Moab Police Encounter

• 🚨 Gabby Petito was observed being beaten by Brian Laundrie by multiple witnesses, yet the Moab police deemed her the aggressor.
• 💔 Despite visible marks on her face and arm, and her clear distress, police focused on Gabby's admission of slapping Laundrie and let him go.
• 🚗 Laundrie locked Gabby out of her own van, leaving her without a phone or ID, but she was still portrayed as the instigator in the incident.

Gabby's Tragic End

• 🏞️ Gabby's body was later discovered in Grand Teton National Park, having been strangled by Brian Laundrie and left to decompose and be torn apart by animals.
• 💀 Forensic analysis confirmed her cause of death as asphyxiation due to strangulation, despite the advanced state of decomposition.
• 🏕️ Her body was found in a dispersed camping area, highlighting the isolation and the disregard with which she was left.

Laundrie Family's Knowledge and Deception

• 📞 Two days after Gabby's murder, Brian Laundrie called his parents, stating Gabby was "gone" and he needed a lawyer.
• ⚖️ The Laundrie parents subsequently hired attorney Steve Bertolino, who later issued a statement expressing hope for Gabby's reunification, which the Petito family claims was misleading.
• 📝 Brian's mother, Roberta Laundrie, wrote a "burn letter" to him, offering to help bury a body with a shovel, which she later dismissed as an inside joke.
• 📱 Brian Laundrie sent fake text messages from Gabby's phone to her mother, Nicole Schmidt, attempting to deceive her into believing Gabby was still alive.

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Lawsuit

• 👨‍👩‍👧 Gabby's parents, Nicole Schmidt and Joe Petito, are suing the Laundries and Steve Bertolino for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
• 🏛️ The lawsuit alleges that the defendants knew Gabby was dead but chose to do nothing, causing immense suffering to her family by giving them false hope.
• 🔍 The Petito family's attorney, Pat Riley, is seeking to compel Bertolino to reveal what Brian Laundrie told him, suspecting he knew more, possibly even the location of Gabby's body.
• ✅ The legal proceedings highlight that circumstantial evidence can be as powerful as direct evidence in proving knowledge and intent in such cases.