GABBY Petito “didn’t attack her killer” before she was strangled and the crime scene where her body was found didn't show "any obvious signs of struggle", a prosecutor says.
Coroners on Tuesday revealed that the vlogger, 22, died of “manual strangulation”.
Teton County coroner Dr Brent Blue said Gabby’s predicted death was three to four weeks before her body was discovered at a Wyoming campsite.
Kurt Morgan, a prosecutor from Salt Lake City, was shown aerial footage of the scene from the day that Gabby’s remains were found.
He told KSL: “All I see is one individual who suffered the damage and no evidence of injury created by her.”
The expert didn’t notice any “obvious signs of struggle” on the ground.
Morgan said the remains were covered near a pair of discarded hiking shoes.
He said the footage indicated that whoever discarded Gabby's body there did so with haste.
Morgan added: “This was quick. This was not sitting here for five or six hours, trying to figure out how to conceal a crime.”
During Tuesday’s press briefing, Dr Blue confirmed that YouTuber was not pregnant at the time of her death.
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He added that a toxicology report was unable to be released at this time.
He told reporters that DNA samples had been taken from the body by law enforcement.
Harrowing photos from the campsite where FBI detectives discovered the remains have since been revealed.
Images show several trees and rocks at the site marked with orange spray paint and numbers by the FBI.
A makeshift memorial of white stones arranged in the shape of a cross was also identified. It's not known when the tribute was created.
Gabby’s cause of death was revealed weeks after a preliminary autopsy ruled the manner of her death a homicide.
'A TRAGEDY'
Blue said officials withheld the cause because they were “exacting” in their examination of the details.
He said: “It was just a matter of making sure we had everything right.”
The doctor declined to comment as to whether Gabby's body showed signs of bruising, or whether it had been buried or left above ground.
The Laundrie family attorney Steve Bertolino branded Gabby's death a "tragedy".
He said: "While Brian Laundrie is currently charged with the unauthorized use of a debit card belonging to Gabby, Brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to Gabby Petito’s demise.
"At this time Brian is still missing and when he is located we will address the pending fraud charge against him."
Laundrie and Gabby, who met in New York before moving to Florida two years ago, were around two months into their planned four-month cross-country road trip touring the US’ national parks before Gabby vanished sometime around August 27.
He quietly returned home to Florida without his fiancée on September 1.
Gabby was eventually reported missing by her mother in New York on September 11.
Days later, Laundrie vanished after allegedly telling his parents he was going hiking at Carlton Reserve. The fugitive was reported missing on September 17.
The 25,000-acre nature reserve in Sarasota is home to alligators, venomous snakes, Florida panthers, and bears.
A four-week search for the fugitive has so far yielded no leads beyond speculation and a handful of potential sightings.
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