Gabby Petito

I recently just finished watching the American Murder: Gabby Petito Documentary and I felt called to write about it.

**There may be some spoilers present in the post that I have written. If you want to know the full story of Gabrielle Petito's death, please watch the documentary on Netflix.**

First of all, I'm reeling from that poor girl's murder. I'm heartbroken for her, her family, her friends, and all her loved ones. I'm seeing her everywhere- all over my social media and I just wanted to share

Gabby Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie went on a cross country road trip together, starting a blog, and a YouTube channel. On August 27th, 2021, she went missing. Her family filed a missing person's report on September 11th, 2021 after numerous attempts of reaching Gabby, Brian, and Brian's family members without success.

He killed that beautiful young woman, by strangling her as well as blunt force trauma to the head.

During the time her family was frantic, he returned home with their camper van on September 1st, 2021.

His parents knew Gabby was gone but they didn't know what happened. All they knew was he needed a lawyer so they got him one.

They then proceeded to go on a camping trip as a family on September 6th, 7th and 8th of 2021. Prior to the missing person's report.

They found Gabby Petito's body after nearly a month of searching on September 19th, 2021 with the Laundrie family being nothing but uncooperative the entire time.

Brian himself was reported missing on September 17th, 2021 by his family, just two days before the police found Gabby's body.

The hunt was on for Brian. I'm honestly shocked by how their family treated Gabby Petito's during this whole ordeal.

The police investigators eventually found Brian Laundrie's skeletal remains on October 20th, 2021. He died via gunshot wound to the head, self inflicted with a journal detailing a very wrong account on how Gabby's death happened as well as personal letters to his loved ones.

What bothers me about this, is there feels like no justice was served. There were no charges placed on the Laundrie family for enabling their son. Brian's sister- also claimed that Gabby abused her brother. Not the other way around.

There was police footage during their trip that was significant to their abusive relationship. There was a 911 call made that claimed a man was slapping his girlfriend and then they got into their van and drove off. When the police pulled the van over, Gabby was clearly distraught. Brian was calm and collected during the entire conversation with the officers. The police sympathized with Brian, and did not place charges on either person. They let a very worked up young woman, drive off in their camper van and got Brian a hotel for the night and asked the two to stay apart- just for the night. Officers also told Gabby, that she could grab a five dollar shower downtown. They did not listen and drove off together later that night. And then almost two weeks later, she was murdered.

This case bothers me because I am someone that has survived domestic violence. And I am the person that went back, even after being abused, even after police involvement.

Strangulation is no joke. I had read a few Facebook posts rolling around today and I wanted to share one that was shared on my feed that struck a chord with me.

I will never forget this young woman's story. She just wanted to be loved. She thought that what love was. She didn't know the difference between someone actually loving her and someone abusing her. She had no clue what love was. She was only 22 years old. That, was not love.

I firmly believe that Brian's parents should have charges places on them for enabling their son. They protected him after committing murder by calling an attorney, refusing to cooperate with her family as well as the police, and then enabling Brian to escape the house undetected where he eventually comitted suicide.

Some conspiracy theorists believe that Brian is in fact alive living in the woods somewhere to this day. I don't know if I buy that but I wanted to include that in here today.

Thank you for reading about Gabby Petito. If you're interested in her full story, check out the documentary on Netflix.

And if you are currently experiencing domestic violence, no matter your gender, please reach out to local authorities, domestic violence support groups, hotlines, etc. There are so many resources out there to support you and get you out safely.

Be safe out there everyone.

Rest in Peace Gabby Petito. <3

Chloe Rose Violet 🌹