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Topic: Gabby Petito

Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie in "American Murder: Gabby Petito" (Courtesy of Netflix)

Gabby Petito case exposes red flags

Nardos Haile
A makeshift memorial dedicated to Gabby Petito is located near the North Port City Hall on September 21, 2021 in North Port, Florida. The body of Petito was found by authorities in Wyoming, where she went missing while on a cross-country trip with her fiance, Brian Laundrie. Law enforcement agencies are for searching for his whereabouts. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Gabby Petito family: The Laundries knew

Kelly McClure
A makeshift memorial dedicated to missing woman Gabby Petito is located near City Hall on September 20, 2021 in North Port, Florida. A body has been found by authorities in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming that fits the description of Petito, who went missing while on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie. | A makeshift memorial is pictured along the route of the parade on W Main Street in Waukesha, Wisconsin on November 22, 2021, the day after a vehicle drove through a Christmas parade killing five people. - US authorities identified the driver suspected of plowing into a Christmas parade in the Midwestern city of Waukesha, killing at least five and wounding dozens, as media reported he was fleeing a knife fight. (Photo illustration by Salon/Octavio Jones/Mustafa Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

Who dies when the law looks away?

Amanda Marcotte
Steve Martin and Martin Short in "Only Murders in the Building" (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

The rise of citizen sleuthing

Kylie Cheung
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