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Utah cops release chilling bodycam footage of Gabby Petito, beau in domestic incident call
NY Post ^ | 09/16/2021 | Emily Crane

Posted on 09/16/2021 5:52:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: Joe 6-pack

Sometimes a dingo really did eat the baby.


141 posted on 09/16/2021 8:20:01 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: shotgun; ChicagoConservative27; HighSierra5; Mr Ramsbotham; woodbutcher1963; Kharis13; ...
...or she completely lost it and refused to get back in the car and he drove off and left her, and she offed herself.

OR, he kicked her out of the van and she got picked up by a predator. Then, that guy killed her and buried her in the desert.

It may not have escalated to violence. He may have just left her somewhere. Or she may have stormed out of the relationship.

Here’s my theory: She left the van before morning and started walking. She got lost in the Utah wilderness and died or was picked up by someone and hasn’t been heard from since. He’s not talking because he honestly doesn’t know what happened to her.

I wouldn't be surprised if he killed her but these are not bad hypotheses. There are probably several other possible scenarios that exonerate this guy but people are accusing him of murder because he isn't talking. But in a situation like this, even if he's innocent, the last thing he should do is talk.

At least that's what Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson in Watts v. Indiana (1949) said, "Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to the police under any circumstances."

Here's a good law school lecture where you can test that advice for yourself.

Don't talk to the police.

142 posted on 09/16/2021 8:20:42 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina (The time is out of joint. - Hamlet)
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To: L,TOWM

That would have been the smart move but he’s yet to talk to the cops. The longer he doesn’t talk, the more suspicious he is.

Most would have called her mom all upset and asking if she’d heard from her. But this guy sends the mom fake texts and blogs as if it’s her. He’s smart enough to let her parents pay for a nice long vacation but real dumb after that.


143 posted on 09/16/2021 8:20:53 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: circlecity
Unfortunately, the “no body - no crime” saying is right 90% of the time. There are a few exceptions when there is substantial extrinsic evidence.

That is true, lack of a body makes it very difficult to get a conviction, despite a boatload of circumstantial evidence. But DNA technology is making that harder and harder to accomplish.

There was a case in my hometown of Newtown, CT, which turned out being the first major case to get a murder conviction without a body back in the late 1980s. This was the infamous "woodchipper" case that supposedly was an influence on the movie "Fargo."

It took investigators months of hard work to put together a case, including going through landfills. Eventually they dredged a nearby river (Lake Zoar area) and came up with ground up body parts. It's really a grisly case and the guy almost got away with it.

As a side note, they released the guy from prison recently and he's now a free man. Just goes to show that a life sentence is not necessarily a life sentence.

144 posted on 09/16/2021 8:21:06 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 296 days away from outliving Andrew Gold)
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To: CaptainK

Agreed. But an acquittal means no justice if the body is later found.

No statute of limits on murder.

Better to let the wheels grind slow but exceedingly fine.


145 posted on 09/16/2021 8:24:40 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

Her van. Her parents footed the bills. Supposedly, they made something off the blog but I don’t see it. He was along for the free ride and fun under the stars.


146 posted on 09/16/2021 8:25:20 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill

Wouldn’t that be something. I hope police think like you.


147 posted on 09/16/2021 8:28:59 AM PDT by Riley85
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To: nuconvert

Possible alternative - she is crazy enough to take off on her own.

However, I will admit that I dont have enough information to draw a conclusion


148 posted on 09/16/2021 8:29:31 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: SamAdams76
But DNA technology is making that harder and harder to accomplish.

Her DNA, and his DNA are all over the van. They lived in it for months.

Presence of DNA does not equal proof of murder.

Unless you can find it somewhere where it is not supposed to be.

149 posted on 09/16/2021 8:30:22 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Unless the van has gps or their phones pinged or a half dozen other ways the feds can trace their whereabouts.


150 posted on 09/16/2021 8:33:16 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill
The fight broke out at the younger lesbian gal’s workplace. They had posted there had been a creeper around where they were camping and if they ended up dead, he did it. IIRC, they were at the same bar as Gabby and her bf the night before. All too much of a coincidence.

I'll see you wild theory and go one wilder:

Gabby's gate swung both ways.

Brian was blissfully unaware of this little factoid. Until he interrupted a lesbian three-way in the very act.

He flipped out.

Three people died.

Top that.

151 posted on 09/16/2021 8:37:34 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: null and void
True but generally speaking, DNA technology is making it very difficult to commit a "perfect crime." When disposing of a body, you will have to take extra care your DNA is not found where it's not supposed to be.

Another angle I'm sure the investigation is looking at is tire tracks and footprints (in the sand or dirt). Tire tread and footprint analysis is now on the level of fingerprints. They have the van so I'm sure they are now looking to see if matching tire tracks went off the road on the route they were on. That could very well be how they end up breaking the case.

152 posted on 09/16/2021 8:45:05 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 296 days away from outliving Andrew Gold)
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To: SamAdams76

She’s screaming because she’s in a tent in the rain. Uh, hello, go get into the van.

Real men don’t do yoga and eat yogurt.


153 posted on 09/16/2021 8:46:32 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill
Real men don’t do yoga and eat yogurt.

Last time I checked, real men do whatever the heck they want and dare anyone to say something about it. ;-)

154 posted on 09/16/2021 9:07:32 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SamAdams76
It remains to be seen if this was a "perfect crime" or she just got fed up with her life and decided to disappear for a fresh start in possibly happier circumstances.

I think he murdered her is the way to bet, but I wouldn't rule out other possibilities or suspects just yet.

155 posted on 09/16/2021 9:10:24 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: bgill

Well, every coach will tell you that every play is drawn up to be a touchdown... it doesn’t happen on every play because some one does not execute their assignment properly.

Hell, back in the days when I regulated stock brokers, we used to joke that we made our living on stupid crooks...


156 posted on 09/16/2021 9:10:46 AM PDT by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

I don’t think anyone gave Rosey Grier crap for his crocheting, needlepoint and knitting...


157 posted on 09/16/2021 9:12:56 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You have to really like someone to be cooped up in a van that long. That is less space than a prison cell.


158 posted on 09/16/2021 9:15:03 AM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: null and void
I don’t think anyone gave Rosey Grier crap for his crocheting, needlepoint and knitting...

Probably didn't criticize his technique either. :-)

159 posted on 09/16/2021 9:16:27 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: L,TOWM
...it doesn’t happen on every play because some one does not execute their assignment properly.

Or someone on the other team did!

Old military maxim:

No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy...


160 posted on 09/16/2021 9:17:15 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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