Found Deceased WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 25 Aug 2021 #9

[PommyMommy]

Missing woman disappears after road trip with boyfriend as mom reveals message to authorities

Gabby Petito, 22, set out on a road trip with her boyfriend in a converted camper van in early July to tour National Parks, but she disappeared in late August and her family hasn't heard from her in more than two weeks. Now, her mother is pleading for help finding her daughter.

Nicole Schmidt, Petito's mother, said that the last verbal conversation she had with her daughter was on Aug. 25.

"I don't know if she left Grand Teton or not," Schmidt said. "I did receive a text from her on the 27th and the 30th, but I don't know if it was technically her or not, because it was just a text. I didn't verbally speak to her."

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The couple stopped in Grand Teton National Park on Aug. 25, Petito's last known location, before a planned trip to Yellowstone. They were traveling in a 2012 Ford white van that was converted into a camper.

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A spokesperson for the Jackson Police Department said that an "attempt to locate" call was recently filed for Petito. The Suffolk County Police Department is also investigating the case. Suffolk County PD declined to comment on Sunday.

Petito is 5’5" and has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a triangle tattoo with flowers on her left arm and a "Let it be" tattoo on her right arm.

Anyone who has seen Gabby or has any information on the case should contact the Suffolk County Police Department at 1-800-220-8477.

WY - Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, 22, Grand Teton National Park, 8/25/21 *MEDIA MAPS TIMELINE No discussion*


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[Sillybilly]

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Brian Laundrie has been officially named by LE to be a POI in this case which is still a missing persons case at this time. He may be sleuthed.

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[Tiff23fr]

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[Tiff23fr]

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[Tiff23fr]

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[Momma2cam]

"Brian Laundrie, fiance of missing 22 year old woman Gabby Petito and person of interest in her case, was reported missing on Friday by his attorney"
Brian Laundrie, fiancé of Gabby Petito, reported missing

I read that as he communicated to the public on behalf of the family. Not that he initially reported him missing to the police.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

I agree. He does not seem to have any initiative to act on his own. Was on the van life because Gabby wanted to, didn't seem too interested in it but went along anyway and then ran off home.
IMO someone helped him.

Absolutely he has help. How does he have any resources at all to take off?

 

[orchidaceaes]

idk if we can fully believe the tiktok video but it might be possible (with a lot of hard work) to see if BL/GP or the other couple were ever in Jackson, WY, as Jackson has a ton of livestreams with fixed cameras in places like the main intersection, town square, as well as several tourist-y locations. They're on youtube. I don't know how well they archive all the footage though.
I'm still trying to make sense of the timeline, personally. She is last said to be in Grand Teton because her family was able to call her. But then she texted them (if it really was her, which imo is up in the air) that they were all the way in Yosemite not too long after (a few days). I can hardly believe that the trip from WY to CA would've been so quick and they wouldn't have made any stops given how many attractions there are in the region. Maybe I just can't wrap my mind around them going to CA because of how much harder that makes the search.

 

[Mom24]

I read that as he communicated to the public on behalf of the family. Not that he initially reported him missing to the police.

That may be true. I was reading that the attorney made the initial call to police, but you may be right.

 

[captdj]

guess the neighborhood protests will die down now......hmmmm

 

[PaulaDC]

Ring doorbells will tell them which way and who may have picked him up. It's so hard to slip through the cracks today in suburbia. moo

 

[chihuahua]

Maybe he's gone back to "find" Gabby.
This is all too sad.
Will check in tomorrow.
These cases get stranger every day.
Chi

 

[LvsAMystry]

guess the neighborhood protests will die down now......hmmmm

I had the same thought…hmmmmmm

 

[Hyway]

Because the FBI hasn't verified it. She is working with the FBI and if she's on social media lying about the FBI she could be in trouble.

She doesn't have to be lying to be wrong about it being BL and not some other hiker. I believe her story went exactly like she said it, but it could still be a mistaken identity.

 

[Coquette]

Covid restrictions will make that more difficult, I would think?

Not that difficult. I have multiple friends traveling overseas at present. Most have done so with relative ease.

 

[PommyMommy]

North Port Police on Twitter
KNow anything? Please call 1-800-CALL-FBI

[URL='https://twitter.com/NorthPortPolice/status/1439067990545272833']11:25 PM · Sep 17, 2021·Twitter Web App[/URL]

 

[Vegasgrl]

Check the parents travel records.

and recent bank transactions, fleeing is expensive

 

[Shellinaya]

Just for a poll of where people are at --- who thinks he has fled the region/country, and who thinks he is hiding out within the city/state/nearby? (I recognize there are third and fourth options but just curious about the likelihood between these two)

I think he has totally fled the region because he thought nothing of driving across the country in a stolen van and the van life trip itself was all over the country. He seems to like to travel very far and wide. He could be anywhere. I think it really depends on who or what is funding him. He has to have money, credit cards, something. If not, he can't go far.

 

[Jurisprudence]

His lawyer is in NY and he may have family there considering he went to high school there and that’s where he met gabby

it’s in the media thread

WOW!

" She met Mr. Laundrie at Bayport-Blue Point High School on Long Island, Mr. Schmidt said. They began dating after graduation and moved two years ago to Florida, he said." Parents of ‘Person of Interest’ in Van Mystery Say They Haven’t Seen Him in Days

That makes any move to NY even more risky. He's got an entire community that would recognize him even without the press. I cannot see him making this move when let's be honest, he has been extremely calculating throughout this entire ordeal.