Newly released surveillance camera footage shows slaying victim Gabby Petito and her confessed killer Brian Laundrie shortly before Petitoās Death, potentially providing insight on a sensational killing that drew the attention of the nation.
The video ā taken on the last day that Petito was known to be alive ā was obtained by Fox News.
In the Aug. 27, 2021, footage from Jackson, Wyoming, Petito and Laundrie exit a white van and enter a Whole Foods grocery store.
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They later walk out and get back in the vehicle, turning in the direction of a highway leading to the eventual location where Petitoās body was found.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest campground where Petitoās remains were located two months later is 30 miles north of Jackson, according to Fox News.
Even though the footage appears innocuous enough, one body language expert is pointing out what sheās describing as red flags in the footage.
āItās very clear that sheās afraid and closed off from him,ā body language expert Patti Wood told the U.S Sun of Petitoās demeanor in the surveillance camera footage.
āAs soon as they are seen walking toward the door you notice something very off,ā Wood said, referring to about the 2-minute mark in the video.
āShe is also walking with her legs extremely close together, which could indicate a fear of attack.ā
Wood told the Sun that Petito and Laundrie donāt look like an ordinary young couple in the footage.
āOne of the most intimate things you can do with your partner is grocery shop with them,ā she said.
Their distance suggests interpersonal conflict, according to Wood.
āThey are not in the store together, even though itās just the two of them on this trip,ā Wood told the Sun. āYou would think that they would want to make decisions together.ā
After they leave the store, Petito and Laundrie sit inside the van for about 20 minutes before leaving the Whole Foods parking lot.
Laundrie had argued with the staff of a Jackson restaurant earlier in the same day, according to Fox.
The exact timeline of Petitoās Death isnāt known, but itās possible that Laundrie killed his girlfriend hours after the Whole Foods footage was taken.
Laundrie, 23, described strangling the 22-year-old Petito in a document the FBI presented as his confession.
The handwritten note confessing to Petitoās Murder was ultimately found in the area of Laundrieās body in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in Sarasota County, Florida, in October 2021, according to Fox News.
Laundrie Death was determined to be a suicide.
Laundrie became a person of interest in Petitioās disappearance after the Florida man returned home from a cross-country van trip without his girlfriend.
He went missing as a Law enforcement Investigation into Petitioās disappearance intensified, with Florida authorities beginning an extensive manhunt for Laundrie in the nature reserve where his remains were eventually found.
The Petito Family is continuing with litigation against the Laundrie Family after the Death of both, accusing Laundrieās parents of involvement in helping their son obstruct Law enforcement.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.