# American Murder: Gabby Petito (2025)

> A three-part true crime miniseries that reconstructs the final days of Gabby Petito through the people who loved her.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/189204

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 41 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, crime
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie, Nichole Schmidt, Jim Schmidt, Joe Petito, Tara Petito, Rose Davis, Jackson Hufham
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35590630/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: somber, grief-stricken, tense, sobering

## What critics say

Audiences find the miniseries a gripping, somber account of Gabby Petito's final weeks, rated mixed overall.

## Synopsis

American Murder: Gabby Petito (2025) is a Netflix true crime docuseries in a three-episode miniseries format, produced by The Cinemart and Stage 29 Productions. It follows the final weeks of Gabby Petito, a young woman whose cross-country van trip with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie ended in a nationwide missing person search and a murder that gripped American audiences. Rather than leaning on dramatization, the series builds its engine around interviews with the people closest to her, including her mother Nichole Schmidt, her father Joe Petito, her friend Rose Davis, and her former boyfriend Jackson Hufham, who piece together her last messages and the timeline of her disappearance. Archive footage of Gabby and Brian anchors the account, while the family's accounts of worry and frustration carry the emotional weight. Each episode runs around forty-one minutes and moves through the chronology of the police manhunt and the public response. The mood is hushed, grieving, and unsparing, with domestic violence at the center of the story. Viewers who appreciate the careful, testimony-driven approach of Making a Murderer, The Keepers, and The Jinx will find the same mix of investigation and sorrow here.

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