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PAVEMENT DURING A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE. THEY SAY HE DIED OF ECSTASY NATION WHILE HIS DEATH WAS
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RULED A HOMICIDE, NONE OF THE OFFICERS FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. >>> GABBY PETITO DOCUMENT HER
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CROSS-COUNTRY JOURNEY WITH HER FIANCC ONLINE. WHEN SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING SO 11, THE
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CASE WAS EVERYWHERE INCLUDING ON TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM AND YOU TOO. AS IT TURNS OUT SOCIAL MEDIA
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USERS MAY HAVE HELPED AUTHORITIES FIND GABBY PETITO BATON STILL CONTINUES FOR HER
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FIANCC, BRIAN LAUNDRIE, WHO IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE. >> Reporter: IN JULY 2021,
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POTATO AT HER FIANCC, BRIAN LAUNDRIE, BEGAN WOULD LOOK LIKE A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE FULL OF
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PROMISE. >> I LETTER. >> Reporter: ROSE DAVIS, ONE OF HER CLOSEST FRIEND SAYS THE
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COUPLE WAS IN LOVE BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. >> I WAS CONCERNED WITH THEM
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SPENDING THAT MUCH TIME TOGETHER. WHEN I WAS LAST SEEN, THEY WERE ROCKY. >> Reporter: POLICE WERE
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DISPATCHED WITH A 911 CALL REPORTED SEEING A COMPETITION BETWEEN GABBY AND BRIAN.
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>> WE DROVE BY AND THE GENTLEMAN WAS SLAPPING THE GIRL. >> WHAT IS GOING ON? >> WE WERE FIGHTING THIS
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MORNING. WITH PERSONAL ISSUES. >> Reporter: IT IS UNCLEAR IF OFFICERS AT THE SCENE WERE
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GIVEN THE DETAILS OF THE 911 CALL. GABBY PETITO NEVER MENTIONED BRIAN HITTING HER BUT BRIAN
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TOLD POLICE GABBY ATTACKED HIM. POLICE SEPARATED THEM FOR THE NIGHT AND THEY CONTINUE THE
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JOURNEY. GABBY WOULD GO MISSING TWO WEEKS LATER. THE CROSS-COUNTRY JOURNEY DOCUMENTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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TURNED INTO A CROSS-COUNTRY VIRTUAL SEARCH PARTIES. THE QUESTION WAS, WHERE WAS GABBY PETITO?
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ONE THAT LIFE COUPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO GABBY STORY. WHEN JENNIFER SAW POSTS GABBY
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AND BRIAN WERE IN WYOMING ON THE SAME NIGHT THEY HAD BEEN, SHE RUSHED TO HER COMPUTER TO
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VIEW FOOTAGE OF THEIR TRIP. >> I SAW THE WHITE SPECKLED THAT I SAID PLEASE KEEP GOING,
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PLEASE KEEP GOING. AND IT DID AND IT GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER. >> SOME REASON INSTANTLY WE
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KNEW IT WAS HERS. >> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY CALL THE FBI AND UPLOADED FOOTAGE TO
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THE FBI WEBSITE. THE NEXT DAY CAME THE ANNOUNCEMENT EVERYONE HAD BEEN DREADING. >> HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED.
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>> Reporter: HER REMAINS WERE FOUND A FOUR MINUTE WALK FROM WHERE THEY HAD SPOTTED THE VAN.
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>> WE HAVE MORE ON THAT THE REPORT. THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS IN THE CASE. CURRENTLY OF COURSE THE BIGGEST
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ONE IS, WHERE DO AUTHORITIES BELIEVE BRIAN LAUNDRIE IS? >> Reporter: THERE CONTINUING
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THE SEARCH. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS, BUT, THEY ARE HOPING THAT THEY FIND HIM.
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THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS AREA, THE CARLTON RESERVE. A SWAMPY AREA. SNAKES, ALLIGATORS, IT HAS BEEN
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VERY DIFFICULT. THEY HAVE DIVE TEAMS. AT ONE POINT THEN THEY WERE CALLED OFF. I SPOKE TO THE PIO FOR THE
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NORTH PORT POLICE WHICH INITIALLY WAS HANDLING THIS INVESTIGATION. OF COURSE, IT IS NOW BEING LED
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BY THE FBI. TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU, HE SOUNDED EXHAUSTED HIMSELF BECAUSE, THEY HAVE BEEN
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DOING ALL THAT THEY CAN AT THIS POINT TO TRY TO LOCATE BRIAN LAUNDRIE. THE SEACH CONTINUES.
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HE IS NOT SURE WHERE THAT WILL GO THIS WEEKEND. THEY ARE TRYING TO RULE OUT DIFFERENT AREAS OF WHERE WE ARE
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STANDING BECAUSE IT IS SO DEEP AND SO VAST. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T GET A SENSE OF THAT FROM WHAT YOU ARE
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SEEING BEHIND. WE EVEN HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DRAWN TO THE CASE AND THEY STARTED TO SEARCH
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ON THEIR OWN. WE WERE ON A BOAT WITH A MAN WHO USED TO BE A TOUR GUIDE AND DECIDED HE WANTED TO TRY TO
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HELP WITH THE EFFORTS ON THE RIVER HERE THAT RUNS AT LEAST WATCH? 10 OR 20 MILES?
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30 MILES LONG. SO, VLAD, I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS.
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THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HIM AND THE ANTE WAS UPPED IF YOU WILL BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE A FEDERAL
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SEARCH IN VIOLATION OF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING HIS USE OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO DEVICES.
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BASICALLY THE FBI SAYING HE USED BANK CARDS TO RETRIEVE AND OBTAIN THINGS OF VALUE,
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AGGREGATING $1000 OR MORE PER THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO USE TO ARREST HIM IN THIS CASE.
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THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH CRITICISM ABOUT WHITE DID NOT POLICE JUST ESSENTIALLY QUESTION HIM OR HER, YOU KNOW,
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MAKING LEAVY HOME BECAUSE HE WAS THE LAST PERSON REALLY TO BE WITH GABBY FOR ANY EXTENDED
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LENGTH OF TIME. POLICE MADE IT CLEAR HE HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT NOT TO SPEAK.
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THIS ALLOWS THE RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE SEEN WITH MEAT ON IT IF YOU SAY WE CAN
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ARREST HIM BASED ON THE FEDERAL VIOLATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL WEEK LONG, THE CASE OF COURSE IS
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GARNERED A LOT OF ATTENTION. THERE HAS BEEN CRITICISM ABOUT THAT. WHAT HAS BEEN THE CRITICISM?
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HAT ARE YOU HEARING YOU ARE TALKING TO ABOUT IT? >> Reporter: YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH
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ATTENTION HERE ON THE SEARCH FOR BRIAN LAUNDRIE AND JUST THE COVERAGE IN GENERAL OF GABBY
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PETITO. HER PARENTS, HER STEPPARENTS HAVE BEEN AMAZING ADVOCATES EARLY ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE
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KNEW HER NAME AND KNEW THAT THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR HER AND SHE HAD SUCH AN INTERESTING
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BACK STORY WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN DOCUMENTING THEIR TRAVELS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS FLORIDA TO NEW
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YORK AND OUT WEST. THEN, YOU HAVE THE MOAB, UTAH VIDEO THAT SHOWED THE POLICE BEING CALLED TO WHAT WAS TOLD
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TO THEM WAS A DOMESTIC DISPUTE OF SORTS AND THAT IS SORT OF THE LAST VIDEO THAT WE HAVE OF
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SUBSTANCE OF THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. THE CONVERSATIONS POLICE HAD. ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS.
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THE CRITICISM THE STORY FACED IS THERE IS A DISPARITY HOW PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE COVERED
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WHEN THEY GO MISSING. TONIGHT. NOT TONIGHT BUT TOMORROW ON THE SPECIAL WE ADDRESS THE RACIAL
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DISPARITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES PARTICULARLY LIKE WYOMING WERE BETWEEN 2011 AND
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2020, MORE THAN 2700 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED MISSING. PEOPLE HAVE SAID WAIT A MINUTE,
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YOU KNOW, CONCERN FORGET ABOUT TITO NO DOUBT AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO HER PARENTS, BUT,
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WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE? WE PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE SPECIAL ON SATURDAY.
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>> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. HAS THE FAMILY OF GABBY MADE ANY STATEMENTS IN THE LAST 48
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HOURS OR SO? >> Reporter: THEY HAVE BEEN VERY QUIET, VLADIMIR DUTHIERS, YOU KNOW BEING IN THE FIELD WE
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ARE CALLING AUTHORITIES, THE FBI TO MAKE SURE WE GET DUCKS IN A ROW AS FAR AS THE
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INVESTIGATION FOR BRIAN LAUNDRIE. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING AS OF RECENTLY FROM THE LAUNDRIE
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FAMILY. WHEN I GET OFF OF THE AIR THAT COULD CHANGE. WE WERE LOOKING AT THE POST OF
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JOE POTATO IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE HE WAS ONE THAT WAS VERY VOCAL, ON DR. PHIL, POLICE
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SPOKE TO HIM LAST WEEK. HE POSTED A PICTURE OF HIS DAUGHTER AFTER IT WAS KNOWN THE
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FBI FOUND HUMAN REMAINS AT THAT POINT BELIEVED TO BE GABBY PETITO. HE POSTED A PICTURE OF HIS
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DAUGHTER SORT OF WITH ANGEL WINGS AND SAID SHE TOUCHED THE WORLD. SO, THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT WE
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HAVE SEEN FROM THE FAMILY BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS BACK TOGETHER ON LONG
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ISLAND WHERE SHE GREW UP. >> JERICKA DUNCAN REPORTING. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS WE APPRECIATE IT.
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