Gabby Petito Autopsy Reveals Homicide

In an unfortunate discovery, the body that was found in Wyoming over the weekend has been confirmed to be that of Gabby Petito, according to an autopsy performed by forensic pathologist Priya Banerjee on Tuesday.

It is unlikely that the cause of death will be released while there is still an ongoing investigation surrounding Petito’s death, according to Banerjee during “Fox & Friends First” on Wednesday.

Fox News reported:

“The challenge was obviously for my colleagues to determine the cause of death, performed the autopsy, and my professional feeling is that they’re not going to release the cause of death yet with an ongoing investigation,” said Banerjee.

“That’s very preliminary in my opinion, but it’s very important to release the manner of death, which, as you said, is homicide, because that tells us that she didn’t die of a natural death.”

“This was due to someone’s actions taking her life.”

Banerjee made a good point about how many possibilities exist that could explain the cause of death, noting the body’s decomposition while ‘out in the wild’ and in ‘high-temperature fluctuation,’ including how it wouldn’t be unrealistic to find Brian Laundrie’s DNA considering the nature of their relationship.

“That is a challenge, tying the perpetrator to the crime, especially, I want to say, in the setting of decomposition, this was out in the wild, high-temperature fluctuation,” said Banerjee, adding that it would not be surprising if her fiancé, Brian Laundrie’s, DNA was present since the two were in a relationship.

“So that will be a challenge, I think, to tie it all together.”

Banerjee said it is important to consider all possibilities of how Petito died to successfully determined how she was killed.

“You have to really rule out asphyxia or strangulation to the neck, make sure there’s no blunt force trauma to the head or other parts of the body,” said Banerjee.

Heck, the circumstantial evidence alone will be tough NOT to convict Laundrie.

Laundrie continues to be missing and remains the primary person of interest.