A young couple goes on a road trip, only the man returns.
The FBI is looking for the missing Gabby Petito - and now her fiancé Brian.
USA - The FBI is looking for Gabrielle Petito, 22, known as Gabby.
She set out on a road trip through the United States two months ago - with her fiancé, 23-year-old Brian Laundrie.
On Tuesday, Laundrie returned alone from the road trip to Florida - and has remained silent ever since.
His family did not cooperate with the authorities either, according to US media.
But on Saturday Laundrie also disappeared, without a trace.
Now the FBI is looking for the young man together with the police in Florida.
And half the country went on the search, also with the help of the social media accounts of the two wanted people.
Gabby Petito missing person case: FBI faces several puzzles
Where did Abby go?
Particularly puzzling about Gabby's disappearance is not only the silence of her fiancé, but also a video that has since emerged.
It shows Gabby crying after a police check in August.
According to the dpa, police officers had been called to the car of the two because of a possible case of domestic violence in the US state of Utah.
Gabby had told the cops that she had an argument with her boyfriend about the dirt in the car.
There is speculation as to whether Gabby slapped her boyfriend - possibly as a result of an obsessive-compulsive disorder, as she is said to have told the police herself.
The two had then agreed to spend the night under police supervision and separately - but had traveled on the next morning.
Gabrielle Petito and Brian Laundrie: Social media accounts of the two in the public eye
What happened after that?
Apparently the young woman has had no contact with her family since the end of August.
However, pictures were still posted on her Instagram account in the following days.
Many users on social media are now wondering whether Gabby posted the photos herself.
The Laundries family is said to have spoken to the authorities in detail for the first time on Friday.
Nothing is known about the content of the conversation.
The next day, Laundrie also disappeared.
As the investigators emphasize, there is now an intensive search for him - but as a witness and “person of interest”, not as a possible perpetrator.
According to Fox News, the family assume that Brian is in hiding. His disappearance is related to people who gathered in front of his house and shouted "Where's Gabby?"
(dpa / kat)
