ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – In a case that captured the nation, Gabby Petito was killed in 2021 while on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend. Her story sparked headlines, heartbreak, and a movement.
Her father Joe Petito is channeling his grief into a goal, running the Gabby Petito Foundation with Gabby’s mom Nichole and their spouses, working to help other families before it’s too late.
WDBJ7’s Leila Mitchell first spoke to Joe and Nichole when investigators had just picked up Elsie Wiggington’s missing persons case in 2024…