Gabrielle Venora Petito was an American woman and a missing person whose disappearance was the subject of much speculation and coverage in the news media and social media.Her family lost contact with her in late August 2021 while she was on a vanlife trip across the United States with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie.The return of Laundrie without Petito and his refusal to comment about her led to speculation about her whereabouts. On September 19, 2021, human remains consistent with her description were found in Bridger–Teton National Forest in Wyoming, with an autopsy on September 21 confirming it was Petito and an initial determination of the manner of death as a homicide.