US media report
Found personal belongings of Gabby Petito’s friend
22-year-old Gabby Petito disappeared while traveling across the country with her boyfriend in a converted motorhome. Her body was later found.
Gabby Petito was strangled while on a road trip with her boyfriend. Since then, the young man is suspect and on the run. Now, according to the US media, there is a new trace of him.
In the Gabby Petito case, investigators have reportedly found the missing friend’s personal belongings in a nature reserve. Some things were discovered in Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in the US state of Florida, US media reported on Wednesday, citing the lawyer for the 23-year-old’s family. It was unclear what exactly was found. Previously, the young man’s parents are said to have met with investigators in the park. TV pictures showed how sniffer dogs and police combed the area on Wednesday afternoon (local time).
The Gabby Petito case has received international attention
The 22-year-old Gabby Petito had not returned from a trip through the United States with her boyfriend in the summer. The case is attracting attention both in the US and internationally – not least because the Florida couple shared numerous pictures and videos from their trip on social networks. After an intensive search, Petito’s body was finally found in September in the state of Wyoming. According to the coroner, the young woman was strangled.
Petito’s friend had returned alone from the trip with Petito in September. Shortly afterwards he also disappeared without a trace. The police have been looking for the 23-year-old for weeks – especially in the nature reserve in which the objects have now been discovered. Why the journey of the couple, who looked happy in pictures, came to a fatal end is open.