Gabby Petito ‘did not attack her killer’ before strangulation and crime scene ‘shows no signs of struggle,’ expert says
GABBY Petito “didn’t attack her killer” before she was strangled and the crime scene where her body was found didn't show "any obvious signs of struggle", a prosecutor says.
Coroners on Tuesday revealed that the vlogger, 22, died of “manual strangulation”.
Kurt Morgan, a prosecutor from Salt Lake City, was shown aerial footage of the scene from the day that Gabby’s remains were found.
He told : “All I see is one individual who suffered the damage and no evidence of injury created by her.”
The expert didn’t notice any “obvious signs of struggle” on the ground.
He said the footage indicated that whoever discarded Gabby's body there did so with haste.
Morgan added: “This was quick. This was not sitting here for five or six hours, trying to figure out how to conceal a crime.”
During Tuesday’s press briefing, Dr Blue confirmed that at the time of her death.
He added that a at this time.
He told reporters that DNA samples had been taken from the body by law enforcement.
where FBI detectives discovered the remains have since been revealed.
of white stones arranged in the shape of a cross was also identified. It's not known when the tribute was created.
Gabby’s cause of death was revealed weeks after a preliminary autopsy ruled the manner of her death a homicide.
'A TRAGEDY'
Blue said officials withheld the cause because they were “exacting” in their examination of the details.
He said: "While Brian with the unauthorized use of a debit card belonging to Gabby, Brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to Gabby Petito’s demise.
He quietly returned home to Florida without his fiancée on September 1.
Gabby was eventually reported missing by her mother in New York on September 11.
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A four-week search for the fugitive has so far yielded no leads beyond speculation and a
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