July 1: Gabby Petito and boyfriend Brian Laundrie leave Blue Point, New York for a cross-country road trip
August 12: Police in Moab, Utah are responding to a domestic incident involving the couple
August 17: Laundrie reportedly flies back to Florida to “clean out a storage unit”
August 21: Petito’s father, Joseph Petito, has his last FaceTime video call with his daughter, who was in Salt Lake City, Utah
Aug 23: Laundrie flies back to Utah to join Gabby on her trip
August 24: Petito was last seen at a hotel in Salt Lake City with Laundrie
August 25: Petito calls her mother Nichole Schmidt one last time and says she is in Grand Teton National Park
August 25 or 26: The couple chats for about 20 minutes with the owner of a store called Rustic Row in Victor, Utah
August 27: Video of Petito’s van was captured by blogger Jenn Bethune at Spread Creek Campground around 6:30 p.m.; Witnesses said they saw a “riot” involving the couple at the Merry Piglets Tex-Mex restaurant in Jackson, Wyoming
August 29: The day Wisconsin TikToker Miranda Baker claimed she and her boyfriend were approached by Laundrie in Grand Teton National Park and asked for a ride at 5:30 p.m
August 30: Schmidt receives the last text message from Petito’s phone: “No service in Yosemite.”
September 1: Laundrie returns to his parents’ home in North Port, Florida, in a van without Petito
6th-7th September: Laundrie and his parents visit Fort De Soto campground in Florida
Sept. 11: Schmidt reports Petito missing in New York; Petito and Laundrie’s van was seized by Florida police the same day
September 12: Grand Teton National Park rangers search for Petito
Sep 13: Laundrie’s solicitor says on Oct 5 his parents now “believe” that was the day they last saw him heading out for a hike
Sep 14: Laundrie, through his lawyer, issues a statement about Petito’s disappearance; Laundrie’s parents claim on September 17 that Laundrie left his parents’ house for a hike that day and they have not seen him since
Sep 15: Laundrie is officially named a person of interest in Petito’s case
September 17: The Laundrie family’s lawyer confirms his whereabouts are unknown
September 18: North Port police and the FBI begin searching the Carlton Reservation in Sarasota County for missing Brian Laundrie
September 19: Bethune realizes she has video of Petito’s van at around 12:00 am and 10 minutes later files the footage with the FBI; Officials say a body matching Petito’s description was found this afternoon near Grand Teton National Park
September 21: The coroner confirms that the remains found in Grand Teton belong to Petito. Her death is ruled a manslaughter, but her cause of death is still under investigation
September 20-22: The FBI and North Port Police Department continue their search for Laundrie in the Carton Reserve
Sep 22: Neighbors say they saw the Laudrie family the day Gabby was reported missing. Photos from show the camper back in the driveway two days later, on September 13
September 23: The FBI issues an arrest warrant for Laundrie for “use of unauthorized access device” for fraudulently using a Capitol One Bank debit card that did not belong to him between August 30 and September 1, for $1,000 to spend; An investigation is launched into the police handling of the August 12 Utah police incident; Laundrie’s parents visit their attorney in Orlando
Sep 25 Dog the Bounty Hunter joins the quest for Laundrie
September 26: A funeral is held for Petito in Holbrook, New York, and her family starts a charity to help parents find missing children
September 27: Manhunt for laundry facility on Carlton reservation scaled back after 10-day search failed to find him. Dog the Bounty Hunter says Laundrie and his parents were at Fort De Soto Park on September 1-3 and September 6-8 – and that on the latter visit only the parents were left
September 28: Laundrie’s mother is accused of contacting her son over a burner phone. September 29: Documents reveal Laundrie’s mother canceled a reservation at Fort De Soto Park campsite for two from September 1-3 and booked for three from September 6 8; FBI Seizes Surveillance Footage From Site; FBI investigates leading laundrie who bought burner phone on September 14;
September 30: Bodycam footage of a second officer at the August 12 incident is released, showing a distraught Petito admitting that Laundrie hit her; FBI agents gather more evidence from the laundry house
Oct 1 Turns out Laundrie’s sister was in touch with him after she said so
Oct. 2: A hiker along the Appalachian Trail claims to have seen Laundrie near the Tennessee-North Carolina border
October 3: Investigators searched the area on the Appalachian Trail for signs that Laundrie had been there
Oct. 4: Laundrie’s sister told protesters outside her home that her family had ignored her after rebuking her story and that she didn’t know where her brother was
Oct. 5: Laundrie’s sister appeared on Good Morning America to say she would report her brother if she knew where he is;
Oct. 7: Laundrie’s father, Christopher, assists FBI agents in finding his son on the Carlton Reservation, but the search turns up no leads
Oct. 12: Teton County Coroner, Dr. Brent Blue, announces autopsy results showing Petito died of strangulation; No exact date of death was given – just that she was dead 3-4 weeks before her body was found
Oct 16: Petito’s parents are seen collecting her ashes from the Valley Mortuary in Jackson, Wyoming
October 20: Human remains found on Carlton Reservation
October 21: The FBI confirms that the body found belongs to Brian Laundrie. Also near the body are a notebook, backpack and dry bag