This is what the police officer who stopped Gabby Petito said after she was murdered

After the American Murder Gabby Petito documentary, everyone is furious at the police officer who accused her of being the aggressor.

Gabby and Brian were stopped by police in Moab following a 911 call where someone claimed they had seen him “slapping” her in the street.

Officers tracked down the white van but ultimately decided to not press charges after the 22-year-old told them she was the one who hit him first.

They booked Brian a hotel and told them to spend the night apart. Then, Gabby was sadly murdered just two weeks later.

The main officer involved, Eric Pratt, spoke out following an independent investigation into how the situation was handled.

Credit: Moab Police Department

“I’m desperately f***ed over that she got killed. I really am,” he said as reported by The Independent. “I would have done anything to stop it if I would have known that was coming.”

“If I would have known [Laundrie] was going to murder her, I would have taken vacation to follow them, because I care about people, to the point where he was going to murder her … and I would have intervened and citizens arrested him in Wyoming! I would have taken my own time. I would have missed my family to go do that.”

The investigation did not blame Officer Pratt, Daniel Robbins or any other officers involved in the incident as they “both believed at the time they were making the right decision based on the totality of the circumstances that were presented”.

In fact, it actually said that based on the information provided, Gabby should have been arrested as she admitted to hitting him first.

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Credit: Moab Police Department

“Based on the information provided, in this specific incident, Brian would be the victim with Gabby being the suspect,” the report said.

“I do not find that they enforced the law. They responded to a confirmed domestic-violence incident and they had evidence showing an assault had taken place. The statements of all those involved, along with the evidence presented, provided probable cause for an arrest.”

“The officers who responded to the incident made several unintentional mistakes that stemmed from the fact that officers failed to cite Ms Petito for domestic violence,” the City of Moab said in a statement after the report was released.

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