Gabby Petito homicide update – Funeral held in Blue Point as $20,000 bounty offered to catch Brian Laundrie

ROSE DAVIS CONTINUED

Rose has spoken out about where she believes Laundrie is following Gabby's death.

She believes  because he knows how to survive alone in nature and has done it before.

Rose told : "I know he lived in the Appalachians for what I believe was three months, and he did it by himself, so I know he's skilled at it."

In an interview with , Davis said  lived in the rugged Appalachians “by himself for months.”

“He is out in the wilderness, I promise you,” Davis told the magazine.

WHO IS GABBY'S FRIEND ROSE DAVIS?

Rose Davis was one of 's best friends.

She became friends with Laundrie through her relationship with Gabby, though their friendship was strained, she told People.

Rose previously described him as a controlling and manipulative boyfriend with jealousy issues and said Gabby had sometimes stayed with her to put some space between them.

When Laundie disappeared, Davis feared he might come looking for her.

“He knows where I live. When he first went missing, there was a small percentage of me that was like, he definitely knows where I live. And he does not like me," she told the magazine.

“You don’t know what it’s like for someone you considered a friend to murder your best friend,” she added.

“I’ve stayed at their house. I’ve slept in the same house as him. I ate dinners with him, played board games with him, gone to the beach. That’s scary.”

'MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL'

 has since been spotted at the campsite where Gabby's remains are believed to have been found.

The makeshift memorial was situated just east of where Gabby's body was located at the Spread Creek Dispersed Campsite.

It is not clear when the cross, seemingly dedicated to the 22-year-old travel vlogger, according to a , was created.

BLUE RIBBONS

Jennifer McNamara, 54, chose the color of the ribbons based on the color of Gabby's eyes, she exclusively told The Sun from the 22-year-old's hometown of Blue Point, New York.

he said: “Her eyes, she had these incredibly blue sparkly eyes, her mother described them as like a teal color.

“When we bought the ribbons, we had to buy turquoise because the teal was a little more green than blue. So it took us quite a bit of poking around to find the right color, but that’s what it’s meant to represent.”

WHAT HAPPENED TO GABBY'S REMAINS?

 as her family prepares for a memorial to say a final farewell to the 22-year-old vlogger.

The Sun understands the family planned for the cremation to take place in Wyoming before the service in New York.

WHERE WAS GABBY'S BODY FOUND?

The remains were discovered in Grant Teton National Park, where she had been camping with her fiancé when she disappeared.

"I want to personally thank the press and news media for giving the Petito and Schmidt family time to grieve," lawyer Richard Stafford said in a statement.

"We will be making a statement when Gabby is home. I will contact you to arrange a time and location."

$25,000 IN DONATIONS

The organizer of a vigil for Gabby Petito expects to make $25,000 in donations to support of the YouTuber's grieving family – "ten times" the original goal.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun from Gabby's hometown of Blue Point, New York, Nora Garvey said they originally planned to raise a few thousand dollars but the response from the community has been overwhelming.

";Oh, my goal was $2,500. And I think I will have done. I think I will be more than 10 times," shared Garvey at the solemn Light the Night For Gabby Petito event.

"I just wanted to do something that they can see that would show them how much support they had in the town like something visual, rather than just the luminary just kind of came to my head," she added.

WHAT DID GABBY'S FATHER SAY?

Petito’s father Joseph posted a touching tribute to his daughter on Instagram amid authority’s news.

Joseph shared a photo of Gabby standing before a wall with painted wings, writing: “#gabbypetito she touched the world.”

The rest of Petito's family has yet to address the media regarding her death.

POIGNANT MEMORIAL HELD FOR GABBY PETITO IN FLORIDA

Neighbors in the town of North Port, Florida organized a butterfly release and candlelight memorial on Saturday evening for Gabby Petito.

Jason and Dena Sternquist provided live butterflies to the crowd to release in memory of Gabby.

Music played and people dropped off flowers and other items at the memorial site.

As the sun set, the crowd held up candles, some cried and hugged while others held up a photo of Gabby.

GABBY AND BRIAN SEEN ARGUING AT RESTAURANT

Nina Celie Angelo, of New Orleans, said she had been visiting the state with her boyfriend on  when they stopped for lunch at Merry Piglets, a Tex-Mex restaurant in Jackson Hole between 1 and 2pm.

Speaking to Fox News, Angelo claims she watched on in shock as an agitated Laundrie began arguing with a waitress. Petito was with him at the time, she said.

While she said she couldn't hear what words were being exchanged between Laundrie and the woman, she believed the spat was either over the bill or about money.

Angelo described as "aggressive" and said that he left and returned to the restaurant around four times, continuing the conflict.

LAST SIGHTINGS OF GABBY

On August 24, she was seen leaving a hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah as she and Laundrie made their way to Wyoming.

The following day, Gabby Facetimed with her mother for the final time. In a later police report, Schmidt said her conversations with her daughter revealed "" between her and Brian as the trip went on.

She also uploaded what would prove to be her final Instagram post, showing her holding a small pumpkin with the caption: "Happy Halloween."

Then, according to a new bombshell claim, Gabby and Laundrie were seen for the last time at the on August 27.

GABBY'S AUTOPSY

The coroner's van was seen leaving the national park after FBI and National Park Service officials held a press conference regarding the remains.

The body was confirmed as 's on September, 21, 2020. with the  the same day.

FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Michael Scheider said in a statement as Petito's identification was confirmed: "The FBI's commitment to justice is at the forefront of each and every investigation.

"The FBI and our partners remain dedicated to ensuring anyone responsible for or complicit in Ms Petito's death is held accountable for their actions."

TIKTOK THEORY ABOUT 'BUTTERFLIES' IN GABBY'S POSTS

One TikTok video highlights how 22-year-old Petito used butterflies across her social media, before showing a clip comparing her fiancé, Brian Laundrie discussing flies to the cops.

Laundrie - who is considered a  in the investigation - says to police in the video, "and the flies here are pretty intense, so the flies have definitely been getting to her".

One person commented on the video, claiming: "I think sometimes butterflies can be used as a signal that someone is experiencing or survived domestic abuse".

SWAMP SEARCH IN WILDERNESS CONTINUES

Drone footage shows dozens of local and federal officers searching for Laundrie in a swampy Florida nature reserve.

Police and FBI agents using divers, tracking dogs and helicopters have been hunting for the missing man in the Carlton Reserve wilderness area near North Port since Friday, when his parents told them that he had gone there to hike three days earlier.

Search teams have been searching through the alligator-infested wilderness with costs reportedly spiralling to $200,000 a day.

‘TELL DOG’ RE LAUNDRIE

 and his new wife Francie Frane are searching where Laundrie was allegedly last seen by his family on September 14, when he told his parents he was going for a hike in Carlton Reserve, near Venice, but never returned.

Dog the Bounty Hunter asked for “anyone with information on Brian Laundrie’s whereabouts to call me at 833-TELLDOG” and added that “all information will be kept confidential”.

GABBY AND BRIAN SEEN ARGUING AT RESTAURANT

Nina Celie Angelo, of New Orleans, said she had been visiting the state with her boyfriend on  when they stopped for lunch at Merry Piglets, a Tex-Mex restaurant in Jackson Hole between 1 and 2pm.

Speaking to Fox News, Angelo claims she watched on in shock as an agitated Laundrie began arguing with a waitress. Petito was with him at the time, she said.

While she said she couldn't hear what words were being exchanged between Laundrie and the woman, she believed the spat was either over the bill or about money.

Angelo described as "aggressive" and said that he left and returned to the restaurant around four times, continuing the conflict.

INTERNET SLEUTHS' THEORY ABOUT GABBY'S LAST MESSAGE

Gabby’s last text from her phone was released by the FBI and uses the word "Stan" which internet sleuths claim is a codeword for “danger”.

In the August 27 text to her parents, the vlogger wrote: "Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls."

POSSIBLE LAUNDRIE IN ‘HOMETOWN’ – DOG

Just a few days ago TV bail bondsman Dog the Bounty Hunter suggested how he would track down Laundrie.

He advised investigators to start with the missing man’s family and friends before looking into his connection to the Florida reserve.

Dog said Laundrie “isn’t an experienced runner or criminal” and it’s possible “he’s right there in his hometown”.

But he added: “Suicide is a very likely possibility.”

LAST SIGHTINGS OF GABBY

On August 24, she was seen leaving a hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah as she and Laundrie made their way to Wyoming.

The following day, Gabby Facetimed with her mother for the final time. In a later police report, Schmidt said her conversations with her daughter revealed "" between her and Brian as the trip went on.

She also uploaded what would prove to be her final Instagram post, showing her holding a small pumpkin with the caption: "Happy Halloween."

Then, according to a new bombshell claim, Gabby and Laundrie were seen for the last time at the on August 27.

LAST PHOTO BECOMES MEMORIAL

Gabby Petito's last Instagram photo that was "posted by her fiancé after her death" has become a memorial for hundreds of mourners.

A memorial site has been set up outside The Monarch, a restaurant and retail space in Ogden, Utah, where the snap was taken, as visitors paid tribute to the late YouTuber.

The's final snap shows her smiling  in front of the distinctive butterfly mural and is captioned  "Happy Halloween."

The 22-year-old YouTuber's photo was shared on August 26, two days after she was at the Grand Teton National Park in , her last known location.

LAST SPOKE TO MOM BY PHONE

Gabby Petito's remains were found less than 1,000 feet (300m) from where, on the evening of August 27, another pair of travel bloggers caught video images of the couple's 2012 white Ford Transit van parked along a dirt road.

Petito, who was documenting the couple's "van life" road trip on social media, posted her final photo to Instagram on August 25, the same day that she last spoke to her mother by phone.

The family believes the couple was headed to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming at the time.

Schmidt received text messages from Petito's phone on August 27 and August 30, but suspects that someone other than her daughter sent them, according to investigators.

'FREE SPIRIT'

Speaking exclusively to The Sun from Blue Point, New York, Jennifer McNamara shared what Gabby was like.

"She was a free spirit. Very much a free spirit. She was adventurous, she did things to the beat of her own drum," said McNamara, 54, whose 14-year-old son Jack was babysat by Gabby.

"You know, she didn't want to be like everyone else. She was incredibly artistic. She was fun. She was really really fun."

VIGILS FOR GABBY

A vigil for Gabby was held in Florida on Friday, September 24, and another in Long Island on Friday as well.

A  on Wednesday.

Her stepdad, James Schmidt, while visiting the Wyoming campground where her body was found over the weekend.

In lieu of flowers, Gabby's family is asking for donations to the future Gabby Petito Foundation.

BOYFRIEND CHARGED

Gabby Petito's boyfriend was charged on Thursday with fraudulently using her bank debit card.

A search warrant was issued for Brian Laundrie, 23, after a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Wyoming indicted him on a single count of unlawfully using the card and Petito's personal identification number.

He was not charged in her death.

"While this warrant allows law enforcement to arrest Mr Laundrie, the FBI and our partners across the country continue to investigate the facts and circumstances of Ms Petito's homicide," FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Michael Schneider said in a statement.

"We urge individuals with knowledge of Mr Laundrie's involvement in this matter or his current whereabouts to contact the FBI," Schneider said.

The indictment accuses Laundrie of spending $1,000 or more on the card between Aug. 30 and Sept. 1. Petito was last seen alive on Aug. 24. Investigators appear to believe she was killed sometime from Aug. 27-30.

AUTOPSY RESULTS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY

The FBI said they will likely get the identity of the remains confirmed by Tuesday.

Former  Chief Medical Examiner Michael Baden told  the FBI may also have a cause of death if signs of trauma are "obvious," such as a gunshot wound.

The autopsy results are expected to reveal the cause and time of death, whether the person died at the location where remains were discovered, and a DNA match.

"Most people want to hear about DNA," he said before adding that the 22-year-old's tattoos would have been a telltale sign.