HOLBROOK, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: A sign for Gabby Petito is seen outside of a funeral home on September 26, 2021 in Holbrook, New York. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
A photographer in Utah unknowingly snapped what might be the final photos of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie. The man told Fox News he and his wife encountered the couple on August 10th in Utah, and they show up in a few of his candid photos from that day. He said Petito and Laundrie “seemed like enthusiasts” and that he later saw them leave “in their little white van”. Petito’s body was later found at a national park in Wyoming. Partial human remains confirmed to be Laundrie were discovered this week at a nature preserve in Florida. Why did the Petito story become such a national obsession? This case also captured international attention as people anxiously awaited the news on Laundrie’s whereabouts.