Gabby Petito Case Review Reveals 'Several Unintentional Mistakes' Made By Moab Police
perezhilton.comOne of the most frustrating things about the Gabby Petito case — among many, many frustrating things — is the job that police did, or failed to do, in the days both before and after her murder.
First and foremost there’s the fact the police in Moab, Utah actually stopped Gabby and fiancé Brian Laundrie on August 12, about two weeks before her death, on a complaint of domestic disturbance — and then sending them on their way. Video: How Gabby’s Parents Said Goodbye On New Year’s The entire incident was famously captured on multiple police body cam feeds — videos which have been watched several millions of times on YouTube.
According to records, a witness called the police saying they saw a young man striking his girlfriend. Despite this explicit description of domestic battery — and a horribly distraught Gabby — the police seem willing to take the couple’s story that she was the one overreacting and doing the hitting.
All that happened to the couple was they were told to separate for a night. Ever since all this came out, critics have called for an investigation into the Moab police who botched what appears to have been a genuine chance to save a young girl in trouble.
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