<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The father of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/gabby-petito" rel="" target="_blank" title="Gabby Petito"><span>Gabby Petito</span></a><span>, the US woman who was killed by her fiancé during a cross-country road trip, says he cannot bring himself to watch police footage of his daughter being interviewed before her death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police bodycam footage taken in August 2021, showed Gabby Petito being questioned by police over an alleged dispute with her fiancé Brian Laundrie.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I never watched the video," Joe Petito told </span><em><span>Weekend Today</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mark-carney-is-sworn-in-as-canadas-new-prime-minister-as-country-deals-with-trumps-trade-war/2781e2a3-0e2c-4b53-be95-42f4b44838ac"><strong><span>New Canada PM's slap-in-the-face vow to Trump</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I've only seen bits and pieces of it from interviews like this, I've read the transcript, but I can't watch that," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The footage shows an officer pulling over a van on August 12, 2021 after it was seen speeding and hitting a curb near the entrance to Arches National Park.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Inside was Brian Laundrie, 23, and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, who was reported missing by her family a month later and was the subject of a nationwide search.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/gabby-petitos-father-never-watched-confronting-police-footage/7a7dc02e-33a6-4621-b9e8-10c5ce0a8075" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The body camera video shows </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/gabby-petito-argued-with-boyfriend-before-vanishing-police-bodycam-shows/63aa3157-b428-4fef-adf1-2d39a543448f"><span>Petito visibly upset when an officer approached them</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The officer heard details of an argument between Petito and Laundrie.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police decided not to file any charges and instead separated the couple for the night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Petito was found dead months later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.nine.com.au/sport/rugby/news-2025-former-australia-wallabies-captain-rocky-elsom-prison-sentence-french-court-arrest-warrant-20250315-p5ljs3.html"><strong><span>Former Wallabies captain jailed for two years</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Petito's stepmother Tara told </span><em><span>Weekend Today</span></em><span> she had seen the footage and found it extremely triggering. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just want to reach out and help her," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We tell police officers now to use it as a training tool to help train other police officers about strangulation, about warning signs, red flags.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're trying to take our pain and turn it into something."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/police-investigating-fatal-melbourne-stabbing/dabb9c77-e40d-4776-ac1d-fe438d831128"><strong><span>Police investigating fatal Melbourne stabbing</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Petito's parents said they remember her as "an amazing person".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She had goals and she had dreams. And those were tragically taken from her," Tara said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was a bright light - any time that she entered a room, her smile could just light every light the entire room up."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Joe Petito said a foundation in Gabby's name is striving to raise awareness for victims and survivors of domestic violence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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