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LOOK OF TERROR
A BODY language expert has claimed Gabby Petito showed signs of "fear" and was "closed off" from Brian Laundrie in the last known video footage of the young couple.
Gabby's final hours were captured on a surveillance video from a Wyoming Whole Foods on August 27, 2021, as she's seen strolling through the supermarket with her eventual killer fiancé Brian.
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“As soon as they are seen walking toward the door you notice something very off," body language expert Patti Wood told The U.S. Sun in an exclusive interview.
Reacting to a video obtained by Fox News Digital, Patti said: “It's very clear that she's afraid and closed off from him.
"She’s closed down, cut off, and is so small and tiny."
Wood added: “She looks frightened and they're not communicating with each other."
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Gabby, 22, made headlines last year after she disappeared on a cross-country road trip with Brian, 23.
Her beaten and strangled body turned up in Grand Teton National Park weeks after she vanished.
Police eventually determined that Gabby was murdered by Brian after they discovered a written confession alongside his body at a wildlife preserve, where he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The body language expert said that Brian "wasn’t giving any loving comfort cues" in the surveillance video captured before their deaths.
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“He puts his arm up and around her in an awkward possession hug," she said.
"He wasn’t looking at her face. He tilted his head down thinking ‘it’ll be OK.'"
Wood explained: “The possession hold was up high and pushing down and gripping the other side of the arm.
“It wasn’t down and around the waist which would show them getting along.
"It's up and down upon them."
She added: “Some women can cuddle up into that and tilt their head into that and feel protected.
"So it can be, it can turn into a protective hold.
"But in this case, it shows possession."
'LACK OF POWER'
Wood explained how Gabby's body language showed her "lack of power" in her relationship with Brian.
“Gabby is pulling away, her body is tight and collapsed down and closed.
"It shows her lack of power," she said.
“Laundrie is showing power but she is showing vulnerability and powerlessness.
“Her extreme discomfort is shown by her walking with her head slightly down, shoulders down, arms wrapped tightly around the front of her body in a 'Protective Shaw' hold.
“It looks like her hand on one side is hidden under her arm so that he can't try to touch and hold it."
'FEAR OF ATTACK'
“She is also walking with her legs extremely close together which could indicate a fear of attack," Wood said.
“She is afraid of him and closed off from him."
Wood said that the couple's body language indicates signs of a fight.
"[Gabby] remains closed, tense, and small indicating these are victim cues rather than anger cues on her part.
“Laundrie putting his hands in his pockets shows him trying to hide his frustration.
“If people saw them in the parking lot, most would’ve thought they had a fight.
"They would think that she isn’t happy with him.
"The signs are obvious," she said.
Gabby's previously reported final sighting was at a Tex-Mex restaurant.
Nina Celie Angelo, of New Orleans, told Fox News that she was traveling through Jackson Hole on the 27th with her boyfriend when they saw Brian arguing with a waitress while Gabby sat by his side.
The alleged witness claimed that Brian left the restaurant and returned at least four times during the incident and that Gabby eventually stepped in to apologize for the "aggressive" behavior of her fiancé.
The new video suggests that Brian and Gabby left the restaurant and headed to the Whole Foods afterward.
WARNING SIGNS
Wood said that grocery shopping is a very intimate act for a couple, but Gabby and Brian seem like they aren't even in the store together.
“Normally women would put their bags on the outside so they can walk with their sweethearts.
“They are not in the store together even though it’s just the two of them on this trip," she said.
"You would think that they would want to make decisions together.
"One of the most intimate things you can do with your partner is grocery shop with them."
'I'M THE GOOD GUY'
This video shows Gabby's "victimhood," according to the expert.
Wood said: "We only see she was frightened."
“The arm that [Brian] tries to put around her is a way of him saying that ‘we are a couple’.
"I've got to make it seem like that I'm a good guy."
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While the warning signs may be obvious now, Gabby still fell victim to domestic violence, which ended her life.
"People may not want to have interfered as their relationship is part of their private life," Wood said.
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