
Oct. 12, 2021 Gabby Petito's autopsy report
The Teton County coroner will provide details on the autopsy of Gabby Petito, who was reported missing on Sept. 11. Follow here for live updates.
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Gabby Petito's cause of death was strangulation, coroner says
Gabby Petito's cause of death was strangulation, and the manner of death was homicide, Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue just announced at a news conference.Officials previously announced her death was a homicide in preliminary findings.
Blue explained that it took a month to reach a final autopsy because officials were very "exacting" in their examination of the details.
He noted that they were also waiting for other specialists to arrive to help with this investigation and for toxicology to be returned.
"It was just a matter of making sure we had everything right," he told reporters.
The news conference is ongoing.
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