Witness who saw Brian Laundrie hitting Gabby Petito with CLOSED FIST reveals shocking new details
MOAB, UTAH: A new eyewitness has come out giving more details into the Moab fight that happened between Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, days before she was murdered by her boyfriend in August 2021. The person, who just wants to be identified as Chandler, has reportedly claimed that he saw Brian attacking the YouTuber with “a closed fist”.
Chandler told The Sun, “They were kind of yelling and then Brian swung at her, I believe it was his left hand. It was kind of like a slapping motion, but with a closed fist.” He also went on to express his shock over the fight as he noted, “I had to stop and think if I actually saw what I saw for a second. I was coming up to a stoplight going like 15 miles per hour and looked right, they were parked in front of Moon Flower [a local market]. They were like on the passenger rear, by the passenger rear tire.”
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Describing the fight, the 26-year-old said, “She fell a little bit into the side of the van. She definitely felt it. When she hit into the van, she pretty much hit her back and probably the back of her head. They started yelling back [and forth] for a second and then Brian turned around and she chased after him.”
Chandler also claimed he saw people intervening and knew someone would call 911 and the matter would be solved. However, he expressed his disappointment over how Moab police handled the situation by framing Gabby as the aggressor in the relationship. “We live in a society where we're told nowadays if you're violent, somebody's going to jail. They probably should have done more legally [than] just separate them from the night,” he asserted.
The witness continued, “From what I witnessed, it was definitely him being the aggressor. I don't think she should have been the one that was put as the aggressor. Two or three people I know for sure saw it. And then there were a couple of people that swarmed around right after that probably saw something of it. You'd think with how many people around they would've known who was the aggressor was and who wasn't.”
Chandler also told The Sun, “I figured as soon as she went missing, either she ran away from him or he killed her, basically,” before slamming Brian’s confession journal in which he called killing Gabby an act of mercy. “From what we saw in Moab, it doesn't seem like that would be the truth. He definitely looked kinda like a hot head just from the short time that I saw him, a short-fused person,” he added.
This comes as Gabby’s family is planning to sue the Moab Police Department for $50 million. Attorney Brian C Stewart, who is representing the family, told The US Sun, “The family's goal is to honor Gabby's legacy by working to save the lives of victims of domestic violence. The lawsuit is only one part of a broader effort to raise awareness of intimate partner violence, provide resources to victims and hold government institutions accountable, including law enforcement, to effect necessary changes to make our communities safer.”