Gabby Petito sleuths spot seven key signs she was scared of Brian Laundrie in her Instagram posts & van life videos
GABBY Petito sleuths have shared eight signs from her Instagram posts & van life videos that they say show she was scared of her fiance Brian Laundrie.
The tragic vlogger - found dead in a Wyoming national park in September - wrote about feeling "blue", mental health sturggles and shared emojis which suggested a "cry for help", according to social media users.
Now sleuths say they were clues that she lived in fear of her Brian, whose remains were found on October 21 at Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park.
The couple had been on a cross country road trip when Gabby disappeared and Brian returned home to Florida alone before both their bodies were found.
CODED MESSAGES?
Gabby web sleuths think her blue sky posts with "I'm blue" lyrics were actually coded messages.
On July 31, 2020 the 22-year-old vlogger posted two pictures of herself on Instagram that appeared to show her outdoors wearing a gray top and white pants.
Gabby captioned one post: "I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa 🦋 #imblue."
In the second post, she captioned it: "Blue his house with a blue little window And a blue Corvette And everything is blue for him 🧊✈️🤍🔹🦕. #blue."
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Sleuths believe the 22-year-old was sending hidden messages about her mood, as one commented: "Is she trying to say she’s sad??"
Another person chimed in, saying: "Blue as in sad???"
Gabby's caption referred to the Eiffel 65 song Blue (Da Ba Dee).
BOOK CLUES
Eagle eye spies also highlighted Gabby's June 23, 2020 post, where she shared a picture of Laundrie and herself at Sope Creek Stream in .
What sleuths questioned in the June 2020 post was the book Gabby was reading, Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, which follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia.
One person commented: "Interesting book to read…."
Another person added: "If you look at him and the cover of the book theirs some weird Irony going on here."
Gabby also uploaded a photo showing her reading a book about the Zodiac killer just days before she was found dead.
And Brian bragged online about the macabre and violent books he was reading during his road trip with Gabby, including Chuck Palahniuk's Lullaby, which is about a serial killer.
BAREFOOT LIES
Gabby had revealed Brian's strange hiking habit to her Instagram followers before she was reported missing.
She wrote: “Laundrie hikes barefoot everywhere we go!
"If it were up to him, he wouldn’t own any shoes! But I just find it funny how many people comment on the fact that he is barefoot.
"As soon as we reached the end of this easy walk, I kicked off my @sanuk, and this woman who seemed very concerned asked me if the crust was hot.
"I was in such a different mindset that this question fazed me. Even if it was boiling lava, I was just so happy to be there that I didn’t think about the sun.”
But Brian later told cops - who were called after witnesses saw them fighting - that the row was sparked by him getting into their van with dirty feet.
MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS
Gabby shared a number of harrowing Pinterest posts about mental health in the weeks and months before her death including an image that read "existence is pain."
The chilling caption was above a wallpaper image of the artificial humanoid creature Mr. Meeseeks from the sci-fi sitcom Rick and Morty. She also shared a black and white version of the same image.
A pen drawing of a female face, uploaded to Gabby's Instagram last April, has also sparked concern among armchair detectives.
Written around the figure is a series of messages, one of which reads: "I don't like to go outside. I like my bed."
Another says: "To future me: I'm not sleeping I'm just closing my eyes."
Some followers of the case seem convinced that Gabby’s haunting artwork reflected the vlogger’s fears that she would be killed one day.
EMOJI CRY FOR HELP
Web sleuths are convinced Gabby posted a knife emoji and picture of her fiancé Brian grinning as a cry for help.
Instagram users are analyzing on January 11 that shows Gabby posing for a mirror selfie with the caption: "Been listening to morbid podcast all morning, and I'm obsessed @morbidpodcast."
The caption also shows a knife emoji before Gabby states how she misses Charleston, South Carolina, and her godmother Flora Rocco. The post currently has over 7,000 likes.
One user commented "Woah...do you think she's been trying to say something since this post?!"
Another said "Ominous [as f**k]" while a third one asked, "but is she trying to hint something?"
LAST INSTA POST
Gabby final Instagram was also suspicious, sleuths claim, and hinted at signs about "death and evil."
The post - which was shared online on August 25 and captioned with a fly and pumpkin emoji - shows the tragic vlogger standing in front of a butterfly mural.
Questions had already been raised about whether Brian - and not Gabby - uploaded the final post.
Now one sleuth has suggested the use of a fly emoji rather than a butterfly could hint at something more sinister.
They wrote on Facebook: "If Brian did author that last post I noticed something weird.
"Clearly the picture is of her with butterflies in the background. So why is there a fly emoji instead of a butterfly emoji?
"I googled the symbolism behind a fly and it means evil and bringers of death... coincidence?
"Brian seemed like the spiritual one with nature type. So just an observation."
BUTTERFLY LINK?
Internet sleuths had already alleged that Petito's interest in butterflies could offer clues to her disappearance.
A TikTok video published to the site last month highlighted how 22-year-old Petito used butterflies across her social media, before showing a clip of Laundrie discussing flies to the cops.
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Laundrie - who was found dead last month after being named a "person of interest" in the investigation into Gabby's death - says to police in the video, "and the flies here are pretty intense, so the flies have definitely been getting to her".
One person commented on the video, claiming: "I think sometimes butterflies can be used as a signal that someone is experiencing or survived domestic abuse".