Family Of Missing Gabby Petito Pleads For Information

There are new developments in the growing search for 22-year-old Gabby Petito, who vanished during a cross-country road trip with her fiancé. As her family searches for answers, authorities in Utah are releasing new bodycam footage showing an incident between the couple just weeks before she disappeared. NBC’s Erin McLaughlin reports for TODAY.

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  1. 100% speculation here, based on the BF’s actions and countless similar tragic stories- two younger people that had somewhat sheltered lives and spent a lot of time living in the social media spaces verses “real” life, and both had mild emotional disorders. A couple months in the van and the BF snaps. He is shocked by what has happened and lacks the developed emotional infrastructure to cope. His brain defaults to the most simple path forward- drive home to Mom, Dad and attorney for help. Odds that Gabby is still alive are near zero in this scenario, unfortunately. Sincere condolences to the family, and I hope I am completely wrong and she is returned safe.

    4. @king dozer she was reactive to his control..he took her phone locked her out of the car and left with the van that is abusive..

    3. There’s no closure, even when she’s found. This grates on me when people suggest there is ever closure, because there isn’t. I’ve experienced a tragic very public loss and you learn to go forward and cope, but the hole is always in your heart. I really wish people would stop repeating that there is closure.

    4. @S Mac I’m so sorry for your loss I understand how hard it is for you I cant even began to imagine I’m sorry if the word closure is triggering for you I will try not to use that word

    1. @A Pett I’m entitled to an opinion.. I’m saying what I see… Maybe I’m wrong.. I can’t say its fact what I think on this matter.. Only time will tell. HE has now dissapeared. I’m sorry he is making himself look guilty. I would handle it differently..

    2. @A Pett I’m not presuming to understand the circumstances.. I’m stating what I would do on Brian’s circumstances.. Usually ppl who are against speaking to authorities have had history with them… I love my family and partner.. if they were missing I would do everything in my power to find them..

    3. @A Pett your fallacy is you presume to understand the circumstances… None of us do and are basing our opinions, on questionable information.. again you are allowed an opinion as am I.. and everyone else for that matter…

  4. One Point! Brian Was Controlling The Situation! By Taking Gabby’s Van! Locking Gabby Out Of Her Own Van! & For Throwing Her Backpack Out Of Her Van! – Trying To Strand Gabby! That Is Hostile! Uncaring! & Controlling! – Brian Should Have Grabbed His Own Backpack & Walked! – Leaving Gabby’s Own Van With Her!!! If He Really Just Wanted Space!!! – Brain Is Not Being Honest! & Brian Is Trying To Control The Narrative To Paint Himself As Good & Calm! – In My Opinion Typical Deceiving Controlling Abuser Behavior! – Big Red Flags 🚩 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 Brian Wasn’t Even Held Responsible For Speeding⁉️

    4. I just said this. I know how many times I looked like a lunatic dealing w a sociopath. They are good liars & manipulators & their victim loves them & is usually confused bc the extreme gaslighting & mental torture. They are calm & collected bc they aren’t emotionally involved..

    5. @J Gal 100%! They will make you look like the crazy one to everybody. I was just arguing with someone on FB who thinks HE’S the victim and she’s an abuser who’s high on drugs 🙄 because he was the calm one in the police video and she was freaking out. He was the calm one because he’s a psychopath!

  7. So he doesn’t want to help law enforcement find the love of his life? He’d rather lawyer up? Have his sister talk to the press and run interference for him? He’s responsible for her death.

    2. @Vicki Shack If he just drove away and left her she could have found other hikers or tourists and asked them to call the police.

    4. @teaj He’s disappeared from the parents house in Florida and the cops are looking for him. He did something to her.

  8. Sad to say but she’s probably not alive anymore. You’d guess that an accident occurred between the two and she died and he buried the body somewhere and left because he didn’t know what to do.

    2. @J T Because in real life, hard truths don’t go away just because we refuse to face up to them. I hope she’s alive, too, but the signs are not good. The boyfriend refusing to talk – that’s scary.

      If he hadn’t hurt her, wouldn’t he be doing everything in his power to see to it that she was found as quickly as possible, in the hope of keeping her safe? Wouldn’t he be worried about his missing fiancée?

    3. @Nizzi W. She won’t be found. She was either pushed (most likely) or jumped into an acidic pool in Yellowstone and is long dissolved by now.

    4. @J T LOL no, you’re just a child that can’t comprehend other scenarios that oppose your idealistic views. You don’t know me at all, so spare ME the assumptions.

    5. @J T oh wow look! surprise! she’s found dead!? no one could have guessed that. i guess we are all just pessimists huh??

  9. To the guy’s sister: No, it’s not obvious that your family wants Gabby found. What’s obvious is that your family’s tolerating the silence of your brother who ought to speak up. Where’s the sincerity and sense of urgency?

    4. @IMAZIGHAN DEHIA You left the capslock on there chief. But anyway, if there was evidence as you claim, why did LE didn´t see him as a suspect yet? Don’t get me wrong, the chance this would play out like it is was very high. However, proving it is a different story.

    5. @❤️AndyJo❤️ That’s what a decent human being would do, but were not dealing with decent humans she was dealing with a psychopath and insensitive jerk cops in her last few days… she had no one in her corner. At 22 that’s too much for anyone to take on by themselves.

      No wonder she was so emotional! She felt attacked and was attacked by Brian. That poor girl!!the cops did not protect her or try to help her, and they still aren’t interested in arresting him. He might get away since he best buddies with the cops and they aren’t interested in having him punished he just a person of interest!
      So disgusting and evil he killed her rather than calling her parents to come get her. Murder or abandoning her and leaving her someplace no one could find her was just so wrong

    3. @Dominique Xo The difference is she was on social media. There was body cam video of the couple, there were other video found and etc. Most missing people you only know what they were wearing and where they were last seen. That’s it! Get your crusty panties out of a bunch and stop being a victim. You are NOT a victim. And don’t even try to act like you care about Hispanic women. 🤣

  11. He took off in her van. He did something to her phone because if she had one, she would’ve contacted for help. He was listening to a song about a decomposing corpse on the same day he returned home to Florida. He refuses to reveal her whereabouts to her grieving family.

    Another to thing note, it takes 40+ hours to drive from his location all the way back to Florida. “Gabby” sent a text message to her mom on August 30 saying “No cell service in Yosemite.” On the 27th, Gabby previously mentioned to her friend on Snapchat that she was headed to Yellowstone. Gabby was long dead and Brian stole her phone and texted her mom a misspelled location to throw off her actual location where he dumped her body. Then he headed straight to Florida on the 30th, arriving to Florida on September 1, which is a confirmed date.

    There is a news article that came out by the Sun that talks about Gabby’s alleged friend who was supposed to meet up with her on the 29th at Yellowstone National park to celebrate her birthday. Gabby never met up with her and never responded to any of her calls. I’m thinking Gabby wasn’t even alive on the 29th.

    1. @J W no the last text her parents got was her saying no cell service in Yosemite. So she was not in social media. Brian very easily could have texted from her phone while stopping for gas.

    4. @mahesh kumar I can assure you my freind no man will buy a car for his girlfriend early stages while himself don’t have one…. he wasn’t working! !!!!!! That’s why they had to live with his parents. …. and she had to quite to start the can life vlogs so she can make a living out of it… and her not driving the van. … it’s just a man thing … I also had a car while my partner didn’t and every time we had to go somewhere he is behind the stearing wheel because in his mind he is the
      MAN even tho it’s my car…. some man my freind they tend to take over everything a woman OWN just because he is the boyfriend or the husband. … it’s an old legacy left over from the cave man ideology. ..

  12. I can’t imagine what her dad is going through. My dad would be so distraught if anything like this happened to me. No one should have to go through this

    2. You are assuming she wants to be found. For all we know right now, she could be running from abusive parents.

    3. J W when you’re on the fbi list and found list with this kinda media attention, you’re either holed up from an elaborate plan underground with food and water in some isolated place nobody has ever been.. or you’re dead and that’s that. I’d go with option 2 here. Otherwise someone somewhere would see her and report it

    4. J W also, if she’s alive and just hiding and this is some scheme by the 2 of them.. why get a lawyer? The lawyer is basically saying “I know for a fact gabby isn’t coming back, so by all means, produce a body or I’m just gonna stay quiet”

    5. @Willyk200921 She won’t be found. She was either pushed (most likely) or jumped into an acidic pool in Yellowstone and is long dissolved by now.

    5. @king dozer okay but now she is missing. you are totally right, however, he is home while she is gone. Did he want revenge? Did a fight turn bad? Is he faking domestic violence? These are all questions that we need to ask before sticking to ones side. I agree with you no one should have to go through that, but we don’t necessarily know. I’m all about believing the victim, however now the case is bigger and involving a disappearance, so potentially two victims. Maybe those scratches on his face were self defense from Gabby? Who knows. There is so much more we need to look at now

  15. Even if he absolutely had nothing to do with her going missing, the very fact that he showed up back in their hometown without her is horrible. You never leave a loved one hundreds of miles away. If she didn’t want to go with him, he could have called her family and I’m sure her parents would have made arrangements to go pick her up. I just hope and pray she is found alive!

    1. Nah you don’t know what happened. Maybe she wanted to be left. Maybe they argued, she got out and refused to get back in. If he grabs her and throws her in, it’s kidnapping. Can’t blame him just because he showed back up alone, that’s nothing but speculation.

    2. @FuqYourFaith21 you don’t leave somebody you’re engaged to thousands of miles away & return in her vehicle then disappear and not say anything when she’s labeled missing for a week

    3. They say the police investigators need to collect as much information they can within first 48 hours otherwise it becomes too difficult to solve

    5. @king dozer you need professional help if you can’t see what’s going on or maybe you are just stupid L

    1. Plenty of girls LIKE-LOVE ONLY bad boys. So they got what they reached for. Every Hell’s Angels guy has a wife. Every prisoner has a wife. Every cop has a wife. Bad boys…

    3. @Quinnie’s Channel Define what’s a fixer upper is. Be more specific…

      I know you like bad boys but tell me more…

  17. Brian’s family need to wake up and remember that their son is home safe, what if he were the one missing and they wanted answers from Gabby, please help Gabbys family

  18. The longer the boyfriend waits to confess the worse its going to be for him and his entire family. Its obvious to everyone what transpired.
    Now I just hope and pray that her body is found soon and returned to her family.

  20. The fact that her boyfriend isn’t out looking for her is enough for me to know that she isn’t missing, something happened to her and his silence make me think he did it.

    2. I couldn’t agree more. Why isn’t he more than a “person of interest” the dude had HER van, left HER who knows where, and drove home and WON’T speak to anyone. Now he’s missing (Sorry but I feel his parents gave him money to disappear or someone in the family tree is letting him stay there) so now that the FBI allowed him to run, who knows what will happen! I’m so angry at this. The FBI is useless, they just proved that with the gymnastics girls, and the fact they didn’t have him on the no fly list or watching his home is beyond me.

    3. The police should of not let them go. You could tell she is a victim of domestic abuse. Failed her. And now 😓

    4. I wish I was wrong. Her boyfriend is a piece of crap, I hope he didn’t go off himself somewhere, he needs to be alive to be held accountable and her family deserves some answers.

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