People who keep saying this have NO idea what happened before the traffic stop. I have seen perfectly sane women be goaded and goaded until they finally blow up. A couple very close to me, the man said "she just loses it like batshiite crazy." And then I once saw how he completely drove her to that state.
Gabby's best friend said Brian was very controlling and jealous and had "episodes". It's my guess he had an "episode" that day and she fought back.
What types of behavior are justified when a person is “goaded”?
What types of behavior are justified when a person “blows up”?
I’ve known people who justify extremely destructive behavior simply because somebody made them unhappy.
Supposedly, Laundrie and Petito argued earlier on the day of the traffic stop. Laundrie is alleged to have locked Petito out of the van. Yet it is revealed later that Petito owns the van. How is this possible?
That’s nice. Doesnt match what the two of them told the police.
No need to guess, you can read what the police said, and their description of what an eyewitness to the confrontation that lead to the traffic stop said in the Daily Mail article here
From the police report:
"All three individuals gave me a similar and consistent story, consisting of the basic idea that the driver of the van, a male, had some sort of argument with the female, Gabbie, as I recall. The male tried to create distance by telling Gabbie to go take a walk to calm down, she didn't want to be separated from the male, and began slapping him. He grabbed her face and pushed her back as she pressed upon him and the van, he tried to lock her outand succeeded except for his driver's door, she opened that and forced her way over him and into the vehicle before it drove off. No one reported that the male struck the female.."
The third person mentioned was the eyewitness to the altercation who called the police. His 911 call lead to the traffic stop a short time later.
Apparently the person having the episode that day was Ms. Petito. You are right that her previous interaction with her boyfriend may have lead to the argument and slapping. Sometimes people get upset at people they love and do things they regret later. Let's hope that the rest of the story of this case isn't an example of that happening at a very tragic level.