Never-before-seen video shows Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie at a grocery store the last day she was seen alive in public, Fox News Digital reports.
The footage, recorded by security cameras at Whole Foods in Jackson, Wyoming, provides additional details about the hours leading up to Petito’s death and Laundrie’s behavior toward her.
Fox News Digital obtained the video exclusively.
At 2:11 p.m. on August 21, 2021, the recording shows Petito’s white camper van entering the store’s parking lot, which was just after the pair had departed from the Merry Piglets restaurant, where it has been previously reported that they had an argument and Laundrie was visibly furious.
The couple sits in the van for about a minute and then they exit, with Laundrie appearing to slam the driver’s door and walking toward the back of the vehicle to find a hat. Petito emerges from the passenger side of the van.
As they walk into the store, Petito has her arms crossed and Laundrie’s hands are in his pockets. His face is obscured by sunglasses and the hat. The couple can then be seen walking around the store, which spans about 15 minutes. Petito appears to grab some cheese and puts it in a bag.
Petito and Laundrie check out, walk back through the parking lot and appear to sit in the van.
After about 20 minutes, the van exits the parking lot and departs onto Highway 89, which leads to the Bridger-Teton National Forest about 30 miles north.
Petito’s remains would be found at a campsite there approximately three weeks later on September 19, 2021. Authorities concluded that Petito died by manual strangulation.
Petito’s parents allege in a lawsuit that Laundrie murdered their daughter on the evening of August 27. If that is accurate, the new video tragically shows Petito in the final hours of her life.
After murdering Petito, Laundrie is believed to have driven the van back to his parents’ home in North Port, Florida, where he arrived on September 1 alone. He refused to discuss what happened with Petito’s parents, who reported her missing to police.
Laundrie would later drive to a nearby nature reserve in Florida about 10 minutes from his parents’ home, where is believed to have committed suicide. Investigators recovered what appears to be a written confession by Laundrie that he murdered Petito.
Police in Jackson, Wyoming, told Fox News Digital that investigators there secured the Whole Foods surveillance footage after Petito’s parents reported her missing on September 11, 2021.
“The attempt to locate was the first thing we’d ever heard about Gabby Petito,” Jackson Police Lt. Russ Ruschill told Fox News Digital.
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