Lines of mourners form for Gabby Petito funeral home viewing

HOLBROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Mourners began arriving astatine a Long Island ceremonial location viewing connected Sunday for Gabby Petito, whose decease connected a cross-country travel has sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend.

A enactment had formed extracurricular the ceremonial location successful Holbrook, astir 35 miles (56 kilometers) eastbound of New York City, by noon, and groups of firefighters were seen filing past. A occurrence motortruck sat connected each broadside of the building, each with its ladder raised.

Across the thoroughfare from the ceremonial home, a concatenation nexus obstruction was adorned with posters featuring Petito’s representation and messages specified as, “She touched the world.”

Petito was reported missing Sept. 11 by her parents aft she didn’t respond to calls and texts for respective days portion she and Brian Laundrie visited parks successful the West.

Her assemblage was discovered past Sunday successful a distant country successful northwestern Wyoming. Laundrie and Petito grew up connected Long Island but successful caller years moved to Florida.

Sunday’s viewing is successful Holbrook, about

Petito’s decease has been classified arsenic homicide, meaning she was killed by different person, but aesculapian examiners successful Wyoming haven’t disclosed however she died pending further autopsy results.

The mates posted online astir their travel successful a achromatic Ford Transit van converted into a camper. They got into a carnal altercation Aug. 12 successful Moab, Utah, that led to a constabulary halt for a imaginable home unit case. Ultimately, constabulary determination decided to abstracted the quarreling mates for the night. But nary charges were filed, and nary superior injuries were reported.

Investigators person been searching for Laundrie successful Florida, and searched his parents’ location successful North Port, astir 35 miles (56 kilometers) southbound of Sarasota.

On Thursday, national officials successful Wyoming charged Laundrie with unauthorized usage of a debit card, alleging helium utilized a Capital One Bank paper and someone’s idiosyncratic recognition fig to marque unauthorized withdrawals oregon charges worthy much than $1,000 during the play successful which Petito went missing. They did not accidental who the paper belonged to.