The body that was found Sunday in a national park in the US state of Wyoming turns out to be 22-year-old missing Gabby Petito. The FBI reports that she was killed in a crime.
The Petito case has gripped the US for days. The woman had been on a tour of the US with her fiancé Brian Laundrie since last June. Because her ambition was to become a travel writer, she described the course of the trip via social media. In October they would complete their journey from the east coast to the west in the state of Oregon.
Fiance is missing
Petito last gave an update about the trip on August 25. A few days later, Laundrie returned alone with their car to his hometown in Florida. Despite her parents’ insistence, he refused to say where Petito had gone. On September 11, her parents reported her missing.
During the police investigation, it became clear that Petito and Laundrie had been stopped by officers in the state of Utah a week and a half before her disappearance after an argument. The two had been separated to cool off but were then allowed to continue traveling.
Laundrie returned from the tour without Petito. He has not been seen since he left his family home in Florida last week. People have been looking for him for days in a swampy nature park.
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