GABBY GRAVE

Gabby Petito’s body was found ‘a five-minute walk from her and Brian Laundrie’s van,’ family members tell Dr Phil

GABBY Petito's family revealed on Wednesday that her body was found near a campsite about a five-minute walk from where Brian Laundrie would have parked their van.

The 22-year-old's stepdad Jim Schmidt spoke about visiting the location on the outskirts of in Wyoming where her body was found.

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that Gabby's remains were discovered just in front of the area where the tent and fire would have been.

He added that it would have been only a short walk from where the van would have been parked but was off the beaten path.

"The dispersed campgrounds are basically just open land where anybody can go and camp and where their van was basically alongside what was a creek bed," Jim said.

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"If you cross over the creek bed, once you get over the other side, it’s trees sparsely placed around and a lot of sagebrushes.

"It’s actually on the borderline with the Grand Teton National Forest.

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"[The camp was] in an area where there are a few trees and there were the remnants of a fire ring there," Jim continued.

"You can see where the rocks had been moved to make a fire ring and there was a clearing where I would assume -- knowing that I have a similar tent -- that I would place my tent.

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"It would face out overlooking the mountain range.

"Her body was found -- what would be -- in front of the tent if that’s what was there or in front of the fire ring.

"There was definitely a fire ring there."

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