Gabby Petito Foundation To Host Fundraiser At Top Golf

HOLTSVILLE, NY — The Gabby Petito Foundation will hold a golf outing fundraiser at Top Golf in Holtsville on April 3.

The outing will run from 1 to 4 p.m. and will feature a buffet, as well as wine and beer. The deadline to enter is March 20.

Joseph Petito, the father of the slain Long Islander, announced the event to his Twitter followers on Thursday, saying the event will honor her.

"Would love for everyone to join us," he wrote.

The Gabby Petito Foundation was formed with the mission of helping other families find their missing loved ones. In the months after its formation, Petito's family has continued to work to help find missing persons by using their social media status to highlight cases.

The 23-year-old Blue Point native disappeared in August on a cross-country trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, who returned to his parents' home in Florida in her van, but without her. After a massive interstate search, involving multiple law enforcement agencies, Petito was found strangled to death near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on Sept. 19 — eight days after she was reported missing by her mother.

She was confirmed dead on Sept. 21.

Laundrie, who had refused to speak with police after Petito was reported missing, drove to a Florida preserve where investigators believe he shot himself in the head. His remains were found about one month later.

More information about the outing can be found at www.gabbypetitofoundation.org.

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