that were in water. he s been on a run for nearly a month. after his parents say he went hiking and never returned. reporter: petito and laundrie were in across country road trip. petito was discovered dead with an autopsy revealing she was strangled. brian frequented, some articles belonging to brian were found. our evidence response team is on scene getting all available forensic resources to process the area. reporter: the last confirmed citing of petito was august 27th. by standers reported domestic
search off a trail that brian frequented, some articles belonging to brian were found. our evidence response team is on scene using all available forensic resources to process the area. reporter: the last confirmed sighting of petito was august 27th, two weeks after the moab police stopped them after bystanders reported domestic violence. do you want to tell me about the scratches on your face? reporter: no charges were filed. petito s tragic disappearance and death sparking national attention. that was nbc s sam brock reporting. and coming up, a new look at the white house campaign to vaccinate millions of younger school kids. dr. michael osterholm joins us next on morning joe. age-related macular degeneration may lead to severe vision loss,
timeline, a piece of the puzzle. on august 27th, two days before the reports of laundrie hitchhiking, video bloggers caught a glimpse of a white van parked in the spread creek camping area in bridger teton national forest which borders grand teton national park. jen bethune and her husband kyle believe the van they saw was gabby s. what did you think when you saw that van in your footage? i was just speechless. i mean, the whole world just fell out from under me. i couldn t believe what i was seeing. they say they spotted the van around 6:30 p.m. that day, and they didn t see anyone near it. the video bloggers sent us the coordinates where they say they saw the van. we re trying to find that location right now. they said it was about 2.5 miles in or so, and the van was right on the road. this disbursed camping area is an undeveloped camp penground t
him first. i don t have anyone saying you he punched you aggressively. it sounds like it was shoving in a manner that was more consistent with trying to prevent you from entering the van or to get space from you, not to assail you if that makes sense. there are people who believe this is a chance for intervention, a missed opportunity for an intervention. maybe the result wourld have ben different. the officers ordered them to stay apart for one night. gabby stayed at the van and brian was taken to a hotel. the city of moab said it s unaware that any police department policy was breached, but it is investigating how the police stop was handled. about two weeks after that incident, another possible warning sign at this restaurant in jackson, wyoming. a couple from louisiana said they saw an incident involving gabby petito and brian laundrie in the mary piglets text mex restaurant on august 27th.
and we re driving now on forest road 30290. and if you take a look, you can see the road is a gravel road, and it stretches for miles into the campsite. according to authorities, one of the last text that s gabby petito s mom received from gabby s phone read, can you help stan in i keep getting his voice mails and missed calls. it was sent on august 27th. the petito family lawyer said gabby s family thought the text was strange because it referenced gabby s grandfather. but her family says she never called him by his first name. three days later on august 30th, a final text from gabby s phone. it simply read no service in yosemite. this was also strange because according to her uncle s facebook page, gabby had told a friend over snapchat a few days before that text that she was