How Gabby Petito’s killer gave away their identity when strangling her due to crucial clues
GABBY Petito's killer likely gave away their identity when strangling her due to the way her neck bones were broken, it has been claimed.
The 22-year-old traveler died three to four weeks before along the border of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, .
But criminal defense attorney Matthew Barhoma claims the killer may have left enough evidence to be caught.
Asked if her body being found weeks after she died may affect forensics, he exclusively told The Sun: "This is transient evidence - evidence likely to disappear over time. But the coroner's office is quite savvy.
"They can use DNA evidence, blood evidence, and even observe how her neck bones were broken to pinpoint as much as possible regarding the struggle that led up to her death.
"As such, while it is to some extent a hinderance, it should be enough to get most information. The biggest issue is if he left DNA evidence on her body, that may be gone by now."
An autopsy report confirmed Gabby died by "strangulation / throttling" - but the two terms are used to mean different deadly methods, it has been revealed.
"Throttling generally means that it was done with human hands as opposed to an instrument,” Teton County Coroner Brent Blue explained.
“It doesn't necessarily have to be, but manual strangulation basically means it was not done with equipment,” he said as part of an interview with .
Barhoma told The Sun: "So far, the investigation seems slow. But authorities have made the right kind of progress.
"He can argue that he had constructive possession to her belongings and therefore had constructive consent to use her funds," he said.
"After all, they were on a romantic cross country trip together and they were indeed a genuine couple.
In a new interview with 60 Minutes Australia, they spoke about the 23-year-old, and the retribution they hope he faces upon capture.
"We want vengeance," said stepfather Jim Schmidt, before mom Nichole Schmidt interjected, adding, "and justice."
Continuing on, Jim agreed that he wants justice, and for Brian "to pay for his crimes."
"You'd think there'd be some conversations," father Joe Petito said, questioning why Laundrie's parents haven't been contributing more information to the search for their son.
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"It's torturous. If they do know something, and they're withholding that, and they don't want to let us know, that's cruel," Joe said.
"Gabby was missing. There's a lot of other people out there who are missing," Jim said. "He's hiding."