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Gabby Petito's Parents File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Utah PD, Report Says Gabby Petito's Parents File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Utah PD, Report Says
Gabby Petito's Parents File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Utah PD, Report Says Gabby Petito's parents have filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Utah police department that investigated a domestic incident between Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie two weeks before Laundrie killed her, according to a report from CNN. The news outlet reported on Thursday, Nov. 3, that the Petito family's attorney James McConkie confirmed the lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department, which alleges that officers in the department failed to protect Petito when investigating a domestic disturbance involving the couple on Aug. 12, 2021. "The purpose of this…

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Family Of Gabby Petito Files Notice Of $50M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Police Family Of Gabby Petito Files Notice Of $50M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Police
Family Of Gabby Petito Files Notice Of $50M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Police The family of Gabby Petito has filed a notice of a $50 million lawsuit against a police department in Utah, accusing it of negligence in the 22-year-old Long Island native's death.  Petito, age 22, of Blue Point in Suffolk County, was strangled and beaten to death last year in Wyoming by her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, also from Blue Point, but who relocated to North Port, Florida.  Laundrie, labeled a person of interest in the case by the FBI, later took his own life.  When his remains were found in a remote Florida nature reserve, a notebook was also discovered in which he confessed to t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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FBI Rules Out Brian Laundrie As Suspect In Double-Murder Of Women Near Wyoming Campsite FBI Rules Out Brian Laundrie As Suspect In Double-Murder Of Women Near Wyoming Campsite
FBI Rules Out Brian Laundrie As Suspect In Double-Murder Of Women Near Wyoming Campsite The FBI has determined that the late Brian Laundrie was not involved in the unsolved murders of two women in Utah last year. Kylen Schulte, age 24, and her 38-year-old wife, Crystal Turner, were found shot multiple times in a ditch close to their campsite in the city of Moab, Utah on Wednesday, Aug. 18 after complaining about a “weirdo” and “creep” who had been camping near them. Kylen Schulte and Crystal TurnerFacebook/Kylen Schulte Days before the two women were killed, Long Island natives Gabby Petito and Laundrie, were questioned by Moab police officers in the area over a domestic v…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Called To Laundrie Home Day Before Gabby Petito Reported Missing Police Called To Laundrie Home Day Before Gabby Petito Reported Missing
Police Called To Laundrie Home Day Before Gabby Petito Reported Missing Police were called to the Florida home of Brian Laundrie twice on the day before his 22-year-old girlfriend and fellow Long Island native Gabby Petito was reported missing, according to records released to multiple news outlets after Freedom of Information Act requests were filed. On Friday, Sept. 10, officers in the City of North Port in Sarasota County responded to a “public service call" at around 4 p.m. before returning against around 6:30 p.m. that day, according to the Independent. Both calls were later classified as “problem settled.” North Port Police had been called by Gabby P…

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Why Isn't Boyfriend Talking In Gabby Petito Case? Legal Expert Gives His Take Why Isn't Boyfriend Talking In Gabby Petito Case? Legal Expert Gives His Take
Why Isn't Boyfriend Talking In Gabby Petito Case? Legal Expert Gives His Take Click here for an updated story: Boyfriend Of Missing New York Woman Has Disappeared, Police Say A nationally-known legal expert is offering his take on why the boyfriend of a missing New York woman is refusing to talk with police about her whereabouts. Long Island native Gabby Petito, age 22, of Blue Point in Suffolk County and North Port, Florida, was reported missing on Saturday, Sept. 11 by her mother after she had not heard from her daughter in more than two weeks while on a road trip with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie.  Laundrie, age 23, returned from the trip on Wednesday, Sept.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Boyfriend's Family Breaks Silence After 22-Year-Old NY Woman Goes Missing Boyfriend's Family Breaks Silence After 22-Year-Old NY Woman Goes Missing
Boyfriend's Family Breaks Silence After 22-Year-Old NY Woman Goes Missing Click here for an updated story: Boyfriend Of Missing NY 22-Year-Old Woman Now 'Person Of Interest,' Police Say As police in several states continue the search for a missing New York woman, her boyfriend's family has broken his silence through an attorney for the first time. Gabrielle Petito, age 22, of Blue Point in Suffolk County, and her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, who both attended Bayport-Blue Point High School, left Long Island in early July for a cross-country trip in her 2012 Ford Transit van. Petito, who was last known to be in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in late Augu…

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by Kathy Reakes