Lacking girl disappears after highway journey with boyfriend as mother reveals message to authorities

Gabby Petito, 22, set out on a highway journey together with her boyfriend in a transformed camper van in early July to tour Nationwide Parks, in keeping with her household, however she disappeared in late August they usually have not heard from her in additional than two weeks. Now, her mom is pleading for assist discovering her daughter.

Nicole Schmidt, Petito’s mom, advised Fox Information that the final verbal dialog she had together with her daughter was on Aug. 25.

“I do not know if she left Grand Teton or not,” Schmidt advised Fox Information on Sunday. “I did obtain a textual content from her on the 27th and the 30th, however I do not know if it was technically her or not, as a result of it was only a textual content. I did not verbally converse to her.”

Schmidt mentioned that Petito and her boyfriend began their highway journey in early July, touring first from Florida to New York. They then left New York and finally received to Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, in August, however have been leaving the town amid heavy wildfire smoke. 

The couple stopped in Grand Teton Nationwide Park on Aug. 25, Petito’s final identified location, earlier than a deliberate journey to Yellowstone, Schmidt mentioned. 

They have been touring in a 2012 Ford white van that was transformed right into a camper. 

“I can’t say a lot, however she’s not with the van,” Schmidt advised Fox Information of her daughter. “I don’t wish to say something greater than that however for individuals on the lookout for her, I would like them to search for her now, not search for that van anymore.”

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Detectives from the Suffolk County Police Division in New York, Petito’s hometown, are investigating her disappearance. The white van has been recovered since Petito went lacking, in keeping with a spokesperson for the division. 

A spokesperson for the Jackson Police Division mentioned that an “try and find” name was just lately filed for Petito.

The couple began a YouTube channel to showcase their highway journey known as “Nomadic Statik.”

Petito’s boyfriend couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon Sunday. 

Petito is 5’5″ and has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a triangle tattoo with flowers on her left arm and a “Let or not it’s” tattoo on her proper arm. 

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Anybody who has seen Gabby or has any info on the case ought to contact the Suffolk County Police Division at 1-800-220-8477. 

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