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North Port Police Department.

-Yes. -I apologize for bothering you.

-I have the detective on the phone. -I'm not talking to anybody right now.

You don't want to talk to us? Okay. She's on the phone.

-You don't want to talk to her now? -No.

Okay, um, it's…

When was the last time that you saw Brian and… and Gabriel?

Well… well, Brian is here.

-Brian is here? -Yeah.

And… and that's all I'm going to say for now.

That's all that you're saying?

Yeah, we… we have an attorney.

They've been calling, I don't know.

That's all I wanna say. I don't know why.

-My attorney's aware they're calling, so… -Okay.

I can give you his number.

-Whose? The attorney's? -Yeah.

I'd like that, so I can give it to the detective. Thank you.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

And just to let the detective know, is Gabriel here?

-No. -She's not. Is this her vehicle?

-Her van? -It's… it's both of theirs.

It's both of them's?

-Yeah. Bye. -Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it.

Uh, they said they're not talking.

Then I asked who does that van belong to, and he says, "Both of them."

You're seeing the van in their driveway, and they won't tell you where she is?

Yeah, because I ran all the tags and there's a little white van

that comes back to Gabrielle Petito.

-Gabrielle. -Yeah.

But they're not saying she's there?

No.

Um, in the meantime, I had called his sister.

She called me back and said, "Oh, Brian's home."

"He told me they got into a fight."

"He left her at a hotel, and he flew back."

I… I don't know what's going on, but it's… it's pretty shady.

And they won't answer any of my phone calls.

I'm starting to get a little… What are they hiding?

Maybe notify a supervisor too.

-I don't know how it works out there. -Yes. I'll definitely…

I'll notify a supervisor on this.

Right, let me… I'm gonna get off with the phone.

5th squad, Detective Barry.

Detective Barry. This is Sergeant Selzer with North Port PD. How are you doing?

-Good. How are you doing? -Ah, not too bad.

What's going on tonight with… Is it Gabriel or Gabrielle?

-It's Gabrielle. -Okay.

So she was reported tonight missing by her parents,

um, who live up here on Long Island.

Okay.

I mean, just because she's not contacting them…

-I mean, as an adult… -They're refusing to talk to me, them.

-Just because somebody's refusing to talk… -You don't find that a little suspicious?

When I now have a missing person for ten days?

I do find it suspicious, but…

Well, that's… that's New York. I mean, this is southwest Florida.

I wouldn't even have been able to take the missing report.

Um, okay. I'm going to put you on with my supervisor. Hold on.

All right. Sure.

It's a problem up here that she's MIA, and now there's a sus…

The person she was supposedly with is at the house and refusing to cooperate

with police about… for her whereabouts? It's a simple missing person. Hold on.

Okay.

Sergeant Alvarez, 5th Squad.

Hey, Sergeant Alvarez. Sergeant Selzer with North Port PD.

How you doing?

Good. How are you?

We're getting little to no cooperation

from the boyfriend's parents at the house.

-Right. -Here's… here's what I'm…

I… I'm just gonna lay it out.

What… what are you looking for us to do here at this point?

Uh, I mean, we have conflicting statements

that he flew home, but now the van's there.

-Sure. -Um…

She's missing. She has no contact with the parents.

But based on, you know, her contacting all along,

and now… now there's nothing.

-Not even her phone on, so… -Sure. I agree that's suspicious.

-I… I'm not denying that in the least. -I'm sure you're not. I mean…

Here's where I'm at. I…

I… I agree, everything is odd. Everything is suspicious.

I… I don't think we have probable cause.

I mean, the best I… the best I can do is…

maybe go down and try to see if they'll… talk to me.

All right. Yeah, if you could talk to them

and maybe give us a call back.

-Who is it? -Police Department.

-Yes. -Hey, look. I hate to bother you.

I know you've already said you don't want to speak.

But if you guys know anything,

it would let the parents at ease and go from there.

But we… we don't know anything.

-Okay. -That's all.

I mean, anything that you guys would be able to give them

is any type of help,

last time your son saw her, anything like that?

-No. -Am I able to talk to your son?

-The other officer said… -He's not going to talk to anybody.

I mean, as a parent, you wouldn't want to know what happened…

I understand what you're saying, but thank you.

-I mean… -No, we're not gonna…

It… it makes it very odd, don't you think?

-From my point of view, Chris. -Well, goodbye, for now.

You can call our attorney. I gave you the phone number.

An attorney's not gonna answer at 10, 11 o'clock at night.

-I'm not speaking to anybody… -We're not comfortable…

…without an attorney, so.

So the van is only registered to her.

Okay?

Well, I'm not really sure.

Well, I'm telling you. The title on the state of Florida is it's only hers.

-So it's not supposed to be here. -Okay.

So I'm gonna take a tow truck and get it. Is the car in the way?

That's my car. I can move it.

Okay.

If you're able to just hook it up and take it,

probably be the easiest.

-Touching it or anything, is that okay? -Yeah.

I would try to avoid the inside.

-We can 100% avoid the inside. -Good.

I'm kind of weirded out. I don't know what's going on.

What's going on? How come you're crying?

I'm just… Sorry. We've just been fighting this morning.

You want to tell me what's going on?

Yeah, I don't know, it's just…

-Some days, I have really bad OCD, and… -Okay.

-Did you get hit in the face? -Um…

Kinda looks like something hit you in the face.

-I don't know. -Then over on your arm, your shoulder?

Right here. That's new, huh?

-It's kind of a new mark. -Oh yeah, I don't know.

We got a call about a male hitting a female

and them getting in this vehicle and taking off.

What were they doing?

We drove by, and the gentleman was slapping the girl.

He was slapping her?

I'm fine. I love Gabby. I hope she doesn't have too many complaints about me.

Do you know if she takes anything?

She's crazy. No.

So I just got off the phone with one of the two witnesses.

It sounds to me like she is the primary aggressor.

-Yeah, hello. -Hi, is this?

Yes, it is .

This is Officer Hobb, with the police department. How are you?

-I'm fine, thank you. -So what's going on?

I don't think that guy's very well. He might even be OD'd in his house.

Can you do a welfare check on that guy?

I think he's in trouble in the house. He might… he might be dead.