NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Police in Utah released new body camera footage from Aug. 12 depicting the aftermath of the domestic incident between Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito, including a tearful Petito discussing what happened leading up to the police call.
Here's the latest:
9 p.m., Sept. 30: NEW AUGUST BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS PETITO DISCUSS CONFRONTATION WITH LAUNDRIE
Gabby Petito told Utah police that Brian Laundrie grabbed her "with his nail," according to new body cam footage from a different officer who arrived at the scene of the domestic dispute back in August.
The footage came from the day police were called on the couple in Moab, Utah for an apparent domestic incident.
“Did he hit you though?” an officer asks Petito.
“I guess, but I hit him first,” she replied. She then says "He like, grabbed my face ... he didn't like, hit me in the face ... he like grabbed me with his nail."
She then said, "I definitely have a cut right here," gesturing toward her face.
"He got really frustrated with me, and he locked me out of the car and told me to go take a breather, but I didn’t want to take a breather," Petito also said. "And I wanted to get going. We’re out of water."
The officer points out that Laundrie suffered some sort of injury from the incident on his face.
The officer ducks off at one point to call a witness to the incident, who told police he didn’t see Laundrie hit Petito, saying “I think I saw maybe a push or a shove."
Later in the 52-minute footage, the officers are discussing the situation and how to handle it in line with how they’re mandated to. One officer said, “In no way shape or form that I can perceive does what happened here, a little slap fight between fiancés who love each other who want to be together, can I perceive this is going to digress into a situation where he’s going to become a battered man … but then again I don’t have a crystal ball.”
4:30 p.m., Sept. 30: POLICE CALLED TO LAUNDRIE HOME TWICE DAY BEFORE PETITO REPORTED MISSING
Among the several calls to the Laundrie household over the past few weeks, police on Thursday confirmed that two of those took place the day before Petito was reported missing.
Redacted records of the Sept. 10 visits showed both with outcomes of “problem settled” just before 4 p.m. and then around 6:30 p.m.
The second call involved Gabby’s father Joe, though he did go to the Laundrie house, but “expressed concern” over his daughter, Fox News reported.
Fox News obtained police records that show at least 46 calls were placed to 911 with the incident location listed as the Laundrie’s North Port home.
1:45 p.m., Sept. 30: FBI RETURNS TO LAUNDRIE HOME TO COLLECT 'PERSONAL ITEMS'
Two FBI agents returned to the North Port, Florida, home of Brian Laundrie’s parents on Thursday afternoon.
The agents—one man and one woman—arrived at the home in a black Chevrolet Tahoe around 1 p.m. One of them was carrying a large paper bag, Fox News reported.
The agents briefly went into a camper parked in the Laundrie driveway before going back inside the home, according to video from NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin.
The agents left the house in the Tahoe around 1:40 p.m. They did not respond when asked why they were there.
Laundrie lawyer Steven Bertolino told Entin a short time later: "The FBI is at the Laundrie home today to collect some personal items belonging to Brian that will assist the canines in their search for Brian. There is nothing more to this."
1 p.m., Sept. 30: DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER HAS 'BRAND NEW LEADS' IN BRIAN LAUNDRIE MANHUNT
Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, said Thursday that he was pursuing "a couple of brand new leads" in the search for Brian Laundrie.
Speaking with NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin by phone, Chapman said the leads are "pointing towards the direction we're in," though he didn't specify.
On Wednesday, Chapman's team searched Egmont Key near the Fort De Soto Park campground where Laundrie and his parents stayed earlier this month. However, Chapman’s search there wrapped up with “no conclusive evidence,” according to Fox News.
Chapman was believed to be back at the islands Thursday. He said he still thinks Laundrie is near the campground.
"One thing about me is I'm ruthless and relentless and I do not give up," Chapman told Entin. "So we're not going home until we catch this guy or he's caught."
10:30 a.m., Sept. 30: POLICE RECEIVED DOZENS OF 911 CALLS AT LAUNDRIE HOME IN SEPTEMBER
The North Port Police Department in Florida received dozens of 911 calls connected to the home of Brian Laundrie’s parents over a period of about two weeks this month.
Fox News obtained police records that show at least 46 calls were placed to 911 with the incident location listed as the Laundrie’s North Port home.
The calls were placed between Sept. 10 to Sept. 27, according to the report. Gabby Petito, who also lived at the home with fiancé Laundrie before they went on their cross-country van trip, was reported missing by her parents in Suffolk County on Sept. 11.
The records don’t identify the 911 callers, and summaries about the calls have been redacted. Among the reasons for the calls were “Disturbance,” “Follow Up/Investigation,” “Patrol Check” and “Public Service.”
Some of the reported outcomes of the calls included “Problem Settled,” “No Police Action Needed” and “Report Submitted.”
Protesters have been a regular sight outside the Laundrie property this month. A heated argument between a neighbor and two protesters was captured on video Wednesday. People from all over the country have also been sending flowers and other items to the Laundrie home in recent days to pay tribute to Petito.
Brian Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta, were spotted leaving the home in a red pickup truck on Thursday morning, according to NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin. It’s unclear where they were headed.
7:30 a.m., Sept. 30: GABBY PETITO’S FATHER POSTS INSTAGRAM TRIBUTE TO HER
Gabby Petito’s father, Joseph Petito, took to Instagram early Thursday to post a tribute to his daughter.
Petito wrote that his daughter “followed her own path to travel and see the beauty of this world.”
“You may be gone, but you will make this world a better place,” he said.
At a press conference earlier this week, he said part of his daughter’s legacy would be the new Gabby Petito Foundation, which will help find missing children across the world by providing resources and guidance.
7:00 a.m., Sept. 30: SEARCH FOR BRIAN LAUNDRIE CONTINUES IN FLORIDA
Authorities continued to search for Brian Laundrie at the Carlton Reserve on Wednesday as Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, looked for the 23-year-old fugitive in islands surrounding Fort De Soto Park, just south of St. Petersburg, Florida.
Chapman said his search is “based on the intelligence we are receiving and researching.” One of the places he searched Wednesday was Egmont Key to the southeast of the Fort De Soto Park campground where Laundrie and his parents stayed earlier this month. However, Chapman’s search there wrapped up with “no conclusive evidence,” according to Fox News.
Law enforcement returned to the Carlton Reserve on Wednesday, where they were focusing on areas of water after police said earlier this week that the search there was being “scaled back and targeted based on intelligence.”
8:45 p.m., Sept. 29: FIGHT BREAKS OUT NEAR LAUNDRIE HOME
In footage obtained by TMZ, things got heated between some protesters and a neighbor in North Port, Florida, right outside the Laundrie home.
In the expletive-laden video, the red-shirt wearing neighbor goes after the protesters, who seem to be among many who have shouted and made noise on the block over the past few weeks.
"You ain't no f****** sleuth, you can sit here with your microphone all you want, I don't care, but you come on my f****** property again, I'm going to kick you’re a**," the man shouts.
The protesters tell the man repeatedly, "You're going to jail!" While the neighbor appears to show them video he took of them allegedly on his property. He then begins to walk away, while the jawing continues.
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