August 27 marks the one-year anniversary of his murder at the hands of Brian Laundrie.
On Saturday, Gabby’s family celebrated her life and legacy by lighting up the night sky. Nichole Schmidt, her mother, was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support on social media.
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Gabby Petito’s Life & Legacy Celebrated
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On Sunday, August 28, Schmidt took to Twitter to share his admiration for all the fans.
“Since there are too many to acknowledge individually, I just want to say #TerimaKasih to all of you for your kind posts and messages! Thank you for honoring the victims of #DomesticViolence, for honoring #Gabby, and for spreading light to the world. #Love to you all,” he wrote on Twitter.
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Since there are too many to acknowledge individually, I’ll just say #Thank you to all of you for your kind posts and messages! Thank you for the honor #Domestic violence victim, for honor #Gabbyand to spread light throughout the world. #Love to all of you! ????
— Nichole Schmidt (@Nikischmidt927) August 28, 2022
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His followers and supporters talked a lot in the comment section.
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Gabby Petito Supporters Shower Her Parents With Love
“It’s beautiful what you all do. I know you are in pain and will continue to pray for you,” one supporter wrote.
“No, thank you, for your love and kindness and efforts to help ALL those affected by domestic violence,” added another.
One fan enthused about Schmidt’s writing, “#GabbyPetito It will ALWAYS be in our HEARTS this is not easy I can’t imagine but it’s amazing everything you have done to keep this going and help active is truly AMAZING YOU all are loved and appreciated.”
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Instagram / Gabby Petito
The Night Sky Lights Up Around the World
Gabby’s father, Joseph Petito, also shared video footage of the lights being lit and floating into the night sky.
She captioned the video, “#TheLightRemains #GabbyPetito #LightTheNight #DomesticViolence.”
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On August 27, Joseph shared a heartfelt message to his bereaved daughter.
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Gabby’s #LightTheNight celebration comes just days after one of the Utah police officers, who responded to a domestic violence call involving Laundrie and Gabby, was promoted to detective.
Eric Pratt was the senior officer on the scene at the time of the August 2021 call, and was recently promoted to detective.
The Moab police department shared a photo to its Facebook page last week showing Pratt at an event with “Detective E. Pratt” embroidered into his shirt.
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Gabby’s Parents Sue Utah PD
Twitter / Joseph Petito
You may recall that on August 12, 2021, Utah police officers responded to a domestic violence call from an anonymous tipster.
Two weeks before her murder, the couple was pulled over by police officers in Moab, Utah, following an anonymous call about a domestic violence situation.
The damning evidence of their tumultuous relationship was caught on a police officer’s body camera.
As the couple drove through Moab, Laundrie was behind the wheel and driving her convertible van erratically.
On August 12, a domestic call involving the couple was made to Moab authorities, and the couple was pulled over. The call resulted in no arrests even though Utah state law mandates an arrest or citation in domestic violence incidents.
Instagram / Gabby Petito
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Police body camera footage shows a tearful and upset Gabby in the back of the squad car while Laundrie pranks the police in their convertible van.
Fox News Digital first reported a domestic violence call that included allegations that Laundrie slapped and hit Gabby; however, both denied their version of events to responding officers.
Laundrie has a cut on her cheek and Gabby has a mark on her face.
An independent investigation into the Aug. 12 incident was conducted and found an “unintentional error.”
The investigation included interviews with both the officers involved and the city’s acting police chief and reviewed incident reports, body camera video and other evidence.
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