On what would have been Gabby's 26th birthday, her grandmother spoke out in hopes that her tragic story can be used to help others.
Hosted by ABC7 New York Eyewitness News investigative reporter Kristin Thorne, "Missing" tells the real stories of missing people around the New York City tri-state area whose stories have long gone untold.
The lawsuit says "Gabby's murder might have been prevented if the officers had acted properly."
The lawyer for Petito's parents, Patrick Reilly, said during a remote hearing in Sarasota County Circuit Court in Florida that he saw the letter at an FBI regional office and it expressed things "including helping him get out of prison, getting a shovel and some other things."
The photo, recovered from cloud storage, was taken in the back of Petito's van on August 12, the same day the couple was pulled over by Moab police as they were traveling through Utah, the family's lawyer says.
The legislation calls for information on missing people to be entered into the FBI's internal database called the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).