The Gabby Petito case captured the nation. Now, Lifetime is telling the story of Gabby and fiance Brian Laundrie's cross-country highway journey that ended with Gabby's stunning homicide.
The Gabby Petito Story will premiere October 1 on Lifetime, marking the beginning of Home Violence Consciousness Month. Lifetime launched the primary trailer for the film on August 12, which chronicles Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie’s sophisticated relationship and what might have gone incorrect throughout their cross-country journey that resulted in Gabby’s homicide and Brian later taking his personal life.
The trailer of the movie begins when Gabby and Brian, performed by Skyler Samuels and Evan Corridor, are blissful and in love. They find yourself occurring a highway journey and dwelling out of their van. As their journey continues, their relationship begins to deteriorate. “One second I’m so blissful and in love, and the following he’s like a complete stranger,” Gabby says. Gabby’s mom within the movie, performed by director Thora Birch, feels “one thing will not be proper” about Gabby and Brian’s relationship.
The film, which is being launched across the one-year anniversary of Gabby being reported lacking, is a part of Lifetime’s Cease Violence Towards Girls public affairs initiative. The community additionally created a brand new PSA for the film’s rollout. Lifetime has partnered with Nationwide Coalition Towards Home Violence, which has a helpline to offer assets to ladies. After the movie’s premiere, the documentary particular, Past the Headlines: Gabby Petito, will air.
After Gabby was reported lacking on September 11, 2021, when she didn’t return house from her cross-country “van life” journey along with her fiance. Her disappearance sparked worldwide curiosity and a nationwide search for the 22-year-old journey blogger. On-line sleuths started investigating Gabby’s social media posts for clues about what occurred to her. Tragically, Gabby’s stays had been discovered on September 19. An post-mortem revealed she had been strangled to loss of life.
One month later following an intensive search, Brian’s stays had been discovered at a park in Florida. It was later concluded that Brian died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the top. Brian admitted to killing Gabby in his pocket book.