Gabby Petito's boyfriend named person of interest after her disappearance during road trip
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Police have named the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing during the couple's cross-country road trip, a person of interest.
Police have named the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman who went missing during a couple's cross-country road trip, a person of interest in her disappearance.
Brian Laundrie raised flags among Petito's family after he returned home to their home in North Port, Florida, with Petito's white Ford van -- but Petito was nowhere to be found.
The couple embarked on their trip on July 22 from New York, where Petito is originally from, and made stops in Colorado and Utah, her family told ABC News. Her mother, Nichole Schmidt, last heard from her on Aug. 25, when Petito informed Schmidt that they were on their way to Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Laundrie returned to Florida on Sept. 1, police said.
The North Port Police Department in Florida announced Wednesday that Laundrie is now a person of interest in Petito's disappearance. The department has taken a lead in the investigation, since both parties reside there, but investigators "have no information" that a crime took place there, police said.
