Gabby Petito: Police say they were called to an incident two weeks before YouTuber went missing

Utah police have revealed officers were called to an “incident” involving Gabby Petito and her boyfriend just two weeks before she was last seen or heard from.

Ms Petito was reported missing by her family on 11 September, with a GoFundMe page set up by a family friend confirming Ms Petito told them in a phone call she had made her way to “Grand Teton, Wyoming, on 25 August [and was] heading towards Yellowstone National Park [next]”.

However, reports suggest 22-year-old Ms Petito, of Long Island, New York, has not actually been seen by anyone since she checked out of a Salt Lake City hotel on 24 August with her partner of more than two years, Brian Laundrie

The couple had been traveling in a Ford Transit van to different national parks over the summer when her family say they lost contact with her.

Speaking about the latest development, Moab’s chief of police Bret Edge told Fox News: “Our officers did respond to an incident involving Brian Laundrie and Gabrielle Petito on 12 August 2021, however neither Brian or Gabrielle were the reporting party.”

He continued: “Officers conducted an investigation and determined that insufficient evidence existed to justify criminal charges.”

It was not immediately clear what the incident involved or why police were called.

The couple documented their cross-country “van life” trip on Instagram and Ms Petito’s YouTube channel. On 12 August, when Moab police say they responded to the report, Ms Petito had posted pictures taken in Arches National Park – just north of the Utah city.