Gabby Petito Merchandise Being Sold Online, Amazon & Etsy Sellers Hoping To Profit Off 22-Year-Old Vlogger's Highly Publicized Death
Sept. 22 2021, Published 1:06 p.m. ET
It's hard to believe that this is the world we live in, but alas...
Vendors on Amazon Marketplace and Etsy are now selling Gabby Petito merchandise for profit in an effort to cash in on the 22-year-old vlogger's highly publicized case.
As the hunt for missing "person of interest" Brian Laundrie continues, independent sellers on the aforementioned websites have begun touting T-shirts, hoodies, baseball caps, decorative pillows and reportedly even an e-book related to her death, which was confirmed on Tuesday to have been by homicide.
Petito had been declared missing on Sept. 11, 10 days after Laundrie returned home to Florida alone following the former couple's cross-country road trip. He then vanished on Sept. 14.
A search for "Gabby Petito" on Amazon brings up four items for sale by a merchant named SHANZEI, while the book was reportedly available on Amazon's Kindle Store until a few hours ago.
SHANZEI is offering a men's T-shirt and woman's T-shirt in three different colors and varying sizes for $12.98 each. Both cotton shirts are emblazoned with "Praying for Gabby Petito" and contain photos she has posted to her Instagram page.
The vendor is also selling two hoodies bearing similar designs – one of which includes the hashtag #FindGabby – for $29.98 each.
SHANZEI is a third-party apparel merchant that's linked to China, as its seller profile indicates that the items ship from Yuanqu County Jinfeng Trading Company.
As for the book, titled Gabby Petito: Everything You Need To Know About The Missing Travel Influencer by Victor Micah, it is no longer available for sale on the website; however, according to The Sun, it was listed under "memoir short reads" and retailed for $2.99.
The description of the book was reportedly as follows: "Who Gabby Petito really is; [about] Gabby's disappearance; Where and how her dead body was found; and proof that Brain Laundrie [sic] - Gabby's boyfriend - killed her."
A search for "Victor Micah" on Amazon shows that he has authored several other short "biographies" about celebrity deaths and trending topics.