Joe Petito

There is really a vast difference. Minorities do not get shared the same as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed white girl. They have family, they have friends, and they just want them found. Indigenous women go missing and are murdered at rates 10 times higher than the rest of the country. And it was, how can we help? What can we do to help elevate your voice?

There is really a vast difference. Minorities do not get shared the same as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed white girl. They have family, they have friends, and they just want them found. Indigenous women go missing and are murdered at rates 10 times higher than the rest of the country. And it was, how can we help? What can we do to help elevate your voice?

And we had no idea that it was going to take the entire world by storm.

And we had no idea that it was going to take the entire world by storm.

It just seemed like everybody came together as one because they had a mission to find her.

It just seemed like everybody came together as one because they had a mission to find her.

I was out in Wyoming there, and they were getting a tremendous amount of tips. And so people started recognizing, hey, I was in that area around that time. So they started going back and looking at their own photos and their own videos.

I was out in Wyoming there, and they were getting a tremendous amount of tips. And so people started recognizing, hey, I was in that area around that time. So they started going back and looking at their own photos and their own videos.

They were already in that area searching.

They were already in that area searching.

But it's such a vast area out there. And that was just like that missing piece of sight. They were in the right place. And if they didn't have that, we'd still be looking today.

But it's such a vast area out there. And that was just like that missing piece of sight. They were in the right place. And if they didn't have that, we'd still be looking today.

They could pinpoint exactly where that van was, and I want to say within a day of that is when they found her.

They could pinpoint exactly where that van was, and I want to say within a day of that is when they found her.

And I said, you have to be sure.

And I said, you have to be sure.

I can remember every waking moment of that day, September 19th. Meeting with my FBI agent in the morning, kept getting phone calls asking about certain things. And finally I got a phone call. They asked where I was, if I was close to the hotel. I said, yeah, I'm a few blocks away. They said, you need to meet us there now. And at that moment I knew it wasn't good.

I can remember every waking moment of that day, September 19th. Meeting with my FBI agent in the morning, kept getting phone calls asking about certain things. And finally I got a phone call. They asked where I was, if I was close to the hotel. I said, yeah, I'm a few blocks away. They said, you need to meet us there now. And at that moment I knew it wasn't good.

They came in and they said, we found remains consistent of your daughter. We won't know until we do a forensic autopsy. But you have to call your family. And there was another girl missing around the same time who fit her description. And I remember I was crying. And I said, you have to be sure. Like, I have to be sure if I'm making this phone call remains consistent. What does that mean?

They came in and they said, we found remains consistent of your daughter. We won't know until we do a forensic autopsy. But you have to call your family. And there was another girl missing around the same time who fit her description. And I remember I was crying. And I said, you have to be sure. Like, I have to be sure if I'm making this phone call remains consistent. What does that mean?