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Have you guys seen the story of Gabby Petito? A vlogger who was missing and then found dead?

Jaysen

Banned
If he’s dead, her parents will never get true closure as her killer has got the easy way out without giving any answers to the hundreds of questions going through their heads. They’ll die never knowing why their daughter was murdered.
Did you see him lying to cops during the traffic stop? You think he would have told the truth about why he murdered her? Her parents will never really have closure or an understanding of why it happened. They’ll forever be questioning how it could have come to this.
 
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Salz01

Member
He might have left a note, I mean - presuming he killed himself out of regret/sorrow you would hope he had just enough dignity left to leave one for the parents to explain what happened and show some remorse.

Who am I kidding, he's a coward who strangled a girl to death then ran back to his parents.. he probably just topped himself feeling like a victim of abuse as a 7 stone girl slapped him once and knocked over his latte.
I’m not thinking he was planning to die. It seems the place he ran too, is extremely dangerous, and he either drowned, attacked by a gator, bit by something etc… or all of the above. He wasn’t a real survivalist so probably was put in a position, while on the run that he couldn’t handle. I do wanna see that notebook though….
 

NecrosaroIII

Ultimate DQ Fan
The why is pretty simple. They were stuck together to long. Their fighting kept escalating and escalating and they couldn't get away from each other. And then it turned tragic. It's pretty clear this dude wasn't some mastermind. Just a dude who couldn't control his anger and it just kept building and building.

I highly doubt this dude went on this trip plotting to murder her.
 
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Deleted member 1159

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-Couple was fighting all the time
-Dude was a prick, even had an altercation with restaurant staff leaving a server in tears
-Had another fight, he flew into a rage and strangled her to death
-Knew he was fucked, either tried to hide out and died or killed himself

If you are ever in a relationship with someone who gets violent, get the fuck out. Male or female, whatever, there's never any excuse for that shit. Girl slapped me once and I really wanted to smack her back, but I just walked away and ended it right then and there while she begged to get back together. Nah fam, that's gonna happen again and if it does I might not keep it together next time. I can probably count on one hand the number of times my wife and I have even raised our voices at each other over a decade, that's what you're looking for.
 
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TheContact

Member
my thoughts:
hope he's not dead. he should face his actions and deal with it.
if he is dead, i hope wild coyotes ate him alive starting with his nuts and he didn't chicken out with a quick death
dude doesn't look like a killer, but he did apparently have a short temper. probably hit her, she fell hit her head and she died or something. he panics and then takes off
 

NecrosaroIII

Ultimate DQ Fan
my thoughts:
hope he's not dead. he should face his actions and deal with it.
if he is dead, i hope wild coyotes ate him alive starting with his nuts and he didn't chicken out with a quick death
dude doesn't look like a killer, but he did apparently have a short temper. probably hit her, she fell hit her head and she died or something. he panics and then takes off
She was strangled.
 
Is it me, or does it seem like some folks here are wanting to make it about race and less about anything anything else with her disappearance?
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
Is it me, or does it seem like some folks here are wanting to make it about race and less about anything anything else with her disappearance?
Divide & Conquer, projecting what their MSM apparatus overlords propagated. Their very media that is wall to wall covering this, speaking out of both sides of their mouths like race oil salesmen.

Mental enslavement.
 
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Kev Kev

Member


Remains were his.

Good

but I hope he at least wrote down what happened or made a video log or something. At least then the family won’t have to wonder about all the details the rest of their lives

Edit: but at the same time he could just be lying so, who knows. The whole situation stinks no matter what way you slice it. I can’t imagine what her friends and family are going through, but hopefully it helps even a little bit to know he is dead now too
 
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Nobody_Important

“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion


Remains were his.

I don't usually refer to people who commit suicide as cowards, but this sack of shit is exactly that. He couldn't deal with what he had done to the woman he loved so he ran away and offed himself rather than give her family the closure that they deserve.


Rest in piss asshole.
 
I want to believe he stepped somewhere he shouldn’t, got bit by a snake, arm taken off by a gator and his insides ravaged by the warm snout of a panther, bear or coyote.

But as long as he is dead and can’t hurt anyone else that’s what matters most.

RIP Gabby
 

NickFire

Member
I feel like our entire country needs to look at how society reacted to this case and learn from the mistakes. We had news from one side of the political aisle covering it as a political issue. The other side basically lead a witch hunt against his parents for ratings by making it the top story day in and day out. Then we had people outright harassing his parents who, if I understand correctly, told the FBI what they knew a long time ago. And if that is true that means it could have been another instance off federal agencies not sharing pertinent data with local authorities, which I thought every administration over twenty years pledged to improve. And all the while her parents were dealing with an agonizing loss of a bright young woman.

Our society is not getting better. It needs to get better.
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
I feel like our entire country needs to look at how society reacted to this case and learn from the mistakes. We had news from one side of the political aisle covering it as a political issue. The other side basically lead a witch hunt against his parents for ratings by making it the top story day in and day out. Then we had people outright harassing his parents who, if I understand correctly, told the FBI what they knew a long time ago. And if that is true that means it could have been another instance off federal agencies not sharing pertinent data with local authorities, which I thought every administration over twenty years pledged to improve. And all the while her parents were dealing with an agonizing loss of a bright young woman.

Our society is not getting better. It needs to get better.
Could not agree more. They are turning real life into a reality show.

Black Mirror, indeed.
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Didnt keep up with this until I clicked the thread. Good to see him finally located (and dead).

His parents should be charged too. If I remember correctly, his parents were hold outs not cooperating at the beginnig.

Just curious geographically wise, how close was his body compared to Petito and their initial search locations. Was Carlton Reserve far out, or was it all in close proximity the whole time?
 

NickFire

Member
Didnt keep up with this until I clicked the thread. Good to see him finally located (and dead).

His parents should be charged too. If I remember correctly, his parents were hold outs not cooperating at the beginnig.

Just curious geographically wise, how close was his body compared to Petito and their initial search locations. Was Carlton Reserve far out, or was it all in close proximity the whole time?
If you kept up with it you might feel badly about calling to charge his parents. It seems as if they told the FBI to look where he was located near the beginning, and that the story about not cooperating only took off since the FBI did not bother to tell the local PD of the parents report to the FBI. Shortly after they told the FBI the location then flooded, preventing a proper search. Water finally receded, and then his bones were found right where the parents told the FBI where he went.
 
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Deleted member 1159

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If you kept up with it you might feel badly about calling to charge his parents. It seems as if they told the FBI to look where he was located near the beginning, and that the story about not cooperating only took off since the FBI did not bother to tell the local PD of the parents report to the FBI. Shortly after they told the FBI the location then flooded, preventing a proper search. Water finally receded, and then his bones were found right where the parents told the FBI where he went.

Also: don’t talk to cops. Get a lawyer and communicate through them. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that and implies nothing about you or your guilt.

Don’t talk to cops. All you should say is “I’d like my lawyer.”
 

NecrosaroIII

Ultimate DQ Fan
If you kept up with it you might feel badly about calling to charge his parents. It seems as if they told the FBI to look where he was located near the beginning, and that the story about not cooperating only took off since the FBI did not bother to tell the local PD of the parents report to the FBI. Shortly after they told the FBI the location then flooded, preventing a proper search. Water finally receded, and then his bones were found right where the parents told the FBI where he went.
Even if they hadn't cooperated, I still wouldn't call for charges - You can't expect family members to narc on each other - and furthermore, he wasn't even charged with anything.
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
Also: don’t talk to cops. Get a lawyer and communicate through them. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that and implies nothing about you or your guilt.

Don’t talk to cops. All you should say is “I’d like my lawyer.”
I agree with this. It is exercising your Constitutional rights.

The whole empty vessel shaming from that RIGHT, is ignorant and self destructive.
 

SF Kosmo

Al Jazeera Special Reporter
The why is pretty simple. They were stuck together to long. Their fighting kept escalating and escalating and they couldn't get away from each other. And then it turned tragic. It's pretty clear this dude wasn't some mastermind. Just a dude who couldn't control his anger and it just kept building and building.

I highly doubt this dude went on this trip plotting to murder her.
Too generous. Remember he left and went home for a week BEFORE he came back and killed her.
 

SF Kosmo

Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I want to believe he stepped somewhere he shouldn’t, got bit by a snake, arm taken off by a gator and his insides ravaged by the warm snout of a panther, bear or coyote.

But as long as he is dead and can’t hurt anyone else that’s what matters most.

RIP Gabby
Unless he just had a random heart attack unrelated to his circumstances, he died a horrible, painful death alone in the wilderness. Whether it was poison berries or gators he wasn't having a good time.
 
Sad story. RIP Gabby.

A young woman going on a trip with a "guy" is a messed up idea. You never know who might turn out to be a psycho. Even if the boyfriend were a sane person they still might've encountered some crazy guy or wild animal. Her parents should've stopped her from going with him. Western people are way too trusting.
 
But there’s no justice in the cunt shooting himself.

Eh, I disagree a lil bit. If he is alive and this goes to trial, Gabby's parents have to listen to this asshole on the stand about how, "she was so mean to me and I just snapped," line of BS. Or he plea bargains out like a coward and avoids what he deserves, death.
Then because the crime occurred in a different state is the death penalty even applicable anymore?
He died alone, afraid, and miserable in a fuckin swamp. I can't really think of a better end for the shitbag.
 

Star-Lord

Member
Eh, I disagree a lil bit. If he is alive and this goes to trial, Gabby's parents have to listen to this asshole on the stand about how, "she was so mean to me and I just snapped," line of BS. Or he plea bargains out like a coward and avoids what he deserves, death. Then because the crime occurred in a different state is the death penalty even applicable anymore? He died alone, afraid, and miserable in a fuckin swamp. I can't really think of a better end for the shitbag.
Death is the easy way out. I would’ve preferred him rotting alone, afraid and miserable in a prison cell for the rest of his life.
 
Nobody gets lifetime solitary, it is considered "cruel and inhumane."
His kill count is one, he'd have gone to general population in a state penitentiary, and after a few years institutionalization sets in and he lives a fairly "normal" life, as far as prisoners go.
Gets to watch TV, read, hell, maybe he even finds god and "forgiveness."
If I were the parent, I'd be happier that it ended the way it did, but maybe that's just me.
 

Star-Lord

Member
Nobody gets lifetime solitary, it is considered "cruel and inhumane." His kill count is one, he'd have gone to general population in a state penitentiary, and after a few years institutionalization sets in and he lives a fairly "normal" life, as far as prisoners go. Gets to watch TV, read, hell, maybe he even finds god and "forgiveness."
If I were the parent, I'd be happier that it ended the way it did, but maybe that's just me.
You have a very warped sense of what prison is if you think they just sit around watching TV and sipping tea all day. Even in gen pop, he’d still feel isolated. And not to mention there’s always the threat of violence on a daily basis. I’d say he deserves that more than the easy way out, but you do you.
 

Enjay

Banned
Neither of you comes off as more virtuous than the other so those last few posts were an exercise in futility.
 

manfestival

Member
But there’s no justice in the cunt shooting himself.
I also disagree. There is justice in one offing themself as a result of them ruining another persons life as presumed in this case. Saves money, time, effort, and more. Now if we are being vindictive then it is hard to say what would be enough since I suppose that would be up to the family. Yet there would have to be a whole court case and media circus to make a proper determination before trying to make the guy waste away in a prison cell. Is it the easy way out? Sure
 

Velius

Banned
If you haven't seen this you live under a rock. Of course people are upset that black people dont get the same attention, but this story is fucking crazy. The fact he went home and didnt tell anyone and there was nothing anyone could do is crazy.

Someone caught someone that looks like him on one of their hunting cams 500 miles north of his parents in florida
I think the whole "white girl missing syndrome" thing is just so lazy. It's low hanging fruit based on a lack of understanding and a failure to contemplate the situation for more than thirty seconds.

One of the overriding principles of worldwide news is that the more documentation there is on a situation, the more attention it gets. Gabby and Brian were camera whores and they put everything on Instagram or Tik Tok or whatever the fuck for everyone to see. They weren't like a nationally known power couple or anything but they had people who followed them. If you're taking snaps of everything you do, people are going to see it. Add in the fact that she's just an attractive person, and you have a lot of eyes on the story.

Also the more gruesome or unexpected the story is, the more attention it gets. Nobody really cared about the Ahmud Arbery case because it was one dude with a couple of hillbilly's with a shotgun. Same thing for that guy who got shot by the dad and son over a couch in a dumpster. They were pronounced cases for like a week. Meanwhile the Rittenhouse trial everybody was on the edge of their seat. There was tons of footage from that, complete with that false surrendering Gaige who got his bicep turned into confetti.
 

Kev Kev

Member
hopefully he wrote down or filmed what happened. who knows if its true, but thats better than him offing himself and giving her family nothing for closure.
 

Star-Lord

Member
Neither of you comes off as more virtuous than the other so those last few posts were an exercise in futility.
Not really. I know someone who went to prison for fraud a few years back, and visited him a few times, and it was always a very harrowing experience. I know UK prisons are run very differently to their US counterparts, but the British media portray prison life as HDTVs, PS4s, cups of tea, and a life of riley. From the letters I was sent, and from my visits to the prison, there was nothing comforting about it. A lifetime in prison is a far worse sentence than death.
 
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Update: text of the shit bag’s mother’s letter to him was released:


Hmmm yes quite common to say I love you so much, that if you need to bury a body I’ll help you. Also to write burn after reading on notes to your son. Clearly written prior to the trip and she had no idea what he did.

Jesus Christ, I wish they could lock that psycho up for raising, and being, a cunt.
 
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SF Kosmo

Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Update: text of the shit bag’s mother’s letter to him was released:


Hmmm yes quite common to say I love you so much, that if you need to bury a body I’ll help you. Also to write burn after reading on notes to your son. Clearly written prior to the trip and she had no idea what he did.

Jesus Christ, I wish they could lock that psycho up for raising, and being, a cunt.
I dunno, I kind of get it. You love your kids unconditionally. You try to do your best to guide them, but if they're fuck ups, you still love them.
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
I dunno, I kind of get it. You love your kids unconditionally. You try to do your best to guide them, but if they're fuck ups, you still love them.
I dunno.

If I fucked up in life (let's say I got fired and need a place to stay if I'm broke, or I did something stupid like basejumping and was in the hospital for 6 months), my parents would still love me and all and help me out.

But if I killed someone, there is no way no how they'd still support me or do anything like help dispose of a body or smuggle shit to me in jail. There's a line drawn in the sand separately hard times needing family support, and crime times needing family support.
 
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SF Kosmo

Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I dunno.

If I fucked up in life (let's say I got fired and need a place to stay if I'm broke, or I did something stupid like basejumping and was in the hospital for 6 months), my parents would still love me and all and help me out.

But if I killed someone, there is no way no how they'd still support me or do anything like help dispose of a body or smuggle shit to me in jail. There's a line drawn in the sand separately hard times needing family support, and crime times needing family support.
Yeah and I don't think she meant she would literally grab the shovel, she is just saying she will always be in his corner.
 
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I dunno, I kind of get it. You love your kids unconditionally. You try to do your best to guide them, but if they're fuck ups, you still love them.
Of course you'd still love them, but how often do you think people show love by proactively telling kids that if they commit a murder, you'll be an accessory to their crime? And include "burn after reading" in a note that doesn't have some sort of malicious intent behind it?

It's insanely difficult for me to fathom a world where she writes that letter prior to the trip. She knew what he did.
 
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