When 22-year-old student and travel fanatic Gabby Petito told her parents of her plans to go backpacking with her fiancee Brian Laundrie last summer there seemed to be no obvious alarm bells ringing.
After all she had ventured across various US hiking hotspots, both alone and accompanied by Laundrie, and was more than experienced in cross-country travel.
However, just three months after the pair departed for the open road, human remains matching the description of Miss Petito were found by authorities in Wyoming. She had been reported missing by her mother in August when Laundrie returned without his wife-to-be.