US Politics | Gabby Petito’s dad shares harrowing tribute to Kiely Rodni after body found in frantic search for missing 16-year-old
GABBY Petito's dad shared a heartbreaking tribute to missing 16-year-old Kiely Rodni shortly after a body was found in the frantic search for the teen. A body \- who police believe is that of Kiely...s \- was found on Sunday inside an overturned SUV that was pulled from the Prosser Reservoir in Truckee County, California. APA body believed to be that of Kiely Rodni was found on Sunday '/ ' A team of expert divers from YouTube stumbled upon the discovery in the Prosser ReservoirKCRA APGabby Petito's father, Joe, sent his condolences to Kiely's family in a heartbreaking social media post '/ ' Kiely has been missing since August 6 after attending an end-of-school bash near a campsite in Truckee, CaliforniaKCRA Joe Petito sent his condolences to the 16-year-old's family as he heartbreakingly said, ...the motions all come back to the surface.... ...My condolences to #kielyrondi's family. May she rest in piece 'SIC '. The emotions all come back to the surface when you see things like this. #missingpersons #togetherwecan,... Joe shared. A team of expert divers, Adventures With Purpose, stumbled upon the harrowing discovery on Sunday during their hours-long search of every body of water near the reservoir. Footage from the scene showed search and rescue crews pulling a Honda SUV from the water while a tow truck was waiting by the shoreline. More on Kiely Rodni DEEP DIVE Scuba sleuths who cracked Kiely Rodni case reveal most traumatic part of job FAMILY MOURNS Autopsy to be conducted TODAY after ADP find body believed to be missing teen The group said the car was found in 14 feet of water. The silver vehicle was then covered in a purple tarp once it was brought to shore. The license plate and make and model of the car matched Kiely's. After the discovery, the group claimed on social media: ...We have CONFIRMED Kiely is inside." The team searched Donner Lake for more than two hours, trying to figure out where Kiely's car, which had also gone missing, could've entered the water. Most read in The US Sun DASHING DENIM Khloe shows off thin frame as jeans struggle to stay around her tiny waist HOWL COLD! Kourtney shades sister Kylie by hinting at her baby son's name amid family feud SHADY SHEIN I did a SHEIN swim haul - the bottoms were so revealing, I couldn't wear them CASHING IN Exact date Americans have until to apply for $500 monthly direct payments HORROR SCENE Devastating pics after 5 friends killed in crash by driver who 'lost license' buried in backyard Chilling twist after decomposed remains of newborn baby found in yard They searched several ponds in the Cold Stream area, but the water was too shallow, team leader Doug Bishop told Fox 40. The divers searched for several more hours in the Boca Reservoir, putting two boats in the water to assist them. Nick Rinn, a certified diver, said: ...We're taking our resources and the intel that we've been provided and we're trying to see different avenues.... He said it was a ...different place to look." Adventures With Purpose is an organization dedicated to finding family members that have gone missing. On Monday, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said they have not obtained a positive identification of the body, but they ...believe... the vehicle and deceased victim pulled from the waters is Kiely. In a statement to The U.S. Sun, a spokesperson for Kiely's family said: ...At this time, I have no word from Kiely's family as to the validity of yesterday's social media posts indicating that Kiely and her car have been found. ...This has not been confirmed to me by the family or by the Placer County Sheriff's Office.... KIELY GOES MISSING Over 100 volunteers and at least 18 law enforcement agencies desperately searched for Kiely after she mysteriously vanished from the large ...teen-drinking... event the night of August 6. Detectives at the time revealed that Kiely attended a large party with more than 100 other teen and young adult guests. Authorities and loved ones were unable to track Kiely's phone after it went ...dead,... becoming ...virtually untraceable,... officials with the Placer County Sheriff's Office said. When Rodni's mother, Lindsey, awoke the following morning to find her daughter still not home and her car missing from their driveway, panic began to set in. Courtesy of FamilyAuthorities have yet to disclose whether the body found on Sunday is that of Kiely's '/ ' Placer County Sheriff's OfficeKiely's mother, Lindsey Rodni-Nieman, pleaded for her daughter's return in a video message released a day following her disappearance '/ ' The US SunOfficials from 18 law enforcement agencies assisted in the search for Kiely '/ ' ...I called her and sent her texts, too, and she didn't answer,... Lindsey told ABC News. ...That's when I knew something was wrong.... The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that men in their late 20s were giving out free drugs, including mushrooms and cocaine, to teens at the party. Kiely's friend, Sami Smith, shared footage from the Friday night party, which took place in the public woodland area surrounding the campsite. The video shows dozens of teens gathered on the land surrounded by trees, with trash strewn around, including what appear to be empty bottles of alcohol. Sami, who claimed she felt uncomfortable when the party got bigger, also told reporters that she and Kiely were drinking from the same containers, doing shots, and went back to her car together to charge Kiely's phone at one point. She left before Kiely and there have not been any confirmed sightings of her doing drugs at the party or leaving. PETITOS & LAUNDRIES LEGAL BATTLE Meanwhile, Gabby...s parents are in the midst of her legal battle with Brian Laundrie...s family. The Petitos earned a massive victory in their legal battle against Chris and Roberta Laundrie after a judge decided to move forward with the case. The court's ruling was made based on Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino...s statement during the search for Gabby, which Judge Hunter W Carroll called ...objectively outrageous.... Bertolino said during the search for the missing vlogger: ...On behalf of the Laundrie family, it is our hope that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is reunited with her family.... The Laundries' silence and Bertolino's comment \- while allegedly knowing Gabby was dead \- provided false hope and invoked emotional distress, Petito's lawyer Patrick Reilly argued in court. ...Because the Laundries' statement by their attorney in the context of the unique faces of this case is objectively outrageous, the Court concludes that Plaintiffs 'Petitos ' have stated causes of actions for intentional infliction of emotional distress against the Laundries,... the judge wrote. ...If the facts of this case truly were about silence with no affirmative act by the Laundries, the Court would have resolved this case in the Laundries' favor on the concept of legal duty. ...But they did not stay silent,... the judge continued. $50MILLION LAWSUIT Joe and Nichole Schmidt recently filed a $50million lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department, blaming its officers for ...failing to protect... the van-life blogger in a domestic violence call weeks before her murder. The lawsuit, unveiled by the Petito family's attorney Brian Stewart, accuses Moab City PD of a series of negligent failures during an encounter with Gabby and her soon-to-be murderer boyfriend Brian Laundrie on August 12, 2021. On that day, the department had been alerted to a possible domestic dispute between Laundrie, 23, and Gabby, 21, near a supermarket, with one witness calling 911 and claiming to have seen a man ...slapping... and ...hitting... his partner while chasing her up and down the sidewalk. Body camera footage of the encounter shows a visibly distressed Gabby telling officers she and Laundrie had been ...fighting all morning.... Through floods of tears, she also described how Brian had pushed her, grabbed her face and neck, and left her with a cut on the side of her cheek. In their report, officers acknowledged that she had scratches and red marks on her face and arms. A smiling Laundrie, meanwhile, issued officers a series of inconsistent statements and told them Gabby ...gets worked up sometimes... and that he had been trying to calm her down. He admitted to pushing her and claimed she struck him and scratched his face. After more than an hour, one of the officers is heard concluding that Gabby was the ...primary aggressor... of the dispute, with another directly telling Brian he is a ...victim of domestic assault.... No charges were filed, and at officers' instructions, the couple separated for the night. Gabby stayed in their van and Laundrie was escorted to a nearby motel frequently used for domestic abuse survivors. Just over two weeks later, Gabby was strangled to death by Laundrie at a campsite near Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. In their lawsuit, the Petito family accuses Moab Police, Assistant Chief Braydon Palmer, attending officers Eric Pratt and Daniel Robbins, and several other department employees of a series of ...wrongful acts and neglect... which ultimately failed to protect Gabby from Laundrie, leading to her eventual death. Read More on The US Sun BRUTAL SLAYING Teen couple 'murdered' in home by 'doomsday prophet who carried out rituals' CASH WIN I'm a finance pro - my low-stress side hustles have little interaction & make cash Those alleged wrongful acts include failing to ...understand and enforce the law of the State of Utah, 'and ' to investigate Brian's self-evidently false claims during their interviews with him.... The Petitos also claim that Moab police failed to ...properly train the officers to investigate domestic violence situations, and to properly assess the circumstances, including to identify Brian as the true primary aggressor.... Social Media - Refer to sourceGabby Petito's parents are currently in a legal battle with the Laundries '/ ' Social Media - Refer to sourceThe Petitos filed a $50million lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department, blaming its officers for ...failing to protect' the van-life blogger during their traffic stop in Utah '/ '
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