FBI found loaded speedloader and 2 arrows near Gabby Petito's remains

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — FBI investigators in Wyoming found a speedloader revolver and two arrows near Gabby Petito's remains in 2021, according to nearly 400 pages of evidence released in the case.

Federal investigators said in an affidavit supporting a search warrant application that near Petito's remains in Grand Teton National Park was a “revolver speed magazine containing ammunition.”

The special agent said at the time that Wyoming investigators were unable to open the speed magazine to obtain information about the ammunition inside.

Two arrows were also found, the special agent added.

Petito's family told WFLA.com they were unaware of the fast charger and arrows found near his remains.

It is unclear why the ammunition and arrows were found near Petito's remains.

The documents also included a letter written by Petito to her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. The letter, which was undated, mentions “returning from New York,” so it appears to have been written before the two men left for their cross-country trip.

Petito died of manual strangulation, according to the medical examiner's report. Laundrie confessed to killing the 22-year-old in a notebook recovered by investigators in October 2021. Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the Carlton Reservation in Florida.

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