
As of Wednesday morning, the hashtag #gabbypetito had received more than 794 million views on TikTok.

Petito on YouTube and Instagram during her summertime cross-country trip. The intensity of the coverage has mirrored the interest of social media users, who have discussed and debated the case on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter as they pored over the videos and photos posted by Ms. Petito’s and determined her death a likely homicide, the case was the main story on the Fox News website, as well as a top online story at The Washington Post, USA Today, BuzzFeed, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News. On Wednesday morning, the day after a coroner confirmed that the remains were Ms. There were also live briefings from Newsweek and The Independent, a British publication, and frequent segments on cable news channels. “Any story that captivates the nation and our readers like this one is front-page worthy,” a New York Post spokeswoman said in a statement. The New York Times published a breaking news story and a live briefing, and sent a news alert to subscribers. Petito’s disappearance in August, the discovery of her remains and the search for her missing fiancé, Brian Laundrie, 23, has been relentless, with three front-page articles in The New York Post in less than a week.


“But the way this story has captivated the nation has many wondering, why not the same media attention when people of color go missing?” “The Petito family certainly deserve answers and justice,” Ms.
