Nichole Schmidt took the stage at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tenn., Friday afternoon to read a victim’s impact statement to ...

Gabby Petito's family shares never-before-seen texts they found on her phone after her death and how they hope her story can help others.

Gabby Petito's grieving mother, Nicole Schmidt, had placed her trust in Brian Laundrie before the couple headed off on their ...

During a Feb. 26 panel discussion with local Florida law enforcement in Sarasota, Petito's mother and stepfather, Nichole and Jim Schmidt, attended as special guests. Nichole Schmidt addressed the ...

Nichole Schmidt. Barry can be heard telling a North Port police officer over the phone that Cassie Laundrie told her about a fight between the couple. Cassie Laundrie said no one from either ...

Petito's mother, Nichole Schmidt, became alarmed when her daughter, who'd meticulously posted updates about the trip on her Instagram account and regularly called home, stopped responding to her.

"I think it's weird and because we know her actual voice, [it] is a little off,” Nichole Schmidt, Gabby’s mom, told The Independent via text. “It's just hard to hear." Viewers were divided ...

11, 2021, after not hearing from her since August. “I knew something bad happened,” said Nichole Schmidt, Gabby’s mother, in the trailer for the documentary “American Murder: Gabby Petito.” ...

"I liked Brian," Petito's mother Nichole Schmidt said. "I thought he was-- interesting. He was very soft-spoken. He would sit and do art with the girls, my-- you know, Gabby's younger sisters.