“The mother of missing Gabby Petito said her daughter and fiancé had called off their engagement.” As reported.
They called off the engagement because they were going on the trip and were not currently planning the wedding. The trip superseded the wedding but they still referred to each other as engaged. Evidently they just weren’t actively planning the wedding but still felt engaged.
The stopped in a store on their trip and the owner of the store said, “ “They seemed happy and when they left, she hollered back from the door that they were engaged and then I said congratulations,”.
https://www.insider.com/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-made-stop-at-store-idaho-report-2021-9