salvageable. we don't know what is in it, but it is possible he wrote something to give an indication of his state of mind or maybe about something that he had or hadn't done. the parents are not talking about brian laundrie's state of mind, but the lawyer is. he spoke to wabc and he was asked about brian's state of mind, and this is what he said. >> chris and roberta knew that their son brian was grieving. they knew he was so upset and, you know, they just couldn't control that he was leaving and he left. he walked out the door, and chris has said to me, i wish i could have stopped him but i couldn't. >> reporter: and the timing of this is key because if he was grieving on september 13th, remember, there hadn't been a homicide reported yet. gabby petito's remains hadn't been found yet, so what was he grieving about, what did he know and what did he share with his parents. the family lawyer was asked about that "good morning america" this morning, what, if anything, brian laundrie told his parents.