Vanished on the Open Road: The Gabby Petito Story: Love, Lies, and the Digital Trail That Led to a Killer

By Linda Davidson

Vanished on the Open Road: The Gabby Petito Story
Love, Lies, and the Digital Trail That Led to a Killer
She went missing in the most watched case of the digital age. The clues were everywhere-on Instagram, in a dashcam, along a quiet forest road in Wyoming. And still, no one saw the danger until it was too late.
In Vanished on the Open Road: The Gabby Petito Story, Linda Davidson takes readers beyond the headlines to the young woman before the hashtag: a creative 22-year-old chasing sunsets, building a van-life dream, and struggling to hold a fragile relationship together as the road narrowed around her.
With careful research and a survivor-centered perspective, Davidson retraces the investigation that transfixed a nation, the online sleuths who helped direct the search, the red flags hidden in plain sight, and the haunting questions left behind after a confession without a trial.
More than a true-crime narrative, this is a story about coercive control, media bias, community action-and the lives that can still be saved when we learn to recognize what love is not.
Inside you'll find: A clear, reader-friendly source listAdvocacy resources for survivors and familiesA practical guide to recognizing signs of non-physical abuse

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G64VXPF7
• ISBN13: 9798264528040
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"