Families of Gabby Petito, Mandy Mayne push for domestic violence prevention bill in Utah legislature
"Every state needs to do this and we will fight and go wherever we can to keep helping get this bill passed," said Nicole Schmidt, the mother of Gabby Petito, who was killed by her boyfriend in 2021.
Petito's body was found in Wyoming after she was killed by her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. The two had interacted with Moab police officers weeks earlier when a witness said they saw a man, identified as Laundrie, hitting a woman. The bill would also create a database where domestic violence calls would be tracked and accessible to all law enforcement agencies, so officers know if they are responding to a home with prior family disturbances.
The bill's passage was celebrated by victim advocates who have long pushed for changes to Utah laws to help prevent intimate partner homicide.
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