 2021, Brian drove the van back to their North Port home without Petito. She, Chris and Brian stayed in Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas County, Florida from September 1-3, 2021 and from September 6-8, 2021, according to a tip Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman received on September 27, 2021.
9. On September 10, 2021, Petito’s mother Nichole Schmidt sent text messages to her and Brian to ask about Petito but neither she nor Brian responded. On September 11, 2021, she and Chris did not allow North Port Police Department officers to talk to Brian when the officers arrived at their North Port home. That day, the officers seized the 2021 Fort Transit van and Schmidt reported Petito missing. On September 13, 2021, Brian left their home in their Mustang for a hike at the Carlton Reserve in North Port and never returned. On September 15, 2021, she and Chris found the Mustang at the Myakkahatchee Environmental Park, which is connected to the Carlton Reserve, but decided to leave it there in case Brian returned. On September 16, 2021, she and Chris went back to collect the car. When she drove the car home, North Port Police Department investigators mistook her for Brian. On September 17, 2021, she and Chris summoned the police to their and told them that they had not seen Brian since September 14, 2021.
10. On September 20, 2021, Federal Bureau of Investigation investigators escorted her and Chris from their North Port home, searched the home as part of a court-authorized warrant related to Petito’s disappearance and brought them back inside for questioning.
11. On September 25, 2021, Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman announced that he was entering the search for Brian. When Chapman knocked on the front door of their North Port home that day, she called 911. Representing her and Chris, lawyer Steven Bertolino said on September 27, 2021 that she and her husband do not know where Brian was. During a search with police on October 20, 2021, Chris was the first to spot a dry bag belonging to Brian at the Carlton Reserve where partial remains were also found. On October 21, 2021, she and Chris were informed that a comparison of dental records confirmed that the remains belonged to Brian.
12. On March 10, 2022, Schmidt and Petito’s father Joe Petito filed a civil lawsuit against her and Chris seeking damages of at least $100,000. In a deposition taken on October 11, 2023, she admitted to ignoring Schmidt’s texts on September 10, 2021 at Bertolino’s advice. 
13. In April 2024, she turned 58. On May 13, 2024, she will appear in court in Venice, Florida.