The National Park Service has publicly shared bodycam video showing U.S. Rangers on the scene during the ill-fated traffic stop outside Arches National Park in August 2021, including Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie. before his murder,
The videos were provided to Fox News Digital as part of a public records request and provide a glimpse of a female ranger’s efforts to calm Petito and urge him to distance himself from Laundrie’s abusive behavior.
In parts, the audio is difficult to understand, but Petito appears to be expressing her frustration towards Laundrie, who according to witnesses attacked her in public, then outside the Moonflower Co-op, a grocery in the heart of the Have a shop, tried to drive without it. City. However, throughout the entire encounter, he downplayed Laundrie’s behavior.
NPS said it will release the transcript at some point.
A woman approaches U.S. Park Ranger Gabby Petito during a traffic stop in Utah, accompanied by her then-fiancé and suspected killer Brian Laundrie, in previously unreleased bodycam video. (National Park Service)
Petito claims he hit her first, and takes the blame for her collision with the curb.
“He’s much stronger than me,” she adds, denying that she could have hurt him.
However, they shed new light on the incident as Petito spoke candidly with a female park ranger from the National Park Service who was on the scene at the same time as Moab police officers.
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Gabby Petito has blood on her face during a traffic stop in Moab, Utah on August 12, 2021. (Parker and McConkey)
“The NPS videos will certainly be part of the relevant evidence in the case,” said Brian Stewart, an attorney at Parker & McConkey, who is representing Petito’s parents in their Utah lawsuit. “Although the videos provide an additional perspective that may be helpful, they do not appear to contain any fundamentally different information.”
Moab police officers blocked the entrance to Arches National Park, just outside town. Park rangers arrived to provide support but played a secondary role in the negotiations.
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Video previously released shows Petito in hysterics as officers confront him and Laundrie after a report of a domestic violence incident on Main Street in Moab in which Laundrie allegedly hit him. However, she did not provide much information about the incident to the police, who began treating her as “aggressive”.
Park ranger’s bodycam shows previously unseen statements from Petito.
North Port police found Petito’s van in the Laundrie family driveway in Florida and pulled it over to check it for evidence. (North Port PD)
“Look, I’m going to talk to you… I’m not looking at you like a suspect, but like a victim, in the sense that you’re struggling emotionally and mentally at your age, maybe The job is to come out yourself as you get older,” a male officer tells Petito.
Ranger, in A pre interviewsaid she had urged Petito to distance herself from the “toxic” relationship with Laundrie.
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According to Salt Lake City, Ranger Melissa Hulse stepped in to speak privately with Petito, believing he would be more open to speaking alone with a female officer. Deseret News,
A woman approaches U.S. Park Ranger Gabby Petito during a traffic stop in Utah, accompanied by her then-fiancé and suspected killer Brian Laundrie, in previously unreleased bodycam video. (National Park Service)
“I can still hear his voice,” she said, a few weeks after Petito’s remains were found in Wyoming. “She wasn’t just a face on a milk carton. She was real to me.”
Moab Police pulled over Laundrie and Petito on the road leading to Arches National Park around 4:45 p.m. on August 12, 2021, responding to a 911 caller who said she saw a male To “slap” a woman. Before the couple got into a van and drove north out of town.
Laundrie was behind the wheel and driving at 45 mph in a 15 mph zone before colliding with the roadway.
While Moab officials treated Petito like the attacker, the rangers took a different approach.
Brian Laundrie was seen in bodycam footage released by the Moab Police Department in Utah. (Moab PD)
“Take a deep breath,” she said, handing him a bottle of water.
He later added, “Looks like you guys might need to work on your communication.” “Have you told him what effect it has on you when he makes such sarcastic comments?”
Although utah law While police are required to issue citations or make arrests in response to domestic violence, Moab police debated whether to classify the encounter as a domestic call or a mental health incident. Ultimately, authorities declined to press charges but booked Laundrie a motel room in town through a nonprofit for domestic abuse survivors.
Motel management was unable to confirm whether he had actually stayed for the night.
Gabby Petito was reported missing in September 2021, about two weeks after her ex-fiancé Brian Laundrie was believed to have murdered her and left her body at a campsite in Wyoming. (@petitjoseph/Instagram)
Petito was last seen alive in Jackson, Wyoming. leaving a shop With laundry on August 27th.
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According to the FBI, he murdered her and left her body at a campsite in the nearby Bridger-Teton National Forest, then drove his van to his parents’ home in Florida. He went camping with his family and refused to cooperate with police before walking out and taking his own life – leaving behind a handwritten confession.
Petito’s parents sued Laundrie’s family, and the two sides settled out of court earlier this year. They are also suing the Moab Police Department in a case that has not yet gone to trial.
