A remarkable twist in the disappearance case of Gabby Petito: Brian Laundrie, the fiancée of the 22-year-old influencer and YouTube star, is now also missing.
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Brian Laundrie (23) and Gabby Petito (gabspetito on Instagram) had been dating for a while and even had wedding plans. But first they wanted to go on a road trip through the United States. ‘Because you really get to know each other during such a long trip’, they had said to friends before they left.
Initially, everything was fine, as could be seen on the YouTube videos they made, but as the trip progressed, the couple started arguing more often. On August 12, Moab, Utah, even had to intervene. The bodycam footage, released by police, shows an officer pulling the couple’s van on August 12 after speeding. Petito can then be seen getting upset when the agent tries to approach them. Petito admitted that she had reacted violently because she suffers from OCD, and that their fight started after Laundrie climbed into the van with dirty shoes.
However, after a night of sleeping alone, the couple was allowed to continue on their way. The anger had cooled, it seemed.
But a few weeks later, on September 1, Brian Laundrie returned home to Florida. Without his girlfriend. Although she had phoned her parents many times during the trip, there was now no trace of Petito. A few days after Laundrie’s return, her parents reported her missing. Laundrie has been questioned several times about his girlfriend’s disappearance, but has always refused to cooperate with the investigation. Although Laundrie’s lawyer claimed that his client was silent “at his request”, the young man only made himself suspicious in the eyes of the investigators.
“We’re begging everyone, including Brian, to share information about her whereabouts over the past few weeks,” North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison said at the time. “Brian’s lack of information is hampering our investigation, but the answers will eventually come out.”
And now it appears that Laundrie herself has been missing for four days, the American media report. The police thought he was staying with his parents, but that turns out not to be true. He is presumed to have run away. “Another twist in the story,” said police spokesman Josh Taylor.
The FBI has already searched the boy’s parents’ home and took some items.
At CNN The missing girl’s stepfather says he doesn’t know what to believe anymore about the whole affair and the behavior of Brian Laundrie’s family. According to Petito’s family, Laundrie is not really missing, but is hiding.
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