Gabby Petito’s last text mystery: Her final message to mom about Yosemite that she doesn’t believe daughter sent herself
GABBY Petito’s mother believes that her daughter’s last text wasn’t written by the late vlogger.
The message was sent to Nichole Schmidt on August 30 when Gabby and fiancé Brian Laundrie were still on their cross-country road trip.
The mysterious text read: “No service in Yosemite”
Yosemite is about 800 miles away from Grand Teton National Park, where Gabby’s
It’s unclear if Gabby was the one who sent the message, but the FBI has pinpointed her date of death to between August 27 to 30.
Schmidt says that she had received strange texts from her daughter before the chilling final message.
“Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls.” read a message from August 27.
Stan refers to Gabby’s grandfather, who Schmidt says Gabby .
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“She doesn’t believe it was from her daughter,” said Richard Stafford, an attorney for the family told .
However, Schmidt will not say who she believes the message is from, Stafford said.
Many have theorized on potential hidden meanings behind the messages. A Facebook believes "Stan" messages could be an acronym for "Send The Authorities Now."
"What if she was scared by didn't want Brian to get angry so then she added 'I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls' just to show him she wasn't asking for help," one person wrote.
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Others believe that may have sent the texts by accident.
One sleuth claimed that Laundrie, while "out of his mind ... grabbed the wrong phone and thus texted the wrong 'mom'."
In this instance, the sleuth interpreted Stan to be a reference to one of alleged business partners named "Stan Anderson."
"It actually seems very plausible," the sleuth added.
Laundrie has been labeled a “person of interest” and is wanted by the FBI for using an unauthorized debit card to access two bank accounts between August 30 and September 1.
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He was by his parents on September 17, days after his family last saw him on September 13.
Gabby’s family believes he is in hiding.
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