Gabby Petito
Travel vlogger Gabby Petito was murdered by her fiancé Brian Laundrie during a cross-country road trip. Her body was found in Wyoming. Laundrie died by suicide in Florida.
On September 11, 2021, the family of twenty-two-year-old Gabrielle 'Gabby' Petito reported her missing after she failed to respond to calls and texts during a cross-country road trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie. The couple had been documenting their journey on social media and YouTube.
Laundrie had returned to his parents' home in North Port, Florida on September 1, driving Gabby's van alone, and refused to speak with police. Body camera footage from Moab, Utah police showed that officers had responded to a domestic disturbance involving the couple on August 12.
On September 19, Gabby's remains were found at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. The coroner determined she had been strangled. The case generated unprecedented social media attention and public involvement.
Laundrie disappeared from his Florida home on September 13, sparking a massive manhunt. His skeletal remains were found in the Carlton Reserve in Sarasota County, Florida on October 20, along with a notebook in which he confessed to killing Gabby. He had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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