Gabby Petito case: A timeline of her disappearance and homicide

“48 Hours” and contributor Jericka Duncan discover Gabby Petito’s remaining days and the missed warning indicators that may have saved her in “Gabby Petito: The Untold  Story,” airing Saturday, September 17 at  9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

“Van Life” vlogger Gabby Petito was reported lacking on September 11, 2021. What occurred between her and her fiancé within the days main as much as her loss of life?

July 2021: New adventures

Petito and Laundrie depart New York for what was imagined to be a four-month, cross-country journey visiting and tenting in nationwide parks. They plan to sleep of their van and doc their travels on Instagram and YouTube.

August 12, 2021: Disorderly conduct cease

A 911 name is positioned by somebody who stories seeing a confrontation between Gabby and Brian. The caller mentioned he noticed Laundrie hit Petito. Police in Moab, Utah, are dispatched and pull the van over. It is unclear in the event that they knew the small print of the 911 name. Police bodycam video reveals Petito crying and  upset. The police report says that Petito hit Laundrie, however no arrests have been made. The couple is separated for the night time – Laundrie checks right into a lodge and Petito stays within the van.       

August 19, 2021: “Van Life”

Petito and Laundrie put up a video on YouTube known as “Van Life:  Beginning Our Van Life Journey.” The pictures present them laughing and kissing.    

August 24, 2021: Seen in Salt Lake City

Petito and Laundrie are reportedly seen leaving a lodge in Salt Lake City.

August 25, 2021: Gabby’s final put up

The van is noticed at Grand Teton National Park. This can be the final day a put up is made to Petito’s Instagram account. 

August 27, 2021: An odd textual content

According to a search warrant, on August 27, Petito’s mom says she receives an odd textual content from Gabby’s telephone. It learn, “Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls.”  Stan is Gabby’s grandfather, however her mom says Gabby by no means referred to him by his first identify. Gabby’s mom mentioned it was out of character and regarding.

August 29, 2021: Hitchhiking claims

Miranda Baker posts on her TikTok claiming she picked up Brian Laundrie, who was hitchhiking alone.

August 30, 2021: Another textual content

Petito’s mother says she receives a textual content from Gabby’s telephone. She would not touch upon what it mentioned however in accordance with some stories it learn “no service in yosemite”.

September 1, 2021: Brian returns residence

According to police, Laundrie returns to North Port, Florida, the place he lived with Gabby — however he was alone.

September 11, 2021: Gabby reported lacking

Gabby’s mom recordsdata a lacking individual’s report with the Suffolk County, New York, Police Department after not listening to from her since late August.    

September 13, 2021: Where is Brian?

Laundrie’s dad and mom inform police Brian left the household’s residence for a hike within the Carlton Reserve in Sarasota, Florida.

September 14, 2021: Families torn aside

Brian Laundrie’s household points an announcement by means of their lawyer saying that they intend to stay within the background whereas the seek for Gabby is underway. Petito’s household points an announcement accusing Laundrie of refusing to inform them the place he final noticed Gabby.

September 15, 2021: A individual of curiosity

North Port Police say that Laundrie is refusing to cooperate and identify him as an individual of  curiosity in Petito’s disappearance.

September 16, 2021: A plea for assist

North Port Police maintain a press convention. Gabby’s father asks everybody to assist discover his daughter.

September 18, 2021: The seek for Brian

The seek for Laundrie begins within the 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve. His dad and mom say that was the place he was headed the final time they noticed him.

September 19, 2021: Remains discovered

Authorities say they discovered stays close to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming the place the van was beforehand noticed.

September 20, 2021: FBI raid

Police execute a search warrant on Laundrie’s residence, seizing his automobile and a tough drive that will include “evidence that a felony has been committed.” 

September 21, 2021: Gabby is recognized

A coroner confirms that the stays present in Wyoming is Gabby Petito and decided the preliminary method of loss of life is homicide. The FBI announce they’re taking up the prison investigation, and authorities proceed to seek for Laundrie within the Carlton Reserve.

September 23, 2021: Arrest warrant issued

A federal court docket in Wyoming points an arrest warrant for Brian Laundrie. He’s charged with the unauthorized use of a debit card to make unauthorized withdrawals value greater than $1,000 in the course of the time Petito went lacking.

September 24, 2021: A vigil for Gabby

A candlelight vigil is held for Petito in her hometown of Blue Point, New York.  

September 25, 2021: Helping others

Petito’s father declares the creation of the Gabby Petito Foundation to “help people in similar situations as Gabby” and present assets and steering for folks trying to find lacking kids.  

September 26, 2021: Saying goodbye

Over 1,000 individuals attend a public memorial service for Petito at a Long Island, New York, funeral residence. The service was additionally streamed on-line.

September 28, 2021: “Turn yourself in”

Petito’s household and their legal professional thanked regulation enforcement on Tuesday and urges Laundrie to show himself in to authorities.

October 6, 2021: Laundrie’s travels in August

Brian Laundrie flew cross-country to go to his dad and mom’ residence in Florida throughout his journey with Gabby Petito, in accordance with the Laundrie household’s lawyer, Steven Bertolini. The legal professional says Laundrie flew residence on August 17 and returned to Utah on August 23, 4 days earlier than Petito was final seen.  Laundrie flew to Florida to get some provides and shut a storage unit to save cash, Bertolini advised CBS News. He says Laundrie and Petito have been serious about extending their highway journey.

October 12, 2021: Gabby Petito strangled to loss of life, coroner says

The coroner in Teton County, Wyoming, declares Gabby Petito died by strangulation. Dr. Brent Blue mentioned the way of loss of life remains to be thought-about a homicide, backing preliminary post-mortem outcomes that have been launched final month. Petito’s physique was exterior for 3-4 weeks earlier than it was found, the Blue  mentioned. He declined to touch upon whether or not Petito is believed to have died within the location she was discovered, or whether or not her physique was buried.  

October 20, 2021: Apparent human stays discovered at Carlton Reserve

The FBI confirms that authorities have discovered “what appears to be human remains” on the website the place they have been trying to find Brian Laundrie. Special agent Michael McPherson additionally says authorities discovered private gadgets close by — together with a backpack and pocket book — that the imagine belong to Laundrie. The suspected human stays have been present in an space beforehand underwater, the FBI mentioned. Authorities are investigating whether or not the stays belong to Brian Laundrie.

October 21, 2021:  Brian Laundrie’s stays recognized, FBI says

The FBI confirms human stays discovered a day earlier at a Florida reserve belong to Brian Laundrie. The discovery comes after a weeks-long manhunt following the disappearance and loss of life of his fiancée, Gabby Petito.   

November 23, 2020: Attorney: Brian Laundrie dies by suicide

Brian Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the pinnacle and his method of loss of life was suicide, in accordance with his household’s legal professional Steven Bertolino. 

January 21, 2022: Brian Laundrie claimed “responsibility” for Gabby Petito’s loss of life in pocket book, says FBI

In its remaining report on the investigation into Gabby Petito‘s loss of life, the FBI stories that Brian Laundrie claimed accountability for his fiancée’s loss of life in a pocket book discovered close to his stays.  The FBI in Denver, which led the investigation, says a pocket book, a backpack and a revolver have been discovered close to the stays later recognized as Laundrie. In the pocket book was Laundrie’s written confession, the FBI says. The FBI additionally confirms that Laundrie had been “attempting to deceive law enforcement by giving the impression that Ms. Petito was still alive” by persevering with a textual content chain between their two telephones after she is believed to have died.”   

March 11, 2022:  Gabby Petito’s family sues Brian Laundrie’s parents

The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new Florida lawsuit that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Sarasota County Circuit Court contends that Laundrie told his parents on Aug. 28 that he had killed Petito, 22, his fiancee of about a year at the time. The lawsuit contends that Christopher and Roberta Laundrie concealed that their son had confessed to the murder from investigators and Petito’s parents while the search for Gabby Petito was ongoing.

March 30, 2022: Brian Laundrie’s parents move to dismiss lawsuit brought by Gabby Petito’s family

Brian Laundrie’s parents are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the family of his late fiancée calling it “baseless” and “frivolous.” Laundrie was found dead in a Florida nature reserve last fall, several weeks after Gabby Petito’s body was discovered in a Wyoming national park, where the couple had been vacationing. Petito’s family alleges that Laundrie told his parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, he had killed Petito before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip, and that the couple concealed their son’s alleged confession from the Petito family and authorities.

August 8, 2022: Petito’s family files $50 million wrongful death suit against Utah police

The lawsuit, filed by attorneys representing Joseph and Tara Petito and Nichole and Jim Schmidt, names the Moab Police Department; three of its officers: “Palmer,” “Pratt” and Daniel Robbins; and 10 other unnamed defendants and accuses them of “negligent failure” in their investigation into an alleged assault between Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, several weeks prior to her murder. 

They also accuse all of the defendants of “wrongful loss of life,” saying that Petito’s “loss of life was attributable to their wrongful acts or neglect.”