The Gabby Petito<\/strong> case is the latest social media whodunit for a true-crime obsessed generation on TikTok<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The #GabbyPetito hashtag<\/strong> has more than 500 million views on the short-form video app. And many TikTok creators<\/strong> share updates including unconfirmed reports, screenshots of texts from amateur sleuths about their theories and their own feelings about the case.<\/p>\n Some of the crowd-sleuthing on social media has even turned up leads.<\/p>\n Authorities found human remains they believe to be Petito<\/strong> near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. A second search for her fianc\u00e9 and the sole person of interest in the case, Brian Laundrie, came up empty. FBI agents on Monday searched the Florida home of Petito and Laundrie.<\/p>\n The two were living at his parents\u2019 Florida<\/strong> home before leaving from Long Island in July on a weeks-long, cross-country adventure. Laundrie, who returned to Florida alone Sept. 1, intensified the mystery by refusing to discuss Petito’s whereabouts with authorities, then disappearing himself last week.<\/p>\n Miranda Baker<\/strong>, in videos posted to TikTok<\/strong>, said she and her boyfriend picked up Laundrie, who was hitchhiking, on Aug. 29 at Grand Teton Park. She said they notified police of the brief encounter.<\/p>\n Travel vloggers Jenn<\/strong> and Kyle Bethune<\/strong> said on Instagram they spotted Petito’s white van in GoPro footage they recorded while camping in late August. They shared the footage with the FBI before posting it online. What are thought to be Petito<\/strong>\u2019s remains were found close to that spot.<\/p>\n Jenn Bethune<\/strong> said she reviewed the footage after someone tagged her in a social media post calling on people who had visited the national park on Aug. 27 to help investigators.<\/p>\n \u201cMany people following (Petito<\/strong>) feel like they have a vested interest in her because she was a part of their lives as she told her stories, and when it abruptly ends because of a tragedy, they want to help find out who did it,\u201d said Todd Shipley, president of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association.<\/p>\n But a missing person investigation this massive staffed by untrained volunteers can create problems for law enforcement and investigators trying to sort through thousands of leads, Shipley said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to evaluate what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not and sort through all of the information and determine what\u2019s of value,\u201d he told USA TODAY. \u201cWith thousands of tips coming in it can be both valuable and overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n ##justiceforgabby<\/a> ##gabbypetito<\/a> ##brianlaundrie<\/a><\/p> \u266c original sound – Emily Flood<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote>