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Oct 2021
39m 13s

True crime: the tragedy of Gabby Petito

The Observer
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When a young woman travelling across the US disappeared, an army of digital detectives and citizen journalists jumped on the case. When she was found murdered, they went into overdrive. In this week’s Slow Newscast, we examine a true crime story happening in real time.

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