Friends of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie described their Toxic Relationship

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Friends of homicide victim Gabby Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie said “People” magazine that both had a Toxic relationship at times and always had some drama. The magazine recently interviewed 2 friends of the couple. Each friend informed the news site that the couple started dating after meeting at their local Long Island, N.Y. high school. They had some good times but also some bad ones. Petito’s 23-years old friend, Alyssa Chen said, “They had times they were toxic and times where everything seemed a lot more healthy; They had very low lows and very high highs. But they really seemed to love each other. When things were good, you’d be like, ‘Why can’t I have a relationship like that?’ When they were bad, you’d be like ‘Oh my God, just break up and spare yourself from the drama and everyone else from having to hear about it.'”

Point to be noted that 23-years old Laundrie was named a person of interest earlier this month after he arrived home from the trip without 22-years old Petito. He is believed to have driven the white van from the area of Teton National Park in Wyoming toward the end of August. Ben Matula (one of Laundrie’s friends) informed People magazine that the couple “always had drama. One minute, they’d be all over each other, the next minute, he’d be like, ‘We’re fighting,'”. The officials said that Laundrie returned home just before 10 a.m. on Sept. 1 without Petito. Petito’s mother, Nichole Schmidt reported her missing to Suffolk County, Long Island police on Sept. 11. Schmidt wrote in the report that her Long Island home was a “probable destination”.

However, police records show that on Aug. 12, police in Moab, Utah responded to a report of a domestic dispute between the young couple. In a 911 call placed at the time, a person can be heard telling a police dispatcher that “the gentleman was slapping the girl”. The call appears to contradict a police report in which an officer stated, “No one reported that the male struck the female. The male tried to create distance by telling Gabby to go take a walk to calm down, she didn’t want to be separated from the male, and started slapping him. He grabbed her face and pushed her back as she pressed upon him and the van. He tried to lock her out and succeeded except for his driver’s door. She opened that and forced her way over to him and into the vehicle before it drove off”.