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Gabby Petito, 22, was found dead on Sept. 19, 2021, near the Spread Creek camping area in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest, weeks after she stopped contacting her family during a cross-country trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, 23. She had been strangled. Laundrie returned to Florida without her and later died by suicide, leaving a notebook in which he claimed responsibility for her death.

The couple had left in June 2021 in Petito's white Ford van, planning to visit state and national parks in the western United States. Petito shared the trip on social media and stayed in regular contact with her family.

On Aug. 12, a 911 caller in Moab, Utah, described seeing a man slap a woman near the Moonflower Community Co-Op before the pair drove away in a white van. Officer Daniel Scott Robbins stopped the van on the turnoff road into Arches National Park after seeing it cross the double yellow line and strike a curb. Officer Eric Pratt and two park rangers also responded.

During the encounter, Petito and Laundrie described a dispute. Petito had slapped Laundrie, and he had grabbed her face and pushed her back. Laundrie had scratches on his face and arm. Neither wanted criminal charges. Officers treated the encounter as a mental health crisis and separated them for the night, leaving Petito with the van and taking Laundrie to a motel. Neither was arrested or cited.

The couple continued their trip. On Aug. 24, Petito told her mother during a FaceTime call that she was leaving Utah for Wyoming's Teton range. They exchanged texts on Aug. 25 and Aug. 27. Contact stopped around the end of the month. Her family received an Aug. 30 text reading "No service in Yosemite" but did not believe she had written it.

Laundrie drove the van back to his parents' home in North Port, Florida, on Sept. 1. Petito's family reported her missing to Suffolk County police in New York on Sept. 11. Investigators recovered the van, and Laundrie became a person of interest. He disappeared in mid-September, prompting a search of the Carlton Reserve in Florida.

Petito's body was found near Spread Creek on Sept. 19 and identified two days later. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue ruled her death a homicide caused by manual strangulation. A federal grand jury indicted Laundrie for using unauthorized devices after her death, and a federal arrest warrant was issued.

Searchers found Laundrie's remains in the Carlton Reserve on Oct. 20, near his backpack and notebook. Dental records confirmed his identity. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The notebook contained his written claim of responsibility for Petito's death.

An independent review completed by Price City Police Capt. Brandon Ratcliffe and released in January 2022 found several unintentional mistakes in the Moab response. Officers had not cited Petito for domestic violence despite finding her to be the apparent aggressor, and they had not taken a statement from the original 911 caller. The review recommended additional training and probation for Pratt and Robbins.

Petito's family sued Moab and Laundrie's parents. Christopher and Roberta Laundrie denied allegations that they knew their son had killed Petito and helped him flee; their attempt to dismiss the suit failed. In a separate wrongful death action, Sarasota County Circuit Judge Hunter Carroll entered a $3 million default judgment against Brian Laundrie's estate on Nov. 17, 2022.

This thread contains 24 case documents and reports, seven photos, five videos, one audio recording and four court documents. The recording is the Aug. 12, 2021, 911 call in Moab.

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Police camera footage of Petito and Laundrie, part 1 of 2

This 21-minute video of the Aug. 12, 2021, Moab police encounter with Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie is part 1 of 2, from 0:00:00 to 0:20:44 of the 0:41:18 recording.

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Police camera footage of Petito and Laundrie, part 2 of 2

This 21-minute video of the Aug. 12, 2021, Moab police encounter with Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie is part 2 of 2, from 0:20:44 to 0:41:18 of the 0:41:18 recording.

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Investigation records and correspondence

These eight documents concern the Petito investigation, the review of the Moab police encounter and related correspondence.

Reports and agency statements

Date and time	Length	Details
Jan. 21, 2022	2 pages	FBI Denver final investigative update and timeline through Laundrie's death
Date not given	102 pages	Independent review of Moab police handling, with exhibits and interview notes
Date not given	1 page	FBI appeal for tips about Spread Creek and Petito's van
Date not given	1 page	Moab statement announcing formal review of the Aug. 12 police encounter

Letters and correspondence

Date and time	Length	Details
Jan. 21, 2022	1 page	Family statement thanking FBI and identifying Laundrie as Petito's killer
June 24, 2022	10 pages	Attorney's cover letter releasing Laundrie's handwritten notebook pages returned by FBI
June 1, 2026	29 pages	FOIA appeal seeking remand of FBI investigation-records searches

Search warrant records

• Florida warrant and affidavit for a seized external hard drive

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These four court documents concern the Petito family's civil suit against Laundrie's parents.

Court filings and rulings

Date and time	Length	Details
Feb. 14, 2023, 1:47:53 p.m.	6 pages	Petito family discovery request concerning the Laundrie letter dispute
March 6, 2023, 4:22:31 p.m.	6 pages	Laundrie parents' motion for protection from producing a letter
Oct. 26, 2023, 4:33:55 p.m.	13 pages	Plaintiffs' motion to compel attorney testimony about Brian Laundrie's statements
Date not given	8 pages	Florida court order denying dismissal of parents' emotional distress suit

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This 39-minute body-camera video of the Aug. 12, 2021, Moab police encounter with Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie is part 1 of 2, from 0:00:00 to 0:38:36 of the 1:17:08 recording.

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Body-camera recording of the Moab police encounter, part 2 of 2

This 39-minute body-camera video of the Aug. 12, 2021, Moab police encounter with Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie is part 2 of 2, from 0:38:36 to 1:17:08 of the 1:17:08 recording.