well thank you all for joining us. I am dr Brent blue. Uh Teton County Wyoming coroner after a detailed investigation by our forensic pathologists are anthropologists and local law enforcement with assistance from the FBI. The Teton County corner office is following the following verdict in the death of Gabrielle Leonora the Tito. We hereby find the cause and manner of death to be the cause of death. By strangulation and manner is homicide by Wyoming State statute. No other information will be released about the autopsy. The only thing that is released in the state of Wyoming is cause and manner of death. I think they say they can't hear you just one second. Yeah should I start over them there. Thank you for joining us. Sorry about the audio issue. I'm dr Brent Blue Teton County Wyoming corner. After the detailed investigation by our forensic pathologists or anthropologist and local law enforcement. With assistance from the FBI. The Teton County coroner's office is following the following verdict in the manner of death of Gabrielle Leonora petito. We find the cause and manner to be caused death by strangulation and manner is homicide. Mhm. By Wyoming state statute only the cause and manner of death are released. Their autopsy findings and photographs and that sort of material is not released by state statute and I'll be glad to entertain some questions at this time. Mhm. Thanks. Hi brian this is Alex with the news and God can you hear me? Yes I'm curious whether you're able to pinpoint a date of death and one and if you know whether or one Gabby's remains will be returned to her family. The remains have been uh returned to the mortuary here and the mortuary was dealing with the family at this time. As far as the disposition of the remains, as far as the time of death we are estimated 3-4 weeks from the time that the body was found. Uh That is actually determined by uh unfortunately those than the uh that our office. Yeah. Yeah. Yes it's Vivian you are able to ask your question. Yes. What's the question? I didn't hear a question. Chris I believe that you are needed. If you can amuse yourself. Okay. It's john Walsh from in pursuit. With john Walsh on discovery I. D. Dr Blue, thank you for your time. I think everybody in the world believes that brian laundry killed Gabby um with your extensive work on the body. Are you sure that it's brian uh laundry? And will the FBI issue a nationwide homicide uh warrant. Now that they know the cause of death, We are only tasked with the determination of cause and manner of death. Who committed the homicide is up to law enforcement and I cannot answer the question about the FBI. He would have to contact them jeremy Copus. You are now allowed to ask your question. Yes. Hello doctor. Um If you could um please can you comment on any other bruising may be on the body that possibly was um healing possibly older um bruises or cuts that that might have um been healing over the last couple of weeks before. On her passing by my owning state statute. No other information about the autopsy is released. Just the cause of death. Hi there. This is Heatherly reporter at abc action News is in Tampa florida. I just wanted to know if you could explain why it took about a month for this process to finish. Um I think a lot of people were hoping that they would learn this information sooner. So I just think if you could just explain the process and why it took a month. Well the main reason was that we were a very exacting in our examination in the detail by which that examination was done. We were waiting for uh various specialists to come in and help us with this investigation. We were waiting on toxicology to be returned and it was just a matter of making sure we have everything right. Thank you. Is there another question brian entin? I believe you're a muted right now. Oh as steve Fabian. Yes. Hi doctor, how are you? I am curious if any DNA samples were taken from Gabby's remains and also if the body was intact. Are you able to tell us the condition of Gabby's remains? Uh I can tell you the DNA samples were taken by law enforcement And all I can tell you about remains is that the body was outside for 3-4 weeks. Chris, Vivian, do you have your hair knocks? Was that a question? I didn't hear the question there. Percy dr blue. Yes. It's john Walsh again from in pursuit with john Walsh. Um, you will probably be the most important witness at the trial. And I asked you before how confident you feel that brian laundry. You know, they used the cinematics. He was a person of interest. I'm old school. He was the only suspect he ever and I uh, I just wonder you're going to be the most important guy at the trial Probably. Um, do you have any doubts? It's brian laundry. Yeah. I can't make any comment about any suspects because we're not involved in that part of the investigation. We are only involved in the investigation of the body of the deceased. So who committed the homicide is really to be determined by law enforcement. Right. But I thank you for your hard work. And I always say in so many cases I've been involved in. Let the pathologist in the corner, do their work. No matter how long it takes. So, I think you've probably done a really good job on this case. Thank you for your time. Hey there doctor. This is rochelle align with abc action news in Tampa. Just a quick question. Can you kind of walk us through the process to how you arrived at this specific manner of death In the state of Wyoming. There are four possibilities for uh a manner of death. They are homicide, suicide, accident and natural. And those are the four choices. Uh When we do an investigation, we look at the crime scene or the scene of the death, the scene of the body, the condition of the body uh and findings at autopsy and toxicology and uh that is how we arrive at the manner of death. So it really depends on lots of different circumstances. Doctor steven Fabian again from inside edition, can you tell us if the body was buried when it was discovered or it was if the body was on the surface? I can't tell you that that's uh would be something you'd have to ask the FBI because we're not allowed to release that information. Um kelly Vaughn. Do you have a question kelly von um we have brian entering in the chat. Who has a question. What's your question brian? Was there any impact on her body from whether or wild animals in the national park? I'm sorry, I didn't hear the question, Was there any impact on her body from weather or wild animals in the national park? All like a really common about that? Is that her body was outside in the wilderness for 3-4 weeks. Hey s L. Assignment you were in muted Ksl assignment? Hello dan rascon here from Ksl tv in Salt Lake dr blue. Can you tell us at all whether or not was it believed that she was murdered there at that location or does any indication that her body was drug there or taken there? Or can you give us any indication there? Ah I can't comment on that. That would be something you'd have to speak with. Law enforcement or the FBI? Perfect. Yeah. Matthew fella. Mhm. Matthew Saleh. Do you have a question? Hey doctor Blue. It's actually jimmy from daily Mail dot com in new york here. What were the results of the toxicology report? And is there any suggestion that Gabby had any drugs in your system? And if so what were they the results of the toxicology are not public knowledge by why? So I can't comment about that home. Thank you. Um We have a question from the chat. Was Gabby Petito pregnant? She was not pregnant. Yes thomas. Tope. Hi doctor my question. Did you seek the advice of forensic entomologist or forensic botanists during the course of your investigation? Uh The FBI has sent materials to a forensic entomologists. WPBF 25 News. Yeah. Hi doctor. This is terry parker from WPBF in Palm beach county florida. I'm wondering if you said you were very thorough in this autopsy and examination. Could you give us an example of the type of test and um analysis as you performed. Uh This autopsy included a whole body cat scan uh a examination by forensic pathologist. An examination by a forensic anthropologist uh and toxicology uh evaluation. So it was pretty much covered all the bases, jeremy copas. Yes. Doctor thanks for taking a question. And you mentioned that um strangulation is the cause of death. Can you talk about how you received how you came to that conclusion? I cannot. That is part of the autopsy findings. Uh And it's not discoverable by lining statue. Was there any other cause of death um that you were that was a possibility in this case? Well we look at all causes all possibilities what we try to determine cause of death. But that this is the the cause of death that we determined. I have a question. Um From chat. It is was the manner of death, obvious strangulation marks, bones, injured neck. Uh The man. Uh nothing is obvious in a situation like this. So uh detailed analysis was used both determined manner and cause of death. I can't go into details on how we made those decisions. Costin thorn. Yes. Hi dr kristen thorn with W. Abc in new york. Could you just please repeat about how long you believe the body was out there? Unfortunately the last time you spoke we just didn't get a good uh film shot of you saying that. Would you mind repeating that Our initial determination is the body was in the wilderness for 3- four weeks. Thank you. Yeah. Hey it's given. Are you have to um mute? I believe you're still needed. Sorry about that. Good afternoon. Dr Blue um relating back to the date of death. Is there a date listed on the death certificate? The death certificate has not been completed at this time. And the death certificates of the state of Wyoming. And allow for approximate dates and uh variability in those dates. So I doubt there will not be an exact date of death on the death certificate. Eileen with News 12. Hi doctor this is Eileen palmer from news 12. Um we sort of asked it a little bit but is there a way that you can explain how you know um that it was strangulation? Um Sometimes I know that the hyoid bone could be missing. Is that something that you discovered in this case? I can't comment on that because it would be a finding of the autopsy. And as I stated before in the state of Wyoming the autopsy results are not public knowledge. So then you can't clarify whether it was manual strangulation or with an item correct? That's correct. Michael Ruiz. Thanks for making time for us. Doctor. Was the entire examination conducted at your lab in Jackson or was Gabby Pitino's body shipped to another facility. The examination was done entirely at our board in Teton County, Wyoming Ona. To Greg Greg Gregorio. Gregorio. It's actually Ashleigh Banfield with News Nation. Um Doctor. Thank you for taking the time today. Can I ask you if um from the very beginning of your process. Was it obvious that the cause not the matter that the cause was strangulation and that you just needed this time to prove it out? Or were you completely unaware from the beginning what the cause of death was for Gabby Petito and had to resolved through a number of puzzle solving manners and other experts to arrive at that final, um, that final cause determination in a situation like this, nothing is obvious. And so, uh, the cause of death required investigation uh, with the William walking, hey there dr blew my name is Will I'm from a K. H. O. L. Jackson community radio here in Jackson. Um, you know, your small town corner here in Western Wyoming this case got so much national attention as we can see right now. Can you speak on what it was like doing your job with such a big spotlight on you. Thanks two. Well, it was quite the media circus and continues to be. Unfortunately, this is only one of many deaths around the country of people who are involved in domestic violence and uh, it's unfortunate that these other deaths do not get as much coverage as this one. I'm assuming that because the deceased was a blogger that this received more coverage than others. But there are a lot of both men and women who have lost their lives that aren't covered with this kind of media attention Frances if you're yes. Hello. This is for instance Fury from the uh port charlotte's son? I just want to go back to my previous question. Although I imagine your response. Uh is there Anything you can tell us about how exactly determined it was a 3-4 week period before death? I can't go into that kind of information at this time. I understand. Thanks very much. We have the snacks squad. Hey this is Andy Mercado from Mercado media. Could you go over the length of time the autopsy report took and thank you for your time dr Blue. Well the length of time was involved in the sense that we received a report from the investigating and examining forensic pathologist. We had a report done by our anthropologist and we had toxicology studies that were done uh in addition to the report from the radiologic studies. So all these came together and that's what uh took time for us to complete this investigation. Hi doctor, could you speak to the state of decomposition and did that at all hinder your investigation? Yeah. I can't comment on that. Doctor. Would you would you like to take any more questions uh unless there's other specific questions that haven't been answered already. Why don't we uh closest? And thank you all very much for for your participation. And uh I can tell you that I will not be answering any other detailed questions about the autopsy. As I said state statute prevents us from doing that. So contacted me by email and phone. It's not going to reveal any additional information, but thank you for your time and I appreciate uh your interest dr blue. I have one more question. Is there a way to determine if this was accidental or deliberate? You mean in the sense of a homicide? Yes. Uh that would be up to law enforcement to make that determination. Okay? Thank you again. Thank you all very much for your time, Okay? Yeah. Mm. Yeah.