The disappearance of Gabby Petito became TikTok's biggest true crime investigation of 2021, with amateur sleuths combing through her social media for clues.

As Netflix revisits her case in a new documentary, we examine how social media both revolutionised and complicated the search for Gabby, and what this means for the future of missing persons investigations.

Hear more about this case over on True Crime Conversations 

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