'#GabbyPetito' Trends On Twitter On Anniversary Of Her Body Being Discovered

It’s been exactly one year since the remains of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito were discovered.

On September 19, 2021, law enforcement officials discovered human remains in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming.

Just eight days prior, Gabby was reported missing by her mother, Nichole Schmidt.

Sadly, the remains discovered were those of the 22-year-old and were estimated to have been there for weeks.

Her parents, Joseph Petito and Schmidt, celebrated her life on August 27th by lighting up the night sky across the world.

“#GabbyPetito” began trending on Twitter today with many commemorating Gabby’s life and legacy.

Her mother shared a heartbreaking post about getting the “worst phone call of our lives.”

“🌈 One year ago, we received the worst phone call of our lives. To honor #gabbypetito you can continue to share #missingpersons… brave stories of #DomesticViolence to #breakthesilence & always #BeKind #TogetherWeCan #wewontstop #lookforrainbows #lifeisshort #letitbe,” Schmidt tweeted.

Her father, Joseph, shared an adorable throwback photo of Gabby with her little brother in New York Jets football jerseys.

Thank you all for the love and support you have shown our families. Please take a moment and share a #missingpersons story to help bring them home safe. #EveryoneDeservesTheSameAttention I shared this picture because we are @nyjets fans and they won. #togetherwecan#GABBYPETITO

One fan tweeted, “Let’s all light a candle for Gabby today. It is important to remember why we are all here and who brought us together. This is what truly matters. 🤍🤍🤍 #GABBYPETITO #justiceforgabby.”

“Remembering #GabbyPetito one year after the FBI confirmed the discovery of her remains in Wyoming. Her parents are honoring their daughter by supporting efforts to find missing people. & organizations that help victims of domestic violence,” WFLA reporter Justin Schecker tweeted.

“Please,remember to #BEKIND as we remember #GabbyPetito on this 1yr anniversary. Take this day to share missing posters as requested by her parents. Let’s flood Twitter with #RainbowsForGabby 🌈and kindness. Sending love and prayers to her family on this difficult day.We❤️you Gabby,” another supporter wrote.

One person shared a photo of a rainbow and wrote, “9.19 My thoughts and love to the Petito and Schmidt families today.”

On Thursday, September 15th, Gabby’s parents visited Washington D.C. to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Domestic Violence Hotline.

Activists are calling domestic violence a “national health crisis,” and it affects nearly a quarter of American women and one in seven men.

Joseph and Tara Petito and Nichole and Jim Schmidt attended “Hope Is On The Line” where nearly 200 survivors, activists and lawmakers met to acknowledge and celebrate the hotline’s work.

“We cried most of the evening, but we are so proud to be part of this,” Petito’s mother, tweeted after the event. “We want to help, we want to make change, we want to fight!”

The Gabby Petito foundation held its first fundraiser last year and donated $100,000.00 to the hotline.

“We answered our first call in 1996,” the hotline said in a statement after Thursday’s event. “Since then, we’ve responded to the calls, chats, and texts of more than 6 million people impacted by relationship abuse.”

President Biden also marked the hotline’s major anniversary.

“28 years ago, the Violence Against Women Act became law,” he tweeted. “I wrote VAWA to fight the scourge of domestic violence. It also created the National Domestic Violence Hotline, a lifeline for survivors. Because of the Act, lives have been saved, children protected, and futures restored.”