

Police later released body camera footage of officers' encounter with Petito and Laundrie, during which Petito is emotional and crying through much of the video. Laundrie and Petito are described as having gotten into a physical fight following an argument, but "both the male and female reported they are in love and engaged to be married and desperately didn't wish to see anyone charged with a crime," according to the report from Officer Eric Pratt. They departed New York on July 2 on a planned four-month cross-country journey. The couple had been in Blue Point, New York, where Petito is originally from, to celebrate her younger brother's graduation from high school. Gabby announces on Instagram that they have purchased a "garden on wheels! New van means new adventures." July 2, 2021: Petito and Laundrie depart Here's a timeline with what we know so far: July 2, 2020: EngagementĮxactly one year before they started their cross-country trip, Gabby Petito announced her engagement to Brian Laundrie on Instagram. They got into a fight along the way, and Laundrie was alone when he returned in the van to his parents' home in September, police said.

NEW YORK (WABC) - High school sweethearts, Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, had set out in July in a converted van to visit national parks in the West. Gabby Petito was traveling with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, in a cargo van the two had outfitted as a makeshift recreational vehicle for a months-long cross-country road trip when she mysteriously disappeared.
