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FBI: Londry had written in a diary that he killed Petito

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FBI: Londry had written in a diary that he killed Petito

The friend of the unfortunate Gabi Petito admitted that he killed her, as he wrote in a diary that was discovered near his lifeless body in a swamp in Florida, the FBI announced on Friday.

This is the first time that authorities have clearly blamed Petito's death on Brian Londry, although he was the main suspect during the investigation.

Investigators said Londry had sent messages to deliberately deceive people that Petito was still alive after he beat and strangled her in late August, according to an FBI statement in Denver.

“All reasonable steps in the investigation have been completed in this case,” Denny FBI Special Agent Michael Snyder said in a statement. “The investigation has not identified anyone other than Brian Londry who is directly involved in the tragic death of Gabi Petito.”

Petito's body was found Sept. 19 at a camp near Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming. The medical examiner found that he had died about three weeks earlier from “blunt force injuries to the head and neck, with strangulation”.

Londry returned to his home in Florida in early September, but disappeared shortly afterwards. In October, his parents found an object that belonged to him in a nature reserve near their home.

Further searches turned up Londry's remains, a revolver, a backpack and a diary. Medical examiners determined that Londry had died from gunshot wounds.

The FBI did not specify what exactly Londry wrote in the diary and in the texts he sent to deceive. The messages were sent between Londry's phone and Petito's phone, according to the statement.

The tragic search for Petito caught everyone's attention, sparking attacks on social media, discussions about gender-based violence and disproportionate coverage of missing white women in the US compared to other missing persons.

Source: politis.com.cy

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