1 00:00:11,044 --> 00:00:36,636 ♪ >>> WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAME GABBY PETITO, WHAT COMES TO MIND? >> A YOUNG ASPIRING BLOGGER WHO 2 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:46,045 LOVED LIFE AND ADVENTURES, HOW A GIRL WHO WAS ON THE CUSP OF BEGINNING A NEW LIFE AND WHOSE LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY TAKEN FROM 3 00:00:46,112 --> 00:00:58,091 HER. >> THE FBI ANNOUNCING A MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS THE BODY FOUND IN WYOMING WAS INDEED THAT OF GABBY 4 00:00:58,158 --> 00:01:02,462 PETITO. >> BRIAN LAUNDRY I BELIEVE MADE THE DECISION TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER HE KILLED HER. 5 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:10,303 >> INVESTIGATORS SAY HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN FLORIDA THIS WEEK ARE THOSE OF BRIAN LAUNDRY, THE ONLY PERSON OF INTEREST IN 6 00:01:10,370 --> 00:01:18,044 THE DEATH OF HIS FIANCE. >> GABBY PETITO HAS BEEN GONE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. IS THIS CASE OVER? 7 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:27,954 >> NO, THIS CASE IS FAR FROM OVER. MY NAME IS MARY, AND I'M A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND 8 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:35,562 DEFENSE ATTORNEY. THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR GABBY'S PARENTS, THE PRIMARY BEING WOULD SHE 9 00:01:35,628 --> 00:01:45,872 STILL BE ALIVE TODAY IF THE CASE HAS BEEN HANDLED DIFFERENTLY? >> HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. >> WE CAME TO KNOW THEM BECAUSE 10 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:53,379 THEY WERE PUTTING THEMSELVES OUT THERE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, DOCUMENTS THEIR TRAVELS THROUGHOUT AMERICA, THIS YOUNG COUPLE IN 11 00:01:53,446 --> 00:02:03,623 LOVE, LIVING OUT OF THEIR VAN, SEEING WHAT THE WORLD HAD TO OFFER, LIVING THE DREAM. MY NAME IS DR. CHRIS MOHANDY, 12 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:15,068 AND I'M A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST. BUT WHAT WE'VE COME TO LEARN IS THAT THAT WAS A VANIRE. >> IT WAS A RIVER OF CHOCOLATE. 13 00:02:15,134 --> 00:02:21,875 >> AS MUCH AS I KNOW GABBY AND FEEL LIKE I KNOW BRIAN, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO RELATIONSHIPS. 14 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:28,181 >> WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY SO FAR IN ALL THE PLACES WE'VE STAYED, BUT I WOULD SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SO FAR. 15 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:34,554 >> ANYONE THAT'S MET THE TWO OF THEM HAS BEEN LIKE, THEY SEEM LIKE SUCH A NICE COUPLE. BUT A LOT OF COUPLES LOOK NICE 16 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:40,860 ON INSTAGRAM. >> ABOUT A MONTH INTO THEIR TRIP, GABBY AND BRIAN HAVE A LOT OF ARGUMENTS. 17 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:48,268 IT GETS PHYSICAL. A WITNESS REPORTS IT TO THE MOAB POLICE. >> HEY, HOW ARE YOU? 18 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:56,676 >> GOOD. >> I'M WITH MOAB POLICE. >> THEY RESPOND, AND NOW WE SEE THAT THERE'S TROUBLE IN 19 00:02:56,743 --> 00:03:02,015 PARADISE. >> HE TOLD ME TO GO TAKE A BREATHER, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A BREATHER. 20 00:03:02,081 --> 00:03:09,756 >> I'M FINE AND I LOVE GABBY. TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT ME. I'M JUST -- I FEEL BADLY IT HAD TO THE GET SO PUBLIC. 21 00:03:09,822 --> 00:03:20,633 >> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, COULD THAT MOAB POLICE STOP BEEN A GAME CHANGER? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. 22 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:28,575 IT'S HARD NOT TO WONDER WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO GABBY IF EITHER GABBY OR BRIAN HAD BEEN ARRESTED THAT DAY. 23 00:03:28,641 --> 00:03:35,448 >> TWO PEOPLE WENT ON A TRIP, ONE PERSON RETURNED, AND THAT PERSON THAT RETURNED ISN'T PROVIDING US ANY INFORMATION. 24 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:43,756 >> WHERE IS GABBY? >> WE BELIEVE THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT THE LAUNDRY FAMILY WAS AWARE THAT 25 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:50,296 THEIR SON HAD MURDERED GABBY AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE LOCATION OF HER REMAINS. >> THEY REFUSED TO COMMUNICATE 26 00:03:50,363 --> 00:04:00,073 TO THE PETITO FAMILY. AS HUMAN BEINGS, HOW COULD SOMEBODY NOT PICK UP THAT PHONE AND SAY, I'M SO SORRY. 27 00:04:00,139 --> 00:04:06,112 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, HOW CAN WE HELP, AND THE ONLY REASON YOU WOULDN'T IS IF SOMETHING WENT FOUL. 28 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:13,319 >> GABBY IS THE MOST AMAZING PERSON I'VE EVER MET. >> I'VE NEVER FELT A PAIN LIKE THIS. 29 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:22,629 I HAVE SCREAMED INTO THE AIR, WHAT HAPPENED, BECAUSE I WANT ANSWERS. WE WILL GET JUSTICE FOR HER NO 30 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:38,911 MATTER WHAT. 31 00:05:21,854 --> 00:05:37,103 >>> GABBY PETITO'S ROAD TRIP IN THE SUMMER OF 2021 STARTED AS AN ADVENTURE STORY. MONTHS LATER, IT TURNED INTO THE 32 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:44,177 NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR A MISSING WOMAN. BEFORE ENDING HERE. >> EARLIER TODAY, HUMAN REMAINS 33 00:05:44,243 --> 00:05:49,949 WERE DISCOVERED. >> WITH THE DISCOVERY OF HER REMAINS AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK. 34 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:57,090 IT HAS NOW BECOME A CAUTIONARY TALE. >> ULTIMATELY, HER DEATH WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD TO MANY WOMEN 35 00:05:57,156 --> 00:06:09,469 BEING RESCUED AND SAVED FROM THESE SITUATIONS WELL BEFORE IT GETS TOO ENGAGED FROM THESE SITUATIONS. 36 00:06:09,535 --> 00:06:21,481 >> CBS CONSULTANT MARY FULGINI TIRKS I SAYS GABBY'S STORY IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 37 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:26,185 >> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE HER STORY DIDN'T HAVE TO END THE WAY IT DID. IF ONLY THE WARNING SCIENCE HAD 38 00:06:26,252 --> 00:06:36,796 BEEN PICKED UP ON, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT? >> TO MOST EYES, GABBY PETITO AND HER FIANCE BRIAN LAUNDRY 39 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:47,707 WERE COMPATIBLE IN EVERY WAY. >> GABBY PETITO NEVER GOES OUTSIDE. >> COOLEST CHICK YOU EVER MET, 40 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:57,416 MAN, BY FAR. SHE'S GOING THE MAKE YOU SMILE. >> GABBY'S DAD, JOSEPH. >> COOLEST CHICK YOU EVER MET, 41 00:06:57,483 --> 00:07:05,224 SIMPLE AT THAT. >> 22 YEARS OLD, A NEW YORK GIRL FROM LONG ISLAND, AN APPETITE FOR ADVENTURE. 42 00:07:05,291 --> 00:07:12,398 >> SHE KNEW SHE WANTED TO TAKE THIS TRIP. >> HER MOM, NICOLE SCHMIDT. >> SHE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT IT 43 00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:18,237 PROBABLY A YEAR BEFORE IT STARTED. >> I'M STRETCHING, DOING SOME MORNING YOGA. 44 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:37,056 >> BRIAN'S VERY CCHARACTER MATT. ROSE DAVIS, THEY MET SOON AFTER GABBY MOVED TO FLORIDA. >> SHE TEXTED ME ONE OF THE 45 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:42,929 SWEETEST MESSAGING I'VE EVER GOTTEN FROM ANYONE. IT WAS LIKE, YOU SEEM SO COOL. I REALLY WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. 46 00:07:42,995 --> 00:07:51,737 I WAS JUST, ABSOLUTELY. >> THEY MADE TIKTOK VIDEOS TOGETHER FOR FUN. ROSE SAYS GABBY WAS GOOD FRIENDS 47 00:07:51,804 --> 00:07:59,345 WITH BRIAN BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. THEN AFTER BRIAN MOVED TO FLORIDA, GABBY MOVED THERE TOO 48 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:06,719 TO BE CLOSER TO HIM. >> I ALWAYS TOLD HER HER LIFE WAS KIND OF LIKE A MOVIE BECAUSE I WAS JUST LIKE, THIS HAPPENS IN 49 00:08:06,786 --> 00:08:11,490 MOVIES. >> SOON, THEY WERE IN LOVE AND LIVING TOGETHER. >> SHE WOULD LET ME KNOW WHAT 50 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:18,764 THEY DID, AND HE WOULD MAKE HER BREAKFAST, AND IT WAS ALWAYS SUCH A CUTE LITTLE THING AND THEY DID CUTE LITTLE DINNERS. 51 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:28,541 >> IN JULY OF 2020, THEY GOT ENGAGED. THEY EVEN GOTTA TOOS TOGETHER. BUT ROSE SAID BRIAN COULD 52 00:08:28,608 --> 00:08:35,147 SOMETIMES EXHIBIT WHAT SHE CALLS TOXIC TRAITS. WE SPOKE TO ROSE WHEN GABBY WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING. 53 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:43,089 >> WHEN BRIAN WANTS SOMETHING, HE'S GOING TO GET IT. I DON'T MEAN IN A PHYSICAL WAY HE'S GOING TO FORCE IT. 54 00:08:43,155 --> 00:08:50,563 HE'S -- I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SAY I'M CALLING HIM A MANIPULATOR, BUT HE'LL MANIPULATE THE SITUATION TO GET 55 00:08:50,630 --> 00:09:00,539 WHAT HE WANTS OUT OF IT. HE DIDN'T WANT HER TO GO OUT ONE NIGHT WITH ME, AND HE STOLE HER ID BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IN THE 56 00:09:00,606 --> 00:09:05,211 BAR WITHOUT YOUR ID. THIS WAS REALLY UPSETTING TO HER. YOU'RE ENGAGED. 57 00:09:05,278 --> 00:09:12,151 IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT. >> BUT THE COUPLE SEEMED TO PUT ANY DRAMA BEHIND THEM AS THEY 58 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:22,161 GOT READY FOR THEIR ADVENTURE. GABBY WORKED HARD AT TACO BELL, AND WITH BRIAN AT PUBLIX SUPERMARKET SAVING MONEY FOR 59 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:27,099 THEIR TRIP. >> THEY BOUGHT THE VAN AND CONVERTED IT. >> THE GOAL WAS TO SPEND FOUR OR 60 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:36,642 FIVE MONTHS CHRIS CROSSING THE COUNTRY, HAVING ADVENTURES, EVEN WORKING ON ORGANIC FARMS AND CHRONICLING IT ALL IN REAL TIME 61 00:09:36,709 --> 00:09:42,381 ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> SHE'S LIKE, I WANT TO DOCUMENT THIS. THIS IS SO COOL TO BE DOING. 62 00:09:42,448 --> 00:09:50,222 KIND OF LIKE A BELONGER, LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT SHE WAS UP TO. SHE WAS EXCITED STARTING HER VAN 63 00:09:50,289 --> 00:09:57,663 LIFE, DIGITAL JOURNEY WHERE SHE'S CREATING THIS WHOLE FOLLOWING OF VAN LIFERS, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS REALLY INTO 64 00:09:57,730 --> 00:10:04,103 T THE MOMENT. >> THEY ROLLED OUT OFFICIALLY ON JULY 2nd. GABBY POSTED CONSTANTLY. 65 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:10,509 >> HELLO, HELLO, AND GOOD MORNING. >> EVERY LITTLE DETAIL. >> YOU CAN'T KEEP CHOCOLATE IN 66 00:10:10,576 --> 00:10:19,118 UTAH. NOT IN JULY. BUT BUT. 67 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:26,325 >> BUT ALL THOSE SELFIES MAY HAVE BEEN HIDING A DARKER STORY. >> THERE'S THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES YOU DON'T KNOW. 68 00:10:26,392 --> 00:10:36,769 >> SIX WEEKS INTO THEIR TRIP ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 12 IN UTAH NEAR THE NATIONAL PARK, GABBY AND BRIAN'S INSTAGRAM ROAD 69 00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:43,442 TRIP CAME TO A SHUTTERING STOP. >> DRIVER IS SHOWING SOME OBSCURED DRIVING, POSSIBLY INTOXICATED. 70 00:10:43,509 --> 00:10:51,884 >> IT WAS AROUND 4:45 IN THE AFTERNOON ACCORDING TO THIS POLICE OFFICER'S BODY CAM. >> CURRENTLY DOING 45 MILES AN 71 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:59,492 HOUR. ZONE THROUGH HERE IS 25. OH! SUBJECT JUST HIT THE CURB. 72 00:10:59,558 --> 00:11:14,940 CORRECTION, SPEED LIMIT IS 15. >> WHAT'S YOU GUYS' NAMES? >> GABBY. >> BRIAN. 73 00:11:15,007 --> 00:11:22,048 >> IT WAS THE STOP THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED EVERYTHING. 74 00:11:33,592 --> 00:11:48,541 ♪ >>> GRAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> THIS 911 CALL WAS MADE ON 75 00:11:48,607 --> 00:12:00,286 AUGUST 122021 IN MOAB, UTAH FOUR WEEKS BEFORE GABBY PETITO WAS REPORTED MISSING. THE CALLER REPORTS SEEING WHAT 76 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:07,393 APPEARED TO BE AN ALARMING CONVERSATION BETWEEN CABBY AND -- >> WHAT WERE THEY DOING? 77 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:14,200 >> WE DROVE BY AND THE GENTLEMAN WAS SLAPPING THE GIRL. >> HE WAS SLAPPING HER? >> YES, AND WE STOPPED, THEY RAN 78 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:21,640 UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK, HE PROCEEDED TO HIT HER, POPPED IN THE CAR AND DROVE OFF. >> OFFICERS FROM THE MOAB POLICE 79 00:12:21,707 --> 00:12:30,716 DEPARTMENT ARE DISPATCHED, AND WITHIN MINUTES, GABBY AND BRIAN'S WHITE VAN IS SPOTTED DRIVING ERRATICALLY. 80 00:12:30,783 --> 00:12:39,592 THEY'RE PULLED OVER, THE OFFICERS SEPARATE THE COUPLE AND BEGIN QUESTIONING THEM. >> WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE? 81 00:12:39,658 --> 00:12:44,864 >> GABBY IS VISIBLY SHAKEN. >> TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON. >> YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. 82 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:53,873 IT'S JUST SOME DAYS I FEEL LIKE I WOULD -- >> OKAY. >> I WAS JUST CLEANING AND 83 00:12:53,939 --> 00:13:00,179 STRAIGHTENING UP THE BACK OF THE VAN BEFORE AND APOLOGIZING TO HIM SAYING, I'M SORRY I'M SO MEAN. 84 00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:08,487 AND I'M TRYING TO START A VLOG. I HAVE BEEN BUILDING MY WEBSITES. I HAVE BEEN REALLY STRESSED. 85 00:13:08,554 --> 00:13:17,496 HE DIDN'T BELIEVE I COULD DO ANY OF IT, SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN LIKE A -- I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ALL MORNING, AND 86 00:13:17,563 --> 00:13:21,433 HE WOULDN'T LET ME IN THE CAR BEFORE. >> WHY WOULDN'T HE LET YOU IN THE CAR? 87 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:29,074 BECAUSE YOU'RE OCD? >> HE TOLD ME I NEEDED TO CALM DOWN. >> TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON. 88 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:37,683 >> SHE GETS WORKED UP SOMETIMES, SO I TRY TO DISTANCE MYSELF FROM HER, SO I LOCKED THE CAR. >> BRIAN TELLS POLICE THAT GABBY 89 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:46,025 ATTACKED HIM, SCRATCHING HIS FACE AND ARM AS SHE TRIED TO GET BACK INTO THE VAN. >> I WAS JUST TRYING TO -- I 90 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:53,032 KNOW I SHOULDN'T PUSH, BUT I WAS TRYING TO PUSH AWAY SAYING, LET'S TAKE A MINUTE, STEP BACK AND BREATHE. 91 00:13:53,098 --> 00:14:03,709 >> PEOPLE THAT CAME TO US AND TOLD US THEY SAW HIM HIT YOU. >> ANOTHER OFFICER ASKS GABBY FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT 92 00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:07,246 HAPPENED. >> TO BE HONEST, I DEFINITELY HIT HIM FIRST. >> WHERE DID YOU HIT HIM? 93 00:14:07,313 --> 00:14:14,320 >> I SLAPPED HIM FIRST. >> ON THE FACE? HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU SLAP HIM? >> JUST A COUPLE. 94 00:14:14,386 --> 00:14:25,631 >> AND HIS REACTION WAS TO DO WHAT? HE JUST GRABBED YOU? >> YEAH. 95 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:33,272 >> DID HE HIT YOU, THOUGH? WE WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH IF HE ACTUALLY HIT YOU. >> I GUESS, YEAH, BUT I HIT HIM 96 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:37,076 FIRST. >> WHERE DID HE HIT YOU? DON'T WORRY. JUST BE HONEST. 97 00:14:37,142 --> 00:14:46,118 >> HE GRABBED MY FACE LIKE I GUESS -- HE DIDN'T LIKE HIT ME IN THE FACE. HE DIDN'T LIKE PUNCH ME IN THE 98 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:52,224 FACE OR ANYTHING. >> DID HE SLAP YOUR FACE OR WHAT? >> HE GRABBED ME WITH HIS NAIL, 99 00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:59,031 I WAS CUT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I COULD FEEL IT. IF I TOUCH IT, IT BURNS. >> THE OFFICERS NEVER DIRECTLY 100 00:14:59,098 --> 00:15:07,473 ASKED BRIAN IF HE SLAPPED OR HIT GABBY. THEY ALSO DIDN'T TALK TO THE 911 CALLER WHO REPORTED SEEING BRIAN 101 00:15:07,539 --> 00:15:11,677 HIT GABBY. BUT ONE OF THE OFFICERS DID SPEAK WITH A SECOND EYEWITNESS THAT DAY. 102 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:19,118 >> THE WITNESS SAYS I NEVER SAW HIM HIT HER. I SAW HIM SHOVE HER, BUT I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS AN 103 00:15:19,184 --> 00:15:24,456 AGGRESSION AGAINST HER OR A DEFENSE AGAINST HER. SO AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THE GUY IS SCREAMING THAT HE DID 104 00:15:24,523 --> 00:15:30,195 SOMETHING TO THIS GIRL, IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR. >> YEAH. 105 00:15:30,262 --> 00:15:39,171 >> IN UTAH, THE OFFICERS FIND EVIDENCE OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSAULT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ARREST OR ISSUE A 106 00:15:39,238 --> 00:15:43,942 CITATION. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION WOULD LATER CONCLUDE THAT THE OFFICERS DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR 107 00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:51,283 UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW. >> GABBY, THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. HOW YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION IS 108 00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:56,722 GOING TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. BUT THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION IS YOU. 109 00:15:56,789 --> 00:16:07,399 >> THEY MISTAKINGLY BELIEVE THAT GABBY HAD TO INTEND TO HARM BRIAN TO REQUIRE AN ARREST. >> WHEN YOU SLAPPED HIM THOSE 110 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:15,941 TIMES, WERE YOU ATTEMPTING TO CAUSE HIM PHYSICAL PAIN OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ATTEMPTING 111 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:19,478 TO DO TO HIM? >> NO. >> WHAT WERE YOU ATTEMPTING TO DO? 112 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:26,085 WHAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND THE SLAPPING AND STUFF? WHAT WAS IT YOU WERE ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH BY SLAPPING HIM? 113 00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:37,129 >> I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO STOP TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN. >> DOESN'T SOUND TO ME LIKE SHE AEMTED TO INJURE HIM. 114 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:42,868 >> ULTIMATELY, OFFICERS DECIDED TO SEPARATE THE COUPLE FOR THE NIGHT. GABBY WAS TOLD TO STAY WITH THE 115 00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:48,474 VAN. >> I'M GIVING HIM A RIDE OVER TO THE HOTEL. >> AS THE ASSUMED VICTIM, BRIAN 116 00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:53,746 WAS SENT TO THE HOTEL. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. >> NO PROBLEM. 117 00:16:53,812 --> 00:17:05,057 NICE TO MEET YOU. >> NO ONE WAS ARRESTED OR ISSUED A CITATION. FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST CHRIS 118 00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:14,833 MOHANDY HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH LAW ENFORCE OMT ON INSTANCES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. >> THE OFFICERS WHO WORKED WITH 119 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:23,442 GABBY AND BRIAN WERE COMPASSIONATE. THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY MISTAKENLY BELIEVED WAS THE 120 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:29,581 RIGHT THING BY CUTTING THEM A BREAK. >> WEEKS LATER, WHEN THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE WAS RELEASED, THERE 121 00:17:29,648 --> 00:17:38,390 WAS A PUBLIC UPROAR. >> NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE AFTERMATH OF AN ARGUMENT. 122 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:47,032 >> FOR ROSE, THOSE IMAGES WERE HARD FOR HER TO WATCH. >> IT TAKES A LOT FOR HER TO GET THAT HYSTERICAL. 123 00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:52,871 AND SO WHEN I SAW THE BODY CAM, I KNEW IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE ARGUMENT. SHE'S NOT GOING TO SLAP HIM FOR 124 00:17:52,938 --> 00:18:01,613 NO REASON. >> THE RELEASE OF THE 911 CALL DREW OUTRAGE. >> HE WAS SLAPPING HER. 125 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:11,390 >> FOLLOWERS OF THE STORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTED IN ANGER. MY BLOOD IS BOILING AT HOW THEY FAILED THIS POOR GIRL. 126 00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:23,635 ALL I KNOW IS THIS DIDN'T HAVE TO END LIKE THIS. POLICE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY. MOHANDY SAYS THE OFFICERS SEEMED 127 00:18:23,702 --> 00:18:33,645 TO MISS SIGNS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. AND GABBY ACCEPTING THE BLAME. >> I WAS APOLOGIZING TO HIM AND SAYING I'M SORRY THAT I'M SO 128 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:40,719 MEAN. >> IN A DOMESTICALLY VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR ONE PARTY TO TAKE THE BLAME 129 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:47,993 FOR WHAT REALLY IS THE BEHAVIOR OF THE OTHER PARTY. >> THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR LATER WROTE THAT IT'S VERY 130 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:55,801 LIKELY THAT GABBY WAS A LONG-TERM VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE 131 00:18:55,868 --> 00:19:01,573 OFFICERS' ACTIONS DURING THAT STOP WOULD PLAY OUT IN THE DAYS AHEAD. AND MONTHS LATER, WOULD BE 132 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:12,918 QUESTIONED BY GABBY'S PARENTS AND THEIR LAWYERS. JUST DAYS AFTER THAT TRAFFIC STOP, GABBY AND BRIAN WERE BACK 133 00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:19,691 ON THE ROAD, HEADED NORTH TO SALT LAKE CITY. >> IT RAINED ALL AFTERNOON YESTERDAY. 134 00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:29,968 >> ON AUGUST 19th, GABBY POSTED AN EDITED EIGHT MINUTE VIDEO SHOWING THEIR JOURNEY TOGETHER. >> IT IS REALLY NICE AND SUNNY 135 00:19:30,035 --> 00:19:37,943 TODAY. >> THE VIDEO SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ANY TENSION BETWEEN GABBY AND BRIAN. 136 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:46,251 LATER, GABBY TOLD HER MOM THEY WERE LEAVING UTAH AND DRIVING TO GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK IN WYOMING. 137 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:53,358 >> SHE WAS HAPPY. SHE WAS EXCITED TO KEEP GOING ON HER JOURNEY, AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO HER 138 00:19:53,425 --> 00:20:10,242 VERBALLY. >> ON AUGUST 25th, GABBY POSTED A SERIES OF PHOTOS ON INSTAGRAM IN FRONT OF A BUTTERFLY MURAL IN 139 00:20:10,309 --> 00:20:19,718 AUGDON, UTAH. IT WOULD BE HER FINAL POST ON INSTAGRAM. 140 00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:40,806 >>> GABBY PETITO NEVER GOES OUTSIDE. >> THE INSTAGRAM POST ON AUGUST 25, 2021 WAS THE LAST TIME GABBY 141 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:49,581 PETITO WOULD PUBLISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHORTLY AFTER, SHE SAID SHE AND BRIAN WERE HEADED TO GRAND TETON 142 00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:57,222 NATIONAL PARK, HER PARENTS QUIT HEARING FROM HER. >> SHE SEEMED TO BE IN COMMUNICATION ON A REGULAR BASIS 143 00:20:57,289 --> 00:21:03,428 WITH HER PARENTS. THEY WERE CHECKING IN ON HER REGULARLY. >> THEN ON AUGUST 27, 2021, HER 144 00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:11,336 MOTHER SAYS SHE RECEIVED A STRANGE TEXT MESSAGE FROM GABBY'S PHONE. IT READ, CAN YOU HELP STAN? 145 00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:19,645 I JUST KEEP GETTING HIS VOICE MAILS AND MISSED CALLS. STAN IS GABBY'S GRANDFATHER. >> THE MOTHER THOUGHT IT WAS ODD 146 00:21:19,711 --> 00:21:27,152 BECAUSE SHE NEVER REFERRED TO HER GRANDFATHER AS STAN. >> IT WAS OUT OF CHARACTER AND DISCONCERNING BUT AS FAR AS THE 147 00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:34,993 PETITO FAMILY KNEW, GABBY AND BRIAN WERE STILL TOGETHER ON THEIR TRIP. >> MY NAME IS MIRANDA BAKER AND 148 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:47,973 ON AUGUST 29, MY BOYFRIEND AND I PICKED UP BRIAN AT GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK AT 5:30 AT NIGHT. >> 48 HOURS AFTER GABBY'S MOTHER 149 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:56,548 RECEIVED THAT CRYPTIC TEXT, MIRANDA BAKER SAYS SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND PICKED UP A MAN SHE BELIEVES WAS BRIAN LAUNDRY. 150 00:21:56,615 --> 00:22:03,422 SHE SAYS HE WAS ALONE. >> HE APPROACHED US ASKING US FOR A RIDE BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO GO TO JACKSON. 151 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:13,765 BEFORE HE CAME IN THE CAR, HE OFFERED TO PAY US LIKE $200 TO GIVE HIM A RIDE LIKE TEN MILES, SO THAT WAS KIND OF WEIRD. 152 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:25,277 HE THEN TOLD US HE HAS BEEN CAMPING FOR MULTIPLE DAYS WITHOUT HIS FIANCE AND SHE WAS WORKING ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA 153 00:22:25,343 --> 00:22:33,151 PAGE BACK AT THEIR VAN. >> SUDDENLY, THINGS TOOK A TURN. >> HE FREAKED OUT. HE WAS LIKE, NOPE, I NEED TO GET 154 00:22:33,218 --> 00:22:40,192 OUT RIGHT NOW. PULL OVER. WE DROPPED HIM OFF AT 6:09 P.M. ON AUGUST 29. 155 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:55,006 >> MEANWHILE, GABBY'S MOTHER NICOLE DID RECEIVE ONE MORE TEXT FROM GABBY'S PHONE SAYING THERE WAS NO SERVICE IN I DYOSEMITI. 156 00:22:55,073 --> 00:23:01,346 >> ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT WAS FROM HER OR YOU'RE NOT SURE? >> I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT. >> DURING GABBY'S TRAVELS, SHE 157 00:23:01,413 --> 00:23:09,421 HAD BEEN STAYING IN TOUCH WITH HER FRIEND ROSE DAVIS. ROSE WAS EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM GABBY ON HER BIRTHDAY. 158 00:23:09,488 --> 00:23:16,828 >> SO WE TALKED, AND MY BIRTHDAY IS AUGUST 29, SO WE DECIDED, CALL ME THEN. >> BUT NO BIRTHDAY CALL OR TEXT 159 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:23,502 CAME. >> I HONESTLY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT WHEN SHE DIDN'T TEXT ME OR ANYTHING BECAUSE 160 00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:33,378 SHE'S TRAVELING CROSS COUNTRY AND ONCE IT GOT -- IT GOT LATER INTO IT AROUND LIKE 8th AND 9th OF SEPTEMBER, THAT WAS THE POINT 161 00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:41,153 WHERE I WAS LIKE, SHE WOULD HAVE CALLED ME. WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD FROM HER YET. 162 00:23:41,219 --> 00:23:49,995 >> WHAT ROSE DID NOT KNOW WAS THAT ON SEPTEMBER 1st, BRIAN LAUNDRY WAS BACK IN NORTH PORT, FLORIDA. 163 00:23:50,061 --> 00:23:58,036 HE HAD DRIVEN THE VAN THERE, AND HE WAS ALONE. THE PETITO FAMILY KNEW NONE OF THIS, BUT THEY HAD ALREADY 164 00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:06,344 BECOME ALARMED WHEN THEY STOPPED HEARING FROM GABBY ALL TOGETHER, AND HER CELL PHONE HAD STOPPED WORKING. 165 00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:11,883 DID YOU EVER REACH OUT TO HER BOYFRIEND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHERE YOUR DAUGHTER IS? 166 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:18,290 >> WE CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT. >> WE'RE NOT COMMENTING ON THAT. >> BUT GABBY'S MOTHER DID REACH OUT TO POLICE. 167 00:24:18,356 --> 00:24:27,532 >> IT WAS ACTUALLY FRIDAY THE 10th THAT I DECIDED TO CALL POLICE. BECAUSE I HAD HAD TEN DAYS -- 168 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:34,306 TEN, ALMOST 11 DAYS WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO NOT HEAR FROM MY CHILD, AND I GOT THE RUN AROUND. NOBODY WANTED TO REPORT HER 169 00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:40,045 MISSING. SHE'S AN ADULT. SHE'S TRAVELING. AS A MOTHER, I SAID, IT'S NOT 170 00:24:40,111 --> 00:24:50,755 LIKE HER. FINALLY, THAT SATURDAY, I WENT PERSONALLY TO THE 5th PRECINCT, AND NOW THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. 171 00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:59,831 >> GABBY PETITO WAS FUSHLLY DECLARED A MISSING PERSON ON SEPTEMBER 11, JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AFTER HER LAST INSTAGRAM 172 00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:08,173 POST. AS THE NATION REMEMBERED SO MANY LIVES LOST 20 YEARS EARLIER, THE PETITO FAMILY FOCUSED ON ONE 173 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:15,113 LIFE, THAT OF THEIR MISSING DAUGHTER. >> WE'RE LOOKING FOR HER AND ONLY HER, NOT THE VAN, NOT THE 174 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:24,623 TWO OF THEM, JUST HER. KEEP YOUR EYES OUT AND WE'LL FIND HER. >> A WOMAN DISAPPEARS ON A CROSS 175 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:33,899 COUNTRY TRIP WITH HER BOYFRIEND IN A VAN. >> ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021, THE STORY OF GABBY 176 00:25:33,965 --> 00:25:38,937 PETITO'S DISAPPEARANCE HIT THE NEWS. >> THE PARENTS OF A MISSING WOMAN FROM LONG ISLAND NEED HELP 177 00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:46,611 FINDING HER. >> GABBY'S MOM AND STEP DAD, NICOLE AND JIM SCHMIDT HELD UP HER PHOTO FOR REPORTERS. 178 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:56,087 >> GABBY IS 22 YEARS OLD. SHE'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SOUL INSIDE AND OUT. >> ROSE DAVIS WAS DEVASTATED TO 179 00:25:56,154 --> 00:26:08,900 SEE HER FRIEND'S PICTURE ON TV. >> MY MOM CALLED ME INTO HER ROOM AND GABBY'S FACE WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS, AND I KIND OF 180 00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:25,450 JUST WENT INTO SHOCK. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO GABBY PETITO? >>> ONCE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT 181 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:36,528 GABBY PETITO HAD GONE MISSING, HER MOM AND STEP DAD, HER FATHER, JOE PETITO AND STEP MOM TARA SET UP A FIND GABBY PAGE 182 00:26:36,594 --> 00:26:44,436 WHERE PEOPLE COULD POST TIPS AND INFORMATION. SHE WAS REPORTEDLY LAST SEEN NEAR GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK 183 00:26:44,502 --> 00:26:51,142 IN WYOMING AROUND AUGUST 27, 2021. >> WE WANT HER HOME. >> HOME SAFE AND SOUND. 184 00:26:51,209 --> 00:27:00,885 >> I IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY MADE LIKE A COLLAGE OF ALL HER PHOTOS FOR TIKTOK AND POSTED THE INFORMATION, FACEBOOK, 185 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:09,561 INSTAGRAM, EVERYTHING. >> WITHIN DAYS, VIDEOS ABOUT GABBY'S DISAPPEARANCE EXPLODED ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. 186 00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:16,901 EVEN PEOPLE WITH NO CONNECTION TO GABBY JOINED IN THE SEARCH TO HELP FIND HER. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO 187 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:23,842 THE GRAND TETON TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP. >> SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN 188 00:27:23,908 --> 00:27:29,748 AMAZING. WE NEED FOR HER TO COME BACK HOME, AND ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO TO HELP US GET THERE IS 189 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:36,654 APPRECIATED, AND WE GOT TO KEEP DOING IT. >> FOR GABBY'S PARENTS, THIS SPOTLIGHT IN THE MEDIA AND 190 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:45,363 ONLINE WAS INVALUABLE. BUT AS FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR MARY POINTS OUT, NOT ALL MISSING PERSONS CASES RECEIVE THIS LEVEL 191 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:54,506 OF ATTENTION. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT GABBY PETITO'S STORY THAT RESONATED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD? 192 00:27:54,572 --> 00:28:06,684 >> THERE SEEMS TO BE A TENDENCY IN THESE KINDS OF CASES TO GIVE A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION TO THIS TYPE OF GIRL. 193 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:17,395 >> THIS FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST. >> THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, IS A BIT OF A COMMENTARY ON WHO GETS NEWS ATTENTION, TRACTION IN SOCIAL 194 00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:22,934 MEDIA. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THESE SITUATIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT DON'T FIT THAT DESCRIPTION. 195 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:31,943 NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, GAY COMMUNITIES, ARE THEY BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY? ARE THEY BEING IGNORED? 196 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:40,218 >> WHETHER IT'S NEWS WORTHY OR NOT SHOULDN'T BE TICK TATED BY THE COLOR OF SOMEBODY'S SKIN BECAUSE IF THESE STORIES RISE TO 197 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:46,691 A LEVEL OF NOTORIETY, THEY CAN HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY BEHIND SOME OF THEM. >> BUT THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO 198 00:28:46,758 --> 00:28:54,132 WASN'T HELPING SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO GABBY, BRIAN LAUNDRY. NORTH PORT, FLORIDA POLICE SPOKE 199 00:28:54,199 --> 00:29:02,707 PERSON JOSH TAYLOR SAID INVESTIGATORS WERE FRUSTRATED. NEITHER HE NOR HIS PARENTS WOULD ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, EVEN 200 00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:08,847 THOUGH GABBY HAD LIVED WITH THEM. >> WE WERE ESSENTIALLY HANDED THE INFORMATION FOR THEIR 201 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:15,220 ATTORNEY. THAT IS THE EXTENT OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH THEM. >> THE FIRST WORD THAT POPPED IN 202 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:22,494 MY BRAIN WAS COWARD TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE HER. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MARRY HER, 203 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:38,309 WHERE IS SHE? >> POLICE CON IFISCATED THE VAN AND THEN RELEASED IT. LAUNDRIE FAMILY ATTORNEY SPOKE 204 00:29:38,376 --> 00:29:47,051 BRIEFLY TO THE PRESS. >> ON BEHALF OF THE LAUNDRIE FAMILY, I HOPE MS. PETITO IS LOCATED AND REUNITED WITH HIS 205 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:51,956 FAMILY. >> GABBY'S FAMILY RESPONDED WITH A SCATHING LETTER. >> WE BELIEVE YOU KNOW THE 206 00:29:52,023 --> 00:29:57,862 LOCATION OF WHERE BRIAN LEFT GABBY. WE BEG YOU TO TELL US. AS A PARENT, HOW COULD YOU LET 207 00:29:57,929 --> 00:30:08,606 US GO THROUGH THIS PAIN AND NOT HELP US? >> SIX DAYS AFTER GABBY WAS DECLARED MISSING, THE LAUNDRIE 208 00:30:08,673 --> 00:30:17,782 FAMILY REPORTED THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE BRIAN WAS. THEY SAY HE LEFT FOR A HIKE AT THE CARLTON RESERVE DAYS 209 00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:25,990 EARLIER. POLICE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO COMB THE HUGE LOCAL PARK LOOKING FOR BRIAN. 210 00:30:26,057 --> 00:30:37,569 >> A MASSIVE SEARCH, MORE THAN 50 OFFICERS AND FBI AGENTS COMBING A 20,000 ACRE PARK LOOKING FOR BRIAN LAUNDRIE. 211 00:30:37,635 --> 00:30:48,112 >> ANGER AT THE FAMILY'S SILENCE PROMPTED PROTESTORS TO GATHER OUTSIDE THE LAUNDRIE HOME DEMANDING ANSWERS. 212 00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:57,388 >> WHERE'S GABBY? >> WHILE AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR BRIAN IN FLORIDA, THE SEARCH FOR GABBY IN AND 213 00:30:57,455 --> 00:31:03,895 AROUND WYOMING INTENSIFIED. >> IT WAS A NATIONWIDE HUNT TOO BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THE OTHER AVENUES. 214 00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:10,168 PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR THE VAN, WHERE IT WENT, WHEN IT WENT, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR GABBY PETITO. 215 00:31:10,235 --> 00:31:18,710 >> AND IN THIS CASE, ALL OF THAT SOCIAL MEDIA ATTENTION ULTIMATELY HELPED INVESTIGATORS LOCATE GABBY. 216 00:31:18,776 --> 00:31:28,019 WHEN KYLE AND JEN BETHUNE CAME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION, THEY HAD SPOTTED GABBY AND BRIAN'S VAN. 217 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:39,197 THEY HAD BEEN IN WYOMING'S GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK AROUND THE TIME GABBY'S FAMILY LAST HEARD FROM HER. 218 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:45,303 THEY HAD THEIR GO PROS ROLLING FOR THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL WHEN THEY WENT LOOKING FOR A CAMPGROUND. 219 00:31:45,370 --> 00:31:51,876 >> WE'RE DRIVING DOWN THIS ROAD, PASSED THIS VAN, AND IT HAD FLORIDA PLATES. THE VAN WAS COMPLETELY DARK. 220 00:31:51,943 --> 00:32:00,485 WE ASSUMED THEY WERE OUT HIKING OR DOING SOMETHING ELSE. >> WAS THE BETHUNES LEFT THE PARK, THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT 221 00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:12,263 THE VAN AGAIN UNTIL LATE ON SATURDAY THE 18th WHEN JEN CHECKED HER PHONE AND WAS STUNNED TO LEARN AUTHORITIES NOW 222 00:32:12,330 --> 00:32:22,774 BELIEVED GABBY HAD BEEN IN THE TETONS THE SAME NIGHT. >> AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT GOOSE BUMPS ALL OVER MY BODY. 223 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:30,181 I RUSHED BACK TO THE COMPUTER AND SAW THAT WHITE SPECK OF VAN, AND I WAS LIKE, PLEASE KEEP GOING, PLEASE KEEP GOING, AND IT 224 00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:35,920 DID, AND IT GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER. >> WE JUST SOME REASON INSTANTLY KNEW THAT IT WAS HERS. 225 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:46,097 >> WHEN I CALLED THE FBI, I WAS LIKE I HAVE FOUND GABBY'S FOOTAGE, PATCH ME ACROSS TO SOMEBODY. 226 00:32:46,164 --> 00:32:55,473 I KNEW HOW IMPORTANT THIS FOOTAGE WOULD BE TO FINDING GABBY. >> AS INSTRUCTED, THE BETHUNES 227 00:32:55,540 --> 00:33:01,546 UPLOADED THEIR FOOTAGE TO THE FBI'S WEBSITE. THEY ALSO PUT IT ON YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK. 228 00:33:01,612 --> 00:33:09,454 JUST HOURS LATER CAME THE DEVASTATING ANNOUNCEMENT. >> EARLIER TODAY, HUMAN REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED CONSISTENT WITH 229 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:25,036 THE DESCRIPTION OF GABBY PETITO. >> THE FBI SAYS GABBY'S REMAINS WERE FOUND AT THE SPREAD CREEK CAMPING AREA INSIDE 230 00:33:25,103 --> 00:33:32,777 BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST IN WYOMING. AN AUTOPSY CONFIRMED THE REMAINS WERE GABBIES, AND THE CORONER 231 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:38,850 CONFIRMED HER DEATH WAS A HOMICIDE BY MANUAL STRANGE EWE LAGS. >> WE HAVE NO COMMENTS. 232 00:33:38,916 --> 00:33:47,959 >> GABBY'S FAMILY ASKED FOR PRIVACY, BUT HER FATHER JOE SENT OUT A TWEET THAT SUMMED UP THE MOMENT. 233 00:33:48,025 --> 00:33:57,034 IT READ SIMPLY, SHE TOUCHED THE WORLD. HOURS AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED, GABBY HAD BEEN FOUND OVER A 234 00:33:57,101 --> 00:34:06,978 DOZEN FBI AGENTS AND POLICE OFFICERS SWARMED THE HOME OF POLICE ARRIVED, THE FBI ARRIVES, THEY WERE CARRYING A BATTERING 235 00:34:07,044 --> 00:34:11,749 RAM. THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD A WARRANT. I THINK SEEING THESE FBI AGENTS 236 00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:22,593 AND POLICE HERE, YOU WONDER, DO THEY NOW KNOW WHERE HE IS? THE NEXT DAY, NORTH PORT POLICE, THE FBI, AND OTHER AGENCIES 237 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:31,502 RAMPED UP THE SEARCH OF THE NATURE PRESERVE NEAR BRIAN'S HOME. >> TERRAIN IS VERY DIFFICULT. 238 00:34:31,569 --> 00:34:42,180 75% OF IT IS UNDER WATER. >> 49 DAYS AFTER BRIAN HAD RETURNED HOME WITHOUT GABBY ON OCTOBER 20, 2021, THE FBI MADE 239 00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:48,219 ANNOUNCEMENT. >> EARLIER TODAY, INVESTIGATORS FOUND WHAT APPEARS TO BE HUMAN REMAINS. 240 00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:57,361 >> AN AUTOPSY REVEALED BRIAN LAUNDRIE HAD DIED FROM A SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. 241 00:34:57,428 --> 00:35:05,937 AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE. >> ALONG WITH PERSONAL ITEMS SUCH AS A BACKPACK, A NOTEBOOK BELONGING TO BRIAN LAUNDRIE. 242 00:35:06,003 --> 00:35:15,146 >> THAT NOTEBOOK CONTAINED WRITINGS FROM BRIAN EXPLAINING WHAT HE SAYS REALLY HAPPENED TO GABBY PETITO, WRITING, I ENDED 243 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:40,171 HER LIFE. I THOUGHT IT WAS MERCIFUL. >>> BEFORE BRIAN LAUNDRIE PUT A BULLET THROUGH HIS HEAD, HE 244 00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:48,379 WROTE A STORY DESCRIBING HOW GABBY PETITO DIED. >> IT WAS DARK, THEY WERE RUNNING ACROSS THE STREAM. 245 00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:58,856 SHE MUST HAVE FELL AND HURT HERSELF, AND HE WENT TO HELP HER, BUT SHE SEEMED TO BE IN EXTREME PAIN. 246 00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:06,397 >> IN THAT SMALL NOTEBOOK FOUND IN A DRY BAG NEAR BRIAN'S REMAINS, HE WROTE, I ENDED HER LIFE. 247 00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:15,873 I THOUGHT IT WAS MERCIFUL. THAT IS WHAT SHE WANTED. BUT I SEE NOW ALL THE MISTAKES I MADE. 248 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:24,282 >> IT WAS A SELF SERVING NARRATIVE THAT PORTRAYED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MERCY 249 00:36:24,348 --> 00:36:35,393 KILLING BY HIM OF HER BECAUSE SHE WAS SUFFERING. IT SPEAKS TO SELFISHNESS AND A DEGREE OF NARCISSISM THAT IT WAS 250 00:36:35,459 --> 00:36:44,001 IMPORTANT HOW OTHER PEOPLE LOOKED AT HIM, HIS IMAGE. HE HAD THE LAST WORD. >> WHILE GABBY'S PARENTS WILL 251 00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:51,842 NEVER SEE BRIAN LAUNDRIE FACE A JURY, THEY ARE SEEKING THEIR OWN VERSION OF JUSTICE. THEY ARE SUING BRIAN'S ESTATE 252 00:36:51,909 --> 00:36:58,082 FOR WRONGFUL DEATH AND HIS PARENTS FOR INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. 253 00:36:58,149 --> 00:37:06,190 ATTORNEY PATRICK RILEY. >> IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT THE LAUNDRIE FAMILY WAS AWARE THAT BRIAN HAD MURDERED GABBY AND WAS 254 00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:12,330 AWARE WHERE HER BODY WAS LOCATED. >> RILEY SAYS THAT BELIEF IS BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE 255 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:21,005 FBI. HE SAYS THE FBI BELIEVES THAT GABBY WAS MURDERED ON AUGUST 27, 2021 AND THAT BRIAN MADE A 256 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:28,512 LENGTHY PHONE CALL TO HIS PARENTS ON THE 28th. HE SAYS ACCORDING TO THE FBI, BRIAN'S PARENTS THEN CONTACTED 257 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:36,887 AN ATTORNEY THAT SAME DAY. >> HOW DAMNING IS THAT? WHY WOULD THEY GET AN ATTORNEY SO FAST? 258 00:37:36,954 --> 00:37:45,529 >> IT'S VERY DAMNING. IT DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST. >> THE LAUNDRIE'S ATTORNEY ISSUED A STATEMENT DENYING THE 259 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:52,003 ALLEGATIONS IN THE LAWSUIT AND SAYS THE LAWSUIT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE LAUNDRIES HAD NO OBLIGATION TO SPEAK TO LAW 260 00:37:52,069 --> 00:38:01,812 ENFORCEMENT OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING THE PETITO FAMILY. BUT THERE'S MORE, SAYS RILEY, A LETTER ALLEGEDLY WRITTEN TO 261 00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:10,421 BRIAN BY HIS MOTHER. HE AND GABBY'S MOM READ IT WHILE REVIEWING EVIDENCE AT THE FBI'S TAMPA OFFICE. 262 00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:18,863 >> THERE WAS ONE PART WHICH STICKS OUT, WHICH IS, IF YOU GO TO PRISON, I'LL BAKE A CAKE WITH A SHIF IN IT. 263 00:38:18,929 --> 00:38:25,403 THE ENVELOPE THE LETTER CAME WRITTEN IN HAD WRITTEN ON IT, BURN AFTER READING. >> IF IT CAN BE PROVEN WHEN AND 264 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:34,912 IF BRIAN'S MOTHER DID INDEED WRITE THAT LETTER, IT COULD BE VERY DAMAGED SAYS MARY. >> BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE MINDSET 265 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:42,553 OF THE MOTHER, THAT SHE'LL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT HER CHILD. >> IN ADDITION TO THE PENDING CASES IN FLORIDA, GABBY'S 266 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:50,995 PARENTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE MOAB POLICE DEPARTMENT. RELATING TO HOW THEY HANDLED 267 00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:58,269 THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STOP WITH GABBY AND BRIAN. ATTORNEY TO BRIAN STEWART. >> THE FAMILY BELIEVES THAT 268 00:38:58,335 --> 00:39:04,875 GABBY WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY IF THE POLICE OFFICERS HAD HAD THE PROPER TRAINING AND HAD FOLLOWED THE LAW IN HOW THEY 269 00:39:04,942 --> 00:39:10,948 RESPONDED TO GABBY'S SITUATION. >> HEY. HOW ARE YOU? >> ACCORDING TO STEWART, THE 270 00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:20,424 BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS THERE WAS A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM. >> THE VERY BEST THING I CAN DO IS CALL MY SUPERVISOR AND SEE IF 271 00:39:20,491 --> 00:39:26,597 I'M MISSING SOMETHING HERE. >> IT'S CLEAR THE OFFICERS DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW THAT THEY WERE 272 00:39:26,664 --> 00:39:34,538 SUPPOSED TO ENFORCE THAT DAY. >> THE MOAB POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONED THE CAPTAIN OF ANOTHER UTAH POLICE DEPARTMENT 273 00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:47,218 TO CONDUCT THAT INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE OFFICERS' ACTIONS THAT DAY. AMONG THE REPORT'S CONCLUSIONS, 274 00:39:47,284 --> 00:39:55,092 THERE WAS PROBABLE FOR AN ARREST. >> BY CHOOSING NOT TO FOLLOW THE STATUTE AND MAKE AN ARREST, THE 275 00:39:55,159 --> 00:40:02,399 OFFICERS LEFT GABBY AND BRIAN IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. >> THE REPORT CITED OTHER UNINTENTIONAL MISTAKES. 276 00:40:02,466 --> 00:40:08,939 >> THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW UP WITH A KEY WITNESS, WHICH WAS THE 911 CALLER. THEY DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH 277 00:40:09,006 --> 00:40:16,080 QUESTIONS TO BRIAN LAUNDRIE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE GRABBED HER FACE OR ARM. THEY DIDN'T DOCUMENT GABBY'S 278 00:40:16,147 --> 00:40:23,187 WOUNDS PHOTOGRAPHICALLY OR IN THE REPORT. >> SHE SAYS THEY ALSO MISSED SOME CLASSIC TELLTALE SIGNS OF 279 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:29,894 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. >> HERE'S A GIRL WHO'S HYSTERICALLY CRYING WHO'S IMMEDIATELY TAKING THE BLAME AND 280 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:36,934 TRYING TO MINIMIZE HER BOYFRIEND'S ACTIONS, ALL OF THIS WHILE HE REMAINED CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED. 281 00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:44,608 IF YOU LOOK AT THAT IN THE TOTALITY, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME HERE HAD ALL THOSE THINGS BEEN ADDRESSED. 282 00:40:44,675 --> 00:40:50,381 >> THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A GAME CHANGER. WE'LL NEVER KNOW. BUT CERTAINLY, INTERVENTION 283 00:40:50,447 --> 00:40:56,520 WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE POSSIBLE UNDER THAT SCENARIO. >> ONE OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED TOLD THE INDEPENDENT 284 00:40:56,587 --> 00:41:03,260 INVESTIGATOR AFTER GABBY'S DEATH, QUOTE, I WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO STOP IT IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WAS COMING. 285 00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:09,466 >> WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT'S GOING ON? >> IN A STATEMENT, THE CITY OF MOAB SAID IT BELIEVED THE 286 00:41:09,533 --> 00:41:20,945 OFFICERS SHOWED KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND EMPATHY IN THEIR HANDLING OF THIS INCIDENT. THE CITY INTENDS TO IMPLEMENT 287 00:41:21,011 --> 00:41:28,552 THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW, WHICH INCLUDE MORE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVESTIGATION TRAINING AND LEGAL 288 00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:36,694 TRAINING TO MAKE SURE OFFICERS UNDERSTAND UTAH STATE LAWS. THE ATTORNEYS FOR GABBY'S PARENTS INSIST THEIR LAWSUITS 289 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:46,237 ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY. THEY'RE ABOUT RAISING AWARENESS. GABBY'S MOTHER NICOLE RECENTLY TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, I GET 290 00:41:46,303 --> 00:41:53,911 PEOPLE MESSAGING ME ALL THE TIME THAT THEY WERE INSPIRED BY HER TO GET OUT OF A RELATIONSHIP. >> AND I THINK THAT IN AND OF 291 00:41:53,978 --> 00:42:04,655 ITSELF IS A HUGE, HUGE VICTORY FOR A FAMILY THAT HAS SADLY ENCOUNTERED SUCH TRAGEDY. BUT THERE CAN BE THESE BRIGHT 292 00:42:04,722 --> 00:42:12,296 LIGHTS THAT COME OUT OF THESE BAD CIRCUMSTANCES. IF THERE IS ONE TO BE SHINED HERE, IT WILL BE HOPEFULLY THERE 293 00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:19,837 WILL BE YOUNG GIRLS OUT THERE WHO SAY, I'M GOING TO WALK AWAY, I'M NOT GOING TO STAY, OR I'M GOING TO GET THE HELP I NEED TO 294 00:42:19,904 --> 00:42:28,112 GET THE STRENGTH TO WALK AWAY. >> GABBY PETITO, DOING IN DEATH WHAT SHE DID IN LIFE. >> MOST DESCRIBED HER AS THIS 295 00:42:28,178 --> 00:42:33,584 LIGHT. SHE'LL DO EVERYTHING TO BRING THE LIGHT OUT IN YOU. IF SHE CAN'T, SHE'LL GIVE YOU 296 00:42:33,651 --> 00:42:43,160 SOME OF HERS.