'She was a beautiful soul.' On New York's Long Island, lines of mourners paid respects to Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old whose death on a cross-country trip has sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend. Her body was discovered last Sunday in Wyoming.
Lexi Ruiz recalled working with Petito at a cafe in nearby Patchogue that Ruiz managed.
Inside the funeral home, dozens of floral arrangements and childhood photos of Petito lined the walls, some capturing her travels. One floral arrangement sent from Norwalk, Connecticut, read, “I don’t know you but your story broke me.” Petito’s death has been classified as homicide, meaning she was killed by another person, but medical examiners in Wyoming haven’t disclosed how she died pending further autopsy results.
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