Gabby Petito's Best Friend Believes Brian Laundrie Is A 'Jealous' & 'Controlling' 'Sociopath' Who Displayed Signs Of 'Domestic Abuse'
Sept. 24 2021, Published 3:28 p.m. ET
Hindsight is usually 20/20, but it's not always tragic.
Unfortunately for 21-year-old Rose Davis, it's both.
Davis was best friends with Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old vlogger from New York whose death by homicide following a mysterious disappearance while on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé-turned-"person of interest" has garnered nationwide attention.
That attention has morphed into all-out desperation, as 23-year-old Brian Laundrie is nowhere to be found.
A federal arrest warrant for the North Port, Florida, resident was issued Thursday after numerous sources and eyewitnesses have come forward with anecdotal evidence about Laundrie's "aggressive" demeanor, Petito's emotional state and places the couple was last seen.
But no one experienced the pair's relationship quite like the deceased's closest pal, who believes Brian is a "jealous" and "controlling" "sociopath" who displayed signs of "domestic abuse."
Rose told People that she considered his relationship with Gabby to be the definition of "very toxic."
"At the time, it just seemed like he was jealous," she recalled of her early memories of their romance. "Honestly, it seemed like a jealousy problem, which I understood because, you look at Brian and then you look at Gabby and you're like, 'Gabby, you could have anyone in this entire world.'"
"He did have jealousy issues and that was apparent," Rose went on. "I mean that you could see right through it when after you hang out with them just a few times."
After first meeting Laundrie, Davis said she remembers telling her mother that she thought he was "a little weird."
"I said, 'Something's a little off about him. I don't know what.' It was the first thing I said," she told the outlet, adding that her mom reminded her of that moment "when [Gabby] went missing. She was like, 'Didn't you say he was weird?'"