It was July of 2021 when 22 year old aspiring travel influencer Gabby Petito & her fiancé Brian Laundrie embarked on what was to be the trip of a lifetime. A trip they named “Van Life“ where together they would travel & explore different states & national parks documenting it all on social media as they lived out of their newly renovated van . But by august 27th Gabby suddenly goes completely out of contact with her family after they receive some very strange texts from her then radio silence. After 2 weeks they report her as missing & worryingly Brian not only isn’t helping them by explaining where she is or where he’d last seen her. Infact he has secretly returned home to Florida without Gabby, hiring a lawyer & refusing to talk to her family. From that moment on the search for adventurous, talented Gabby is on & the entire country & world join the ever growing search for her desperately hoping to find her alive . Thanks to her well documented van trip on her social media everyone was invested in her case. Which is why social media ends up playing a huge part in finally locating Gabby’s remains , helping to bring the tragic answers to her family and the devastating news they’d been dreading to hear . Their daughter had been murdered & now the only person of interest in her murder Brian Laundrie has disappeared too …What fate did this young killer meet in the end,how was he able to slip away from under police surveillance, & how much did his parents know about Gabby’s murder ? Todays episode is a heartbreaking case of domestic violence, a young life tragically stolen, & hopefully new ways in which law enforcement can spot early signs of potentially deadly relationships…

This is episode 39 Gabby Petito...

Crime talk timestamp: 6:36 mins

Sources: Fox News , Wikipedia, 48 Hours , Daily Mail, Murderpedia, Gabby Petito YouTube.

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