Breaking: Authorities have confirmed that the remains found over the weekend belong to Gabrielle Petito and that her manner of death is determined to be a homicide. 💔
The search warrant states that Schmidt described the message as "odd," as Petito didn't refer to her grandfather by his first name. "The mother was concerned that something was wrong with her daughter," the documents state.Petito's parents eventually filed a missing persons report on Saturday, Sept. 11, 10 days after her fiancé returned to his family's home in Florida.
The statement continued, "It is important to note that while Brian is a person of interest in Gabby's disappearance, he is not wanted for a crime. We are not currently working a crime investigation. We are now working a multiple missing person investigations.""All of Gabby's family want the world to know that Brian is not missing, he is hiding. Gabby is missing."
It was during their travels in Utah that the couple had an encounter with local authorities. According to NBC News, two police officers responded to a report of a "domestic problem" between the pair on Aug. 12. One officer wrote in the report that Petito said she slapped Laundrie during an argument, prompting Laundrie to lock her out of their van. She eventually got into the vehicle.
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