Gabby Petito case: Inspired tipsters helped search for missing U.S. man, officials say – National

An outpouring of suggestions impressed by widespread protection of the Gabby Petito investigation helped police discover a man who had gone lacking in Wyoming.

Robert ‘Bob’ Lowery, a 46-year-old man from Houston, Texas, disappeared in Wyoming on Aug. 20. His physique was discovered on Wednesday.

Teton County Search and Rescue mentioned in a press release posted to Fb on Wednesday that the seek for Petito resulted in a minimum of two members of the general public calling native authorities over the weekend with new details about the place Lowery was final seen.

Gabby Petito, 22, was an American lady who went lacking whereas travelling in a van along with her boyfriend, 23-year-old Brian Laundrie. Her loss of life was dominated a murder shortly after her stays have been discovered at Grand Teton Nationwide Park on Sept. 19, not removed from the place authorities found Lowery’s physique.

Officers mentioned the intensive seek for Petito had sometimes talked about Lowery’s title, and new data led a search workforce of 25 volunteers and 4 canine groups to Black Canyon Path, the place they finally discovered his physique at the bottom of Teton Go, a excessive mountain move in Western Wyoming.

In line with authorities, tipsters mentioned Lowery was sporting a “black baseball cap with a gold P, and carrying a black duffle bag with the Nike emblem.”

“Given this new data, TCSAR initiated a response,” Search and Rescue officers mentioned.

“The volunteers break up into seven groups and combed the thick timbered space surrounding Black Canyon, a well-liked mountaineering and mountain biking path in the summertime. At about 1 p.m., a canine workforce situated a physique and black Nike duffle bag considerably off path on a steep, wooded slope.”

The officers mentioned Lowery’s reason behind loss of life is unknown, however mentioned his household has been notified within the meantime.

The disappearance of Gabby Petito generated an internet frenzy, resulting in thousands of social media users pouring over the details of the couple’s trip for clues.

Authorities issued a nationwide arrest warrant for her boyfriend final week, and Laundrie has been named a “particular person of curiosity” within the homicide of Gabby Petito. He has also been charged with debit card fraud, after federal officers accused him of utilizing a Capital One Financial institution card and somebody’s private identification quantity to make unauthorized withdrawals or expenses value greater than $1,000 across the time Petito went lacking.

Laundrie’s parents reported him as missing on Sept. 17, telling police he had already been gone for 3 days.

Extra to return. 

— With recordsdata from International Information’ Chris Jancelewicz and the Related Press