A newly released photo shows Gabby Petito with a bruised and cut face shortly before an encounter with Moab City Police Department officers in Utah, and weeks before her murder in Wyoming.
According to TMX, the photo was shared by lawyers for the Petito family, who have filed a lawsuit against Moab police over how they handled the Aug. 12, 2021, encounter. Petito, 22, appears with blood over her left eye.
What happened during that police encounter would later raise serious questions about how the situation was handled. But the events that followed after Petito and Laundrie were separated would become even more troubling and heartbreaking. Continue reading to find out what happened →
