For most of the world, the Gabby Petito case turned irreversibly tragic when, after an exhaustive search, the 22-year-old’s remains were found in the Grand Teton National Park in Jackson, Wyoming.
But for Gabby’s mother, the hope died long before that. Now that it’s all over, Nichole Schmidt is finally admitting she believed her daughter was dead all along. Related: FBI Reveals Evidence That Led Them To Close The Case On Gabby’s Murder The UK’s Channel 5 aired its new documentary on the case, Gabby Petito: The Murder That Gripped the World, on Tuesday night, and while not much new is unveiled in the program, Nichole’s heartbreaking admission is.
As those following the case know, the investigation began on September 1, 2021, when Gabby’s fiancé Brian Laundrie arrived home in North Port, Florida, driving Gabby’s fan… but without Gabby.
Nichole says from the very start she knew her baby was gone. Fighting back tears, she admits: Perhaps it was Brian’s arrival paired with the bad feeling she already had from the odd last texts she got from her daughter, including one that mentioned her late grandfather.
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