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Investigation finds police who pulled over Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie made ‘unintentional mistakes’

By Elizabeth Faddis
Published January 13, 2022 6:02am ET
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Investigation finds police who pulled over Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie made ‘unintentional mistakes’
This police camera video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Brian Laundrie talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van he was traveling in with his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. The couple was pulled over while they were having an emotional fight. Petito was reported missing by her family a month later. (The Moab Police Department via AP)

Two police officers in Utah who responded to a 911 report of domestic violence between Gabby Petito and her fiance, Brian Laundrie, found “several unintentional mistakes,” according to a review released Wednesday.

The 102-page report examining the conduct of Moab police officers Eric Pratt and Daniel Robbins, written by Capt. Brandon Ratcliffe of the Price City Police Department, offers a critique of the Aug. 12, 2021, traffic stop in the days before 22-year-old Petito disappeared during the road trip, leading to a widely reported search in which Petito was found dead in a Wyoming park a month later.

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