Newly-released bodycam footage has revealed Gabby Petito told cops Brian Laundrie had hit her and cut her face by grabbing her 'with his nail' during a domestic incident less than two weeks before she was last seen alive.
The never-before-seen footage from a second officer's body camera shows the cop pointing out 'new' marks on Petito's face and arm after pulling the couple's van over in Moab, Utah, on August 12.
'He like grabbed me with his nail, and I guess that's why it looks, I definitely have a cut right here. I can feel it, when I touch it it burns,' she tells the officer.
The 22-year-old, whose body was found on September 19, quickly backtracks and defends her fiance saying she 'hit him first' when he locked her out of their van and refused to let her in.
Meanwhile, Laundrie, who is currently on the run and is a person of interest in Petito's homicide, is seen instantly defending himself and pushing the blame onto Petito as soon as the cop arrives on the scene.
He claims Petito was 'really worked up' and that he 'was just trying to push her away' when asked about allegations he had hit her.
Newly-released bodycam footage has revealed Gabby Petito told cops Brian Laundrie had hit her and cut her face by grabbing her 'with his nail' during the August 12 domestic incident
The never-before-seen footage from a second officer's body camera shows the cop pointing out 'new' marks on Petito's face and arm and her admitting that he cut her face with his nail
Police in Moab, Utah, responded to a 911 call from a bystander who said they had seen a man slapping a woman outside the Mayflower grocery store before driving off in a white van.
Bodycam footage from one Moab police officer was released on September 16 - at a time when Petito was still a missing person.
That footage shows Petito telling the officer she slapped Laundrie while he is seen showing the cop scratches on his face and arm which he claims were caused when she 'hit me with her phone'.
The cops determined Petito was 'the primary aggressor' and separated them for the night.
Now, the release of the bodycam from the second officer casts new light on the incident and what the couple told cops.
The two Moab police officers were also joined on the scene by two US Park Rangers, whose bodycam videos remain under wraps.
Last week, a probe was launched into the police handling of the August 12 incident and Moab City Police Department Chief Bret Edge has since taken a leave of absence pending the investigation.
In the newly-released footage, Petito tells the officer Laundrie got 'frustrated' with her over her OCD and 'locked me out of the car.'
'I was just really stressed this morning trying to get a lot of work done and I was apologizing to him,' she says.
She tells the cop she was saying 'sorry' to her fiance because of her OCD which meant she was 'organizing stuff'.
'I get so stressed out. I have OCD and I was like organizing stuff and sometimes I get this mean attitude when I'm not trying to be mean and I was trying to straighten things out,' she says.
Police pulled over the couple's van in Moab, Utah, on August 12 following reports of a man hitting a woman
The new bodycam shows Petito telling the cop the cut on her face 'burns' before defending her fiance saying she 'hit him first' when he locked her out of their van and refused to let her in
Meanwhile, Laundrie is seen instantly defending himself and pushing the blame onto Petito as soon as the cop arrives on the scene
He claims Petito was 'really worked up' and that he 'was just trying to push her away' when asked about allegations he had hit her
