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

• 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

 

[daisy7]

IMO, the big question is if they asked him where Gabby was after he came home in her van without her. Also, the Laundries refused to reply to the Petito family at all. May indicate they knew what Brian had done and were trying to protect him.

 

[GrandmaBear]

IMO, the big question is if they asked him where Gabby was after he came home in her van without her. Also, the Laundries refused to reply to the Petito family at all. May indicate they knew what Brian had done and were trying to protect him.

That's true but I think it still might be hard to prove. I mean he could have just told them something like she is claiming I beat her up and that's why her parents are calling and I had to get out of there (the trip), etc., or she ran off with another man, met up with a friend, will be home days later. Or they could say something on any order...

Short of proof my guess is it will be a they say this and the other says that. However, maybe there is some pretty solid proof that when reasonably looked at paints a picture of what is most likely as to whether they knew or not.

 

[RoundPeg]

I think they just want them to admit it.

I'm curious how this will play out in a civil trial. They didn't break any laws, they're basically being sued for not being nice people.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Unless they get a jury to believe they were aiding and abetting him that's probably true. And there wasn't a warrant right away either so that would maybe not even apply, even if planning to help him flee the country.

Do they have to have broken a law to sue civilly? I mean awards are generally for emotional distress, injury, etc... Due to something though. Does that something have to be a crime? A car accident isn't a crime nor is having a pool that someone drowns in. There has to be fault I know or think.

I'm not being sarcastic or anything, I truly don't know.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Harboring a fugitive, but that would be legal one would think.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Harboring a fugitive, but that would be legal one would think.

The thing is I don't know that he was a fugitive. The warrant over Gabby's card didn't come right away and he was likely in the preserve by then and quite possibly dead. I'd have to look back and line up the dates but yeah, if they could prove that there would be criminal charges one would think. It might be enough for a civil case though if they don't have solid evidence but have enough to reasonably suggest that when lined up with other things...

I truly don't see that they have much standing here for a case. However, I guess there could be something or some evidence we don't know about but anything I think of I come back to thinking it would be criminally charged. However, those could still come...

 

[Guess Who]

Harboring a fugitive, but that would be legal one would think.

He wasn't charged with anything until after he left their house, though.

 

[GrandmaBear]

He wasn't charged with anything until after he left their house, though.

That's what I recall too. And I think when the warrant was issued they were then between a rock and a hard place and IF they'd had any further plans of helping or seeing him, that probably changed or a call to their atty. changed it as to the trouble they could get in.... They may very well have planned to help him flee and that's when everything fell apart...

 

[Kimster]

 

[GrandmaBear]

I gather the judge set the civil case by the Petitos for a jury trial well over a year out. Per Scott, this does not mean the Laundrie attorney's request for dismissal won't be granted, it might be. The Petitos and lawyer were basically told by the judge they needed to amend their petition/complaint and I gather have no "causes of action" or have to get it procedurally right... He said this amounts to something on the order of saying they don't have a basis for the suit, and they need to get it right, or it may be dismissed...

I think any decent person in this country and beyond feels for Gabby's family. I think we all do not think highly of the Laundries' choice to not help them find their daughter, etc. I do though per the law not see either where there is necessarily a basis for this suit. I don't know, not an expert, but from all being said, that is how it sounds. So the case being put on the jury trial calendar doesn't mean anything, they did that to have it on the schedule, with backed up court calendars and as a procedural thing (paraphrasing) and the case may not go forward if the causes etc. aren't fixed or something like that.

I am surprised since they have an attorney who filed it I believe that that attorney wouldn't know this or advise the family they don't have a basis or get it right to begin with (the attorney). The family makes some claims but I also have to wonder if they have proof of those claims. For instance that the Laundries knew Brian killed Gabby early on, that they were trying to get him out of the country, etc.

Anyway, a good total video but if you just want Petito it starts at about 9:05 or so into this video.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

I gather the judge set the civil case by the Petitos for a jury trial well over a year out. Per Scott, this does not mean the Laundrie attorney's request for dismissal won't be granted, it might be. The Petitos and lawyer were basically told by the judge they needed to amend their petition/complaint and I gather have no "causes of action" or have to get it procedurally right... He said this amounts to something on the order of saying they don't have a basis for the suit, and they need to get it right, or it may be dismissed...

I think any decent person in this country and beyond feels for Gabby's family. I think we all do not think highly of the Laundries' choice to not help them find their daughter, etc. I do though per the law not see either where there is necessarily a basis for this suit. I don't know, not an expert, but from all being said, that is how it sounds. So the case being put on the jury trial calendar doesn't mean anything, they did that to have it on the schedule, with backed up court calendars and as a procedural thing (paraphrasing) and the case may not go forward if the causes etc. aren't fixed or something like that.

I am surprised since they have an attorney who filed it I believe that that attorney wouldn't know this or advise the family they don't have a basis or get it right to begin with (the attorney). The family makes some claims but I also have to wonder if they have proof of those claims. For instance that the Laundries knew Brian killed Gabby early on, that they were trying to get him out of the country, etc.

Anyway, a good total video but if you just want Petito it starts at about 9:05 or so into this video.

Ummmm... What does the Vallow Daybell thing have to do with anything?

 

[GrandmaBear]

Ummmm... What does the Vallow Daybell thing have to do with anything?

It's a mixed video. Petito is a little past 9 minutes in.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Gabby Petito’s Mother Files $30 Million Lawsuit Against Brian Laundrie’s Estate [Photo] | www.lovebscott.com

Nichole Schmidt, Gabby Petito’s mother, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the curator of the estate of Brian…

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[GrandmaBear]

Gabby Petito’s Mother Files $30 Million Lawsuit Against Brian Laundrie’s Estate [Photo] | www.lovebscott.com

Nichole Schmidt, Gabby Petito’s mother, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the curator of the estate of Brian…

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Well they have every right. Bertolino just has to make some not nice remark always doesn't he? Something on the order paraphrased of all they get out of this is a piece of paper saying what they already knew--that Brian was responsible for Gabby's death. Yes, Mr. Bertolino, they get that and it is all they get as they were robbed of Gabby and robbed of any other justice for her. Smh.

 

[Kimster]

Going after Brian’s estate makes a lot more sense to me than going after his parents.

 

[Sunburst]

Going after Brian’s estate makes a lot more sense to me than going after his parents.

How much of an estate would a 24 year old have, though?

 

[Guess Who]

How much of an estate would a 24 year old have, though?

i don't think it's so much about the estate than getting info from depositions.

 

[Ranch]

i don't think it's so much about the estate than getting info from depositions.

What kind of info would BL's estate have?

 

[Guess Who]

What kind of info would BL's estate have?

how he had what he had and when and why he saw the need to steal from her and how much

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Going after Brian’s estate makes a lot more sense to me than going after his parents.

i don't think it's so much about the estate than getting info from depositions.

I agree with @Guess Who a little. It has nothing to do with Brian's estate. They are suing for the parents withholding information. They want to find out how much they knew and when they knew it.