A ‘Vanlife’ Couple Went on a Cross-Country Trip, but Only One Returned
Utah police release bodycam footage showing interaction with her, Brian Laundrie
Search for missing woman continues; Brian Laundrie is person of interest:
Gabrielle Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, left on July 2 for an adventure in their outfitted van. Now, the police say, she is missing and her fiancé is “a person of interest” in her disappearance.
Gabrielle Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, left on July 2 for an adventure in their outfitted van. Now, the police say, she is missing and her fiancé is “a person of interest” in her disappearance.
Both told the police that the episode should be classified as a “mental/emotional health ‘break,’” rather than as a domestic assault. The police arranged for Mr. Laundrie to stay in a hotel that night and let Ms. Petito keep the van. No charges were filed, the report states.
Mr. Laundrie returned to his house — in the white Ford van that the couple had used for the trip and that had been registered to Ms. Petito — in North Port, Fla., near Fort Myers, on Sept. 1, and Ms. Petito’s family reported her missing 10 days later, according to the North Port Police Department.
Mr. Laundrie has not been arrested or declared a suspect in the case. A person of interest is a vague term often used by law enforcement agencies to identify a person they believe may have been involved in a crime but who has not been arrested.
Mr. Laundrie was described as a person of interest because he was the last person known to have been with Ms. Petito before she went missing, said Josh Taylor, a spokesman for the department, which is working with the F.B.I. to find Ms. Petito.
Since his return, Mr. Laundrie has declined to talk to the police or to cooperate with investigators, Mr. Taylor said.
Gabrielle Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, left on July 2 for an adventure in their outfitted van. Now, the police say, she is missing and her fiancé is “a person of interest” in her disappearance.
Both told the police that the episode should be classified as a “mental/emotional health ‘break,’” rather than as a domestic assault. The police arranged for Mr. Laundrie to stay in a hotel that night and let Ms. Petito keep the van. No charges were filed, the report states.
Mr. Laundrie returned to his house — in the white Ford van that the couple had used for the trip and that had been registered to Ms. Petito — in North Port, Fla., near Fort Myers, on Sept. 1, and Ms. Petito’s family reported her missing 10 days later, according to the North Port Police Department.
Mr. Laundrie has not been arrested or declared a suspect in the case. A person of interest is a vague term often used by law enforcement agencies to identify a person they believe may have been involved in a crime but who has not been arrested.
Mr. Laundrie was described as a person of interest because he was the last person known to have been with Ms. Petito before she went missing, said Josh Taylor, a spokesman for the department, which is working with the F.B.I. to find Ms. Petito.
Since his return, Mr. Laundrie has declined to talk to the police or to cooperate with investigators, Mr. Taylor said.
Search for missing woman continues; Brian Laundrie is person of interest:
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