Yahoo Autos Gabby Petito told police her 'downer' fiancé didn't think she could make it as a travel influencer, according to bodycam footage
About a month before Gabby Petito was reported missing, she was questioned by police.
After Petito and her boyfriend were pulled over, she told officers he was a "downer."
Petito said he didn't believe she could start a career as a travel blogger.
About a month before she was reported missing, Gabby Petito tearfully told police officers that her boyfriend didn't believe in her dream. The 22-year-old, whose disappearance has caught the attention of people across the globe, was pulled over in Utah on August 12. She told officers that her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, was a "downer," according to newly released bodycam footage.
"I just quit my job to travel across the country, and I'm trying to start a blog, a travel blog, so I've been building my website," Petito can be heard saying in the recording that was released by Utah police on September 16. "I've been really stressed, and he doesn't really believe that I can do any of it."
The Moab City police officers who pulled Petito and Laundrie over had directed Petito to exit the couple's van and stand several feet away to answer questions. Petito described quitting her job as a nutritionist to document her cross-country road trip with Laundrie, who police say is a "person of interest" in Petito's disappearance.
Petito was reported missing on September 11, 10 days after Laundrie returned to North Port, Florida, in their van, without her. Laundrie has since refused to speak with authorities about Petito, despite police and her family pleading that he help find her.
