Gabby Petito Case

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The remains found at a campground near Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park are those of missing blogger Gabby Petito, an autopsy confirmed Tuesday.

The Teton County coroner in Wyoming confirmed the remains are those of Petito, 22, and initially determined her manner of death was homicide. But the coroner, Dr. Brent Blue, did not disclose a cause of death "pending final autopsy results," the FBI said in a statement.


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This fascinating case is world news, looks bad for the boyfriend.
 

The coroner usually won't disclose the exact manner of death for a reason.
When they question a suspect (likely the boyfriend), they withhold details that only the killer would know, so they can tell if he's telling the truth. Known as "Polygraph Keys."
Also, lots of crazy people will confess to murders they had nothing to do with.
 
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It seems obvious that the BF did it. You would think he would have tried to cover his tracks better if he killed her. That is what is odd to me. It seems he did not even try to cover the whole thing up. I suspect something made him snap?
 
Irwin said:
I thought it was pretty obvious that the boyfriend killed her. So why didn't law enforcement keep an eye on him?
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Maybe cost? Manpower? I learned that when Lacy Peterson was missing, a tracking device was put on Scott's vehicle. But, in that case, they had time to do it.
 
win231 said:
Maybe cost? Manpower? I learned that when Lacy Peterson was missing, a tracking device was put on Scott's vehicle. But, in that case, they had time to do it.
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Yes they did do that, but Scott reported Laci missing right away. Police suspected him because his behavior was not consistent with that of a grieving worried husband, hence the tracking device.

I think Brian may have killed Gabby accidentally and abandoned her in a panic. I don't think this was premeditated murder. He's in big trouble if he's ever caught because he's been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. People are behaving with a lynch mob mentality which is dangerous.

If they ever caught him, I don't know where they would ever find a truly impartial jury. What a mess.
 
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oldpop said:
Just curious as to what others here might think about it. What about suicide? That could answer a few questions about the boyfriends behavior. Just a thought.
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Do you mean Gabby? Or Brian? It's possible. Anything is possible because we know so little and it will take time to learn more as there was probably little left to help police without being too graphic about it. You know what I mean.
 
The latest mystery to follow in the press. Kind of interesting how these things happen. Thousands of people are killed and murdered all over the world, but only the rare few seem to catch our attention.

I see that when they traveled from Southern Utah to Wyoming they probably passed very close to my house, the shortest freeway route is only about a mile from here. I can see the road from my back yard. Don't remember seeing Gabby or Brian, guess I let my 15 minutes of fame pass me by...
 
Irwin said:
I thought it was pretty obvious that the boyfriend killed her. So why didn't law enforcement keep an eye on him?
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Wasn't the boyfriend also missing by the time they suspected it was a homicide? It was stupid for him to return to Florida without her and think no one would notice but I'm not clear on the timeline with when he returned to FLA and how soon afterward he fled. I'm wondering if he committed suicide. It's such a sad thing when anyone is killed but especially when it is by someone loved and trusted. May she R.I.P. It was interesting to read that information they got from online "sleuths" actually helped with their investigation.

I was going to mention this anyway but when looking to find more information about Ms. Petito's case I found this on ABC news. When a White woman/girl is kidnapped and/or missing...it becomes national headline news which goes on for days (sometimes weeks) until the person (or her body) is found. The headline in the article below calls this "Missing white woman syndrome", a term coined by the late PBS anchor Gwen Ifil, years ago. Non Whites do not get this kind of attention when they go missing. In fact, relatives have reported being brushed off by police when reporting their loved ones as missing. It is often assumed that they ran away or are off doing drugs or participating in criminal activies. The lack of effort in finding missing people of color is so prevalent that a couple of major T.V. shows included the lack of concern for missing Black women in their shows' story lines last season. Yet another reason why we say "Black lives matter"! This link contains the video clip from Good Morning America and the article. What this mother who's 16 year old daughter went missing years ago describes is hardly an isolated incident:

"She (Ms Cosey-Hill) described watching the search for Petito unfold as an "emotional rollercoaster," since she has both grieved for the Petito family and reflected on what did not happen in the aftermath of her daughter's disappearance. All the questions that weren't answered with my daughter, I'm checking to see if they're doing in that case," said Cosey Hill. "When you report your loved one missing, you hear, 'We'll try to get someone on this,' and they act as if they don't have enough manpower to do it."
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/gab...hite-woman-syndrome-experts/story?id=80144611
@Pecos @feywon
 
Nosy Bee-54 said:
it's not just the media and law enforcement, it really says a lot about everybody collectively
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Unfortunately you are right. The media just does what they think we want, and what we follow.

Apparently pretty articulate young blond women are what we want to hear about... And the police do much the same. I think the police have less excuse, they should be less prone to follow the crowd, but they often do.
 
Alligatorob said:
Unfortunately you are right. The media just does what they think we want, and what we follow.

Apparently pretty articulate young blond women are what we want to hear about... And the police do much the same. I think the police have less excuse, they should be less prone to follow the crowd, but they often do.
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Indeed, Joe the ugly wino killed in an alley gains mention on your local news for a day or two.

If your going to kill someone, don't do it on a slow news day.
 
I've been following this case with interest so I saw all the news pieces today about what they're calling "missing white woman syndrome." The missing black women in Chicago was mentioned and CNN talked about the 700 missing Native American women. All of these cases are terrible, but I think the news is misleading when they imply that the media makes as big a thing about every white woman as they have done about Gabby.

Gabby's story was all over the media for several special reasons. First is that she had been blogging their trip so it was possible to see videos of the two throughout their last days together. They were stopped by the police a few days before she went missing and we have video of that. We have a likely suspect in Brian and we can speculate about where he is and what his parents know.

Sadly, in most missing cases there is no story for the news outlets to tell. No videos, no suspects, just the fact that the person is missing. I like to think the police give as much attention to every case as to Gabby's, we just don't see it because there simply isn't a Dateline style story there.

The news, particularly CNN, is making a big story today comparing the media coverage of Gabby to the 700 missing Native American women and the implication is that every missing white woman gets the kind of coverage Gabby has. Last year, 321,859 white people went missing. I only heard about two of them.

I would like to see the number of missing lowered for all people of all colors. I would like to see violence against women stopped, I would like the thousands of lost mentally ill people found and given the medical care they need, and most of all I would like the missing children found.

What seems inappropriate to me right now is the words I heard from a CNN commentator who said Gabby was benefiting from white privilege. The poor girl was murdered and lay dead in the desert for weeks, how privileged is she?
 

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