Lifetime's Gabby Petito movie fills gaps with dramatizations but hits these authentic notes
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Lifetime's "The Gabby Petito Story" is a true-crime drama – with fictional moments bridging the gaps in the real tragedy with ex-fiance Brian Laundrie.
Skyler Samuels and Evan Hall star as Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, the pair of New York transplants who set off on an ill-fated cross-country road trip in June 2021 and were both dead before winter. Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.ruiz@fox.com and on Twitter: @mikerreports
While neither the Petito-Schmidt nor Laundrie families contributed to the film, it touches on several authentic events, including the following key moments in a saga that captivated the country for months, as seen in a press cut viewed by Fox News Digital.
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