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foreign [Music] what comes to mind a young aspiring blogger who love life love Adventures now a girl who was on the
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cusp of beginning life and whose life was tragically taken from her the FBI announcing a medical examiner
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says the body found in Wyoming was indeed that of Gabby Patito the coroner calling her death a homicide
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Brian laundry I believe made his decision to kill himself after he had killed Gabby potato
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investigators say human remains found in Florida this week are those of Brian laundry
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person of interest in the death of his fiancee Gabby petito Gabby potato has been gone for over a
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year now is this case over no this case is far from over my name is Mary full geniti and I'm a
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former Federal prosecutor and defense attorney there are still a lot of questions for
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Gabby's parents the primary one being would Gabby Patito still be alive today if the case have been handled
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differently we came to know Gabby potito and Brian laundry because they were putting
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themselves out there in social media documenting their travels throughout America this young couple in love living
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out of their van seeing what the world had to offer living the dream foreign my name is Dr Chris mohandi and I'm a
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forensic psychologist but what we come to learn is that that was a veneer all the chocolate mountains it's a river
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of chocolate much as I know Gabby and feel like I know Brian you just never know when it
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comes to relationships we've been lucky so far at all the places we've stayed but I'd say this is one of the best so
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far one that's met the two of them has been like they seem like such a nice couple
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a lot of couples look nice on Instagram about a month into their trip Gabby and Brian have
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a lot of arguments it gets physical a witness reports it to the Moab police hey how are you
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they respond and now we see that there's trouble in Paradise but I didn't want anything to breather
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I'm fine but I look good I hope she doesn't have too many complaints about me I'm just uh so I I feel bad I can get
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so comfortable when you look back could that Moab police stop than a game changer oh
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absolutely it's hard not to wonder what would have happened uh to Gabby if either Gabby or Brian had
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been arrested that day two people went on a trip one person returned and that person that returned
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isn't providing us any information foreign we believe the circumstantial evidence
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demonstrates that the laundry family was aware that their son had murdered Gabby
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and that they were aware of the location of her remains they refused to communicate to the
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petito family as human beings How could somebody not pick up that phone and say I'm so sorry we don't know what happened
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what can we do to help and the only reason why you wouldn't is if obviously something went a foul
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Gabby is the most amazing person I've ever met I've never felt a pain like this I have screamed into the air what
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happened because I I want answers [Music] we will get Justice for her no matter what
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[Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign trip in the summer of 2021 started as an
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adventure story I love the van months later it turned into a nationwide search for a missing woman the search for
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missing 22 year old Gabby potito is now a multi-state effort before ending here earlier today human
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remains were discovered with the discovery of her remains and Grand Teton National Park
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it has now become a cautionary tale ultimately her death will hopefully lead to many women being rescued and saved
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from these situations well before it gets to murder former prosecutor and CBS consultant
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Mary fulginiti says Gabby's story is really about recognizing the warning signs of domestic violence which are
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often hard to read there are people who believe that Gabby patito's story didn't
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have to end the way it did if only the warning signs have been picked up on would it have been different
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[Music] to most eyes Gabby potito and her fiance Brian laundry were compatible in every
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way never goes outside coolest chick you ever met man by far she's just gonna make you she's
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gonna make you smile Gabby's dad Joseph coolest chick you ever met simple deck 22 years old a New York girl
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from Long Island an appetite for adventure she knew she wanted to take this trip
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her mom Nicole Schmidt she had told me about it probably a year before it started
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buying stretching doing some morning yoga Brian's very charismatic he always comes
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off as such a sweet person and just kind of like I'm here one of Gabby's close friends Rose Davis
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they met soon after Gabby moved to Florida she texted me one of the sweetest messages I think I've ever got
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from someone and it was just like you seem so cool I really want to be your friend and I was just
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absolutely they made tick tock videos together for fun Rose says Gabby was good friends with
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Brian back in high school in New York then after Brian moved to Florida Gabby moved there too to be closer to him I
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always told her her life is kind of like a movie because I was just like this happens in movies
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soon they were in love and living together she'd let me know what they did and you
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know he he'd make her breakfast and it was always such a cute little thing and they did cute little dinners in July of
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2020 they got engaged they even got tattoos together but Rose says Brian could sometimes exhibit what she calls
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toxic traits we spoke to Rose when Gabby was first reported missing when Brian wants something he's gonna get it and I
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don't mean in a physical way he's gonna force it he's just gonna I don't want people to say I'm calling
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him a full manipulator but he'll manipulate the situation to get what he wants out of it and you know he didn't
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want her to go out one night with me and he stole her ID because you can't get into the bar without your ID and you
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know this was really upsetting to her you know you're you're engaged it's not you know it's not supposed to be like
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that but the couple seem to put any drama behind them as they got ready for their
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Adventure Gabby worked hard at Taco Bell and with Brian at Publix Supermarket saving money for their trip
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they've bought the van they converted it the goal was to spend four or five months crisscrossing the country having
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Adventures even working on organic farms and chronicling it all in real time on social media
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she was just like I want to document this this is so cool to be doing and she just kind of
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yeah kind of like a vlogger just let everyone know what she was up to she was excited starting her van life
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digital Journey where she's creating this whole you know following of van lipers and
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that's what she was really into at the moment they rolled out officially on July 2nd Gabby posted constantly hello
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hello and good morning every little detail you can't keep chocolate in Utah not in July
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but all those selfies may have been hiding a darker story there's everything behind the scenes you don't know
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six weeks into their trip on the afternoon of August 12th in Utah near the Arches National Park Gabby and
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Brian's Instagram road trip came to a shuttering stop driver is showing some obscure driving
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possibly intoxicated it was around 4 45 in the afternoon according to this police officer's body cam currently
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doing 45 miles an hour zoned through here is 25. oh subjects just hit the curb correction speed limit is 15.
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what's your guys's names Gabby Brian okay it was the stop that could have changed
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everything [Music] [Music] thank you Grand County Sheriff's Office this 9-1-1 call was made on August 12 2021 in Moab
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Utah four weeks before Gabby Patito was reported missing we're driving by and I'd like to report a domestic dispute
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the caller reports seeing what appeared to be an alarming confrontation between Gabby and Brian Florida license plate
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white land what were they doing uh we drove by and the gentleman was clapping the girl he was slapping her yes and
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then we stopped they ran up and down the sidewalk he proceeded to hit her hopped
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in the car and they drove off officers from the Moab Police Department are dispatched and within minutes Gabby and
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Brian's white van spotted driving erratically outside the Arches National Park they're pulled over the officers
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separate the couple and begin questioning them Gabby is visibly shaken yeah I don't know it's just some days
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I have really bad OCD and okay I just I was just cleaning and straight to get back at the end before and I was
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apologizing to him and saying I'm sorry that I'm so mean because that I'm trying
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to start a blog I don't know he's like I don't know I don't know we've been fighting all morning and
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he wouldn't let me in the car before and then why wouldn't you let you in the car
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because your OCD tell me what's going on you see this gets worked up sometimes and I try and really business myself
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bummers like I locked your car and I walked away from her Ryan tells police that Gabby attacked him scratching his
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face and his arm as she tried to get back into the van I know I sent a question I'm just trying
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to push the way to go let's take a minute step back and breathe and we see if she got me with your phone people
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that came to us and told us that they saw him hit you another officer asked Gabby for more details about what
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happened well to be honest I definitely give him an emergency or did you hit him I stopped he stopped
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him first and then it's on his face how many times did you slap a little Romeo India
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and then his reaction was to do what yeah he just grabbed you yeah did he did he
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hit you though I mean I mean it's okay if you're saying you hit him and then I understand if he hit you but we want to
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know the truth if he actually hit you because you know I guess yeah but ice cream first where did he hit you don't
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worry just be honestly it's like I guess he didn't hit me in the face like really
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anything do you slap your face or what yes like with his nail and I guess that's
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why it looks I normally have a cut right here because I could peel it yeah especially friends
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the officers never directly asked Brian if he slapped or hit Gabby they also didn't talk to the 9-1-1 caller who
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reported seeing Brian hit Gabby but one of the officers did speak with a second eyewitness that day the witnesses I
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never saw him hit her I saw him shove her but I couldn't tell you if it was and aggression against her or a defense
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against her so at this point from what unless the guy's screaming that he needs to go to jail and did something to this
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girl it sounds to me like see the primary aggressor in Utah if officers find evidence of a domestic
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violence assault they are required to make an arrest or issue a citation an independent investigation would later
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conclude that the officers did not have a clear understanding of the law very important question
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how you answer this question is going to determine what happens next but the only person that's going to
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answer this question is you they mistakenly believe that Gabby had to intend to harm Brian to require an
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arrest when you slapped him those times were you attempting to cause him physical pain or physical impairment was
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that what you were attempting to do what were you what were you attempting to do
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what is the reason behind the slapping and stuff what was what was it you were attempting
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to accomplish by slap I'm trying to get one of the stocks what doesn't sound to me like she tends
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to be interested ultimately officers on the scene decided to separate the couple
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for the night I'm gonna give you the keys to Savannah Gabby was told to stay with the van I'm giving him a ride over
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to the hotel as the assumed victim Brian was sent to a hotel I really appreciate it thank you
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so much for everything no problem no one was arrested or issued a citation forensic psychologist Chris mohandi has
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worked closely with law enforcement on issues of domestic violence the officers that responded to Gabby and Brian were
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compassionate their hearts were in the right place of wanting to help they were trying to do what they
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mistakenly believed was the right thing by cutting them a break weeks later when the body cam footage
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was released there was a public uproar newly released video shows what looks like the aftermath of an argument
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between Gabby Patito and Brian laundry for her friend Rose those images were almost impossible to watch it takes a
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lot for her to get that hysterical I'm perfectly calm all the time and he really stresses me out and so when I
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saw the body cam I knew it was more than just a little argument she's not gonna slap him for no reason
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so the 9-1-1 call Drew outrage he was slapping her followers of the story on social media erupted in anger
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my blood is boiling at how they failed this poor girl all I know is this didn't have to end
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like this police missed an opportunity mohandi says the officers seem to miss signs of domestic abuse
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and Gabby accepting the blame and I was apologizing to him and saying I'm sorry that I'm so mean because in a
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domestically violent relationship it's not uncommon for one party to take the blame for what really is the behavior of
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the other party the independent investigator later wrote that it's very likely that Gabby was a
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long-term victim of domestic violence the ramifications of the officer's actions during that stop would play out
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in the days ahead and months later would be questioned by Gabby's parents and their lawyers
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[Music] just days after that traffic stop Gabby and Brian were back on the road headed
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north to Salt Lake City it rained all afternoon yesterday on August 19th Gabby posted an edited eight-minute video
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showing their journey together it is really nice and sunny today the video showed no signs of any tension between
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Gabby and Bryant [Applause] later Gabby told her mom they were leaving Utah and driving to Grand Teton
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National Park in Wyoming she was happy she was excited to keep going on her journey and um
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that was the last time I spoke to her verbally [Music] on August 25th Gabby posted a series of
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photos on Instagram in front of a butterfly mural in Ogden Utah it would be her final post on Instagram
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[Music] [Music] never goes outside the Instagram post on August 25th 2021 was the last time Gabby potito would
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publish on social media and shortly after she said she and Brian were headed to Grand Teton National Park Gabby's
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parents stopped hearing from her she seemed to have been in communication with her parents on a regular basis
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throughout the totality of this trip and they were checking in on her regularly then on August 27 2021 her mother says
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she received a strange text message from Gabby's phone it read can you help Stan
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I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls Stan is Gabby's grandfather the mother
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thought it was odd because she never refers to a grandfather as Stan it was out of character and disconcerting but
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as far as the petito family knew Gabby and Brian were still together on their trip
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hi my name is Miranda Baker and on August 29th my boyfriend and I picked up Brian at Grand Teton National Park at 5
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30 at night at Coulter Bay 48 hours after Gabby's mother received that cryptic text Miranda Baker says she
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and her boyfriend picked up a man she believes was Brian laundry she says he was alone he approached us asking us for
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a ride because he needed to go to Jackson before he came in the car he offered to pay us like 200 to give him a
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ride like 10 miles so that was kind of weird he then told us he's been camping for
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multiple days without his fiance and that she was working on their social media page back at their van
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[Music] suddenly says Miranda things took a turn when there was confusion over where they
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were going he freaked out he's like nope I need to get out right now like pull over we
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dropped him off at 609 pm on August 29th meanwhile Gabby's mother Nicole did receive one more text from Gabby's phone
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it said that there was no service in Yosemite the last text I received from her phone
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was August 30th are you confident that was from her or you're not sure I can't comment on that
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[Music] during Gabby's travels she had been staying in touch with her friend Rose
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Davis Rose was expecting to hear from Gabby on her birthday so we talked and my birthday is August 29th so we decided
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call me then but no birthday call or text came I honestly didn't think anything of it when she didn't text me
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or anything because she's traveling cross-country and you know once it got it got later into it around like 8th and
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9th of September that was the point where I was like she would have called me why haven't I
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heard from her yet what Rose did not know was that on September 1st Brian laundry was back in
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North Port Florida he had driven the van there and he was alone the potato family
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knew none of this but they had already become alarmed when they stopped hearing from Gabby altogether and her cell phone
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had stopped working [Music] did you ever reach out to her boyfriend to figure out what happened
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and where where your daughter is we can't comments but Gabby's mother did reach out to
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police it was actually Friday the 10th that I decided to call police because I had had 10 days 10 almost 11 days was
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enough for me to not hear from my child and I got the run around nobody wanted to report her missing
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um she's an adult traveling but as a mother I said it's not like her finally that Saturday I um
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went personally to Suffolk County fifth Precinct and now this is where we are [Music]
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Gabby Patito was officially declared a missing person on September 11th just over two weeks after her last Instagram
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post as the nation remembered so many lives lost 20 years earlier the petito family
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focused on One Life that of their missing daughter we're looking for her and only her
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not the van not the two of them just just her keep your eyes out and we'll find her that woman disappears on a
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cross-country trip with her boyfriend in a van on Monday September 13 2021 the story of Gabby potito's disappearance
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hit the news the parents of a missing woman from Long Island need help finding her Gabby's mom and stepdad Nicole and
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Jim Schmidt held up her photo for reporters he's 22 years old um she's an absolutely beautiful beautiful
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soul Inside and Out rose Davis was devastated to see her friend's picture on TV my mom called me into her room and
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uh Gabby's face was all over the news and uh I kind of just went into shock [Music]
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what happened to Gabby potito once it became clear that Gabby potato had gone missing her mom and stepdad her
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father Joe petito and stepmom Tara set up a fine Gabby page where people could post tips and information she was
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reportedly last seen near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming around August 27 2021.
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home safe and sound I immediately immediately made like a collage of all of our photos for a tick tock and posted
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the information Facebook Instagram everything within Days videos about Gabby's disappearance exploded across social
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media even people with no connection to Gabby join the search to help find her we are going to be going to the Grand
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Tetons to see if there's anything that we can do to help in the search of Gabby Patito you know the social media has
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been amazing watch it getting everybody to post it repost it we need for her to come back
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home and anything you guys can do to help us get there is just appreciated and we just got to keep doing it
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for Gabby's parents this Spotlight in the media and online was invaluable but as former Federal prosecutor Mary
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fulginiti points out not all missing persons cases received this level of attention what was it about Gabby
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patito's story that resonated with so many people across the world you know there seems to be a tendency in these
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types of cases to give a disproportionate amount of attention to a certain type of individual and I think
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Gabby Patito was a young beautiful blonde blue hide girl forensic psychologist Dr Chris mohandi this case
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you know is a bit of a commentary on who gets news attention Traction in social media there are people in these
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situations every single day that don't fit that description Native American communities you know gay communities are
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they being treated differently are they being ignored whether it's newsworthy or
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not shouldn't be dictated by somebody's color of skin because these stories if they rise to a level of notoriety I mean
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they really can help solve the mystery behind some of them but there was one person who wasn't helping solve the
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mystery of what happened to Gabby Ryan laundry Northport Florida police spokesman Josh
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Taylor said investigators were frustrated neither he nor his parents would answer
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their questions even though Gabby had lived with them we were essentially handed the
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information for their attorney that is the extent of our conversation with them first word that popped in my brain was
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coward to be honest with you you're supposed to love her you're supposed to marry her where is she
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police confiscated the white Ford van searched it for evidence and then released it posting that Brian was now a
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person of interest in Gabby's disappearance laundry family attorney Stephen bertolino spoke briefly to the
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Press on behalf of the laundry family I will hope that Miss Patito is located and that she's reunited with her family
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Gabby's parents responded through attorney Rick Stafford with a scathing letter we believe you know the location
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of where Brian left Gabby we beg you to tell us as a parent how could you let us go
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through this pain and not help us six days after Gabby was declared missing the laundry family
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reported that they didn't know where Brian was they said he'd left for a hike at the
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Carlton Reserve days earlier [Music] police immediately began to comb the huge local park looking for Brian
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a massive search more than 50 officers and FBI agents combing a 24 000 acre park near Sarasota Florida looking for
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Brian laundry anger at the laundry family silence prompted protesters to gather outside
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the laundry home demanding answers while authorities were searching for Brian in Florida the search for Gabby in
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and around Wyoming intensified it was like a nationwide Hut too you know between social media and all the other
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avenues and people were looking for the van people were looking for where it went when it went they were looking for
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Gabby Patito [Music] and in this case all of that social media attention ultimately helped
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investigators locate Gabby when Kyle and Jen Bethune came forward with information they had spotted Gabby and
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Brian's van the buffoons had been in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park around the time
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Gabby's family last heard from her on August 27 2021 the bethunes had their GoPros
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rolling for their YouTube channel when they went looking for a campground we're driving down this road past this van and
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it had Florida plates however the van was completely dark we assumed that they were just out hiking or doing something
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else once the bethunes left the park they didn't think about the van again until late on Saturday September 18th
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when Jen checked her phone and was stunned to learn authorities now believed Gabby had been in the Tetons
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the very same night the bethunes were there Jen instantly remembered the white van
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and I immediately got Goosebumps all over my body I rushed back to the computer and I saw that white Speck of
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van and I was like please keep going please keep going and it did and it got bigger and bigger
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we just some reason instantly knew that it was hers when I called the FBI I was like I have found Gabby's footage like
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patched me across to somebody like this is huge because I knew deep down what it
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was and I knew how important this footage would be to finding Gabby as instructed the bethunes uploaded their
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footage to the FBI website they also posted it on YouTube and Facebook just hours later came the devastating
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announcement earlier today human remains were discovered consistent with the description of Gabrielle Gabby Patito
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[Music] the FBI says Gabby's remains were found at the spread Creek Camping Area inside
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Bridger Teton National Forest in Wyoming an autopsy confirmed the remains were Gabby's and the coroner determined her
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death was a homicide by manual strangulation we have no additional comments Gabby's family asked for
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privacy but her father Joe sent out a tweet that summed up the moment it read simply she touched the world
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hours after it was announced Gabby had been found over a dozen FBI agents and police officers swarmed the home of
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Brian's parents police arrived the FBI arrived they were carrying a battering ram they also announced that they had a
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warrant I think seeing these FBI agents and police here you wonder do they now know where he is
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the next day Northport police the FBI and other agencies ramped up the search of the
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nature preserve near Brian's home trains very difficult essentially 75 percent of it's underwater
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49 days after Brian had returned home without Gabby on October 20th 2021 the FBI made an announcement earlier today
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investigators found what appeared to be human remains an autopsy revealed Brian laundry had died from a self-inflicted
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gunshot to the head and there was something else along with personal items such as a
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backpack and notebook belonging to Brian Landry that notebook contained writings
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from Brian explaining what he says really happened to Gabby potito writing I ended her life I thought it was
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merciful [Music] foreign [Music] Landry put a bullet through his head he wrote a story describing how Gabby
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potito died it was dark they were running across the stream she must have fell and hurt herself and he went to
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help her but she seemed to be in extreme pain in that small notebook found in a dry
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bag near Brian's remains he wrote I ended her life I thought it was merciful that it is what she wanted but
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I see now all the mistakes I made self-serving narrative that portrayed that there had been an accident and that
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there have been a mercy killing by him of her because she was suffering Ryan's stretching it speaks to selfishness and
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a degree of narcissism that it was important for other people looked at him his image you know he had the last word
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while Gabby's parents will never see Brian laundry face a jury they are seeking their own version of Justice
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they are suing Brian's estate for wrongful death and his parents for intentional infliction of emotional
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distress Attorney Patrick Reilly it's our belief that the laundry family was aware that
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Brian had murdered Gabby and was aware where her body was located [Music] Riley says that belief is based on
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information from the FBI he says the FBI believes that Gabby was murdered on August 27 2021 and that Brian made a
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lengthy phone call to his parents on the 28th he says according to the FBI Brian's parents then contacted an
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attorney that same day how damning is that why would they get an attorney so fast very it's very damning it doesn't
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pass the smell test the laundry's attorney issued a statement denying the allegations made
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in the lawsuits and saying this lawsuit does not change the fact that the laundries had no obligation to speak to
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law enforcement or any third party including the potato family but there's more says Riley a letter
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allegedly written to Brian by his mother Roberta laundry Riley says he and Gabby's mom read it while reviewing
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evidence at the FBI's Tampa office there was one part that sticks out which is if you go to prison I'll bake a cake
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with a shiv in it and by the way the envelope that the letter came in had written on the front of it Burn After
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Reading if it can be proven when and if Brian's mother did it write that letter it could
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be very damaging says Mary fulginiti because it shows the mindset of the mother she'll do anything to protect her child
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in addition to the pending cases in Florida Gabby's parents are in the process of
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filing a lawsuit against the Moab Police Department how's it going how are you doing relating to how they handled that
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domestic violence stop with Gabby and Brian attorney Brian Stewart the family believes that Gabby would still be alive
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today if the police officers had had the proper training and had followed the law
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in how they responded to Gabby's situation hey how are you according to Stewart the body cam
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footage shows there was a fundamental problem the very best thing I can do is call my supervisor and see if I'm
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missing something here it's clear that the officers did not have a clear understanding of the law that they were
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supposed to enforce that day try to calm down and I'm gonna go call a supervisor the Moab Police Department
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commissioned the captain of another Utah police department to conduct that independent review of the officer's
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actions that day among the report's conclusions there was probable cause for an arrest by choosing not to apply the
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statute and effect and arrest the officers left Gabby and Brian in a dangerous situation
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the report cited other intentional mistakes says Mary fulginiti they didn't follow up with a key witness which is
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the 9-1-1 caller they did not follow up with questions to Brian Landry about whether or not he grabbed her face or
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grabbed her arm they didn't document Gabby's wounds photographically or in the report Mary full geniti believes
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they also missed some classic telltale signs of domestic violence when he was a girl who was hysterically crying who was
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immediately taking the blame who is also trying to minimize her boyfriend's actions all of this while he remained
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calm cool and collected through his interview so I think if you look at that in the totality it had all those things
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been addressed we might have had a different outcome here you know this could have been a game
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changer we don't know for sure we'll never know but certainly intervention would have
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been more possible under that scenario one of the officers involved told the independent investigator after Gabby's
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death quote I would have done anything to stop it if I would have known that was coming
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what happened what's going on in a statement the city of Moab said it believed the officers showed kindness
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you want to come stand in the shade respect and empathy and their handling of this incident on your way alrighty
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the city intends to implement the recommendations of the independent review which include more domestic
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violence investigation related training and legal training to ensure officers understand Utah's state laws
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the attorneys for Gabby's parents insists their lawsuits are not about money they're about raising awareness
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Gabby's mother Nicole recently told the Associated Press I get people messaging me all the time if they were inspired by
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her to get out of a relationship and I think that in and of itself is a huge huge victory for a family that has
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sadly uh encountered such tragedy but there can be is bright lights that come out of
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these bad circumstances and if there is one to be shined here it will be hopefully that there will be young girls
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out there that say you know what I'm gonna walk away I'm not going to stay or I'm going to get myself the help I need
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to get the strength to walk away foreign doing in death what she did in life I've
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always described her as this light you know she'll do everything to bring the light out in you and if she can't she'll
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give you some of hers [Music] foreign of falling out with a student she attacked him on social media
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