Inside Gabby Petito’s final days on cross-country road trip from FaceTiming with family to visiting Arches National Park
GABBY Petito spent her final days FaceTiming with family and visiting national landmarks as she continued on her cross-country road trip with fiance Brian Laundrie.
The vlogger, 22, had documented their journey, using the hashtag VanLife, after the couple set off in June from Florida and headed West.
They had planned to end their trip in October in Oregon, documenting each stage of the adventure online with pictures and video blogs of their time together.
But after Laundrie returned his family home in North Port on September 1 and Gabby's Instagram posts came to an abrupt stop days earlier concerns were quickly raised for her safety.
WORST FEARS
Gabby's family's fears were confirmed on Sunday when a body was found at a national park in Wyoming.
Two days later a coroner confirmed it to be Gabby's, saying the initial manner of death is homicide.
Now Brian remains missing, after being named as a person of interest in the case.
Gabby had started her trip with her fiance in June, with Gabby posting photos of herself barefoot in Gove County, Kansas.
She continued to share images of their journey through Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado and later Utah's Zion National Park and Arches National Park.
She shared insights into their time on the road, writing: "Turning this Ford transit essentially into a camper was such an adventure in itself, but I couldn't love the way it turned out more!"
She added: "All the places it's brought us so far have been amazing!"
In a separate post, Gabby said: "We hiked up here in about 100° and it was so nice coming back to our campsite, watching the sky fill with dark clouds, and view the lightning storm in the nice cool air of the light rain.
On July 22 she shared: "Rain sounds like a negative thing when camping, but after coming back from a strenuous long hike in the sun with no shade for miles, it's nice to lay listening to the cold rain hit your tent and fight (Laundrie) for the blanket."
The body-camera footage showed an upset Gabby.
FINAL INSTA POST
A final post to Gabby's Instagram came on August 25, showing pictures of Gabby holding a knitted pumpkin.
A day later Jessica Schultz claims to have noticed white Ford Transit van several times while camping out at Spread Creek in between August 22 and 29.
The at Spread Creek - where her body was found - between the dates of August 27 and 30.
"The first couple of days when I wasn’t getting responses, I believed she was in a place with no service. It was like day eight and nine that I really became concerned." her mom Nicole said.
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"As a mom, I had concerns for my daughter going on a road trip in general, but I felt safe.
"They were together, they had a plan, they had an itinerary, and we were excited for them."
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