New Gabby Petito Texts Reveal Brian’s Obsession & Final Moments Before Death

[Music]. Bada bing, bada boom. 15 days before the. murder, August 12th, 2021. Dispatch in. Moab, Utah. They get a phone call. Grant. County Sheriff's Office. Hi. Uh, I'm. calling I'm right on the corner of Main. Street by Moonflower and we're driving. by and I'd like to report a domestic. dispute. What were they doing? Uh, we drove by and the gentleman was. slapping the girl. He was slapping her? Yes. And then we stopped. They ran up. and down the sidewalk. He proceeded to.

hit her, hopped in the car, and they. drove off. Okay. You said it's a white. van. What kind of white van? Um, it was. a smaller van. The makes was a Ford. Mama was Transit. Black ladder on the. passenger side. White Ford Transit. White Ford Transit. All right. I will. let somebody know. Thank you. Officers. get notified. Find the white van. Stop. the white van. Figure out what's going. on inside the white van. When they find. this little car on the highway, it's.

going 20 over the speed limit. It's. hitting the curbs. Clearly, something is. going on inside that car. Driver is. showing some obscure driving. Possibly. intoxicated. Currently doing 45 m an. hour. Zone through here is 25. Oh, subjects just hit the curb. Moab. police officers. They turn on their. lights. The van pulls over without. incident. And when the officer walks. body cam on to the passenger side of. this car, they see a very young couple,

like 22 years old. They see a young. blonde girl in the passenger seat. Gabby, she's very distraught, which. makes sense. Someone just reported that. her boyfriend was chasing her down the. sidewalk, slapping her. Meanwhile, the. driver, the guy's name is Brian. It's. her boyfriend. He leans closer to the. steering wheel so that he can look at. the officer cuz they're on the passenger. side. He's like the opposite of upset. He actually seems so calm. The officer. says, "Okay, turn off your engine. Go.

ahead and set your keys on the dash for. me." All right. What's your guys' names? Gabby. Brian. Gabby. Brian. Okay. What's. going on? How come you're crying? Gabby. is very emotional. She's trying to. explain. I'm sorry. We've just been. fighting this morning. Some personal. issues. Brian leans over. He doesn't. look like he's having personal issues. He's alone, David. We were camping. yesterday and camping got supplies and. stuff. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I hit the. the bump there.

I was distracting him from driving. I'm. sorry. Both Brian and Gabby are asked to. leave the van so that the officers can. talk to them separately to figure out. what's going on. They're trying to get. both sides of the story, and their. stories are kind of adding up, kind of. not. There's some inconsistencies here. and there, but the officers don't even. seem concerned about that cuz their body. cam is left on. And when the officers, there's three of them. So there's two. officers, a park ranger that shows up. And when the three of them, they start. talking away from Gabby and Brian. Their. main debate is, do we file DV charges?

Like it feels like, is it worth the. paperwork? That's the feeling. I mean, they're trying to push the decision off. to each other. It's up to you. What do. you think? It's up to you. The main. debate here is, do we take someone to. jail? Do we book them? I mean, one of. them says she's got to be 105 lbs. Soaking wet 22 full of anxiety having a. really tough time. Not making excuses, but I mean it is written in the code. We. do have a domestic assault here. How far.

do you want to go with this? Like you. know why the domestic assault code is. there? It's there to protect people. Especially the reason why they don't. give us discretion on these things is. because too many times women who are at. risk want to go back to their abuser. They just wanted him to stop and they. don't want to have to be separated. They. don't want him charged. They don't want. him to go to jail. And then they end up. getting worse and worse uh treatment and. then they end up getting killed. Mhm. What? Okay. Ultimately, the officers do. a whole back and forth, which we'll go. over later. They're back and forth. Do. we do it? Do we not do it? Ultimately,

they decide that they are just going to. split the couple up for the night. They're going to send one to a DV hotel. shelter and the other one is going to. sleep in the van and they're not going. to file DV charges. Officer Robbins. writes in the initial incident report, "She's struggling. You know, at no point. in my investigation did Gabrielle stop. crying, breathing heavily, or compose a. sentence without needing to wipe away. any of her tears, wipe her nose, or rub. her knees with her hands." And then he. proceeds to write the same as all the.

other officers that Gabby Patito is the. primary aggressor. She is the one that they are debating. whether or not they should take to jail. for DV. They got a phone call that her. boyfriend is running after her, slapping. her, but they are debating if she is the. one that they should put in jail. 2. weeks later after this incident, Gabby. Patito will be killed. And the one. person that knows where to find her is.

going to go missing. This is the case of. Gabby Patito and Brian Laundry. [Music]. We would like to thank today's sponsors. who have made it possible for Rotten. Mango to support the official Gabby.

Patito Foundation. This nonprofit is. dedicated to supporting missing persons, assisting survivors, and working toward. a future free from domestic violence. This episode's partnerships have also. made it possible to support Rottingo's. growing team, and we'd also like to. thank you guys for your continued. support. As always, full show notes are. available at. rotteningoodcast.com. Now, today's case. involves heavy themes of DV. Additionally, this is going to be a. two-part series. I briefly covered this. before I was even posting videos on. YouTube for this podcast. And with the. new Netflix documentary, there have been.

new text messages, new pieces of the. puzzle that I think weren't necessarily. confirmed a few years ago when the case. was unfolding in real time. And I think. all of the new details in the. documentary really make it more. understandable cuz there are certain. parts where it's like, okay, we still. don't know exactly what happened and. why, but now it's it's pretty clear. So, in part one, we're going to go over all. of that. In part two, we're going to. cover Brian going missing and all the. newly dug up conspiracies that he might.

still be alive. Now, legally, I do need. to disclaim that no living person has. been criminally charged and that any and. all theories, conspiracies, comments, opinions, and the like that are. mentioned are publicly available netizen. opinions, not my own. Well, you know. what I will say? There are people. involved in this case that I have very. strong negative personal opinions about, which I think everybody is entitled to. But as always, you guys are so smart. I. never really even need to say this. Do. your own research. Come to your own. conclusions. And with that being said, let's get started. Miranda's mom is not.

having a good day. She just got a text. message from her daughter that they just. picked up a hitchhiker near one of the. national parks. And now Miranda's not. responding to Miranda's mom's text. messages. Miranda's mom is texting her. Are you out of your mind? Share your. location right now. What are you doing? I mean, doesn't she know the general. rule for hitchhiking? It only takes one. bad ride to end your life. That's the. rule. That also applies for the people. picking up the hitchhikers. You browse a. few forums and all the stories are.

there. I used to hitchhike from my home. in the mountains to my local high. school. A long-haired man picked me up. once and he starts talking about all the. missing girls from the area. He said. that they were all probably killed. Their bodies were thrown into the. mountains, never to be found. And I. started freaking out thinking, "This is. it. I'm next. I'm the next one." But. then he turned to me and really. strangely he calmly says, "It could be. me, you know, that's doing it." But. you're lucky that I'm an undercover cop. investigating this crime.

What? He drops her off. But the creepy. thing is he did not seem like an. undercover. cop, so she doesn't know how to feel. about this whole situation at all. But. thankfully, she's taken to her. destination safely. Or another forum. reads, "I haven't picked up anyone. personally, but years ago, my college. professor told me a story about a man in. Florida who picked up a hitchhiker. And. the man described the hitchhiker as. looking kind of disheveled and ragged.

and rearey. And the managed to drop the. hitchhiker off at his requested. destination, but once he gets home the. next morning on the news, he sees that. they're looking for this man because he. killed his parents." That's the guy that. he picked up. So these are things that. Miranda's mom is looking for. And. finally she gets that call back. I'm. alive. Don't worry. He was very nice. The hitchhiker was very nice. So likely. after probably an initial panicked. lecture, Miranda says, I mean the whole.

picking up the hitchhiker experience. I. mean, okay. Yeah, there were a few. things that were a little bit weird. about it. He did approach us asking us. for a ride. He said he needed to go to. Jackson, Wyoming. But before he got in. the car, he was like, "I'll give you. $200 to get me there. It's like a 10mi. drive." Miranda and her boyfriend was. like, "No, no, it it's fine." It was so. strange. Like, either this guy is so. filthy rich that he just thinks $200 is. a $2 tip, or he's so desperate to get 10.

miles. I don't know. Either way, a. little weird. He gets in and he starts. talking. He starts yapping. He then told. us he's been camping for multiple days. without his fiance and that she was. working on their social media page back. at their van. Now, as they keep driving, there's this moment of confusion about. which way they're headed. The guy in the. back just out of nowhere starts freaking. out. The hitchhiker is freaking out. Miranda says, he's like, "No, I need to. get out of this car right now. Pull over. right now. This is not the direction. that I thought we were going in." He. practically runs out of the car. Miranda.

and her boyfriend, they drive off, not. knowing in that moment who they just. picked up. Wait. So he he paid them $200 to drive. 10 miles. I don't think they took it. Yeah. Oh, so he got on the car. He said, "Go this way for 10 miles." And then. like a few miles in, he's like, "Stop. the car." Yeah. He ran off. Yes. That. happens August 29th, 2021. That same. day, there's a woman named Norma. She's. headed out of the Grand Teton National. Park. There's like a church service. there. She goes to church there. And as.

she's leaving, she sees this young guy. alone on the side of the road. It looks. like his thumb is up. She starts slowing. down the car. He looks like he's. hitchhiking. He's like a backpacker. Her. car rolls to a stop. Hey, uh, do you. need a ride? Yeah. Could you take me to. Jackson, Wyoming? Oh, sorry. I'm not. heading that way. I'm going north. Well, could you at least take me to like the. Spread Creek campsite? My fiance's there. working in our van. Norma checks her. clock. Probably a 10-minute drive. Yeah, sure. I'll take you there. Come on, hop. in. So, the man gets into the passenger.

seat. Norma quickly gives him like a one. over. She's studying him because she. probably should. He looks mid to late. 20s. A bit smelly. Maybe he's been. hiking for at least a day. Maybe he. camped out last night. That's the way he. smells. She starts driving and midway, about 5 minutes in, she makes this sharp. turn into the campsite. She's got this. book on her dashboard. It slides all the. way off and lands directly on the. hitchhiker's lap. She looks at him. He's. looking at her. He smiles, picks it up.

from his lap, leans it, and puts it back. on the. dashboard. It's her. Bible. And this hitchhiker is Brian. Laundry, who in the past 48 hours is. suspected to have killed his fianceé, Gabby Patito. This is after the murder. Yes. What? There's a phenomenon called. missing 411. There's this idea that. people are mysteriously disappearing.

near national parks and cave systems in. the US. It's the idea that they're all. somehow mysteriously related and. connected through these extensive cave. systems, underground tunnels that span. miles underground underneath the surface. of the US. And they exist. Like that's. not a conspiracy theory. Those caves are. there. The Mammoth Cave National Park is. the longest known cave system in the. world. It's like a labyrinth. Some of. them you don't even know that there's. hundreds of miles of mapped passages. underground. You just have these weird.

steps leading into this tiny entrance. that looks like a hobbit's entrance into. the ground. And then when you walk in, you're underground and it just opens up. into this like threestory auditorium of. curved rocks. It's so eerily quiet in. the caves. Considering how big the space. is, you just hear these ploop like the. water dripping, the gravel is crunching. on your feet. The caves are weird. People say that you can hear the caves.

breathe. There's something about it. It. feels like the walls are breathing. It. feels like they're moving. The sounds. it's making, it sounds like a heartbeat. And you start getting really freaked. out. And you don't know if it's in your. ears. You don't know if it's the cave. And then all of a sudden, you have to. crunch down low, crawl into a tunnel. so. that you can get to the next part of the. cave and then there's these jagged rocks. coming down from the ceiling looking. like massive deadly chandeliers and then. it opens up to like a fivestory.

cathedral. I mean these caves are. massive and if you go inside one of them. people say there are multiple times. where you have to stop yourself and go. okay calm down because you start. panicking. What if this whole thing. comes down? What if we get lost? What if. we don't come out the right side? Like. what if we forgot which side we came in. from? Welcome to the cave systems in the. US. I feel like most people have seen. the viral picture of the map of the. people that have gone missing and the. map of the US cave systems. People are. like, "Look at them. They look.

identical. They look eerily similar.". And it has fueled a ton of conspiracy. theories. Are they getting lost? Is. there something luring them into the. caves? Why can't they be found? Are. there people living in the caves? That's. a big one. isolated human communities. that have formed inside these remote. caves that are kidnapping people. Now, to be fair, the map comparison is truly. fascinating, but it is a bit overstated. So, the map that shows people who have. gone missing in the US, it's not. exhaustive. That map only depicts people.

who have gone missing in remote areas. near national parks. Most national parks. have cave systems. You know, it it's not. causation, it's more correlation. So it. you could argue one thing or another. You can make the data work for you. It's. like tracking ice cream sales within the. larger category of dairy related product. sales and then comparing it to a map of. ice cream shops. There's going to be. some relation. But still, the idea that. thousands of people are reported missing. in national parks every year makes. people lose their minds because what the.

hell is going on inside these national. parks? One netzen writes, "It's very. possible that there are yet to be. identified serial killers operating in. one or more of the national parks.". There have been rumors even about a. wolflike creature that just stands on. their back legs. It's weird. I mean, they're larger than a human, way larger. than a wolf, but they look like a wolf, but they stand on their back legs. I. heard they'll grab and tear through. people. That's one conspiracy. I mean,

the conspiracies are ever evolving. cannibalistic pharaoh people. The. conspiracy that you go into the national. parks, they live off-rid. They have. their own secret communities and they're. just waiting for the opportunity to. kidnap people and use them as a food. source. The conspiracies get more. unhinged the deeper you go down the. rabbit hole. Yellowstone National Park. is probably like one of the top national. parks where people go missing. There are. even articles titled, "When people. disappear in Yellowstone National Park,

some are never found." It's very. ominous. But even the ones that are. found, they report having very strange. experiences. I mean, for example, a. father writes online about how his son. went missing. Went missing for 5 hours. He says the whole thing. Even to this. day, he has no idea what happened. His. son was directly in front of him. They. stopped to take pictures on this giant. rock. He turned around for 2 seconds. Son is gone. When they find the son, he's on the highway 11 miles away. And.

the son is saying he doesn't remember. how he even got lost, how he got to the. highway. He has no recollection of. walking for hours in the woods. He's. eight. There's no way an 8-year-old with. absolutely no skills, no bearings, no. supplies could walk 11 miles in mountain. forest dense terrain in 5. hours. The dad says, "I still think. about it to this day. I just don't get. what happened.". So regardless of the conspiracy. theories, I will say that the main. reason that people go missing, it's not.

really conspiratorial. It's pretty. simple. It is very difficult to search. and rescue someone who has gone missing. in a national park. That's the main. problem. The national park is not really. made for humans to look at. It's not. made for us to there's not many guard. rails because they're trying to preserve. the nature. They're not trying to make. it like a zoo. That's the main problem. It ultimately comes down to terrain. One. person states, "Most missing people in. national parks can easily be explained. by them just being out of their element.

and sadly never being located. It's. nothing nefarious, just very tragic. accidents. If you go missing at. Yellowstone or the nearby Grand Teton. National Park, that's like a 20,000. square mile search area to cover." Now, one of the biggest factors that make it. even harder to find missing people is. there's like this primal instinct in. humans. When people get lost in the. woods, they don't stop. They keep. moving. And usually they'll move deeper. into the woods without even knowing it.

or perhaps into the cave. I mean, are. you supposed to stay there or A lot of. people recommend staying there if you. have not ventured off too far from your. group cuz they're saying the more you. walk, you're probably going to walk. deeper into the woods, right? Don't try. to like walk around, find your own way. out. At least they know what vicinity. you went missing in. So, try to stay as. close to the vicinity as possible. I. see. Now, obviously, it differs if you. were to like slip off a cliff cuz that. seems to happen a lot as well.

Now, this is the last place Gabby Patito. was seen in the Grand Teton National. Park near Yellowstone in Wyoming. 20,000. square miles to search. Gabby Patito is. 22. And the whole reason that she ends. in Grand Teton is she was on this van. life trip with her fianceé, Brian. Laundry. The plan is to convert the Ford. White van, a small van, just big enough. for a mattress. There's no kitchen. Like, you know those vans that have the. bathroom? They've got the little. kitchenette. It's not that big. It's.

genuinely a bigger SUV. You put the back. seats down. You have a mattress in. there. And the two of them are going to. take this thing and they're going to. drive cross country vlogging the entire. trip for YouTube. Gabby's Instagram. reads, "Along for the ride traveling the. world in our tiny van. Art, yoga, and. veggies." Brian's Instagram profile. reads, "Brian Laundry, take a hike every. day. Bug bites are better than being. brainwashed by the media." Okay, that. was out of nowhere. Nature enthusiast. taking on van life with Gab's Petito.

Gabby's mom, Nicole, she's texting. Gabby. September 1st. Hey, how's it. going? Going to bed. Wanted to say hi. No response. September 2nd. Hi, are you. going to. Montana? No response. Nicole starts. looking at Gabby's social media just. trying to see. Her last post is August. 25th. That was the last time Nicole. facetimed Gabby. So from August 25th to. now what? September 2nd, nobody's heard. from Gabby. She's just getting a little. bit nervous. She's going into like panic. mom mode. And Nicole said, "But I.

thought I'm overthinking it. She's got. no service. They're having fun. They're. hiking. Just leave her alone. You can. get back to me. She'll get back to me. when she can't. She's an adult.". September 6th, she texts again. Gabby, I. just got home from camping. I haven't. heard from you. Love you. No response. September 7th. Hi, I know you might not. have good signal, but I'm actually. getting worried. I haven't heard from. you in a while. No response. 2 days. later, Gabby's mom texts Gabby's father,

Joe. So, they're separated. Hey, have. you heard from Gabby? I haven't heard. from her in I think at least a couple of. days. I haven't heard from her either. This is when they start making calls. They're calling everyone that could. possibly know where Gabby is. Gabby's. friends are texting her. No response. Nothing. Nothing on social media. No. like private close friends Instagram. stories. Nothing. Nicole starts freaking. out. She says, "I was concerned that. both Gabby and Brian were missing. I. mean, they're camping by themselves. They could have gotten lost in the. mountains. There's no service. Also,

there's like grizzly beers that have. been known to attack humans in Grand. Teton. Even the bison are known to get. very aggressive if you approach them too. closely." Are they texting Brian, too? Yes. No response. I mean, the. possibilities of what could have. happened are endless. Now, some of. Brian's friends, they have like their. own explanations at this point. They. say, "I mean, we theorize that the two. of them just chuck their phones into the. ocean." We thought they were saying, "We're done with it. We're done with.

social media. We're done with everyone. We're going to go off- grid, just us. two, but that doesn't make any sense to. Gabby's family cuz Gabby would never not. tell her parents that." Yeah. Friday. night, September. 10th. So, they she hasn't posted since. August 25th. Mhm. Nicole hasn't. facetimed her since August 25th, and now. it's September 10th. This is at least 11. days after the last contact Nicole has. had with Gabby. Nicole tries reaching. out to Brian's mom, Roberta Laundry. Now, I will say Brian and Gabby are.

engaged or not engaged. They're kind of. on and off, but they were engaged at one. point. So, I mean, at the very most, they're fiances. She's reaching out to. Roberta Laundry. She's like, "Hey, this. is Nicole, Gabby's mom. I was just. wondering if you've heard from the kids. I haven't heard from Gabby in about 10. days, and I'm getting worried as she's. been consistently in touch. I tried. Brian as well, and I haven't been able. to get in touch." She sends the message. It's blue. Mhm. Message delivered. No. response. So, a few hours later, Nicole.

goes back in there and she sends another. text. She's like, "Maybe maybe this. isn't even Roberta. Like, maybe she. changed her number." She texts, "I hope. I have the right number." The message. goes green. Wait, that's so weird. It's like she's. been blocked or like maybe her phone is. off or suddenly Robera Laundry doesn't. have signal because why would her eye. messages suddenly turn green? Mhm. Like. what is happening? Yeah. Joe, Gabby's. biological dad tries texting them. He's. texting Brian's parents. This is Gabby's.

dad. Have you heard from Brian or Gabby. lately? We haven't heard from them in. over 2 weeks. Both phones are going. straight to voicemail. Please call me. The message goes through. No response. Was it blue? Green? It was blue. Okay. Then he sends another one. We are. calling the police. It goes in blue. No. response. Okay. This is so weird. This. doesn't make any sense. The parents live. in Florida. Northport, Florida. It's not. like they live in the middle of nowhere. It's not like they live in a national. park where they have no service. Mhm.

Why are you This doesn't make any sense. And they're not strangers. Robera. Laundry was really excited that her son. was getting engaged with Gabby. Gabby. and Brian even lived with Roberta at one. point. They lived with Brian's parents. in Florida before their cross-country. trip. Roberta would knit these little. sweaters for Gabby. I mean, there's. obviously, you know, okay, there were. little. things that were maybe not amazing when. all of them were living. together. For example, Gabby had told.

her mom before. There was this one time. where Roberta, Brian's mom, was making. this pie for dinner. I guess it was a. mediocre pie. I don't know. Nobody, this. is not what Gabby's saying. This is what. I'm saying. You know, I don't know if. it's a mediocre pie. I don't know what. her pies taste like, but nobody was. really like freaking out about it at the. dinner. This is how Gabby is trying to. explain it to her mom, but she's. probably being much nicer about it. And. maybe a pie is a lowranking dessert. I. don't know. Okay, regardless, Roberta is. so upset about it. She doesn't want to.

talk to anyone in the house after that. dinner. Not even. Gabby. She's so upset. They didn't they. didn't talk about her pie. They didn't. compliment her pie. Her pie was nothing. to these people. That's it. She was upset that nobody. loved her pie. Yeah. Huh. Yeah. Later, text messages between Brian and Gabby. would show Brian asking Gabby what's for. dinner, and she responds, "Your mom's. not in a good mood, so I don't know. what's for dinner." Brian starts. ranting. A lot of days were like this.

when I was growing up, and it just. always blows over. Well, I was going to. go grocery shopping. Well, just make. sure you say goodbye to her. I know. I'm. just nervous to walk out of the room. I. feel like I did. something. Shaking my head. I'm ashamed. Just say. goodbye. But still, I mean, both of the. kids are missing and you're just not. responding. Someone is texting you. I'm. going to call the police. Gabby's dad, Joe, says, "Then I reached out to. Brian's parents. They just never. responded." Then I reached out to. Brian's sister, Cassie. No one replied.

Gabby was going to be their. daughter-in-law. This is a person that I. thought that they loved. And I have text. messages saying that we're going to call. the police. That's what I'm telling. them. And if someone texts me that that. they're going to call the police, I want. to know what's up. But we heard nothing. Every single call, voicemail, voicemail, voicemail. Texts are getting blocked. They go to message Roberta on Facebook, they're blocked. What? Nicole is so. confused. She says, "Why aren't you. helping me find my daughter? I mean, I. don't want to seem accusatory, but it's. confusing. My mind is turning right now.

September 12th, the day after this. So, Friday night, they're just trying to get. in contact with the Therries. September. 12th, the day after, Nicole starts. calling everyone on the West Coast. She's calling the parks, the police, Grand Teton National Park Rangers, everybody reporting Gabby missing. Everybody is telling her, "Well, you're. not even from Wyoming. You got to call.". I mean, we don't know who you got to. call, but it's not our jurisdiction. You. don't even know if this was the last. place you were seen. Like, everyone's. just kind of putting it off to. everybody. She's an adult on vacation.

There's nothing we can do. We can't. start like a nationwide search party. because your 22-year-old daughter hasn't. talked to you and facetimed you in a. week. Yeah. That's when Nicole calls the. Northport Police in Florida. That is. where Gabby and Brian lived with Brian's. parents before their cross country road. trip. She's explaining, I mean, I I'm. not sure if you guys can help just. because my daughter lives there in. Northport, but she's been on this um, you know, road trip in her camper van. with her boyfriend. She's been off the. grid for like 11 days straight, which is.

not like her, and I don't know what to. do. The officers, they show up to the. laundry house to figure out what's going. on. The only thing that the police know, the only thing that Gabby's parents know. is that Gabby is not picking up. Brian's. not picking up. And for some reason, thereeries are not picking up. Maybe. they're busy. Maybe they've been. working. Maybe they're out of town. We. don't know. Mhm. Police go to knock on. the door. So, both Chris Brian's dad and. Robera Laundry open the door. Northport. Police Department. Yeah. Hiden, sir. I apologize for for.

bothering you. I have the detective on. the phone. I'm not talking to anybody. You don't want to talk to us? Is Okay. She's on the phone. You don't want to. talk to her now? No. Chris Laundry, the. dad, is responding. I'm not talking to. anybody. Wow. That's his first thing to. say. Yes. Okay. Um, it's is When was the. last time that you saw Brian and and. Gabriel? Well, well, Brian is here. Brian is here. Yeah. And and that song. was sing Chris Andre points inside his.

home. Well, Brian is here. Brian is home. in Florida. In his parents' home. That's. like. 2,300 miles away from where he was with. Gabby. Then where the hell is Gabby? Like, why are you home in Florida? The. officer is so confused. Where do Gabby's. parents live? They live in um New. Jersey. Oh, and that's what they were. saying. Yeah, we have an attorney. They've been calling. I don't know. That's all I want to say. I don't know. why so many attorneys aware. Okay. They're calling. So, I can give you his.

number. Who number? The attorney's number. Okay. I would like that, please. I can give it. to the detective. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. And just to let the. detective know, is Gabriel here? No, she's not here. Okay. Oh, yeah. The. fellow was here last night. Yeah. Okay. So, is this her vehicle? Her van? It's. It's both of them. It's both of them. Okay. All right. Thank you. Appreciate. it. The officers are so confused by this. whole interaction. He goes back to the. cop car and he's talking to the other.

officer on this case. I ran the tags. I. mean, there's a little white van in. their driveway that comes back. Gabrielle Patito, but they're they're. not saying she's there. No. The. detective explains, you know, in the. meantime, I called his sister, Cassie, Brian's sister. She called me back. saying, "Oh, Brian's home. He told me. they got into a fight. He left her at a. hotel in the West Coast, flew back. I. don't know what's going on, but I know. it's pretty shady." And they won't. answer any of my phone calls. I'm. starting to get a little, you know, what. are they hiding? Brian's sister is.

saying Brian is shady. No. The detective. is saying, "Oh, I see." Yeah. Like the. whole family is getting a little shady. You know, I asked them just right now. like who does that van belong to? And he. says both of them. The other officer is. confused, but it's registered to her. And her family feels like it's her. So, I don't know if that van's a crime. scene. Had it returned there, if he. supposedly flew home. I mean, there's. definitely some issues going. on. Here's where I'm at. Okay, I I agree.

everything is odd. Everything is. suspicious. I don't think that we have. probable cause. I mean, the best I can. do, the best I can do, maybe go down and. try to see if they'll talk. again. Another officer, the sergeant, goes back to the door of the Laundry. family home. Police. department say Chris. Yeah, Chris, Sergeant Selzer with the police. department. Hey, look, I hate to bother. you. I know you've already said you. don't want to speak or don't want to. help us. I'm trying to figure out. something for parents. you guys as.

parents, you know, alls they want is. their daughter to know that she's safe. So, I I don't know where it all started. before. I don't know what's transpired. I don't know anything about that. I'm. here to to know if you guys know. anything. It would let the parents at. ease and go from there. We we don't know. anything. Okay. That's all. I mean, anything that you guys would be able to. give them is any type of help. last time.

your son saw her, anything like that? They try to play good cop and the. parents are like, "Nope, no, nope." Mhm. Am I able to talk to your son? The other. officer said, "He's not going to talk to. anybody." Okay. We We not going to talk. to anybody. Okay. I I mean, I'm going to. I'm going to lay it out for you if you. want. The New York detectives are a. little pissed and they want me to do a. whole bunch of things that I'm trying to. avoid. Then you have to do what you got. to do. And we're not going to That's.

that. Okay. I I mean, as a parent, you. wouldn't want to know where it happened. with your I understand what you're. saying that. Thank you. I mean, no, we're not. It It makes it very odd, don't you think? From my point of view, Chris, for now, you we you couldn't call. our attorney. I gave you a phone number. I don't have your attorney. And the. attorney's not going to answer at 10. 11:00 at night. I'm not speaking to. anybody we're not an attorney. So So. that's that. Yeah. Okay. So the van is. only registered to her. Okay. Well, I'm.

not really sure. Well, I'm going to tell. you. I'm telling you the title title on. the state of Florida is it's only hers. So, it's not supposed to be here. Okay. So, I'm going to take a tow truck and. get it. Is a car in the way? That's my. car. I can move it. I mean, so you don't. have any issue with us taking the van? If that's what you're saying you got to. do, you got to do it. But right right. now, I'm not speaking to anyone. Yeah. Without our attorney move the car for. you. You You don't find that odd that. you guys really They just start closing.

the doors on the officers. Good night. Don't knock on my door anymore. As the. police are towing the van out of the. driveway, the tow truck driver, who's. not a cop, he just works with the. police. Mhm. He He even says on body. cam. Kind of weirded out. I don't even. know what's going on. Really? Yeah. September 11th, Gabby's parents report. Gabby missing. They find out the night. of the 11th that Brian is home in. Florida and he has been there since.

September 1st. He has been there for. nearly 2 weeks. He's been back home. Nobody has reached out to Gabby's. family. In fact, they've blocked Gabby's. parents. What? Like, what could they possibly be. doing for like 10 days or two weeks? They go camping. Yeah. Nicole says when. authorities told her what happened, the. detective said, "Um, Brian's there with. the van, not Gabby, and he's lawyered. up. He has a lawyer already." Nicole.

says, "I never felt anything like that. in my life. My body would not stop. shaking." Jim is Gabby's stepdad. So, she has she has a really beautiful. blended family. So, she has Nicole, her. biological mother, which they really. don't even like the stepdad names. because they've all been in Gabby's life. since she was like a toddler. So, we've. got Nicole and Jim, her stepdad. Then. you have Joe, her dad, and Tara, her. stepmom. Both of the steparents, they were also. so distraught. They're collapsing on the.

ground, like, "What do you mean he's. home? What do you mean he has an. attorney? Why would he need an. attorney?" And instantly, they start. organizing a press conference. The four. of them all help standing there raising, you know, pictures of Gabby and they're. pleading people to just help bring her. home. Gabby's dad at the press. conference says, "What I need everybody. here to do is help. The goal is not met. The goal is to bring Gabby home safe. All that I'm asking for right now is. that I'm asking help from everyone. I'm.

asking for help from the parents of uh. of Brian and I'm asking for help of the. family members and friends of the. Laundry family as well. Within a day or. two, the Gabby Patito case blows up all. of our social media. I remember the. floodgates opening. Pretty much all my. comments, emails, everybody was. requesting coverage on this case. Meanwhile, Brian and his family are just. releasing these weird statements through. their attorney that read, "It is our. understanding that a search has been. organized for Miss Patito in or near.

Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. On. behalf of the Laundry family, it is our. hope that the search for Miss Patito is. successful and that Miss Patito is. reunited with her family." Reporters. think this whole thing is so bizarre. They're commenting, "I mean, we don't. know what he told his parents, right? with the fact that his parents have been. uncooperative, have not answered. questions by the Petito family. I mean, imagine if this was their son that was. missing, it gets so enraging that there. are protesters now stationed outside the. Laundry family home screaming, "Where is. Gabby? Tell us where she is." Also, the.

investigation is now what? All the way. from Wyoming where Gabby was last seen. all the way to Florida because it's. proven that Brian drove the van back all. the way back to Florida. He drove over. 2,500 miles. Gabby could be anywhere in. the country at this point. So, people. start digging. Netzens start going. through everything that they can find. online. They find Gabby's blog that was. just posted days before she goes. missing. The vlog shows it's her very. first YouTube vlog. It shows her and. Brian camping in their van. And it's a.

really aesthetic vlog. I mean, there's. nothing abnormal. It looks like the. ideal van life trip. You're saying this. is like she just started this whole. journey? Yes. the first video. Yes. And. people are trying to figure out how long. have they been together? I mean, what do. we even know about this couple? Gabby. and Brian met in high school, but it. wasn't until after high school that they. start dating. Probably because in high. school, it seems like Gabby was able to. make friends very easily. Brian is um.

he's the guy that likes to sit alone at. the cafeteria. And he he likes things. like eat the spaghetti to forget your. regretty. I mean, it's not bad or. nefarious. It's just kind of random. A. lot of people remember Brian in school. as having quote zero friends. He liked. movie quotes more than friends. He liked. quotes that were deep and philosophical. in his eyes, such as, "Through my. indifference for people, I've been. placed outside of their society. Now I. live in a ghost world enclosed in my.

dreams and. imaginings." Also, he just looked 10. years older than he actually was. One. friend of Brian said, "When I first saw. him, another kid was telling me, like. another one of my friends was like, "That's a narc. That's an undercover. cop.". In our school, he's trying to narcone. that's doing anything bad. This guy. cannot be 16. He looks 26. He's an. undercover cop. One friend from high. school said they were both very. different. So, Gabby was very different. from everyone, but in like the old soul.

way. She had a very peaceful, serene, calmness to her and she was very. artistic. So, she didn't fit in. necessarily with like the very generic. trends that we all love, right? She was. just kind of doing her own thing. Brian. didn't fit in for like his own different. reasons, but it's not because he was. necessarily this artistic soul. If you. look through his Pinterest account, which I spent way too many hours doing, it seems like his focus on is more so. wanting to appear like an artistic soul.

M he doesn't seem like a genuinely. artistic person. So they're very. different in their own ways, but I think. the only commonality that they have is. that they're both different from the. regular crowd. A little boy that Gabby. would babysit would say Gabby was just. someone that was living with rainbows. I. don't know, that's the best way they can. describe it. Whereas Brian is a loner. because it seems like he just wanted to. be a loner. At the very few friends that. he spoke with, some of them said it felt. like he hated the human species. sometimes. I mean, who knows if this was.

planned by Brian or not, but the only. things that initially bonded them. together are they both like the beach, they both like Star Wars, they both like. nature, and also Forensic Files, the TV. show. Some people think that Brian. specifically wanted to reconnect with. Gabby after high school and made a. chance happening occur, but that's just. a theory. Just putting it out there. In. one journal entry, Brian writes, "Life. so far. We met at the start of high. school graduation. We found our lives. going in different directions. After a.

few years and calls, we drifted apart. Years went by, but we still had those. moments until one day our paths crossed. entirely. Unexpected by pure chance, but. almost as if it was meant to be that we. would find each other to spend the next. day together and the next day and the. next day and the next day. Where was this from? A journal that the. FBI released in a vault document dump. Now, as for Gabby, a close friend of. hers states that after she started. dating Brian, she was actually getting.

bullied by all of her other friends, which, yeah, I don't think they're good. friends, but she says it was something. about Brian that they didn't like her. being with. Gabby was upset with it. I. went through it with her and I was just. like, screw them. They don't know you. Gabby's family also didn't really think. that the relationship between Gabby and. Brian was that serious. It wasn't until. they see an Instagram post from Brian. that they realized that the two of them. are engaged. It was weird, but it wasn't. like a raging red flag. So, Brian never. asked Gabby's dad for his blessing,

which they were a little bit offended. by. They were upset by it. And also the. fact that they found out on Instagram, but when they called Gabby to be. supportive, it seemed like she just. didn't want people to know about it and. they thought it was weird and she just. kept reassuring them. No, it's because. I'm young, you know? We're just like. going with the flow. Like, I'm not We're. still young. I do think finding out. about the engagement news on Instagram. was probably startling for Gabby's. parents, but I think the one thing is.

there was no engagement ring. So, perhaps it didn't feel necessarily that. set in stone. And I think that it's a. very tricky balance of not trying to. overparent a 22-year-old child and being. overprotective and like freaking out. like, "What do you mean you're engaged?". versus just trying to be understanding. And I don't I think that Gabby was very. chill about it is kind of how everyone. describes it. So afterwards, Gabby and. Brian decide that they're going to buy. the 2012 Ford Transit Connect white van.

They're going to design it, build it. They're going to make this so beautiful. This is going to be their van life. And. it does appear that Gabby was willing to. invest a lot more money on this entire. trip than Brian was. She's working 50. hours a week at Taco Bell to save up. money for this trip. One of Gabby's. closest friends said she started working. like 50 hours a week. She's like, I have. to tell all the customers to have a. tacoic day and I love it. And I'm like, you're so weird, but okay. Meanwhile, Brian, who is not working nearly as hard.

as her, he's kind of upset that she's. working at Taco Bell. Gabby's parents. didn't even know about this at the time, but Gabby's friend said, I mean, she. would work and then she would hang out. with me. So, this is a friend from. Florida that she made. She like met this. friend on Bumble Friends. Her name is. Rose. And that is when Brian started. feeling neglected and having this. possessiveness over Gabby. That's what. Rose says. In fact, he made her feel. like [ __ ] that she was spending all of. her time working at Taco Bell. He wanted. her to spend all her time with him. He.

would text her. So, it wasn't because of. Taco Bell. It's just he doesn't want her. to be working. Yeah. So, previously they. both worked at Publix together where it. appears the speculation is that at. Publix he could control her or keep an. eye on her. Whereas at Taco Bell, he. doesn't really know who she's talking. to, who she's hanging out with. And then. afterwards, she's like, "Yeah, maybe I. do want to go hang out with my. girlfriend cuz I want a little off. steam. I'm working 50 hours a week.". Yeah. He would text her. This is in the. Netflix documentary. I'll be happy when. I see you, but I'm so pissed right now.

I [ __ ] hate that you ever worked at. Taco Bell with all those low lives. She responds, "Okay, dot dot dot." Well, I know. Sorry. I don't know why you had to turn. into one of them. [ __ ] disgusting. What does that even mean? I don't know. It seems like he feels like all the. people working at Taco Bell are low. lives and he doesn't like Gabby hanging. out with him. There's really no, not. even anecdotal evidence that the people. that she was hanging out with, the. people that she was working out with or.

working with were strange by any regard. It just seems like he looked down on. Taco. Bell. He would even reach out to Gabby's. mom, Nicole, telling her things like, "Gabby's working really late every night. and she's hanging around these people. and they are bad people." Nicole said, "I kind of believed it at the time. because it just seemed like he was. trying to take care of her." And it just. seems that while she's at work, he would. have these very frantic text messages. that he would bombard her with.

Sometimes it's the I freaking hate the. low lives. The next time it would be, "Please, please forgive me for calling. your mom, but I'm [ __ ] in every aspect. of my life right now. I just wanted this. week to go smoothly. I'm crying so hard. in the dumb bathroom typing this." Gabby. doesn't respond. Brian texts back and I. know you love me and I'm sorry. I worry. that you'll just leave and it's just. that I couldn't have my life without. you. Finally, Gabby responds, "No, no, honey. I didn't want you to be sad. today. I love you so much. I'm sorry. I'll never leave." Brian responds, "I'm.

crying right now, but it's okay. I was. just saying how it was so crazy. I was. alone for so long and I was so happy for. now that I love you so much. Every. second alone, I'm just stuck with the. person that I hate." No hate, all love. here. That's a Gabby responds. So, a lot of close friends just started. having this sneaking suspicion that he. didn't want her to work and that she did. and he was mad about it. He always tried. to get her to do what he wanted and he. he wanted the van life and he rushed it. so that she wasn't able to work anymore.

It seems like the van life is to get her. alone. Meanwhile, Brian is not even trying to. work towards this van life. He's out. here selling his copycat art bookmarks. for $4. He hasn't had a real job in. months. And I say copycat art because he. does a lot of tracing art. That's why I. said that he seems like the type that. wants to be perceived as artistic but is. perhaps not the most creative genius. soul that ever existed this earth or. like very far from it. Now, one of. Gabby's closest friends, Rose, she said,

"You know, when we first started hanging. out, neither of us had friends. She had. texted me saying, "You seem cool. I. really want to be your friend. Can we be. friends?" And I was like, "Yeah, I would. be happy to be your friend." and we just. went everywhere together. We would tell. people that she was my emotional service. human. I worked at Domino's as a. delivery driver and Gabby would sit in. the car with me and ride around. So, when I met Gabby, I was in one of the. lowest points of my life. This is what. Rose is saying. I just saw the bad and. everything, but she made me realize that.

I should be seeing the good. I never had. somebody make me feel so important that. like my life mattered. Gabby probably. made Brian feel the same way that she. made Rose feel, which is very safe, very. cared for, but Brian doesn't try to. appreciate it and give her reciprocate. those feelings. It seems like he's so. panicked that something is going to. happen. He keeps bombarding her with. messages all the time. Hey honey, I. don't want to keep bothering you with my. texting about how much I love you, but I. really miss you. I'm sorry I've been so.

anxious. I'm really trying to focus on. getting our life together so that we can. hit the road. I'm definitely getting a. lot done. working on the van right now. If she doesn't respond right away, he'll. text back, "Oh man, you took over the. Spotify, but you can't text me back.". So, I guess they were sharing a Spotify. where only one person can listen at a. time. So, he's like, "Oh, man. You took over. the Spotify, but you can't text me back. I miss you so much. You hurt my. feelings." What? Gabby responds, "Sorry, I just got service back. I tried to text. you. Please relax.".

The first strange thing that Rose. realized though is that Rose and Gabby. had the Find My Friend app with each. other because they're like, "This makes. me feel safer." When Brian finds out. about it, he makes Gabby delete it. And. Rose thought it was weird. But she says, "I didn't push the issue because I. didn't want it to cause an argument with. him. He was always worried that she was. going to leave him. It was like a. constant thing to try to get us to stop. hanging out. He would demand that she be. home for dinner. And then often he would. cut our hanging out time short. He would.

demand to pick her up from my house even. when I had a car and I offered to drive. her home. And then finally one day Gabby. tells Rose, "Brian wants to meet you.". And I was like, "Oh, okay." You know, we. were all going to go to the beach. together. And he kind of just like sat. back there and read his book while Gabby. and I hung out. It felt weird. It felt. like a parent was watching us on a play. date. It was very weird. Apparently, he. had set up a hammock just like behind.

them, like a supervisor. Not next to them, not. near them. Cuz I understand if you're. like, "We don't really have much to talk. about. We're at the beach. I'm going to. read my book." There's a video clip of. it. He's just I want to say like 100 ft. away in his hammock just watching them. Wow. And reading his book. But I mean, Rose says, "Yeah, it was like a play. date." It was weird, but he was very. nice. I do remember coming home and. saying to my mom, she was like, "How was. it? How was her boyfriend?" And I was.

like, "He's he's a really nice. guy." I don't know. There's just. something off about him. And that just. started becoming more and more clear as. our friendship progressed. But the most. alarming sign Rose says is one night. Rose and Gabby, they make this whole. plan that they're going to go line. dancing. Girls night. They're going to. go to the bar line dancing. Line. dancing. like country dancing almost. Okay. It's not like um and even if it. were, it doesn't matter, but I wouldn't.

say it's very sexy dancing. It's like. fun, you know? So, Rose is waiting for. Gabby. Gabby's 30 minutes late and then. she's an hour late and now she's an hour. and a half late. What is taking her so. long? Rose is texting Gabby and she gets. this long- winded response that just. doesn't even make sense. She said that. she was driving towards Rose's house, got near Rose's house, and then realized. she didn't have her ID. So, she needs. her ID to get into the bar to go line. dancing. So, then she went back home to.

get it. But again, that wouldn't have. taken that long. But Gabby is. explaining, but oh my gosh, sorry. I was. fighting with Brian. H like I'm hurrying. though. I'm on my way. He stole my. wallet. I'm literally crying. I don't. know why I'm crying. I'm crying. I'm. sorry. I really am on my way though now. And Rose said, "Brian just took her ID. so that she wouldn't be able to come out. with me. Brian did not want her to go. out, so he took her ID." And she was. hysterical. She was upset and she just. kept saying like, "We were fighting.". And I'm like, "But why?" And she just.

would start sobbing again. No. explanation. And I'm like, "This doesn't. make any sense." So Rose is saying it. felt like Gabby was holding back. And. she kept saying, "I you and you need to. tell me what happened because this is a. very big response. Like it doesn't seem. like you guys were just fighting. like. is there something more? Like did you. guys fight about something else? Like. did something happen? But Gabby would. not open up now. Obviously, okay, side. note, here's a crazy thing. A lot of. people were dogging on Rose for the. longest time when this first initially.

this case was breaking out and this was. progressing and everything was unfolding. in the public eye. A lot of people were. accusing Rose of not doing enough to. help Gabby or people were even coming up. with these insane conspiracy theories. that Rose was having an affair with. Brian. That's crazy. But also, just think about it. Like, nobody in Gabby's life really knew what. was happening. And that's the scary. thing about domestic violence. Like, that's not a one-off thing. That's. typically how it is. That's why it's so. nefarious. And even with something like.

this, I'm sure if Gabby had marks on her. face after this, Rose would not be like, "No, you need to tell me what happened.". But I'm just trying to put myself in. Rose's situation. If that was my. girlfriend, I would think maybe the. fight was deeper than that. Like maybe. there was something sensitive that they. talked about that she doesn't want to. open up to me about yet. Like I don't. want to push her too much because then. she's going to close up. Yeah. If I. don't see marks, I don't know if I would. ask her like, "Did he hit you? Did he. touch you?" Like I don't think that I. would, you know? Now later, especially.

if Brian was not showing any of that to. Rose prior, which he wasn't. He wasn't. showing that to anyone. Now later text. between Gabby and Brian will show her. feeling extremely frustrated with him. about this. She texts him, "Don't try to. control me because it makes me so mad. I. love you so much, but it's the way you. speak to me that hurts me the. most." Rose says, "I mean, obviously. hindsight is great. Hindsight is. 2020, so probably in hindsight, it. seemed like he was just very jealous,

honestly, like a jealousy problem, which. I understand because you look at Brian. and then you look at Gabby and you're. like, Gabby could have anyone in the. entire world." That's what Rose said. Speaking of jealousy, this is the same. guy that sends messages to friends that. are girls on their birthdays. And the. way he's like flirting with these people. is crazy. So, she was actually in the. Netflix documentary and a lot of people. are also coming up with conspiracy. theories about her. I don't know. I think that it could be.

the editing of the Netflix documentary. I think that it could be the fact that. she is there to be the perspective of. Brian's friend. It seems like she was. friends with both Brian and Gabby, but. she was probably closer to Brian. And I. think the stories that she shares, some. people were trying to make it seem like, oh, she's obsessed with Brian, like she. wants to date Brian. She was jealous of. Gabby. Perhaps she's just trying to show. the side of him that seems very loving.

to make people realize this is what he. does. M like for her birthday, he would. send text messages like, "It's National. Bluebird Day. The Bluebird is known for. its beauty and the joy it brings through. its song. Like how Doris Day sings in. her classic Bluebird on your window. sill. There's a bluebird. There's a. rainbow. The rainy days may come and go, but the clouds will roll away. Don't. sweat the small stuff, Bluebird. Happy. birthday." This is not while they're. dating, right? With uh Gabby is This is. a little bit prior to when they're. dating. M now it sounds very intimate.

especially because um this is the same. friend that he once built a desk for. So. he was staying over at her place and she. had a desk that came in. So they're. building this desk together. She doesn't. think much of it. Later she opens a. drawer in the desk and she sees this. little note. She it reads, "You are. either my best friend or the love of my. life and I'm too dumb to tell the. difference." Okay. I thought this was. insane in the documentary. I know some. people took it and ran with it. And I.

saw Tik Toks that were like, "You could. never get me to admit something like. this on national television." I don't. think that she's sharing this story in. like a look at us. We had a thing kind. of way. This is the way he writes is. very poetic. I think that he's very. easily the type to write these very. elaborate pros, poems, letters to really. romanticize a relationship. And I have. done some research of abusers that will.

try to romanticize the relationship. So. it almost seems like no, the abuse is. like so difficult because love is hard. But we have to our love is like one of a. kind. That's why it's harder than. everybody else's love and nobody. understands it. Yeah. Yeah. And like. just the way that he writes this letter, leaves it in the desk. Yeah. It's it. seems that No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. But he's very possessive, compulsively. jealous of Gabby. And while there's. these red flags, it doesn't seem like.

the red flags are glaring enough for. everyone to do anything. Everyone just. tries to tell Gabby, "Just take it slow. You're young." He does seem a little. jealous, maybe a little controlling. You're 22. Like, do what makes you happy. and we're going to support you. That is. what Rose tells Gabby. Rose says in. hindsight, she's trying to describe the. way that Brian treats people. She says. it can make you blind to see, you know, oh, he was just making you feel unworthy. of his love just for him to turn around. and be like, look what I did for you. Cuz she's saying like there's so many.

moments where he's cooking breakfast for. her. He's doing all these things for. her. Even during the new Netflix. documentary, there's vlog footage that's. been released that never seen before. Gabby is constantly apologizing to Brian. for things. She's crying. She's blaming. herself. She's putting herself down, saying that she sucks at this. She sucks. at vlogging. And Brian does nothing. Who. Who's vlogging this? Gabby. So, this is. I'm assuming that the parents released. this footage for the documentary. So, these are like behindthe-scene clips of. her vlog, the one vlog that was posted.

on YouTube, and there are moments where. she stops and she, you can clearly tell. she feels so uncomfortable in front of. the camera, and she just says things. like, "I suck in front of the camera. Like, I feel so awkward in front of the. camera." He doesn't even say, "No, honey, you're fine." He just stares at. her. Just lets her spiral. Obviously, none of this was shown to Gabby's family. at the time. Nicole, Gabby's mom, she. says, "You know, when I met Bayan, I. thought he was a little socially. awkward, but very polite." Gabby's.

stepdad, Jim, says, "He was quiet.". Yeah, he was kind of quiet. Shook your. hand, though. Looked you in the eye. We. liked him. July 2nd, 2021. They fix up. that Ford van and they decide. cross-country road trip. This is where. it starts. This is where it all begins. And I mean, they're thinking that in a. positive way, but it is a lot harder. than they expected, I think. I mean, you. see van life online. It seems nice. A. lot of them have bathrooms and kitchens. inside the van. It's This van is quite.

literally a big SUV. It fits a single. mattress. That's pretty much the. entirety of the car. You can't even. stand up or lay down comfortably. But. Brian also has a thing for feet. He. likes being barefoot everywhere he goes. He would tell Gabby, "Get rid of your. hiking shoes. When we hike through the. national parks, we got to go barefoot. We got to be grounded." Which sounds. great. Feel the soil. Feel grounded. But. then you also realize that the ground is. blistering hot and there's a bunch of. black widow spiders trying to crawl.

between your toes. I will say that this. is a huge point of contention. Not the. dirty feet, but the fact that Brian will. go barefoot, hike around all day, like. sweat caked in between his toenails, and. then this tiny little van where they. sleep, make their food, where they work, he doesn't wash his feet. He just like. brings all the dirt, dust, everything. into the bed. How do we know all of. this? Because Gabby was like explaining. it. Even in the um Moab footage where. the police pull them over, it's like a.

kind of a point of contention that they. have. Oh, okay. Now, I have heard people who like being. barefoot, but Brian does it in a very. annoying way. It just kind of makes you. want to shove his foot in his mouth. It's great, but you can't act like. everyone else is less enlightened. because they prefer to wear shoes. During one hike, according to an. Instagram post by Gabby, they're all. hiking and near the pinnacle of this. hike is this giant rock. Everybody's. climbing up to take pictures. Gabby. climbs up. These strangers take pictures.

for her for her Instagram. And when she. hops off, this man approaches her in. front of everybody and comments on her. shoes. Now, Gabby writes in the. Instagram post, she's not for certain, but she's pretty sure that that guy. worked for REI, which are is the shoe. brand, like the outdoors brand, cuz the. way that he's asking about the shoes, it. felt very like, you know, getting intel. on the customers. She starts giving this. small presentation to everyone that's. waiting in line to take pictures on this.

rock. And everybody's staring at her. shoes. Some of them are asking about her. shoes like, "Oh, those are comfortable.". Wait, where did you get those? Like, do. you need to size up? Do you need a size. down? How long have you been wearing. them? Meanwhile, Brian is likely off to. the side, barefoot, and probably. annoyed. We don't know for sure if he's. annoyed, but it does seem like he likely. would be. He seems very holier than thou. everyone needs to be barefoot. He. already doesn't like the fact that. Gabby's trying to do van life YouTube. And the fact that she's getting. attention from anybody is probably not.

making him happy. So, he wanted to do. van life, but he didn't like the YouTube. aspect. No, he just wants van life. Yeah. Rose says when Brian wants. something, he's going to get it. And I. don't mean it in like a physical way. He's going to force it. He's just going. to I mean I don't want people to say I'm. calling him a full manipulator, but. he'll manipulate the situation to get. what he wants out of it. And he didn't. want her to go out one night with me. He. stole the ID and it's just they're.

engaged. Their relationship is not. supposed to be like that. I think it was. all clicking for her. The more it went. on, like the more her and I were talking. and hanging out and having a good time, she actually felt more independent. And. that's when he's like, "Okay, I got to. do something to change this. Let me. isolate her. If I get her away from her. job, if I get away her away from her. friend, she only has me. And the next. thing you know, they're gone on their. van.

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selling today. shopify.com/rotten. Many people would. argue the most important part that makes. or breaks a road trip is the playlist. A. new Spotify playlist called Self-. Conumption pops up. The songs seem like. they're created for like a long distance. road trip spanning about probably 2,500. m, which is going to take about 30 hours. to drive. And a playlist is going to.

tell you everything about how that. person is feeling about this drive. A. lot of songs on this playlist have this. airy, psychedelic rock vibe. It's not. too loud. It's very dreamy, almost. nostalgic. It sounds like a song from. the '. 70s. One of them is called Take My Hand. by Matt Barry. The lyrics read, "I can. see the light. It looks like you. So say. you'll come. Please don't go. So take my. hand.". There's another song called Woman by. Matt Barry. It's a bit slower, a bit.

darker. The lyrics read, "Your woman is. your angel, is your left side, is your. whole life, and easily the most. beautiful thing in the world. She will. soo you. She'll accuse you. She'll. confuse you. She'll lose you. She's. dangerous. She's courageous, contagious, she's ageless, and could be the last. thing you see on this. earth." But then the songs get darker. There's one called Super Oranism. The. lyrics, I think, in any other situation, would be fun. They read, "When I grow. up, I want to be a super organism. Come.

on, give it to me. Put your mind in my. brain and you'll see. Everything is. better when you're everything." I mean, the song's pretty upbeat. I mean, another lyric goes, "Oh, just relax. Just relax. Our ride must still be wet. I bet too much honey will put you in. debt. Stop giving yourself a cold sweat, so just relax.". But then the song choices get. increasingly alarming with the playlist. There's one called um Okay, so the song. itself is good. It's called Show Me, but. the lyrics are quite eerie. It sings way.

to go. Just keep nodding until your head. comes off. Then kiss her head good. night. Tomorrow's filled with sounds and. thrills and flashing lights. These songs are added in like one by one. or Yes. Added to the playlist, curated. for a road trip. M. So it's not like a. auto suggestion shuffle. It's like they. at plus plus plus. It's not like a. Spotify generated here's what we think. you'll like. Yeah. No. Another one is. titled Badgers Wake. And the lyrics do.

have netizens kind of questioning why. someone would want to specifically. listen to this specific song in this. specific context. The lyrics read, "Below the pond green woods. That's. where the badgers do sleep. Deep as a. solitary stone in gray and crimson and. greens. In a slumber of blood and bone, the badger lies still as he dreams. I. hear one last slow breath. The smell of. a badger's. death. This is the playlist Brian. Laundry allegedly created for his road.

trip back home from Wyoming to Florida. alone without Gabby in Gabby's white van. after he strangled and killed her. which. leads a lot of netizens to question, is. Gabby the only one Brian could have. killed? When this case was unfolding, this was a huge question. Everybody like. there were so many theories nearby in. Moab, Utah, which is where they were. stopped by the police.

So this the stopped by police incident, like what part of this journey was it? Were they in the road trip, mist of the. road trip or So they it's like a month. into the road trip. left early July. This was August 12th. And then she will she will be missing. like technically August 27th. So in like. 2 weeks. Yeah. Okay. Now in nearby Moab, Utah, two women were found dead at.

another campsite. They were partially. unclothed and shot in a campground. Kylin Schult and Crystal Beck. The two. were married and they both worked at the. same place. They were actually both. found in a campsite in the mountains. that Brian and Gabby were believed to. have visited. So according to friends, Kylin had told them that if they were. going to die, if something were ever. going to happen to them at this. campsite, it was murder that there was. like this creepy guy lurking around. their campsite. So a lot of nizens, of.

course, they start theorizing, wait, Brian and Gabby were in Moab, Utah. around the same time, which means Brian. could be responsible because there is a. connection here, right? Also, the. connection gets deeper. Kylin worked at. Moonflower Co-op. Kylin and Crystal. actually observed they saw Gabby and. Brian getting into an argument outside. the Moonflower Co-op. It's like a. restaurant. H and she actually told her. father about it, describing Brian as. being creepy. And then later she tells. her friends that there's a creepy guy. hanging around their campsite. Some.

people on the internet start speculating. their theories start just kind of rabbit. holeing. I mean, they maybe they all ran. across each other on the trail. Maybe. Gabby starts getting close to the. couple, perhaps even forming a bond, a. friendship. Brian sees it as a threat. Maybe this is her way out. Gabby thinks, "I'm just going to leave with this. couple so that I can maybe go back home. He's got to eliminate the potential. threat." Others write, "I personally. think Brian was hitting Gabby, and the. couple saw and wanted to do something, and then Brian killed them out of anger. They were killed in Moab, Utah, August.

14th. So that's 2 days after Gabby and. Brian were pulled over. Wow. In the same. city and they saw Gabby and Brian fight. at the Moonflower Co-op. A statement is. released by the FBI stating that Brian. was not involved in the two deaths. Ultimately, a man named Adam, a former. co-orker of Crystal, confessed to the. killing of the couple. after he well before he self-exited. He. used to work at the same McDonald's as.

Crystal. So, if Adam killed Crystal and. Kylin, then now people are still. wondering then what still happened to. Gabby? Like, nobody knows still. If. Brian and his parents are not willing to. talk, all people can do is trace the. couple's steps. And the first thing that. they come across is August 12th, 2021, a. family report seeing Brian acting very. alarmingly. They would later tell the. FBI that Brian was acting like a quote. unquote lunatic. What does that even. mean? They explained, "I don't know. sporadically opening and slamming doors,

pacing around the van. He seemed to be. pleading with the female and at one. point he had tried to hug the female, but he was pushed back by her. Brian. eventually pushes Gabby's legs into the. van, closes the door, gets in the. driver's side, and they say that they. saw Brian start crying. This is minutes. before they're pulled over. Is this the. reporting group or There's two 911 calls. made that day. One of them was saying, "I don't really know what's going on. It. seems like Brian is in the driver's.

side." Well, they don't know Brian's. name. They're like, "It seems like the. guy is in the driver's side, and it. seems like he doesn't want the girl to. get into the van. The girl is like. trying to climb through the window to. get into the van, but he's not letting. her in the van." And so he that caller. is kind of confused, like I don't know. who started it. It just seems like a. mess. And then the second caller is. like, "Hey, so I saw him chase her down. the sidewalk and slap her across the. face." And then now these people, this. family that saw them, they actually.

don't report this to the FBI until way. later. They're like, "I actually saw. them that day, too." It was just kind of. weird. And we didn't really know if it. was worth reporting because, you know, he gets into the car. They're both kind. of crying in the car. It seemed like a. really unfortunate couple's fight. So. August 12th, 2021, 15 days from the last. contact with Gabby, dispatch receives. those calls and again main one gentleman. slapping the girl, stating that they. stop the car and the couple are like. running up and down the sidewalk. He's.

proceeding to hit her. Police pull the. van over and now let the investigation. begin. Do the due diligence because. maybe the witness saw wrong. Maybe. there's more to the story because. there's three different witnesses now. But it's very bizarre where this traffic. pullover actually ends up. Officers pull. the couple over. Like I said, Gabby is. in the passenger seat. She's crying. She's upset. Brian is driving. He's so. calm. He's explaining, "It's just been a. long day." Gabby's trying to apologize. on behalf of Brian. I was distracting. him from driving. I'm sorry. Like, she's.

trying to say, "I'm the reason that he. hit that curb." M the officer takes. Gabby to the side to talk and she says. some days I have really bad OCD and I. just I was just cleaning and. straightening up the back of the van. before and I was apologizing to him and. saying I'm sorry that I'm so mean. because sometimes I have OCD and. sometimes I get really frustrated. Not. like mean towards him. I just. like I guess my vibe is like I I was.

just saying I'm sorry if I'm in a bad. mood. I just really stressed I had so. much work I was doing on my computer. this morning. What do you do for a. living? Just quit my job. I was a. nutritionist. That's what that was my. job. I just quit my job to travel across. the country and I'm trying to start a. blog. blog and stuff. So, I've been building. my website. So, I've just been really. stressed. And then she starts um kind of. like a lot of body language experts have. overanalyzed the footage and I tried not.

to fall too deep into it. I think body. language is kind of hard to decipher but. she does start self soothing a bit and. she says and he doesn't believe that I. can do any of it and she sounds really. upset. She says I know he's like down. there I don't know been fighting all. morning and and he wouldn't let me in. the car before. Now, mind you, this is. Gabby's car. Why wouldn't he let you in the car? Because of your OCD, which like what.

kind of question is that, officer? But. she says, "Well, we need to calm down.". Yeah, but I'm perfectly calm about him. all the time. And he really stresses me. out and. I This is a rough morning. So, you're. kind of having a rough day, it sounds. like. Yeah. I mean, it happens to be a. beautiful day here in the park. We We. camped in the Devil's Garden. Oh, that's. fun. That's a beautiful campground, isn't it? Yeah. So, the officer puts her. in the back of his car with a clear. mention, "She's not in trouble. It's.

just hot outside. Like, we just want you. to get to Macy. You're not in trouble. Just relax. Catch a breath." The. officers then go talk to Brian, who. explains, "That's my girlfriend. That's. my fiance." She gets worked up. She just. gets worked up sometimes, and I try and. really distance myself from her. like I. I locked the car and I walked away from. it. Which I think that statement alone. is so strange. Why are you locking. someone else's car? That's not your car. He says that they were having a nice. morning, but Gabby got worked up because. they're at this cafe. There were a lot.

of flies at the cafe and she just they. need to get the day going. They need to. go get some water, but she didn't want. to go cuz she's working on her blog. The. officers notice scratches on Brian's. face, which they ask about them, and he. says, "She had stuff on her hand. That's. why I was pushing her away. That's why I. was pushing her away because she wanted, you know, I locked the keys so I could. walk away. I said, "Let's take a. breather and let's not go anywhere. Let's just calm down for a minute.". Because she got worked up and then she. had her phone. She was trying to get her. keys away. I was trying, you know, I.

know I I know I push, you know, I was. trying to push her away. Like, let's. just take a minute, step back, and. breathe. But you see, she got the. officer says, "Can I see your hand? Cuz. you got a mark on your hand, too." Oh, yeah. That That's from a wire. From a. wire. Yeah. So, you want to tell me. about you hitting that curb? Oh, hitting. that curb was her grabbing the wheel. What kind of mark does he have on his. hand? Scratches. M. Yeah. This is also. very important. Scratches are very.

important. And um so she grabbed the. wheel. That's why you hit the curb. Yeah. She said, "I can't believe you're. getting pulled over." And grab the. wheel. And uh what about the speed? Cuz. you guys were speeding. Oh, no. I I was. just going fast. I'm sorry. I know it. was probably just, you know, the moment. I'm still shaking right now, the. adrenaline, seeing the light splashing. and then her gripping the wheel. So, if. I sped up, I'm sorry about that. Or if I. was speeding beforehand, I'm sorry about. that. Is he emotional or not? Really? No. So, Gabby is like fully She's very,

you know, she seems like very sad and. distraught and scared, but he seems very. collected in the moment. Yeah. overly. collected. I I just um Okay, one thing to note is. being collected in the presence of. police is probably smart regardless of. who you are. However, I just can't. imagine if your loved one is so. distraught and they've separated you. I. feel like I would be a little distraught.

of like, are they okay? Are they okay? Like, you know, is she okay? Is she. doing okay? Yeah. I don't think I would. just be like, yeah, sorry about that. Sorry about the speeding. Yeah. It It. took quite a bit to catch up with you. I'm sorry about that. I I don't want to. try and defend myself, but I pushed her. away. She gets really worked up, and. when she does, she she swings. She had. her phone. I was trying to push her. away. Brian's side of the event is that. they had been at the coffee shop from. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Clearly a very.

long time. There's lots of flies. Gabby. is getting quote unquote worked up. He. states when they get back to the van, he. and Gabby are both already in this very. agitated state. And once he states that. some sort of argument bursts out of. small relationship things about like who. moved the food or him having dirty feet, he says he locked up the van and walked. away because he felt that both he and. Gabby needed a breather. But when Gabby. tries to get the keys from him, he says. that he just pushed her away just like. stop, take a break, you need a breather.

And he says, I know I shouldn't have, but I just wanted to take a minute and. step take a breath. But he didn't want. Gabby to have the keys because he didn't. have his phone. He says he doesn't have. a phone and he doesn't want Gabby to go. anywhere because then he would be. stranded without a. phone. This part is very interesting. because like an hour later, he gives the. officer his phone number and confirms. the number by looking at his own phone, which is interesting considering, didn't.

he just say he doesn't really have a. phone? So, he doesn't definitively say, "I don't have a phone." He's just like, "I don't really have like a phone." But. then he pulls out a phone that's really. a phone. That is a crazy bold-faced lie. Yeah. That he just pull out on the spot and. the officers just don't care. Wow. The. Moab investigative report says, again, this is coming from Brian, that when. Gabby tries to get the keys from him, he. says he was yelling, "Back up. Get.

away." Brian said he was trying to calm. her down and pointed out to Gabby that. everyone's watching. No, I try to make. her calm down and be like, "Look, everyone's watching." This even this. thing was so insane to me that the. police were like, "Oh, that makes total. sense." Because I too get more calm when. everyone says, "Hey, calm down. Everyone's looking at you.". The report further states that Gabby. tells the police that she hit Brian. first.

Now, the way. that and okay, being very careful with. my wording here, I think that DV goes. both ways. I think that there's lots of. situations where someone who is. physically weaker can be much more. physically abusive or can be much more. emotionally, psychologically abusive. I. don't think that there really is that. discrepancy here. I think the problem. with it is the police are just running. with everything that she's saying. Even. the way that she's describing that she.

hit him first, it doesn't sound like. she's decking him. It's okay. Even when. she says that when they were getting. pulled over, she slapped his arm and she. said, "You're such an idiot." Like, "Now. we're getting pulled over." I imagine. it's probably like like, "Look at what. you did. You're such an idiot." I don't. think she's like there slapping him. But. she does admit because she's trying to. be very honest. I guess I hit him first. But then she later states, "Well, he. grabbed my face.".

That's how it started. So the way she. shows Brian grabbing her face is an. aggressive palm grabbing her cheeks. I don't know any situation where I think. that this type of aggressive face. holding is any appropriate. and he does it so hard that she has. bleeding on her cheek. So, it's not like. he's just grabbing her face, which is. already alarming, but it it's bleeding.

But I guess grabbing her face roughly. does not constitute as a physical action. against her to the officers because they. just completely bypass it. They. completely ignore it and they're like, "Oh, so you hit him first." And she's. kind of agreeing because they're asking. all the right questions. And she says, "I mean, yeah, like I he didn't punch me. in the face. Even just the way that the officers ask. questions is kind of, for lack of a. better words, dumb. They're just asking, "Did he hit you, though?" She She just.

explained that he grabbed her face so. much that she's bleeding. But did he hit. you, though? I mean, it's okay if you're. saying that you hit him. I understand if. he hit you, but we want to know the. truth if he actually hit you. That's. when Gabby's like, "I guess I hit him. first cuz you know where did he hit. you?" I mean, don't worry, be honest. He. like grabbed my face. But the. investigation report continues. Gabby. said Brian grabbed her face and said she. could feel a cut on her left cheek. Gabby stated that when she touches it, it burns. That's it. That's literally.

it. I mean, the first giant red flag of. this entire situation is that the. officers could have easily noted that. his story does not match up with at. least one of the witnesses. The witness. stated, "I observed a man and a woman. appear to have some sort of dispute. They're talking aggressively and then he. slapped her." The other witness that. didn't see him slapping her, they even. stated, "From my point of view, something definitely didn't seem right. It was as if the guy was trying to leave. her and maybe take her phone in the van.

That's not what Brian is telling the. police he did." He's saying, "No one's. going to be in the van. Let's just cool. off." So, nothing he's saying is. matching up with any of the witnesses. But on top of that, officers ask if. Gabby takes any medications, but they. ask Brian. To which Brian responds with. a stupid chuckle smirk on his face. She's just crazy. What? No, I I don't think so. None that. I know of. So, he's like, "She's just. crazy." I'm just kidding. No, I none.

that I know of. Is this like a boy club? Brian's explaining that the fight that. day was just over little relationship. things. And the officer says, "Yeah, I. mean, I've been married for over 5. years. I get it." Later, when another. officer, a park ranger, arrives on the. scene, she's getting filled in on the. situation. One of the officers there, Officer Pratt, says about Gabby. Sounds. to me like she is a primary aggressor. So, the officers start talking amongst. themselves about whether or not Gabby. should be charged. Ultimately, she's. not. And people actually, a lot of.

nizens and even Gabby's family wish that. she had been perhaps, right? Like at. least follow the letter of the law. Like. if the cops can't point out more deep. nuances that they should genuinely be. trained to point out. If they can't even. do that, at least follow the letter of. the law because that could have saved. Gabby's life is what a lot of netizens. feel. But they're just arguing, you. know? I mean, the reason they don't give. us discretion is like we don't know.

what's going to happen. the usually the. women don't want them to go to jail and. then they end up getting worse and worse. treatment until they end up getting. killed. The officers talk to Gabby. telling her you're dealing with some. emotional struggles and mentally at your. age and hopefully it works itself out. but the stuff you did today that. contributed to this because you both. contributed to this is a result of your. inability to cope with the anxiety and. stress you're having. So in a way you're. kind of a victim in this. I think I.

think you would have done better if you. had the skills to do better. But you. don't learn skills until you learn. skills. If the tables were turned and he. was beating on you and you were shoving. him, of course, we're going to look at. it like, "Oh, of course she's defending. herself to get away from this guy." We. have to treat you guys both fair. Even. if he's a bigger male and you're a. smaller female, the law doesn't say, "Hey, Officer Pratt and Officer Robins, you can treat people different based on. gender." We can't. even if it makes no. sense because you probably could not. physically destroy this man the way that. he could if he attacked you. But we.

can't treat you different. At one point. in the interaction, the officer tells. Brian straight up, "You're the victim of. domestic assault." And you just see this. guy break out into this big old smile on. his face that's very bizarre. He seems. in the moment, I think the officers. perceive it as, "Oh, I I'm a man. I. can't be a victim of DV." So they're. like, "No, no, but you are. You are.". But it in hindsight, it looks like he's. relieved to some extent and kind of. excited that the police are going with. his version of events. And so with that,

the police are going to take Brian to a. hotel to decompress for the night while. Gabby stays alone in the van. The two of. them are told not to speak to each other. the rest of the night. And the report. reads, "Shelter was arranged for Brian. utilizing a local community resource for. victims of DV at no charge to him. So a. DV nonprofit is paying for this." while. Gabby was allowed to stay in the van. that they had been traveling and living. in. And the reason that they go with. this, it from my opinion, it just seems. like the officers don't want to do.

paperwork. One of the officers looks at. the other one and says, "Look, another. option is not charge them, but we. separate them for the night." Another. option is to not charge them, but. separate them for the night. If they. find themselves together again, why is. it true that you separated them? You. provided for his safety. If he doesn't. have enough sense to stay away, and you. you got him separated, it's on him. Go. full. for nothing or in between and separate. them and kind of give them the nod, the. wink like, "Hey, you know, just stay. separated. It's up to you." Yeah. That.

night they are separated, but they end. up calling each other and reuniting that. night. Now, side note, Gabby's parents. were called. Gabby called her parents. and it probably appears that she didn't. tell them the full extent of what was. happening. And I think that she didn't. even know the full extent of what was. happening. It's I think that a lot of. reasons that this has become such a big. case for DV is when you watch the. footage, the way that she takes on all. the guilt is very common in DV.

situations, but people just don't. realize it. Yeah. So, I'm sure she's. relaying similar information to her. parents. Her parents still told her, "We're going to buy you a plane ticket. right home right now. Leave the van. We'll ship the van back home." But she. declined. And later there will be an. investigation into the way that the Moab. police handle this. One investigation. into this states that the officers seem. to be working in complete confirmation. bias. They're just so focused on Brian. being the victim. They take so many. pictures of Brian. Every sing they're.

like, "Lift up your shirt. Let's make. sure you don't have injuries under your. shirt. What about your hands? What about. your face?" They do everything. There's. not one single picture of Gabby's face. injuries of where he's just grabbing her. face. But somebody saw he's slapping. Gabby. The police do not go and find. that witness. So, they're supposed to. talk to all the witnesses. They don't go. and interview that witness until much. later until the the case blows up. And. just to show you how nuanced and biased. this entire, in my opinion, this entire.

incident was another officer writes in. his report about it that there were. aspects in the statement that were. inconsistent with Gabby's story. The. report reads, "Not consistent with. Gabrielle's statement, further. suggesting her confused and emotional. state." The part that they're referring. to is that Brian claims they swerved on. the road because Gabby pulled the. steering wheel. Gabby states she never. touched the steering wheel. She's like, "I would never touch the steering. wheel." When the flashing lights came. on, yeah, I I did kind of slap his arm.

and I was like, "You're such an idiot.". Like, it was more of like, you're an. idiot. Like, now we're getting pulled. over. She's like, "I did not touch the. steering wheel." Did you grab the. steering wheel and like swerve or. anything like that? No touch the. steering wheel at all. Okay. They write. that because she does not admit to. touching the steering wheel. She's like. a confused and emotional state. She's. not a credible witness. So, they're just. taking Brian's side of the story truly. as the truth. Mhm. They're basing her. story off of his. They're like comparing. them two with Brian as the truth and.

let's see if Gabby matches up. Mhm. That's not of how an investigation. works. Later in the body cam, the two. officers are even talking about the. inconsistency. So they're like, "So did. he tell you why he said that he grabbed. the wheel and turned it really hard?". She said she was hitting him in the arm. They're like, "Oh, okay." The officer's. like, "Wait, maybe that makes sense. Maybe she didn't grab the wheel. Sounds. legit. I mean, I'm sure if I'm driving. and my arm is on the wheel and I'm. getting hit on the arm, I'm probably.

pulling on the wheel." He's probably. trying not to say that he hit her. because he doesn't want her to get. charged with. assault. I listened to that like 30. times. He does say he's probably trying. not to say that he hit her, but I think. he means to say he's trying not to say. that she hit him because he doesn't want. her to get charged with assault. Okay. So, they mis said yes. M. So they're. like, "Oh, Brian is saying she grabbed. the steering wheel because he doesn't. want to say that she physically. assaulted him so that she doesn't get.

charged." So he made up this cover. story. Again, why are we creating these complex. narratives for like what is happening? And they keep patronizing Gabby. Gabby's. clearly emotional and upset. And one of. the officers even makes comments that. Brian seems pretty patient with her. Yeah. Even though Gabby is telling them. that she's just trying to get Brian to. stop telling her to shut up and stop. being mean to her and that he gets. really frustrated with her with very.

small things and the officer is like he. seems very patient with you. It's crazy. because you know like they got these. reports saying that hey a man was. assaulting a woman right they shows up. at the scene they see a woman that's. frantic and man that appears calm and. they instantly believe a story that this. woman is frantic and crazy and hitting. him and he's like yeah I get it like you. know she's crazy but you know I'm sorry. bro you're a victim. Yeah. It sounds.

like they're dumb. They're undertrained. and they have their bias towards DVs. And so, one of them was actually accused. of DV, one of the officers. Yeah, that makes sense. Which we're. going to cover more in depth in part two. with a $50 million. lawsuit. But it Yeah, that's crazy that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, just the line of. questioning that they have with Gabby, they're asking her things like, "But you. tend to have a lot of anxiety and. stress." And she's like, "A lot of. anxiety." And he's usually pretty.

patient with you. Yeah, but I know that. he definitely gets frustrated with me a. lot. And she's just trying to explain it. was just a silly argument. We were just. going to go get water and the officers. like a silly argument where it came to. putting hands on each other and he's got. marks. Silly arguments don't involve. hurting each other. I know you didn't, you know, that wasn't the intention, but. silly arguments shouldn't go that far. Meanwhile, they apologize to Brian and. they tell him, "I'm not going to try to. sit here and give you like my advice. You've been on this almost as long as.

what I have. There's nothing I can tell. you that's going to really make a. difference. But at the end of the day, I. I'm sorry that all this has happened. I'm sorry that it went this slow. And Brian tries to reassure the. officers. She was I don't even want to. say. I mean, she's already swinging on. me. Multiple hands swinging. Lots of. hands. Lots of nails. Lots of rings. She. has a lot of nails on her rings. And. then he says, "I'm not complaining. I'm. not complaining." They're like, "You got. three scratches on your neck. You got. one on the left side of your face. And.

again, I am not trying to demean any. physical marks on a man just because I. think DV only goes from one way to the. other. But it's just very interesting. that that type of energy is not carried. out with Gabby Patito. Mhm. Yeah. It's. fine if they were that serious about. every injury and Mark for both parties, but it's the fact that they're not. And. they keep asking like is it bruised or. tender or anything like that? No, no, no. It I'm fine. I love Gabby. I hope. she doesn't have too many complaints. about. me. I'm just uh you know I feel bad for.

acting out in public. I was just trying. to be loud, trying to make her calm down. and be like, "Look, everybody's. watching. You know, just back up. Get. away. Just give me some. space." Nevertheless, they take Brian to. the DV Hotel for survivors that it cost. the nonprofit at least $150 for the. night, telling him, "Just have a meal by. yourself. Take a breath. You're going to. be in a hotel room watching TV. It's. probably going to be months since you. actually got to set down the lights. Take a shower. Change clothes. All.

right. Go, go, go. Because they're going. to have everything that you need to. shake your camera and all that good. stuff. All right. Even in the car, Brian. is asking the cop, "Do you listen to Rob. Zombie? Like, do you get to play your. own music in here?" Heck yeah, dude. I. got my own phone hooked up to this. thing. Oh, so you're just jamming all. day. Yeah, man. It's not too hard. You. get a few hours without having anything. interesting happen or anything to get. the old blood pumping real good. Do you. know what I. mean? Unprompted, Brian just says, "I. stuck my hands up because I didn't want. to scare you when you guys pulled us.

over." Oh, no, no, no. That wasn't even. like a traditional stop to say the. least, so don't feel bad. The officer. says, "Like I said, you know, she seems. a lot like my wife. My wife has really, really bad anxiety and she takes. medications for it daily. Sometimes it's. just not enough. Sometimes it just. builds and it happens." Then he says. something that even if this is true, just like as a wife with anxiety, I. would feel really gross if my husband. ever talked to someone like this about. me, even if the intention is helpful. Well, I will say this. When my wife got.

put on. medication, within a week, I saw a. complete turnaround in her attitude, her. demeanor. I mean, she wasn't nearly as. aggressive or angry or anything like. that. It was it was a considerable. difference in her day-to-day life. It. made her quality of life better even. And it's made my quality of life a lot. better, too, because I don't have her. being as stressed. I know that I.

Rose, Gabby's friend, who later sees the. body cam footage, says, "It takes a lot. for her to get that hysterical. So, when. I saw that body cam footage, I knew it. was more than just a little argument. She's not going to slap him for no. reason. Side note, another thing is. strangulation, which her him grabbing. her face is pretty much strangulation. I'm not saying that she was deprived of. airflow, but it's like the first step to. strangulation. Any hands around the.

face, grabbing of the face and the neck. are some of the biggest indicators of. domestic violence. Tara says, "If a man. ever puts their hands," Tara is Gabby's. stepmom. "If a man ever puts their hands. around your neck, the chances of them. killing you increases by. 750%." And a lot of the times with cases. of strangulation, the defensive wounds. are on the perpetrator. There's more. markings on the perpetrator, not the. victim, cuz the victim is trying to claw. their way out. But the officers, they. seem to have a natural inclination to.

believe that women are hysterical. So. they side with Brian and the same day of. the Moab incident, that same day wearing. the exact same outfit, Gabby takes a. picture of her face on her phone and. there is blood smeared on her eye. This. picture is taken before the Moab police. stop. So in the body cam footage, it is. difficult to see everybody's exact. injuries because it's grainy footage. But the fact that she has a picture like. that that is taken the same day, it's.

very hard to believe that the police. didn't look at her injuries and go, "Wait, this seems a little bit serious.". That takes place on August 12th. August. 27th. I mean, there's obviously things. that happen between she's posting on. Instagram. She posts on YouTube, but. August 27th is the important day. Ryan. and Gabby decide that they're going to. eat lunch at this Texmex restaurant. called Mary Piglets. And Rose was. actually going to be flying out to meet. with Gabby soon. So, this is supposed to. be like a very upbeat time, but inside. this little restaurant, there are other.

influencers. There's a girl named Nina. and Matt. They're eating and they see. this couple and Nina says, "I went to. the bathroom. I came back and they were. like abruptly leaving like something. happened." At first, my my first like. thought was like they were displeased. with the service and they were walking. out or they were trying to get out of. paying their bill, but it was kind of. like a scene. I was like zoned in for. some reason and Matt was like on his. phone and I was like babe like put your. phone down like something is like going. on you guys. It was like a [ __ ] scene. like something that doesn't happen every.

day at a restaurant. The way he the way. he was acting she was crying. She was. upset. The restaurant staff were also. getting involved. Nina says I just. remember she was crying and was talking. with the hostess and appeared she was. apologizing for his behavior, his. demeanor. He was angry and it was he was. temperamental and it was so rude and it. was enough to make me feel. uncomfortable. I think the best way to. describe Gabby in that moment is she. seemed extremely emotionally. overwhelmed. She seemed like she was at.

her breaking point. At one point, Brian. storms out of the restaurant and Gabby. tries running after him crying. And. she's standing on the sidewalk crying. and he walks out with her, but then like. right away turns around, walks right. back in and he's, you know, kind of like. violently like talking to the hostess. and he you could tell he's angry. And um. Brian is going in and out of the. restaurant for God knows how many times. Nah says he was just going in on all the. hostesses and the waitresses. At one.

moment we thought that he had walked out. for good and he actually like left for. 10 minutes and then he came back just to. start fighting all over again. It was. like a dog with a bone and he was just. very visibly angry. He was pissed off. and he would not let it go. Whatever it. was, he just kept getting angrier. And I. just remember telling my boyfriend at. the time, "This guy's freaking me out. just how persistent he is. The way he's. acting, his demeanor, he's freaking me. out." When you say the influencer, like. are they also like YouTubers or I think.

they're predominantly on Instagram. Oh, yeah. But I mean, the odds of that are. interesting. Now, Gabby does follow. Brian back into the restaurant at one. point, and it appears that Brian is. demanding a refund. When the manager. refuses, she apologizes on his behalf. and begs him, "Please, let's just go.". That same day, the two of them are also. spotted on Whole Food security footage. walking in and shopping for about 15. minutes. That is the last scene footage. of Gabby in Jackson,

Wyoming. If people can't ask Brian what. happened, they're just going to start. digging into his journals. They're just. going to try to dig into his Pinterest. accounts, everything. Now, these journal. entries were released later by the FBI, but one journal entry, which appears, some of these are even before Gabby and. Brian started dating. I think a lot of. people just want to know why. They just. want to know like what led to this. What. happened? Why? What are your thoughts? One journal entry, it's possible that. Gabby has never even seen or heard this. side of him. But Brian writes, "From a.

young age, children are programmed. TV. shows make them one thing for a period. of time. Adults who are tortured by the. passage of time. TV creates godless. children who don't feel the passage of. time. They're empty shells, just. standing compost. You can't learn. No. matter what you see or read, your brain. will interpret what it wants. See what. it wants to. see. In one, he writes, "Crying. I don't. have emotions. I'm deprogrammed." Under.

that he writes, "Cheer up, buddy. I want. a. beer." Also, in another seemingly. fruitless attempt at being. philosophical, he writes, "Every. generation was filled with underdogs and. heroes. Immigrants in the 40s were so. brave. Underdogs were being oppressed. indigenous underdogs being oppressed. By. underdogs, I don't mean some sports. movie for mouth breathers. I mean they. were the minority. But when does the. minority become evil? When does it. become wrong? Is it a moral compass or. merely just numbers? He goes on to argue.

that because Hitler was one of the. minority at the time. He writes the. ultimate underdog story. Not me. justifying anything, just interesting. how the world interprets things because. people are mathematic machines without. programming. In another, he just has. drawings of skulls with the word kill. written all over it along along with the. words trust no one. In one piece of art. that he created from stamps, he has grim. reapers on the sides of the page and in. the center he has seven sheep. The.

caption reads grim reaper leading sheep. to the slaughter and a mouse trap. He. has another drawing that shows two. people wrestling, fighting with weapons, and the caption reads, "How man treats. one another." Now, I will say the art is. on the darker end, but it's not. particularly alarming. I know a lot of. people try to make a big deal about his. art. I think art to some degree can show. maybe some insight onto the human. psyche, but like a lot of people like. really depressing art. A lot of people. like really depressing books and movies.

and shows. It doesn't really mean much. in my opinion, but there is one drawing. where he uses watercolor to show a woman. on fire and she's got a wound on her. chest, which just has a lot of netizens. speculating. In another journal entry, this is before he even starts dating. Gabby, he writes, "About a year ago, I. went into a type of mania where I was. smashing holes in the walls with my. head, kicking through paintings, tearing. whatever I was working on, pouring. gasoline on myself to burn alive, but.

getting the lighter wet, parking out in. murder land, and listening to music with. a gun to my head, wrestling alligators. I wanted to die." And the weird thing. is, nothing has changed, but the timer's. running out. Under the mattress is a. loaded 357 Magnum revolver, a pull of. the trigger and all the problems would. be over. But once he and Gabby start. dating, it seems like his journal. entries start devolving into all about. her, about dreams that he has of her, where he writes, "The ocean pours out of.

her blue eyes and the fire is out." With. one word, the pain is gone. Brian, oh, how sweet she is to say, "We should get. together, but you know when you walk out. that door, she'll be gone forever. again." You're back in the car, haunted. by the eyes that you'll never look into. again. The pain burns fresh because you. know it's just tonight. You wake up and. you're both free. Another one reads, "You remember the darkness? You look up. and you see a tree filled with stars. You look into those deep ocean eyes, the. eyes you would never forget. The ghost. in the blue dress smiling all around.

night as dark as the depths of space. The dark you've lived in. Your whole. life surrounds you. But in your arms, smiling, glowing with her golden hair, all you will ever need." There is one. more alarming piece of artwork that. shows a wolf wearing a jacket. The. jacket has the letter B on it. So, a lot. of netizens are speculating it means B. for Brian. And then the next shows. instead of B, it says sheep. It seems. like a wolf in sheep's clothing, but. also is it Brian?

Additionally, his Instagram is. fascinating. He likes to write these. very um bizarre Instagram captions. Humans are primates, great apes, in. fact. But I don't know how great we are. as a species. I think our culture, our. society has put itself above all living. creatures, creating needs purely to. support destructive economic practices. This tree doesn't require an Apple. Watch. He like posted a picture of a. tree. Now, side note, Gabby wears an. Apple Watch. This tree doesn't require. an Apple Watch. It doesn't stream its.

favorite shows or have a microwave oven. or pay health insurance or drink grande. Ice caramel macchiato. It's just a tree. We all need to learn to live with less. He posts this on Instagram a day after. the Moab incident. So, some people think. it's like a jab at Gabby. It just like. why would a tree drink a grande ice. caramel macchiato? And like I think it's. the very nuance of some people were. saying that when certain personalities.

make fun of usually a group of girls. that like to drink grande iced caramel. macchiatoos like it's just like so. filled with hate. It's just a drink. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's not that serious. It's a beverage. Yeah. Of course a tree. is not going to drink that beverage. So. some of the Instagram posts are getting. analyzed in real time. I mean, some of. the journal entries are released later. by the FBI. But this Instagram, it's. getting just everything on his. Pinterest. Everything is just getting. studied. Meanwhile, people start coming.

out to talk about the couple. One former. coworker of Brian comes out to state, and again, take this with a grain of. salt, but he says, "Brian was a big yoga. nut. He was always telling me I got to. worry about my zen." He was like, "Don't. drink plastic water bottles." And stuff. I don't know. I thought he was a weirdo. He was like a volatile chameleon. That's. the best way to describe him. He's the. type to get pissed off pretty quickly. And he always had clean hands despite. the fact that we worked with plants and. soil at a garden center. But his feet.

are dirty. Yeah. And he just gives um. the way he describes it is like a sleazy. car salesman is the feeling which but. less sleazy, just more manipulative. He. would say he knew how to talk to people. He knew how to make people like him. I. mean, he knew how to make people happy. and he knew how to make people buy the. product that we had. He remembers seeing. Gabby visiting Brian once at work. He. says Gabby was always a sweetheart. I. mean, she was always very peaceful and. very nice to me and was really outgoing. I think the only reason that she settled. for him was that he wanted to travel cuz.

a lot of their peers are in college at. that stage. Now, another mutual friend. commenting said, "I just felt like their. relationship was always unstable. One. minute they'd be like all over each. other, the next minute he'd be like, "We're fighting." And then they always. just had some drama. There was always. something below the surface that things. were not 100% wonderful. And it's always. the toxic jealousy. If Gabby was talking. to anybody that is a male, Brian would. walk up, walk over, very obviously drape.

his arm around her, and pull her in for. a kiss like mid-con conversation that. just makes everybody feel awkward except. for Brian. That's how people describe. it. It feels overly possessive. like we. know what you're doing and this is so. bizarre because it's not even like like. this is very strange. It felt like Brian. wanted everyone to know that Gabby is. quote his now for someone who is quite. vocal online about all of his opinions. about trees and Starbucks beverages and. Apple watches. Suddenly he's saying. nothing. He and his parents are radio. silent about where Gabby is. Gabby's.

parents are still looking for her. They. send a public letter to the laundry. parents. We are writing this letter to. ask you to help find our beautiful. daughter. We understand that you are. going through a difficult time and your. instinct is to protect your son and. that's strong. We ask that you put. yourself in our shoes. We haven't been. able to sleep or eat and our lives are. falling apart. We believe that you know. the location of where Brian left Gabby. We beg you to tell us. As a parent, how. could you let us go through this pain. and not help us? Gabby lived with you.

for over a year. She was going to be. your daughter-in-law. How can you keep. her location hidden? Please, if you or. your family have any decency left, please tell us where Gabby is located. Tell us if we're even looking in the. right place. All we want is Gabby to. come home. Please help us make that. happen. And all Brian's attorney is. doing is releasing statements like this. In my experience, intimate partners are. often the first person law enforcement. focuses their attention on in cases like.

this. And the warning that any statement. made will be used against you is true. Regardless of whether my client had. anything to do with Miss Petito's. disappearance, as such, on the advice of. council, Mr. Laundry is not speaking on. the matter. Rose, Gabby's friend, said, "The first word that popped into my. brain was coward." To be honest with. you, you're supposed to love her. You're. supposed to marry her. Where is she? Gabby's dad says, "I'm a dad. I make my. kids stand up for their decisions. If. they make a mistake, I'll help you. I'll. walk you through that path, but you're.

going to own up to your mistake. That's. what a parent does, not what thereries. are. doing. The FBI initially releases to the. public that sometime during the 21st and. the 24th, Gabby and Ryan were at Grand. Teton National Park. If anybody has seen. anything, please come forward. Now, there are a few people who have been in. the area, like Jen and Kyle Bthun. They're also YouTubers. They're huge van. life YouTubers and the situation was. um they were pretty impacted by the. situation. I think um it it's probably.

closer to home. They're in the same. areas. They're living a similar. lifestyle. Um a van life YouTuber goes. missing. They're also a van life. YouTuber. I think it was just something. that was consuming a lot of their. thought and minds at the time. and. everybody in their friend friend groups. were talking about Gabby's. disappearance, but the dates just. weren't adding up. They were not in. Grand Teton on the 27th, so there's no. way that Jen and Kyle would have seen. anything. Also, this is around the time.

of um Jen's son's birthday. He would. have turned 17, but he passed away in a. car accident when he was seven. So, this. is all around kind of like um a bit of a. difficult time. And suddenly she gets a. text message on the day of her son's. birthday. Red, White, Bthoon, that's her YouTube. channel. Check any footage you have. The. timeline has changed. Who's texting? Friends. They're like, "You got to check. your footage." The authorities released. actually Gabby and Brian were likely in.

Spread Creek August 27th or the 28th. instead of 1st to the 24th, which are. the exact days that Jen was there. 27th. and 28th. Jen says, "All the color and. blood and life drain from my body." I. was like, "I have that. I have footage.". Red, White, and Bthoon. They're they're. searching for the footage. Okay. There's. this one night that they keep thinking. about it and they were like, "No, we're. crazy." Because the timelines weren't. matching up. They saw this white van. parked. It was a Ford and they remember. seeing it parked because it had Florida.

license plates. Jen and Kyle are from. Florida. So, they're like, "Oh my god, Flidians all the way in Wyoming." And. like when you go to these campgrounds, it's all about making friends. So, like. that's what the van life is about. Half. of it is making friends with strangers. So, they're like, "We should talk to. them." But nobody was in the van, so. they just drove past it. That's what. they remember. But then the timeline, because the FBI was like 21st to the. 24th, they're like, "I mean, there's got. to be lots of vans from Florida." But. now the timeline has changed to the. exact days that they're there. So, they. start scrolling through all their.

footage. And the fact that they have. this is crazy. So, they have this dual. GoPro setup. One GoPro is facing outside. their car as they're driving. So, you. almost see like you're the driver of the. car. One is facing inside. So, if one of. them is driving and vlogging, you're. gonna get dual POV, like that's the road. that we're on, and here's my face. Uh-huh. And sometimes they just leave it. on for B-roll. Or sometimes they just. forget to turn it off. Uh-huh. So, they. start scrolling through all the. footage and on their left, they spot the.

white van. And this does help the FBI narrow down. the search area to a much more isolated. location. Um, a much more accurate. location. What's going on there? It is believed. that by the time that they are driving. past the van, Gabby is already. deceased. and she is probably already placed in.

her final resting place. So, they were. able to use this footage, find the exact. campsite, and then narrow down the. search area. And with that, um, they. have horseback teams, they have lots of. search and rescue out there, they have. teams on foot. One park ranger that was. out there that day looking for Gabby, he. says, all of a sudden, cuz they took. this tip. All of a sudden, one of the. team members saw what they believed was. the body of an individual. She was. laying on her side. She was wrapped in.

in a sweater. It was Gabby. She was. laying in a fetal position wrapped up in. a sweater. It was one of her favorite. sweaters. Her hiking boots were laid. next to her. There was evidence that. someone tried to start a fire nearby, but there were no fire starting. materials. The whole thing looked weird. Staged almost as if someone thought park. rangers would believe. Maybe she got. lost and tried to start a fire but died. from the elements. Near her body is a. revolver speed loader with.

ammunition and two. arrows which they find similar weapons. in Brian's home family home and van. later. The cause of death for Gabby is. manual strangulation as well as blunt. force trauma. Gabby's stepdad Jim was in. Wyoming. So the whole family they were. trying to be very strategic about how to. find Gabby. So Jim was in Wyoming. I. believe Nicole was in her mom was in um. New York. I think her dad was in. Florida. Like they're just trying to get.

all hands on the ground like boots on. the ground. Everyone's looking. When was. this now by this point? Like when how. long? September. How long has it been? It's been like 2 3 weeks. Jim had to call his wife. Nicole, Gabby's mother, and he had to. call Joe, Gabby's father, and Gabby's. stepmom, Tara. Jim says she was laying. on the ground for weeks in the wild. I.

mean, he's not telling them this. Later. in interviews, he says she was just left. there like a piece of trash by someone. who was supposed to love her. And I had. to pick up that phone and compose. myself. I had to call Nicole, get Joe on. the phone and Tara in a conference call. and tell them from 2,000 m away that our. daughter was dead. It was the worst. phone call I've ever made in my life. Joe Patito posts a picture of Gabby with. the words, "She touched the world.".

Nicole says, "I watched those shows. I. watched 60 Minutes and Dine and 48 Hours. and I always found it interesting. It's. always somebody else's family. You just. never ever think it's going to be yours. Nicole and Gabby's stepdad say, "At that. moment, all we could pray for was she. found peace and she was looking at the. mountains behind her. And maybe at that. moment, she would just put herself in a. better place. That's all we could hope. for." Less than 24 hours after Gabby's.

autopsy is released, Christopher. Laundry, Brian's dad, is outside the. family home mowing his lawn. There's. protesters, news reporters outside. He's. mowing his lawn. I mean, it's pretty. clear Brian probably killed Gabby, but. why are you mowing your lawn and why. would he kill her? August 22nd, 10 days. after the Moab incident. So, this is um. we didn't really know this at the time 3. years ago when the case was unfolding. This was more so confirmed through the. Netflix documentary, August 22nd, 10.

days after the Moab incident. So, this. is 5 days prior to. her estimated Mhm. date. Um, Gabby sends. a text message. Hi, I'm sure I'm the. last person on the planet you want to. hear from. I would really love to talk. to you. I'm only alone until tomorrow. She sends it to a guy named Jackson. This is her ex-boyfriend. So, Jackson. calls her and he says, "Gabby was most. certainly my first love, but just the. time that we were together, it just. wasn't right for the two of us. We dated.

for a year before she dated Brian. And. when I noticed through social media that. they were dating, you know, they were a. little bit of ways into their trip, it. was definitely a very eye- opening. experience for me because that was. something that we spoke about wanting to. do together, buying a van and traveling. the country, seeing her being all happy. and smiley and laughy on videos and. stuff like that. I definitely was like, "Dang, that was supposed to be us." But. I was still super happy for her because. I knew that's what she wanted. On August. 22nd, I got a text from Gabby. My mind. started racing. I was like, "Hey, I'd.

love to be able to talk to you. It's. been a while. it'd be nice to catch up. And I called her. A lot of what we. talked about was just catching up, how. life was going for her. For me, it was. real late in the evening whenever we got. to the end of the phone call. I just got. the vibe that she may have still needed. somebody to talk to after we hung up. So, I was like, "Hey, if you need to. talk again, let me know." I was like, "I'm okay with that." And during this. time is when she was like kind of hinted. at the fact that she had gotten in a bit. of an argument. She was like, "I have a.

plan. I think I'm going to leave him. I'm going to do it. I have to figure out. when to do it. And that's when I was. like, "What are you talking about? What. do you mean you have a plan?" Mhm. From. the sound of her voice and the way she. was saying it, it was like she wasn't. sure of what he would do or what he. could do. I think she was wanting to get. away, but she just didn't know how to do. it. The fact that she reached out to me. kind of told me that like, "Hey, maybe. she feels safe talking to you or maybe. she felt like you were the that I was. the only person that would understand or. I was the only person that might want to. even listen at And I just kind of was.

making sure that she knew like be very. careful. I feel like the phone call was. a cry for help. I think she was wanting. to get away but just didn't know how to. do. it. They were able to talk in depth. because Brian had left to go to Florida. to clear out a storage unit. Very bizarre and random. He just like. flies to Florida and his parents are. like, "Why are you paying for a storage. unit when we have this extra room that. you can just use as a storage unit?" So. they're like, "Save money by flying all.

the way here to clear out the storage. unit." It's very bizarre. So he flies. out. Gabby is in Utah. She stays at a. hotel and that's probably how she was. able to even reach out to somebody. And. it seems like while she's alone, she's. starting to see how toxic her. relationship with Brian is. And maybe. she does want to leave. Also, I do want. to say experts say it seems. reled on his relationship with Gabby. Now, a few days later, August 27th, 2021, Brian is back in Wyoming with.

Gabby. And Gabby messages Jackson. saying, "Hey, I'm in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and it reminded me of you." Cuz. his name is Jackson. Now, side note, I. don't think I saw many people, but I do. see some people that were like, "Well, why did she reach out to her. ex-boyfriend?" It's very common for. victims of DV to reach out to ex. partners even if they're not trying to. like rekindle a relationship because I. know in a lot of situations it's like. reaching out to an ex while you're in a. relationship sounds crazy right but with. DV situations it's not like they're.

trying to rekindle a relationship or. trying to quote cheat which is what. they're often accused of. It actually. makes a lot of psychological sense. So. they're trying to find some sort of. evidence that their current situation is. abusive. like they're trying to get. confirmation and sometimes reaching out. to an exartner that was not abusive is. trying to root yourself in reality of. like no no that is what a relationship. is. This is not what a relationship is. But you can't it's harder to do that. when you reach out to your parents or.

when you reach out to your sister. You. know, it is believed that Gabby was. killed the night of August 27th and. August 28th. Brian goes on multiple. hikes and takes multiple pictures. scenic pictures. Some of them are scenic. hiking pictures. Some of them are. decaying animal. bones. And then on the 29th, Brian is. hitchhiking. He's also calling his mom, Robera Laundry. They have back and forth. phone calls that seem out of the norm. Like he's not one to call his mom and.

talk for an hour. One of them lasts. nearly an hour, 55 minutes. That same. day, Brian is hiking, sending messages. to Gabby's phone. The text from Brian to. Gabby reads, "Hey honey, I'm just. calling to let you know I made it to. Coulter Bay. I think the campground is. still a little ways up the road. I'm. going to go check it out. Let me know. when you're on your way. No rush.". Later, another one is sent to Gabby's. phone. Still no rush. Just wanted to say. that I'm sitting in front of the visitor. center now. Can't wait to see you for. the mountains across the water. Wish you.

could fly the drone here. Another one. I'm surprised you're even getting my. text. And do you think you could pick me. up tomorrow instead of Monday? I don't. think I can do two more nights. Call records show that none of the. messages sent to Gabby's phone are read. or even opened until Brian gets back to. the van from his little hiking trip, aka. alibi creating trip. And then all of a. sudden, Gabby's phone texts Brian, "Yeah, sure, baby. We'll you we'll do. one more night of disperse and then. we've got our site at Cter Bay for two. nights." Brian responds, "I love you,

honey. See you tomorrow." But cell data. shows him at the van at the time and. it's very clear he's talking to himself. It's very It's likely that the. hitchhiking was done to create a. stronger alibi. See, these people saw me. hitchhiking away from Gabby. I wasn't. even there. I don't know what happened. to her is the theory. A text is also. sent from Gabby to her mom August 30th, allegedly reading, "No service in. Yeusede, although she's nowhere near. Yusede. She's near Yellowstone." But. this was likely sent by Brian to.

allegedly make her mother believe that. Gabby is alive and they're going towards. Yeuse now. Okay. So to get the timeline. straight, right, he committed murder on. 27. likely. Yes. And then he spent multiple. days creating a trail of like photos, text messages, even hitchhiking on. multiple cars just like leaving random. things that's easily debunkable. Yes. To. create like some sort of a, you know.

Yes. Okay. And it seems like Gabby's. grandpa was even reaching out to her. because at one point Gabby's phone texts. her mom saying, "Can you help Stan?" He. I keep getting his voicemails and miss. calls, but my phone doesn't even ring. There's no service. Nicole, that's when. her radars are going off because Stan is. Gabby's grandpa. Who just who's who. calls him Stan? She calls him grandpa. And it's just very strange. At that. point, Brian starts driving the van back.

to Florida. He uses Gabby's debit card. to fill up on gas. He also Venmo $700. from Gabby's Venmo account to his. account with the note, "Goodbye, Brian. I will never ask you for anything. again." Gabby is deceased. Brian is. sending and stealing from his fianceé. that he killed. I don't even want to say. allegedly because he does confess. By. September 1st, Brian is back in. Northport, Florida with Gabby's van. without Gabby. And then September 17th,

the FBI get a call. The Theresries want. to. talk, but they don't want to talk about. Gabby. They want to talk about Brian. because he's missing. The chief of the Northport Police. Department say two people went on a. trip, one person returned, and that. person isn't cooperating, and now. they're missing. And now the search. begins with one neighbor of Brian. stating to news outlets, "Turn yourself.

in, Brian. They're hunting. you." And that is the end of part one. Part two is coming. Um, we're going to. go over Brian going missing, Brian being. found, more journals, his mom's alleged. involvement and some crazy letters that. she's writing, as well as multiple. lawsuits and conspiracies that Brian. Laundry is hidden under the house. So, with that being said, let me know your. thoughts in the comments. Make sure to. check out the Gabby Patito Foundation, and I will see you in the next one. Be.

safe. [Music].