#428: BONUS: Gabby Petito Update | "Burn After Reading" Letter, a New Photo, and the Police Response
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🗓️ 21 March 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
March 19th would have been Gabby Petito's 24th birthday.
To honor Gabby and ensure we don't forget her, Laura gives us an update on the latest developments in the two lawsuits Gabby's parents are bringing against the Moab City Police as well as against Brian Laundrie's parents.
We analyse the distressing and haunting selfie Gabby took of her injuries just minutes before the 911 call was made to the police in Utah.
We discuss the significance of the photo as potential evidence which was found on Gabby's phone and released by Gabby's family lawyers on February 6, 2023.
Laura, Jim and Lisa also discuss Roberta Laundrie breaking her silence to explain what has become known as the 'Burn After Reading' letter she wrote to her son Brian and her attempts to stop it being entered into court evidence as well as Steve Bertolino, the former Laundrie lawyer, being named as a co-defendant in the case.
You won't want to miss this important update.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad free on Amazon Music. |
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| 0:08.4 | Gabby Petito's family announced yesterday they will file a $50 million wrongful death |
| 0:13.5 | lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department to officers and two former leaders. |
| 0:18.9 | Now on August 12, 2021, body cameras captured a traffic stop in which two Utah Moab police |
| 0:25.5 | officers pulled Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie over. |
| 0:29.4 | Petito is seen crying uncontrollably. |
| 0:32.2 | She has cuts on her face and the officers knew of a 911 call in which a witness claims |
| 0:37.6 | to have seen Laundrie hitting Petito and trying to steal her phone. |
| 0:41.8 | Despite all this, the officers split the couple up for a night and then ultimately let them |
| 0:47.2 | go. |
| 0:48.2 | A couple weeks later, Petito was dead. |
| 0:50.3 | Laundrie left a notebook confessing to killing her. |
| 0:53.5 | Petito's parents believed the Moab Utah police could have saved her life had they acted |
| 0:58.6 | differently. |
| 0:59.6 | The officers failed to recognize the serious danger that she was in and failed to investigate |
| 1:06.4 | fully and properly. |
| 1:08.6 | They did not have the training that they needed to recognize the clear signs that were evident |
| 1:14.5 | that morning that Gabby was a victim and that she was in serious need of immediate help. |
| 1:24.4 | Hey lovely listeners and welcome to Real Crime Profile. |
| 1:27.4 | I'm Laura Richards. |
| 1:28.4 | It's Criminal Behavioral Analyst. |
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