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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies

Gabby Petito’s family to file $50m wrongful death case against Utah police

Image of a woman with her hands on her hips and a police car in the background
In this image taken from police body-camera video, Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito talks to a police officer. Photograph: AP

The family of Gabby Petito announced plans to file a $50m wrongful death lawsuit against Utah police on Monday, claiming that officers in the small desert town of Moab, who stopped Petito and boyfriend Brian Laundrie last year, failed to recognize their daughter was in a domestic violence situation.

The notice of a forthcoming claim alleges that when officers stopped the couple on 12 August 2021, they did not recognize that Petito, 22, was in danger.

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