Officers noticed Petito had cuts on her face and arm, and she “demonstrated how Brian had violently grabbed her face during their altercation,” telling police Laundrie “gets frustrated with me a lot.”īut Petito also “displayed the classic hallmarks of an abused partner,” the notice says, taking blame for the incident. New bodycam footage reveals what Gabby Petito told police about a domestic dispute with fiancé Brian Laundrieįootage recorded by police body cameras shows Moab police officers talking to Petito and Laundrie, who admitted to having a fight in which Petito said she struck her fiancé first. Police pulled over their vehicle – a white Ford van – after it exceeded the speed limit, abruptly left its lane and struck a curb, according to a police report. Traffic stop occurred 2 weeks before murderĪt the heart of Petito’s family’s claim is the traffic stop last August, which officers executed after being informed the witness “had seen Brian assault Gabby.” The notice of claim against Moab police comes months after Petito’s mother and father, along with their respective spouses, sued Laundrie’s family, alleging his parents knew their son had killed Petito and were aware of “the whereabouts of her body.” A medical examiner determined he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Laundrie’s body was found in mid-October in the nature reserve, along with a notebook in which he claimed responsibility for her death. As a nationwide search ensued, attention also turned to Laundrie, who returned home to Florida and vanished in a nature reserve.ĭays into the search for Laundrie, Petito’s body was found in Grand Teton National Forest, and a coroner ruled she died by strangulation. Petito, an aspiring travel influencer, vanished last summer on a cross-country road trip with Laundrie. Lawyer releases pages from Brian Laundrie's notebook in which he admits to killing Gabby PetitoĪ Moab city spokesperson declined to comment, saying, “The City does not comment on pending litigation.” Steven Bertolino the attorney for the family of Brian Laundrie released eight pages from Laundrie's notebook that was found near his remains in Florida, October 2021. “They did not have the training that they needed to recognize the clear signs that were evident that morning: that Gabby was a victim and that she was in serious need of immediate help,” Stewart said. Moab officers “failed to recognize the serious danger (Petito) was in and failed to investigate fully and properly,” Brian Stewart, an attorney for the family said Monday in a news conference, referencing the moment Moab police stopped Petito and Laundrie after a witness said he saw them involved in a domestic incident. Petito’s parents are seeking $50 million in damages, claiming Moab officers were negligent in failing to investigate Brian Laundrie, 23, and his “self-evidently false claims” and the department was negligent in failing to train officers to investigate domestic violence incidents, according to their notice of claim sent to the department Monday, the first step in initiating a lawsuit against it.Īdditionally, Petito’s family claims her killing was caused by the wrongful acts or neglect of the police department and its officers. The family of Gabby Petito has submitted a $50 million claim against the Moab, Utah, Police Department, arguing the 22-year-old may not have been killed last year by her fiancé if officers had recognized he was the “true primary aggressor” in a domestic dispute about two weeks before her death.
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