August 27 marks the one-year anniversary of Gabby Petito’s tragic death.
The 22-year-old was killed by her fiance Brian Laundrie in the Wyoming National Forest last year.
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.
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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.
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Utah Officers Who Responded Promoted Following Gabby Petito’s Death
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.
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.
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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.
Dobi 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 outside investigation also offered some recommendations on how the Moab police department should move forward.
Accidental Mistakes Made During Domestic Violence Calls
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.
Despite this “unintentional error,” one of the responding officers was promoted.
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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Pratt is among a handful of officers named in the lawsuit.
follow NBC News, Petito-Schmidt’s family filed a lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department, then-Chief Bret Edge, former Assistant Chief Braydon Palmer, and Officers Eric Pratt and Daniel Robbins.
While Gabby is in the back of the police car, he explains that he was the first to hit Laundrie and she responded by grabbing his face.
Neither Gabby nor Laundrie wanted to press charges, but they were required to spend the night after the argument.
At the time of the call, Pratt can be seen on police body camera footage asking officer Daniel Robins, “How far do you want to go with this?”
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Pratt Officers Concerned Domestic Violence Could Escalate To Death
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“You know why the domestic attack code is there. It’s there to protect the public,” continued Pratt. “The reason why they don’t give us discretion on this is because too many times women at risk want to go back to their abuser, they just want him to stop, they don’t want to be separated, they don’t want him to be prosecuted, they don’t want him to go to jail — and then they get worse treatment and end up being killed.”
Officers described the incident as a “mental break” and not domestic violence, and separated the couple for the night.
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