A selfie taken by Gabby Petito weeks before her death shows she had facial injuries on the day she and her fiancé Brian Laundrie were stopped by police ...
“We believe that if the lethality assessment had been properly used in her situation, together with the recommended support and resources, Gabby would still be alive today.” The police body camera footage of that stop shows Moab officers talking to Petito and Laundrie, who admitted having a fight in which Petito said she struck her fiancé first. Stewart said the photo shows Gabby “was grabbed over her face in such a way that her airways were likely obstructed. At the same time, it is clear that Moab City Police Department officers are not responsible for Gabrielle Petito’s eventual murder,” the city said, CNN previously reported. She appears to be wearing the same shirt in both the photo and officer body camera video released by Moab police. The image was described in
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The parents of Gabby Petito, Joe Petito and Nicole Schmidt, voice their support for SB117 during a press conference at ...
When Petito used her hand to cover her mouth to show officers what Laundrie allegedly did to her, Strack said, police should have recognized it as strangulation, a red flag for escalating domestic violence and a better indication that he was the primary aggressor in the situation. The bill would also mandate police ask a series of questions called a Lethality Assessment Program to survivors in order to determine their potential danger. They didn’t really give her the space to collect herself, Bianco added, and open up. Laundrie’s injuries, she said, were minor and appear to her more like attempts by Petito at self-defense; they were mostly small scratches, which seem to be caused by Laundrie moving his arm out of the way than Petito actually hitting him. And because of that negligence in not recognizing the risks Petito faced, they say, Petito was left to continue traveling with Laundrie, who killed her about a month later in Wyoming; Laundrie then killed himself after returning home to Florida. Petito had said she punched his arm after he took her phone and tried to lock her out of their van. In the image, she is sweating and crying in the back of the van the couple was traveling the country in. Seeing the markings on her face should have prompted officers to ask more questions, Strack said. And they don’t know what her intent was in taking it, including whether she planned to report Laundrie to law enforcement. But they believe she was trying to document her injuries. Domestic violence experts, though, say that based on the picture, Petito’s injuries were more serious than police seemed to realize. Two minutes later, a bystander called 911 to say that they had just witnessed Petito’s boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, slapping Petito in a parking lot in Moab.
New photos released by the attorneys in ta lawsuit against Moab Police, show a cell phone image taken by Gabby Petito of bruising on her face prior to a ...
We believe that if the lethality assessment had been properly used in her situation, together with the recommended support and resources, Gabby would still be alive today.” Domestic violence experts who have reviewed the evidence have stated that 3, 2022, ‘Gabby took a photograph of her injury, which shows blood across her nose and left eye. Gabby pointed out the injury to Officer Pratt, but he ignored her and did nothing more to investigate or document the injury,’ " a news released on the attorney’s website says. The photo shows Gabby with blood smeared on her cheek and a cut across her left eye, cheek and nose. (WWSB) - New photos released by the attorneys in a lawsuit against the Moab, Utah, Police Department show a cell phone image taken by Gabby Petito of cuts and smeared blood on her face prior to a domestic violence traffic stop in Moab.
Three months after the family of Gabby Petito filed a $50 million lawsuit against the Moab Police Department, lawyers released a photo of Gabby that they ...
"Gabby documented the injury and, during the stop, attempted to tell the Moab officers, however, the seriousness and significance this type of assault and injury was completely ignored." Before committing suicide after returning home to Florida, [Laundrie claimed responsibility for her death](https://www.fox13now.com/brian-laundries-suicide-letter-says-he-ended-gabby-petitos-life). They say the photo was taken at 4:37 p.m. Lawyers say the newly revealed photo of Gabby shows she was not the "predominant aggressor" in the situation and she was instead assaulted by Laundrie. Lawyers for the Petito family released the photo that they claim shows Gabby was "violently assaulted and was likely strangled and/or suffocated prior to her interaction with Moab Police." [filed a $50 million lawsuit against the Moab Police Department,](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/city-of-moab-says-it-will-fight-expected-lawsuit-from-family-of-gabby-petito) lawyers released a photo of Gabby that they claim shows she was "violently assaulted."
A law firm representing the Petito family released a photo on Tuesday that shows the injuries on Gabby Petito's face on the day Moab police interviewed her ...
He added that the photo also makes it clear that Petito was not the "predominant aggressor" and that she was also "likely strangled and/or suffocated by Laundrie" before police arrived. The bill was sent to the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee on Monday before the Utah House votes on the matter. 12, 2021), no one could have predicted the tragedy that would occur weeks later and hundreds of miles away, and the city of Moab will ardently defend against this lawsuit." Petito's parents filed a $50 million lawsuit against the police department in November, claiming that police ignored Petito's claims. [SB117](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0117.html) on Jan. A [Teton County coroner ruled that she died by strangulation](https://www.ksl.com/article/50260285/gabby-petitos-cause-of-death-was-strangulation-coroner-says). "The Petito family is heartbroken to see how Moab police officers failed to recognize the danger Gabby was in," Stewart wrote. Petito told the responding officers that Laundrie had grabbed her face, leaving marks with his nail, according to police body camera footage. The law firm Parker & McConkie released a photo of Petito recovered from her cellphone on Tuesday, as new evidence in the lawsuit. Brian Stewart, an attorney with the firm, wrote that Petito took the photo of herself on Aug. [Moab city officials contended](https://www.ksl.com/article/50508631/moab-police-say-theyll-fight-gabby-petitos-familys-50m-lawsuit) that the officers "acted with kindness, respect and empathy" toward Petito and that they aren't responsible for her death. Stewart wrote that the photo indicates "that she was grabbed over her face in such a way that her airways were likely obstructed" and that "the seriousness and significance" of the injury was "completely ignored."
A troubling new photo of Gabby Petito shows the slain Long Island native distraught and bloodied just weeks before she was found dead in a Wyoming preserve.
28, 2021, Petito was bludgeoned and strangled to death by Laundrie, with her remains found in a shallow grave at a Wyoming preserve on Sept. Gabby, a Blue Point native, last spoke to her family on Aug. A pair of YouTubers later spotted her 2021 Ford Transit van near Grand Teton two days later. Laundrie, who drove home alone in Petito’s van to his parent’s home in North Port, Florida on Sept. Petito, 22, is pictured with blood over her left eye and nose in Moab, Utah, on Aug. On Aug.
The photo was taken just before her stop by Moab City Police after a bystander witnessed a domestic dispute between her and her fiancé Brian Laundrie.
"We believe that if the lethality assessment had been properly used in her situation, together with the recommended support and resources, Gabby would still be alive today.“ The photo released by the Parker and McConkie law firm was found on Petito's cell phone and was taken in the back of her van in Moab, Utah on Aug. Laundrie was the lone person of interest in the homicide investigation. His body was found on Oct. The photo was taken just before her stop by Moab City Police after a bystander witnessed a domestic dispute between her and fiancé Brian Laundrie. [reported missing](https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2021/09/15/what-we-know-about-missing-florida-woman-gabrielle-gabby-petito/8354848002/) by her family on Sept.
Gabby Petito's family is seeking $50 million in damages from the police department, arguing that the officers' negligence abrogated their duty, ...
Petito documented the injury and told officers about her injuries during the traffic stop. We believe that if the lethality assessment had been properly used in her situation, together with the recommended support and resources, Gabby would still be alive today,” Petito’s mother Nichole Schmidt said last week. “Gabby took a photograph of her injury, which shows blood across her nose and left eye. The photo shows Petito with blood smeared on her cheek and cuts across her left eye, cheek and nose. Gabby pointed out the injury to Officer Pratt, but he ignored her and did nothing more to investigate or document the injury,” the [WWSB](https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/02/07/photo-lawsuit-show-gabby-petito-injuries-prior-police-stop/)/Gray News) - A new photo released by attorneys in a lawsuit against Moab Police Department shows a cell phone image taken by Gabby Petito of bruising on her face prior to a domestic violence traffic stop in Utah, [WWSB ](https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/02/07/photo-lawsuit-show-gabby-petito-injuries-prior-police-stop/)reports.