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Crime Analyst

Ep 99: The Murder of Gabby Petito, Part 19

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Laura concludes her analysis of the 99-page Moab City Police Investigative Review by detailing and breaking down Captain Ratcliffe’s conclusion and recommendations. Laura shares her professional thoughts about why the conclusion makes little sense and why the recommendations will not create the change that’s urgently required to save the next Gabby’s life. Trigger warning: Listener discretion is advised. This episode may be upsetting and/or triggering and it will be angry making. You can follow Laura and her work on: Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 TikTok @crimeanalystpod Twitter @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999 #GabbyPetito #HerNameWasGabbyPetito #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast #BrianLaundrie #MaleViolence #Femicide #CoerciveControl #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth #DomesticAbuse Clips https://www.cbsnews.com/video/gabby-petito-the-untold-story/#x Sources https://nypost.com/2022/08/27/new-witness-to-gabby-petito-and-brian-laundrie-fight-says-she-was-hit-with-closed-fist/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/6077506/gabhttps://www.the-sun.com/news/6077506/gabby-petito-fight-witness-brian-laundrie-hit/by-petito-fight-witness-brian-laundrie-hit/ https://www.utcourts.gov/courts/just/docs/DomesticViolence101.pdf https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title77/Chapter36/77-36-S2.2.html https://le.utah.gov/~1998/bills/hbillenr/HB0148.htm https://moabcity.org/DocumentCenter/View/3432/Combined-Statement-and-Investigative-Report---Petito-Laundrie-Incident Crime Analyst Merch – Get 10% off throughout October using this promo code: https://crime-analyst.myshopify.com/discount/CrimeAnalyst Leave a Review If you want to support my work and Crime Analyst and if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star review here: https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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One of the officers involved told the independent investigator after Gabby's death,

0:05.0

quote, I would have done anything to stop it if I would have known that was coming.

0:10.0

What happened? What's going on?

0:12.0

In a statement, the city of Moab said it believed the officers showed kindness.

0:17.0

Welcome, stand in the shade.

0:18.0

Respect and empathy in their handling of this incident.

0:22.0

The city intends to implement the recommendations of the independent review,

0:28.0

which include more domestic violence investigation related training and legal training

0:33.0

to ensure officers understand Utah state laws.

0:38.0

The attorneys for Gabby's parents insist their lawsuits are not about money.

0:44.0

They're about raising awareness.

0:47.0

Gabby's mother, Nicole, recently told the Associated Press,

0:51.0

I get people messaging me all the time that they were inspired by her to get out of a relationship.

0:58.0

Hey, lovely listeners and welcome back to Crime Analyst and the Intelligence Cell.

1:13.0

Now I'm going to give you the usual trigger warning, this episode and series may well be triggering

1:19.0

and it will be angry making, and so listen to discretion is advised.

1:24.0

Okay, I mentioned in the last episode that I wanted to share the final part of the

1:29.0

police review with you, and that's a conclusion, and you'll find it on page 43.

1:34.0

Now I want to read out Captain Rackliff's conclusion in full and then break it down.

1:40.0

For me it's important, given that most people like I said, will read the opening statement

1:46.0

and the first few pages and then their skip to the conclusion, and so this is what they're left with.

1:52.0

Okay, here we go, this is what Captain Rackliff wrote.

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