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Police ask public for help in search for missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito
CBS ^ | September 16, 2021 | Zoe Christen Jones

Posted on 09/16/2021 10:57:08 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW

Todd Garrison, the police chief in North Port, said no criminality is suspected at this time. No physical search teams are currently on the ground as investigators are working to narrow down areas to investigate, he said. "We have resources and law enforcement partners that are out in the field following up tips and leads but as far as a grid search right now, we're still trying to narrow down geographic areas," he said in a news conference Thursday.

Police have said her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, has refused to speak with law enforcement but Garrison said investigators are solely focused on finding Petito. "We share the frustration with the world right now. Two people went on a trip, one person returned and that person that returned isn't providing us with any information," Garrison said. "My focus isn't to bring Brian in right now. My focus is to find Gabby."

Her father, Joe Petito, asked the public to come forward with any information that could help investigators. "I'm asking for help from the parents of Brian and I'm asking for the help of the family members and friends of the Laundrie family as well," Petito said. "Whatever you can do to make sure my daughter comes home, I'm asking for that help. There is nothing else that matters to me now."

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To: DJ MacWoW

Lots,and lots,and lots of wide open spaces in Utah.


41 posted on 09/16/2021 12:10:47 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: DJ MacWoW

maybe they got into a fight, she stormed off, waiting for him to come get her. 22 year old girl, that could happen.
Maybe he did look, could not find her, and took off.
and as for her being medicated and NOT taking the meds, that feeds right into my “dippy” description.
Altho that comes from her beau, not her parents, so who knows if she is on meds?
I read too much true crime. Sorry.


42 posted on 09/16/2021 12:13:45 PM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks minded their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Except for Salt Lake City,Utah is a desert the size of Germany. Her remains will never be found.
43 posted on 09/16/2021 12:14:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Whoa - looks ugly.


44 posted on 09/16/2021 12:17:17 PM PDT by Qiviut (Faith is the antidote to fear. I will not comply. Illegitimate Joe can pound sand: “F*** Joe Biden)
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To: ronniesgal
So, you leave? In someone else's vehicle? And don't notify authorities that she's disappeared?

I suppose we will eventually find out.

45 posted on 09/16/2021 12:19:36 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He could have killed her.

However she also may be in hiding to screw him over.


46 posted on 09/16/2021 12:20:23 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: DJ MacWoW

mascara


47 posted on 09/16/2021 12:25:20 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Actually, he didn’t have to leave her body in Utah. He could have kept her body in the back of the van and disposed of it in any state on his return to Florida. I guess it will depend on how much tech information the authorities will be able to discover and what route he took on his return.
The family received the last text which indicated there wouldn’t be any cell service in Yosemite, which was never a travel plan and hundreds of miles in the opposite direction of where they were supposed to go. The family doesn’t believe the text was from her.


48 posted on 09/16/2021 12:26:18 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Chickensoup

Mascara doesn’t make bumps.


49 posted on 09/16/2021 12:26:29 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Criminal defense lawyers universally say "never talk to the cops". I,myself,am a horrible liar...not even slightly convincing when I lie. So if I ever committed a crime I'd take that advice.OTOH I,like most reasonably intelligent people,am quite convincing when telling the truth.

As a result I'd have no problem talking to cops if I had noting to hide.In fact,if I was being accused of a serious crime that I didn't do I'd *insist* on talking to them...and if I was put on trial I'd *insist* on testifying in my defense...just as "Andy" did in Shawshank Redemption

The key to being a convincing liar is having a *very* good memory.

50 posted on 09/16/2021 12:27:06 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: DJ MacWoW

yes it does


51 posted on 09/16/2021 12:30:30 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: roostercashews

His actions make him look guilty now, but he sure comes across as a nice guy in that bodycam video. Just goes to show, you can never know.


52 posted on 09/16/2021 12:31:38 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: DJ MacWoW

look, he’s 23. when i was 23 i had 2 kids but these days he’s still (probably) immature and does not get his feet held to the fire about anything.
Could be they grated on each others last nerve in the van, maybe he did not give a rip what happened to her, he went home.
I’m not sticking up for his behavior, just saying maybe he did not kill her ( i realize leaving her in the desert did not help the cause)
You’re correct, we’ll find out if he talks.


53 posted on 09/16/2021 12:32:56 PM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks minded their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: Chickensoup

It makes your face swell? Yikes!


54 posted on 09/16/2021 12:38:03 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW

crying


55 posted on 09/16/2021 12:38:55 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: CivilWarBrewing; Toespi

The bodycam video was from Aug. 12.

Those two women were last seen alive on Aug. 13.

So, those murders happened later.

Who knows if this couple is involved? But, this case keeps getting stranger.


56 posted on 09/16/2021 12:40:19 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: PGR88

*** I have known a few young women with OCD and the disorder manifests itself such that they are barely able to leave home.***

OCD runs in my family, but only one person (a male) manifests it like that. It ranges from hoarding to counting things over and over to obsessing about details that seem important to the individual but not much to others. One is a compulsive liar.

I think you have over-generalized this condition. It’s more common than you think.


57 posted on 09/16/2021 12:41:07 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: cableguymn

Thinking Throg was smelling kind of ripe 24/7/365 his own self...but you made agood point.


58 posted on 09/16/2021 12:44:03 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Chickensoup
There certainly is a lot of speculation about both people. But I keep going back to : Laundrie told police he and Petito both suffered from a mental condition and that neither take medication
59 posted on 09/16/2021 12:45:09 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Police have said her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, has refused to speak with law enforcement


This is very bizarre behavior. If you were on vacation with a loved one, and she disappears, would you just return home as if everything were normal?

If you lost track of a loved one on vacation, and she’s missing, wouldn’t you contact law enforcement yourself, and fully cooperate, telling them the last time you saw her; did she say she was going for a walk, did she say she was going to a store to pick up some things and never returned to their hotel — anything at all???

His behavior is really strange.


60 posted on 09/16/2021 12:50:23 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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