Trail of tears

How an idyllic US road trip ended in a shocking murder

- IAN MACEWAN, RICHARD MCCLURE

NEW CRIME

Gabby Petito: The Murder That Gripped the World

Tuesday, Channel 5 HD, 10pm

When Gabby Petito set off on a road trip in July 2021 with her fiancé Brian Laundrie, it seemed the 22-year-old from Long Island was having the time of her life.

In a series of posts on YouTube and Instagram, Petito recorded the couple’s journey across the US in a camper van as the high-school sweethearts explored the national parks of the American West.