A 22-year-old woman who was on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend has disappeared, her parents said. It was unclear if her boyfriend was also missing.
Gabrielle Petito was last known to be in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in late August when she stopped communicating with her family, police said. She was reported missing Saturday.
Petito is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 110 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She also has several tattoos, including one on her forearm that reads, "let it be."
Her mother, Nichole Schmidt, told NBC affiliate KSL that her daughter left with her boyfriend of two years from Blue Point, New York, on July 2.
“She wanted to cross the country in the camper van and live the van life and live free. This was her dream,” Schmidt said.
According to her mother, Petito extensively documented her journey across the states with her boyfriend on social media, but those posts slowed down toward the end of August.
Schmidt said the couple left Salt Lake City for Grand Teton National Park around Aug. 24, which was when she said she last spoke to her daughter on a FaceTime call. She added she received texts sent from her daughter's phone until Aug. 30, but wasn't sure whether her daughter sent them.
Petito was traveling across the country in a white 2012 Ford Transit van with a Florida license plate, which police said since has been recovered. It was unclear where her vehicle was recovered.
Suffolk County police did not immediately respond to questions Monday about her boyfriend's whereabouts or where her vehicle was found. Efforts to reach her parents were unsuccessful Monday.
She last posted a photo to her Instagram account Aug. 25. Her profile links to an eight-minute YouTube video posted Aug. 19, which features herself and her boyfriend embarking on their "van life journey" in the U.S.
In the video, Petito and her boyfriend, identified as "Brian," can be seen driving, hiking and camping at different roads, parks and beaches across the country.
Police are asking anyone with information about her whereabouts to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
Matteo Moschella and Mohammed Syed contributed.
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