WY GABBY PETITO: Missing from Grand Teton National Park, WY - 25 August 2021 - Age 22 *Found Deceased*

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  • Gabby Petito was reported missing after she didn't return from a road trip with her fiancé.
  • The police opened an investigation after her mother filed a missing-person report on Saturday.
  • A news report said Petito's fiancé was not cooperating with authorities and had hired a lawyer.

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Gabby Petito's family last heard from her when she arrived at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on August 25, her mother said. littleting/Shutterstock
  • Gabby Petito was reported missing after she didn't return from a road trip with her fiancé.
  • The police opened an investigation after her mother filed a missing-person report on Saturday.
  • A news report said Petito's fiancé was not cooperating with authorities and had hired a lawyer.
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A 22-year-old New York woman who documented her cross-country van road trip on social media was reported missing by her mother on Saturday after her fiancé returned to their home in Florida without her, reports said.

Gabby Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, embarked on their road trip on July 2 from Blue Point, New York, Newsday reported.
The two were living in a 2012 Ford Transit van and documenting their travels on Instagram and YouTube, often using the hashtag #vanlife.
Petito was last seen checking out of a hotel with Laundrie on August 24. She last spoke to her family on the phone the next day, telling them she had arrived at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, her mother, Nicole Schmidt, said.

Her mother told reporters on Monday that she FaceTimed with Petito around August 23 or 24.
Petito's most recent Instagram post was shared on August 25.

Schmidt told Fox News on Sunday that she was unsure whether her daughter had left Grand Teton. She said she exchanged texts with Petito's number twice after August 25.
"I did receive a text from her on the 27th and the 30th, but I don't know if it was technically her or not, because it was just a text," Schmidt said. "I didn't verbally speak to her."
Laundrie eventually returned to the couple's home in North Port, Florida, without Petito, though it was not clear when he arrived, the Daily Mail reported.
The police in New York's Suffolk County said Schmidt filed a missing-person report on Saturday.

"Petito, 22, of Blue Point, is described as a white female, approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall and 110 pounds," the press release said. "She has blonde hair and blue eyes, and several tattoos, including one on her finger and one on her forearm that reads 'let it be.'"

The press release said authorities had recovered the couple's van during their investigation.
Petito and Laundrie had been living in North Port together for two years before they set out on their road trip, the Daily Mail said. Petito announced their engagement on Instagram in July 2020.

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A 22-year-old woman who documented her cross-country road trip on YouTube has been reported missing after her fiancé returned without her

Gabby Petito was last seen checking out of a hotel on August 24. The next day, she told her family she had arrived in Wyoming, her mother said.
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She could be anywhere as they were traveling cross-country. I put the location as the last place her family could verify that she was still in communication.


MEDIA - GABBY PETITO: Missing from Grand Teton National Park, WY since 25 August 2021 - Age 22
 
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Looking4you said:
What about his dad?! He should have been demonstrating what it means to be a grown man, nonetheless a responsible human being - and he should have driven him straight to the station. This family makes me livid. 😡😡
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Same here! They might’ve helped him get away early, once they realized all the media surrounding the house. I would still like to know how he got away from the house without anybody knowing? Weren’t there people around the house at all times?
 
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A Petito family spokesperson has confirmed to our partners at CBSNews that the cross was left by the investigation team at the spot where Gabby’s body was recovered in Spread Creek

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Makeshift cross found in area where crews searched for Gabby Petito

TETON COUNTY, Wyo. (KUTV) — Several rocks were placed on the ground in the shape of a makeshift cross near where investigators found what they believed were the remains of Gabby Petitojust outside Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Caption: A makeshift cross made of rocks was found in the area...
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Brian Laundrie argued in Wyoming restaurant hours before Gabby Petito vanished: eyewitnesses​

Nina Celie Angelo and Matthew England were in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for a wedding​


FIRST ON FOX: One of the last times Gabby Petito was seen alive involved an explosive argument between Brian Laundrie and wait staff at a Jackson Hole restaurant, according to a New Orleans couple who said they witnessed the spat.

"I have chills right now," Nina Celie Angelo told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "It's crazy because it wasn't just like we passed them on the street — it was a full blown incident."

Angelo said she and her boyfriend, Matthew England, were in town for a wedding in late August. They were out to lunch at Merry Piglets, a Tex-Mex restaurant, between 1 and 2 p.m. on Aug. 27, when they said an agitated Laundrie began arguing with a waitress. Four and a half hours later, a travel-blogging couple passed Petito's van at a campsite north of town.

Angelo, a photographer, said she couldn’t overhear the conversation but that she believed Laundrie was arguing with staff over the bill or about money. She described his body language as "aggressive" and said he left and returned about four times.

At one point, Petito came inside and apologized for Laundrie’s behavior, Angelo said.

A manager at the restaurant told Fox News that the business is "super busy during summer" and couldn’t recall the incident. Local police and the sheriff’s department deferred questions to the FBI, which declined to comment.

Angelo, who posted a detailed account of the scene on her Instagram, said she didn’t think much of the incident at first, and when they flew home to New Orleans, Hurricane Ida hit and upended their lives.

But after Utah police bodycam video emerged last week, her boyfriend, England, a financial adviser, connected the dots and realized that the couple arguing was Petito and Laundrie.

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Brian Laundrie argued in Wyoming restaurant hours before Gabby Petito vanished: eyewitnesses

One of the last times Gabby Petito was seen alive involved an explosive argument between Brian Laundrie and wait staff at a Jackson Hole restaurant, according to a New Orleans couple who said they witnessed the spat.
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Gabby Petito case: Surf shop owner in her hometown says she was 'super kind-hearted, sweet'​

Petito has been a customer at the surf shop since she was 12 years old​


The owner of a surf shop in Gabby Petito's Long Island hometown said Tuesday that the 22-year-old was a longtime customer and "the sweetest girl ever."

"It's terrible," the owner, who wishes to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the case, told Fox News on Tuesday. "We've only known her as this smiley, really sweet girl. She's never come into the store without a big smile on her face."

Petito's remains were found Sunday in Wyoming's Teton-Bridger National Forest after she went missing while on a cross-country road trip with her fiance, Brian Laundrie, late last month.


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Gabby Petito case: Surf shop owner in her hometown says she was 'super kind-hearted, sweet'

The owner of a surf shop in Gabby Petito's Long Island hometown said Tuesday that the 22-year-old was a longtime customer and "the sweetest girl ever."
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Brian Laundrie may have lied about going to Carlton Reserve, search-and-rescue expert says: 'He could be almost anywhere'​


  • The executive director of the National Association for Search and Rescue told Insider Brian Laundrie could be "almost anywhere."
  • Laundrie's family, who reported him missing, told police that he went to Carlton Reserve.
  • According to Chris Boyer, Laundrie may very well have lied to his parents about where he was going.
  • Boyer added that it's difficult for police to search Carlton Reserve because of the area's terrain.

A search-and-rescue expert told Insider that Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito, may have lied to his family about his whereabouts and "could be almost anywhere" right now.

Laundrie has been missing since September 14. His family, who reported him missing on Friday, told police that he went to Carlton Reserve, a 25,000-acre nature reserve in Sarasota County, Florida.

There's a chance Laundrie may have lied to his family about where he was going, according to Chris Boyer, the executive director of the National Association for Search and Rescue.

"People that are trying not to get caught for something sometimes use people, right, so he may have told his parents that's where he's going," Boyer told Insider. "They may be telling the authorities that in all honesty, but he lied to them."

Boyer added that the fact that Laundrie apparently disappeared three days before his family reported him missing presents a huge challenge for law enforcement.

"There's any number of ways that he could have hitchhiked or somehow found a collaborator to give him a ride somewhere," Boyer said. "He may not even be in Florida. He's had eight days to be on the run right now. He could be almost anywhere."

Police may be looking at Laundrie's digital footprint, Boyer said, including any attempts to contact people from his cellphone since he went missing, as well as any search history that may point to where he could be going.

Laundrie has not been charged with any crime up to this point. He was named a person of interest in Petito's missing person's case after he returned from a cross-country road trip without her at the beginning of September. The FBI has since found Petito's body in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, and the manner of death was initially determined to be homicide.

Boyer said if Laundrie is in Carlton Reserve, it'll be difficult for police to locate him because much of the park is underwater, which makes it difficult for officers to traverse the area on foot. Police would likely be using boats and drones to search the reserve along with on-foot search teams, he said.

The search of Carlton Reserve continued Wednesday with police bringing in dive teams to search the area. Boyer said the introduction of divers doesn't necessarily mean that police are looking for a body; they could also be looking for personal items Laundrie may have dumped in the water.

"It would be a great place to get rid of things that that might implicate you in a crime," Boyer said.

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Brian Laundrie may have lied about going to Carlton Reserve, search-and-rescue expert says: 'He could be almost anywhere'

The fact that Laundrie disappeared three days before his family reported him missing presents a huge challenge for police, the expert told Insider.
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Was Gabby Petito a victim of domestic violence?​


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Gabby Petito case has captured the nation's attention, but now it's also shining a spotlight on domestic violence in America.

Bodycam footage of the couple being stopped by police, days before Petito was murdered, is now raising concerns among victim advocates that the incident showed clear signs of serious domestic stress.

On Wednesday, CBS12 News Reporter Stefany Valderrama sat down with an expert who analyzed the footage.

“Do you believe this was textbook domestic violence?” Asked CBS12 News Reporter Stefany Valderrama.

“It’s really difficult to tell," answered Jennifer Rey, Program Services Director of Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Inc.

What Rey does see in the police bodycam footage are signs Petito may have been a victim of domestic violence.

It’s very common for victims of domestic violence to be the ones who appear upset, overwhelmed, [and] maybe sometimes chaotic," Rey said. "Not really telling clear stories, because sometimes trauma impacts a person's ability to recant the information.
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In the footage, Petito continually apologizes for the things she's done which have upset her fiance Brian Laundrie. Rey tells CBS12 News she also minimizes his behavior which is common among victims who want to avoid retaliation from abusive partners after law enforcement has left the scene.

In watching the footage, Rey also notes Laundrie's behavior when interacting with law enforcement.

SEE ALSO: Brian Laundrie disappearance: did police make a mistake?

"It's very typical for perpetrators of domestic violence to be very cool, calm, and collected," she told CBS12 News. "Which you seen him really maintain through the entire process."

Rey does commend the officers for how they responded. She tells CBS12 News the fact officers separated the couple to talk to them individually shows they have had training in how to deal with possible incidents of domestic violence. As does the fact they worked with their partners to make accommodation to separate the couple for the night.

Locally, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office tells CBS12 News deputies do undergo training to spot and properly respond to domestic violence calls.

Rey says the couple's behavior in the footage is concerning, it did not appear to be at crisis level at the time.

It’s not anything that we would go 'she’s at risk for being killed.'
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However, Rey points out the reality is domestic violence always escalates over time, especially if there are no consequences for the perpetrator.

According to the CDC, 1 in 3 women are victims of intimate partner abuse.

On Tuesday, Petito's death was ruled a homicide, and while Laundrie is on the run, investigators have not made the determination she was a victim of domestic violence.

If you believe you may be a victim of domestic violence, Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Inc. has a 24-hour crisis hotline you can call at 1-800-355-8547.


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Was Gabby Petito a victim of domestic violence?

The Gabby Petito case has captured the nation's attention, but now it's also shining a spotlight on domestic violence in America. Bodycam footage of the couple being stopped by police, days before Petito was murdered, is now raising concerns among victim advocates that the incident showed clear...
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Kimster said:
I’m still in the camp that he harmed himself. Until they find him alive, I don’t think he is. And if he did commit suicide, parents not doing the right thing facilitated his decision.
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I lean more towards he's alive and hiding out somewhere. If he planned to commit suicide.. why go home first?

Maybe he thought his parents could protect him and when that wasn't looking promising he became suicidal.. 🤔 Maybe.. but why bring camping gear?(Assuming this was true. In a previous link in this thread, I remember reading that witnesses spotted him leaving with a camping backpack).

On Google maps, I see that there is a river close by the Babcock wildlife area near his house that eventually spills out into the Gulf (of Mexico).. he could had paid someone to take him to Cuba by boat 🤷‍♀️

We know he's too much of a coward to face what he's done.. I also get the feeling that he couldn’t commit suicide.
 

Laundrie's Florida neighbors say family appeared to go 'camping' after boyfriend returned from Wyoming​

William and Charlene Guthrie live across the street from the Laundries' North Port, Fla., home​


The neighbors of the Laundrie family in North Port, Fla. – the would-be in-laws of deceased 22-year-old Gabby Petito – told Fox News Wednesday that about a week after Petito's then-fiance Brian Laundrie returned from the Mountain West, the family packed up an "attached camper" and took what they believed to be a long-weekend camping trip.

Charlene and William Guthrie told "The Story" that it has been a "nightmare" living across from the Laundries since Petito and later Brian went missing.

The Guthries said they only moved to the community, just north of Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, in early summer. But within months their neighborhood was abuzz with activity.

"We didn't know it was Gabby's, we just assumed it was [Brian's] van," Charlene said when the younger Laundrie returned earlier this month.

"We just thought they had come back from wherever. We didn’t know they were on a trip. We assumed they went back to their house or wherever they got a house … We didn’t know much about them at all," she said.

The Guthries thought Petito was still living in the home with Laundrie's parents, which the Blue Point, N.Y., native had been doing since she moved to Florida to be with Laundrie.

William Guthrie recalled doing some yard work one day when the Laundries hooked what appeared to be a new camper to the back of their pickup truck – and didn't think much of it.

"I saw them doing some work. And then when they prepared for their trip, I saw them loading the camper."

They said the Laundries were gone "for the weekend" after packing up the new camper, and that when police later came to their home on what they were told was a missing persons case, they mentioned seeing the family go off for the weekend.

William added he found it odd that the parents would go off on a camping trip with their 23-year old son in such a small camper.

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Laundrie's Florida neighbors say family appeared to go 'camping' after boyfriend returned from Wyoming

The neighbors of the Laundrie family in North Port, Fla. – the would-be in-laws of deceased 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito – told Fox News on Wednesday that about a week after Petito's then-fiance Brian Laundrie returned from the Mountain West in Petito's white van, the family packed up an...
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fran said:

Laundrie's Florida neighbors say family appeared to go 'camping' after boyfriend returned from Wyoming​

William and Charlene Guthrie live across the street from the Laundries' North Port, Fla., home​


The neighbors of the Laundrie family in North Port, Fla. – the would-be in-laws of deceased 22-year-old Gabby Petito – told Fox News Wednesday that about a week after Petito's then-fiance Brian Laundrie returned from the Mountain West, the family packed up an "attached camper" and took what they believed to be a long-weekend camping trip.

Charlene and William Guthrie told "The Story" that it has been a "nightmare" living across from the Laundries since Petito and later Brian went missing.

The Guthries said they only moved to the community, just north of Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, in early summer. But within months their neighborhood was abuzz with activity.

"We didn't know it was Gabby's, we just assumed it was [Brian's] van," Charlene said when the younger Laundrie returned earlier this month.

"We just thought they had come back from wherever. We didn’t know they were on a trip. We assumed they went back to their house or wherever they got a house … We didn’t know much about them at all," she said.

The Guthries thought Petito was still living in the home with Laundrie's parents, which the Blue Point, N.Y., native had been doing since she moved to Florida to be with Laundrie.

William Guthrie recalled doing some yard work one day when the Laundries hooked what appeared to be a new camper to the back of their pickup truck – and didn't think much of it.

"I saw them doing some work. And then when they prepared for their trip, I saw them loading the camper."

They said the Laundries were gone "for the weekend" after packing up the new camper, and that when police later came to their home on what they were told was a missing persons case, they mentioned seeing the family go off for the weekend.

William added he found it odd that the parents would go off on a camping trip with their 23-year old son in such a small camper.

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Laundrie's Florida neighbors say family appeared to go 'camping' after boyfriend returned from Wyoming

The neighbors of the Laundrie family in North Port, Fla. – the would-be in-laws of deceased 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito – told Fox News on Wednesday that about a week after Petito's then-fiance Brian Laundrie returned from the Mountain West in Petito's white van, the family packed up an...
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Where's the camper now? Did it ever return to the house? Talk about leaving us hanging. 😤
 
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