Courtesy of Schmidt and Petito family
The last text message sent from Gabby Petito's cellphone to her mother warned that the now-missing woman did not have cell service in California's Yosemite National Park.
But Petito's mom says she doesn't believe her daughter sent the message, reports said Wednesday.
"No service in Yosemite," read the last text from Petito's phone to her mom, Nicole Schmidt, on August 30, Schmidt told the Daily Mail and the New York Post.
Schmidt told the news outlets that she is convinced that her 22-year-old did not send the text message.
"That text was not from Gabby, I know it!" Schmidt said, according to the Daily Mail.
Petito and her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, set out from New York on a cross-country road trip in a converted camper van on July 2, documenting their travels along the way.
Her family reported her missing on September 11 after they grew concerned when they did not hear from her for nearly two weeks.
Police said Wednesday that Laundrie returned home to Florida alone with the van on September 1, 10 days before Petito was reported missing.
The text was received just two days before Laundrie arrived back in Florida.
"The van was in Florida on the first [of September]," Schmidt told the New York Post. "I think I can do the math."
Laundrie has been declared a person of interest in Petito's disappearance.
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