Five hidden clues in Gabby Petito’s autopsy about her cause of death and killer from DNA to domestic violence comment
QUESTIONS continue to linger in the murder case of slain vlogger Gabby Petito who was found dead at a campsite in Wyoming nearly one month ago.
Last week, coroners in Teton County confirmed the 22-year-old from Long Island was choked to death by "human force" and had likely been dead for between three to four weeks when her remains were found on September 19.
He is, however, the sole person of interest in the case and is currently wanted for fraud after allegedly racking up charges of more than $1000 on a credit card belonging to Gabby in late August -
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Last Tuesday, Teton County Medical Examiner Dr. Brent Blue revealed in a press conference that the cause of Gabby's
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It also revealed that Dr. Blue had conducted a full-body CAT scan on Gabby's remains rather than a typical X-Ray. CAT scans offer a 3D view of a subject's organs, whereas an X-Ray provides only a 2D image.
"This is a powerful tool at trial," Morgan said. "One of the biggest things that happens with autopsy photography, for instance, is that the defense will say, 'this is too graphic. It's prejudicial. We can't show this to the jury.'"
"[But] There's nothing prejudicial about CT scans. It's not gory ... it's demonstrative and that's very powerful."
Another unusual step Dr. Brent took in his was to consult an entomologist, which is a bug doctor, and a forensic anthropologist, who examines bones, to review the remains.
Both experts would've helped to determine how long Gabby's remains had been out in the Wyoming wilderness before they were found by investigators.
While the nature of the DNA evidence recovered in Gabby's case is not clear, Morgan said that it's a "primal response to fight somebody off if you're being choked or being strangled."
“Well, it was quite the media circus and continues to be,” Blue said. "Unfortunately, this is one of many deaths around the country of people who are involved in domestic violence and it's unfortunate that these other deaths do not get as much coverage as this one."
Morgan called Blue's comments "striking."
"He was so coy with everything else. You didn't expect that utterance to come from a coroner. It really gave an insight into his communication with anybody else that's involved in this case. Trust me, they've been talking," he said
However, despite the couple's rosy projections on social media, the sunny facade of their relationship crumbled on September 1 when Brian returned home to Florida with Gabby, some two months earlier than planned.
After hiring a lawyer and refusing to talk, he then vanished too — just days before in Bridger–Teton National Forest in Wyoming.
The FBI has launched a nationwide manhunt, appealing for anyone with information about Laundrie's whereabouts to contact them.
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A weeks-long search of the Carlton Reserve has so far yielded no trace of Laundrie. A second search at Fort De Soto Park is being carried out by Dog the Bounty Hunter has so far proved equally as fruitless.
An investigation continues.
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