Gabby Petito's pal says she missed meet up but sent 'strange' final text to mom
According to reports, Gabby also
told a friend on August 27 on Snapchat that she was heading for Yellowstone National Park.
Gabby's friend told The Sun
they were yet to pinpoint a date to meet at Yellowstone, but she was meant to call her on her birthday, August 29, to make concrete plans.
She never heard from her again.
Just a date later, Gabby is said to have texted her mom - claiming to be hundreds of miles away at Yosemite National Park in California.
Her mom told
MailOnline: "That text was NOT from Gabby I know it!"
Gabby's friend explained: "She was supposed to call on my birthday and we were going to figure it all out then because her trip wasn’t on schedule.
"The whole thing is odd. My birthday is the 29th. I don't know why she’d send that text [to her mom] and not message me.
"I also don't think she'd text her mom 'no service'. She'd call as soon as she had service, in my opinion."
The friend said she was waiting to hear from Gabby before arranging with her manager at work for time off for the trip, but wasn't concerned at first.
"I just assumed she was busy and I had a lot go on with crashing my car and I was struggling with my own life," she said.
THIS IS MAJOR IMO.