OLD Facebook posts with sweet emojis between Gabby Petito and her ex-boyfriend have been revealed.
Gabby and Brandon Williams had been friends throughout childhood and dated for a time in 2012 before parting ways.
A simple post back in February 2012 from Williams read: “With Gabby Petito” followed by a heart emoji.
A photo posted a few days later showed Williams sitting cross-legged in a field. Underneath, Gabby commented with a heart emoji.
Gabby’s parents had shared concerns about their daughter dating on the social media site around the same time.
Joseph Petito, Gabby’s father, shared a post back in April 2012 of a woman holding a sign that read: “Guns don’t kill people, fathers with good-looking daughters do!”
Joseph captioned the photo: “Gabby, are you paying attention?”
Her mother, Nichole Schmidt, made a comment reminding Gabby that she had “2 fathers and lots of uncles!!”
Another photo shared from October 2011 featured a t-shirt with the acronym “DADD” or “Daughters Against Daughters Dating”
Underneath the phrase was: “Shoot the first one and spread the word.”
In the comment thread, Gabby wrote: “Nice job dad…ur [sic] gunna scare him…good things its only a shirt,”
Brandon commented: “o god [sic]”
In a Facebook post celebrating Gabby after her murder, Brandon described how the 22-year-old had “left a mark on the world.”
He wrote: “I was lucky enough to have the privelage [sic] of both knowing and loving you.
William said that Gabby’s passing will “haunt” him forever.
He added: “The last memory I have with you was the summer of 2017, before I left, we were sitting in my car down by the water.
“You had a journal in your hand. Any ordinary person would write in a journal, with words, but not you, you were extraordinary.”
Williams continued: “Each page had these in depth drawings depicting how you felt and what you were experiencing, all I can remember was how impressed I was, telling you how talented, and creative you were, honored and touched that you trusted me enough to even share with me something so personal.
“Because that’s exactly the type of person you were.”
Earlier this week an autopsy confirmed that Gabby had been strangled. Her fiance Brian Laundrie remains missing.
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This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk
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