The coronavirus has killed over 700k people in the US. But did the pandemic also lead, in a roundabout way, to the ultimate fate suffered by Gabby Petito?
The 22-year-old was on a cross-country road trip with Brian Laundrie when she disappeared. The couple took off in a van on July 2 for a tour of some of the most beautiful spots around the country, something which they were documenting on their social media and in a new #VanLife-centric YouTube channel.
As followers of the sad case know, the trip ended with Brian returning home in September with the van, but no Gabby. After a brief, harrowing search, her body was found — and it was officially ruled a homicide.