Originally from New York, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito died of strangulation, according to Dr. Brent Blue, a medical examiner who works in Teton County, in the US state of Wyoming. The one who supervised the autopsy of the young woman estimates that she was killed three to four weeks before the discovery of her body on September 19 in the Grand Teton Natural Park.
The disappearance and murder of the 22-year-old aroused immense emotion in the United States. Thousands of Internet users followed his trip with his 23-year-old companion, Brian Laundrie, on social networks. Since leaving New York by van in July, the couple have been posting stunning shots of the national parks in the West and photos of tender kisses. In the privacy, the picture was far from being so idyllic.
A warning sign?
On August 12, police in Moab, Utah, received a call for domestic violence. According to a witness of the scene, Brian Laundrie would have slapped his companion. When the police arrive on the scene, they discover the young woman in tears, confused and very afraid. The latter was, it seems, afraid of being abandoned on the spot by Brian Laundrie.
Unlike his fiancée, the young man is quite calm in front of the police. He explains that Gabrielle Petito “ sometimes gets angry And hit him with her phone. ” I love Gabby », He adds. The police then advise them to spend a night apart. Although there is no evidence that the police failed in this case, the city of Moab has still announced the opening of an investigation to make sure.
On September 1, Brian returned alone with the van to North Port, Florida, where the couple were staying with the Laundrie family. Worried about having no more news since the end of August, Gabrielle Petito’s parents report her disappearance on September 11. The last message received by the mother of the young woman dates from August 30, but she is not sure that it was written by her daughter.
When questioned, Brian Laundrie refuses to answer questions from the North Port police. He also goes camping in early September with his parents, in the park of Fort de Soto, Florida. After discussing a new hike, alone, Brian Laundrie evaporates into the wild on September 15th.
Authorities have been combing the Carlton, Florida swamp reserve for weeks, hoping to get their hands on the young man. A cattle breeder who knows the reserve well after having explored it for thirty years considers that investigators are on the wrong track by insisting on staying in this area. ” I have learned a lot in my life, and one thing I do know is that no one will survive there for two weeks on foot », He told Fox News September 26.
Brian’s father as well as Duane Chapman, a famous bounty hunter, also set out in search of the missing person. So far, everyone’s efforts have been in vain. Brian Laundrie remains nowhere to be found, despite appeals from the Petito family for him to surrender.
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