Coroner confirms Gabby Petito's body was found in Wyoming


Remains discovered Sunday in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest are those of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old social media influencer who was reported missing earlier this month, the Teton County Coroner confirmed on Tuesday.
The FBI field office in Denver said Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue performed the autopsy on Tuesday, and ruled the initial manner of death as a homicide, pending the final results.
Petito went missing while on a road trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie to the national parks in the western United States. Laundrie, 23, is a person of interest in the case, but police have not been able to interview him and his family in Florida says they haven't seen him since Sept. 14.
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Petito's remains were found on the eastern edge of Grand Teton National Park, and the FBI is asking anyone who may have come in contact with Petito or Laundrie there or visited the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area between Aug. 27 and Aug. 30 to contact law enforcement.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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