Despite the alleged altercation, the couple told law enforcement that they were in love and did not want to press charges. Petito lost her balance but was still able to allegedly scratch his face.
When cops pulled them over, they observed Petito crying “uncontrollably.” Laundrie told officers they had been traveling together in their van for several months and it “created emotional strain between them and increased the number of arguments.” During their argument in Moab, Laundrie said he tried to separate Petito from him so they could “both calm their emotions,” but Petito had “gone into a manic state” because she thought he “was going to leave her in Moab without a ride.” Laundrie then claimed Petito began to slap him, so he pushed her away to avoid being slapped. The couple drove off after the alleged altercation, but police caught up with their van near the entrance to Arches National Park. On August 12, officers responded to a call near the Moonflower Community Cooperative for a domestic incident in which a “male had been observed to have assaulted the female,” ABC News 4 reported. At the time, the couple were described as having been “engaged in some sort of altercation,” according to a report released by the Moab City Police Department. During a stop in Moab, Utah, local police had an encounter with Petito and Laundrie. They had also visited states like Kansas, Colorado and Utah along the way. Petito was last seen traveling in the Grand Teton and Yellowstone areas of Wyoming. What Happened to Gabby Petito? In July 2021, Petito and her fiancé, Laundrie, packed up her 2012 Ford Transit van and went on a road trip to visit national parks, as part of the “van life” movement on social media. The Most Outrageous True Crime Stories Who Was Gabby Petito? She was a 22-year-old student and Florida resident who was originally from Long Island. Keep reading to find out what happened leading up to her disappearance and get updates, her homicide, Brian’s death and to get updates on her family’s wrongful death lawsuit. After Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in North Port, Florida, without Petito, her family became concerned about her whereabouts. What happened to Gabby Petito? The Long Island native was reported missing on September 11, 2021, after she embarked on a cross-country trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, that July.
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