New Update
Gabby Petito Case: Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, a 22-year-old woman from Florida went missing on September 11. America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now involved in the case. As per reports, she was on a road trip with her boyfriend with whom she was engaged to marry. It has been reported that Petito suffers from serious anxiety.
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Petito's boyfriend has been identified as Brian Laundrie. The couple had YouTube channel where they documented their journey of a cross-country trip of national parks that they were on. They said that “the trip created emotional strain between them and increased the number of arguments.”
Here are the new developments in the case:
- A body-cam recording by the police captured a footage of the couple talking to an officer as they were asked to pull over their white van by the authorities near a grocery store in city when they saw their vehicle take a swerve on the road, as per reports.
- About 140 miles southeast of Provo, Petito reportedly informed the officer that she was struggling with her mental health as she the officer asked them to step out of the vehicle.
- “I’m sorry, we’ve just been fighting this morning. Some personal issues, responded Petito when asked the reason for her tears.
- The officer separated the couple to individually describe the incident that may have prompted a potential domestic incident.
- No significant injuries were noted by the authorities. The couple agreed that Gabby suffered from serious anxiety, as per reports.
- After the incident, the couple agreed to separate for the rest of the trip. Gabby took the white van and Laundrie to a hotel. Reportedly no charges were pressed against them.
- The stepfather of the missing woman reportedly requested her boyfriend to cooperate as he had refused to speak to the authorities. He stated, “It involves multiple jurisdictions, that’s one thing we learned in this area, between the vast area here between local, county, National Park Service, there’s a lot of agencies all working together with this in cooperation with the FBI, as well as Florida and, in the beginning, New York agencies as well,”
- North Port Police Public Information Officer Josh Taylor shared in an interview that Laundrie has been missing since Tuesday and has not been in contact with his family members.
- Late August was when Petito’s family lost contact with her. Read more here.
- According to reports, the police were able to speak with Launderie's family members.
- As per media reports, the authorities have received more than one thousand tips from different people. Gabby's phone has not been found.
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