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Gabby Petito’s death was ruled a homicide by the Teton County coroner, but the all-important questions of how — and when — she died weren’t known until now.

Officials thus far have determined that the 23-year-old’s death was a homicide, but how exactly she died remains a question.

The Laundrie family attorney said that Brian’s father, Chris, was asked to assist law enforcement in their search of the preserve on Wednesday, but was unable to do so.

Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman has handed authorities evidence he believes may be linked to the disappearance of Gabby Petito’s fiancé Brian Laundrie, who is the FBI’s prime person of interest in her case and who went off the grid himself more than three weeks ago, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito’s fiance, vanished nearly three weeks ago, on Sept. 14, after allegedly telling his parents he was going for a hike in a sprawling Florida nature reserve.

Gabby Petito’s loved ones joined Twitter over the weekend to share emotional messages and sentimental photos of the 22-year-old, including a specific callout to Brian Laundrie to turn himself in. Petito’s father had already been a steady presence on the social media platform since his daughter’s disappearance. On Saturday, Gabby Petito’s mother, step parents and grandmother posted their first...

Police in Moab, Utah, on Thursday released new body camera footage of a stop involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie in the days before the 22-year-old Long Island native went missing in Wyoming, further providing insight into the relationship between the engaged couple.

It has been 16 days since Gabby Petito’s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, allegedly told his parents he was going for a hike in a sprawling Florida nature preserve. He hasn’t been seen since, despite scores of law enforcement searching the unforgivable terrain in what has become an all-out manhunt for the FBI’s prime person of interest in Petito’s disappearance. Why?...

The FBI now has a phone that Brian Laundrie purchased days before he went to Fort De Soto Park for an overnight camping trip with his family. They also have surveillance video of the campgrounds.

Gabby Petito’s missing fiance, Brian Laundrie, and his parents did go to Florida’s Fort De Soto Park for a one-night camping trip in early September, but all three of them left the grounds before the young woman was even reported missing by her mother, their family attorney says.

The FBI is leading a national manhunt for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, their prime person of interest in the disappearance of Gabby Petito.

The heartbroken Long Island community where Gabby Petito grew up has turned out in large numbers Sunday for a public memorial service one week after she was discovered in a Wyoming national park. The funeral home in Holbrook where family and friends gathered by late morning opened its doors to the public, to old friends, community members and countless supporters…

A candlelight vigil in Petito’s hometown on Long Island is planned for 7 p.m. Friday.

It’s not clear what will happen to Barney next — or what exactly he’s been doing since his escape from a local farm on July 20.

A coroner in Wyoming confirmed on Tuesday that the body found in the park over the weekend is Gabby Petito.. What officials want to know now — where is Brian Laundrie?

Officials have already said the body found in a Wyoming park is Gabby Petito. What they want to know now — where is Brian Laundrie?

The developments come as North Port police, who are still searching for Brian Laundrie in a vast Florida nature preserve, described the Gabby Petito case as an “FBI-led criminal investigation” Tuesday for the first time.

An autopsy was set for Tuesday to confirm the identity and a cause of death for a body discovered over the weekend at a Wyoming national park that the FBI believes is Gabby Petito, who vanished on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend.

UPDATE: Gabby Petito a Homicide Victim But Key Autopsy Detail Unclear; FBI’s Top Person of Interest Stays Off-Grid Investigators have gained court permission to access the contents of an external hard drive they say was found in the van of a 22-year-old Long Island woman who disappeared while on a cross-country trek and is believed dead — as the search…

A body found in the vicinity of a camping area in Wyoming on Sunday is “consistent with the description” of Gabby Petito, law enforcement officials said, just over a week since she was reported missing by her parents.