ran into a tidbit tonite may be important I think;
“I do believe that their relationship as they kept going on was getting more problematic. It just seemed like there was more and more arguments,” she told the Daily Mail, adding that they had still planned on getting married **despite Petito telling her mother it was called off.**
https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/brian-laundrie-was-controlling-had-episodes-gabby-petito-pal/
Thanks. In that article, the friend says Laundries was possessive & controlling. If so, he put on a big act for the police.
I see this is the same friend who was supposed to meet Gabby in Yellowstone on Aug. 29, and then Gabby never called.