Gabby Petito update: Body FOUND, as US cops continue hunt for boyfriend

The search for the missing Gabby Petito in Wyoming, USA came to a tragic conclusion in the early hours of Monday morning – after the local police department confirmed her body was found by officers. The hunt is now on for her partner, who continues to evade the attention of law enforcement officials.

Gabby Petito latest update: Body found, FBI confirm match

American authorities launched a massive search for 22-year-old Gabby Petito when her family filed a missing person report on Saturday 11 September, after she mysteriously vanished during a road trip with her boyfriend. She had previously embarked on a camper van road trip, and documented her experiences via Instagram and YouTube

Saddened and heartbroken to learn that Gabby has been found deceased. Our focus from the start, along with the FBI, and national partners, has been to bring her home. We will continue to work with the FBI in the search for more answers.

— North Port Police (@NorthPortPolice) September 19, 2021

Gabby Petito boyfriend: Where is Brian Laundrie?

The FBI and other law enforcement had been searching for Petito in a national forest in the western state of Wyoming, where the couple was when Petito last communicated with her parents in late August, according to her family.

But more than two weeks ago, her boyfriend Brian Laundrie (23) returned to his home in North Port, Florida alone in Petito’s van. Ten days later, her family filed a missing person report. Laundrie has since been declared a “person of interest” in the case – and declined to cooperate with police, after he disappeared last week.

Bodycam footage reveals ‘strenuous relationship’

His absence is conspicuous, to say the least, even though he is not wanted for a crime as of yet.

The first alarm bells were ringing last month, though: In August, Utah cops responded to a domestic violence report involving Petito and Laundrie. Bodycam footage shared this week shows a distraught Petito saying ‘she had had an altercation’ with Laundrie, while clearly distressed and emotional.