Independent investigator recommends Utah officers who stopped Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie be placed on probation
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Two police officers who responded to a domestic violence call involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie last year in Moab, Utah, should be put on probation for what the city called 'several unintentional mistakes' made during the encounter, according to an independent investigator.
Petito and Laundrie were traveling through Moab on Aug. 12 as part of a lengthy road trip when police responded to a call in which a witness said he saw the couple involved in a domestic dispute before driving away.
Officers pulled the couple over after the van exceeded the speed limit, abruptly left its lane and struck a curb, according to a police report.
Body camera video from Officers Eric Pratt and Daniel Robbins shows Petito and Laundrie -- who were engaged -- admitting to having a fight in which Petito said she struck her fiancé first.
During lengthy conversations recorded on the bodycams, Pratt said Petito must be booked into jail since, under the domestic violence statutes of Utah, she is considered the primary aggressor and Laundrie the victim.
