NOT BELIEVE GABBY WROTE THAT
TEXT.
>> Sean: ALL RIGHT,
TRACE GALLAGHER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS
GABBY’S MOTHER NICOLE SCHMIDT
AND HER STEPFATHER JIM SCHMIDT.
ALSO WITH US, GABBY’S FATHER AND
HER STEPMOTHER IS WITH US.
NICOLE, LET ME START WITH YOU.
I’M JUST TRYING TO STAND BACK,
AND AS A PARENT MYSELF, I HAVE A
SON AND A DAUGHTER, TRY TO PUT
MYSELF IN YOUR SHOES.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BELIEVE ME.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I’M VERY
SORRY TO ALL OF YOU FOR LIVING
THROUGH THIS.
I’M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY
THIS BOYFRIEND, EX-FIANCE, ENDS
UP BACK AT HIS HOME IN FLORIDA
AND WILL NOT TELL YOU WHERE HE
LAST SAW YOUR DAUGHTER?
WHY WON’T -- ANY HUMAN BEING
WITH A SOUL WOULD BE DOING EVERY
THING POSSIBLE TO HELP GET THE
ANSWERS TO FIND YOUR DAUGHTER
AND EVERY DAY THAT PASSES NOW
GETS MORE DIFFICULT, DOESN’T IT?
>> IT’S SCARY AND HEARTBREAKING.
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT,
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND
WE ARE SCARED FOR GABBY.
WE THINK SHE MIGHT BE IN DANGER
AND WE JUST WANT HIM TO TALK.
JUST TELL US, WHERE WAS SHE?
WHERE DID YOU LEAVE HER?
I WANT TO JUST KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED AND I’M GETTING ANGRY
NOW AT THIS POINT, AS YOU CAN
TELL.
I AM BEYOND FRUSTRATED.
AS A MOTHER TO ANOTHER MOTHER, I
BEG HIS MOTHER TO MAKE AND SPEAK
OR AT LEAST, FOR THE PARENTS, TO
SAY SOMETHING.
>> Sean: LET ME GO TO JOE
PETITO, GABBY’S DAD.
YOU ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION, YOU
WANT TO ASK THE BOYFRIEND, WHERE
DID YOU LEAVE GABBY, WHERE DID
YOU LAST SEE HER?
HE SUSPECTS THIS AUGUST 30TH
TEXT WAS NOT ACTUALLY SENT FROM
GABBY.
WHY DO YOU SUSPECT THAT AND WHAT
HAS BEEN THE OUTRAGED OF THIS
YOUNG MAN AND HIS FAMILY, IN
TERMS OF WILL YOU PLEASE HELP US
FIND OUR DAUGHTER THAT YOU WERE
WITH AND YOU TOOK HER VAN HOME?
>> THE OUTREACH IS, I THINK I’M
A 350 MILLION PLUS PEOPLE
ASKING, WHERE IS GABBY?
EVERYONE IS ASKING.
WE’VE GOT ONE PERSON NOT DOING
IT.
SO IN ALL HONESTY, IT’S -- WE
ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE
ANSWER AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO
KNOWS IT IS SITTING OVER IN
THEIR HOUSE OVER THERE AND YOU
CAN’T HAVE A MORE FRUSTRATING
SITUATION.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.
LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE.
EVERYONE IS SITTING HERE TRYING
TO BRING GABBY HOME IN THE OTHER
ONE WHO DOESN’T CARE AS THE ONE
WHO IS SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT
HER THE MOST.
>> Sean: DID YOU REACH OUT TO HER FAMILY AND SAY
, CAN YOU ASK YOUR ASSIGNED TO
HELP US?
CAN YOU ASK HIM TO PUT ASIDE
WHATEVER LEGAL ADVICE -- WHY
WOULD YOU NEED LEGAL ADVICE IF
YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED SOMETHING
NEFARIOUS?
WHY WOULD YOU PUT ASIDE
EVERYTHING WHEN SOMEONE’S LIFE
MAYBE ON THE LINE HERE?
>> YOU’RE ASKING THE RIGHT
QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE REACHED
OUT.
WE REACHED OUT, I CAN’T EVEN
TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES, TO THE
MEDIA.
NOW WE ARE ASKING EVERYBODY TO
CONTINUE LOOKING BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY, THE THREE PEOPLE THAT
LIVE IN THAT HOUSE JUST DON’T
CARE.
THEY CAN PUT WHATEVER STATEMENT
THEY WANT OUT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DO
NOT CARE.
IT IS COLD AND IT IS AS CRUEL AS
YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE AND THEY ARE
OVER THERE AND SO THE REST OF US
AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ARE
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
I GET EMAILS FROM STRANGERS I’VE
NEVER MET DYING TO HELP.
>> Sean: I’M SO SORRY.
AS A FATHER, I AM SO SORRY.
NICOLE AND JIM, LET ME ASK YOU,
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THE
AUGUST 30TH MESSAGE WAS NOT SENT
BY GABBY AND YOU HAVE ANY
EVIDENCE, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT
PAIN CAME FROM, BECAUSE YOU CAN
TRACK WHERE TEXT MESSAGES
ACTUALLY CAME FROM?
>> I’M SURE THE FBI HAS THAT
INFORMATION, I’M HOPING THEY DO.
WE KNOW AS LITTLE AS YOU AT THAT
POINT, BUT I KNOW MY DAUGHTER
AND YOU DO THE MATH.
WE KNOW THAT SHE DIDN’T SEND IT
BECAUSE SHE WAS HOME
SEPTEMBER 1ST AND THEY NEVER
WENT TO YOSEMITE.
THEY NEVER HAD PLANS TO GO TO
YOSEMITE.
SO IT’S OBVIOUS.
>> Sean: YEAH, AND I DON’T
KNOW IF THIS YOUNG MAN’S MOTHER
IS ALIVE.
AS HIS MOTHER LEFT?
DID YOU EVER REACH OUT TO HER
AND SAY DID YOU PLEASE HELP ME
FIND MY DAUGHTER?
>> OF YES, I REACHED OUT TO HER
FRIDAY THE NINTH, OR THE TENTH,
I’M SORRY.
I TEXTED HER, I’M WORRIED ABOUT
THE KIDS, I HAVEN’T HEARD FROM
THEM, AND I GOT NOTHING.
CALLED, LEFT MESSAGES, GOT
NOTHING.
>> Sean: SHE WON’T EVEN CALL
YOU BACK?
>> NOPE.
>> Sean: AND JOE AND CARA, YOU
REACHED OUT, THEY WON’T CALL YOU
BACK?
>> NO.
>> WE CALLED ON THE TENTH, I
CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES.
WE SENT TEXT MESSAGES, WE ARE
WORRIED, WE ARE CALLING THE
POLICE, IF SOMEONE TEXTED ME AND
SAID THEY CAN’T FIND MY SON, I’M
GOING TO DROP WHATEVER I’M DOING
TO CALL ME BACK.
BUT I GUESS IT’S EVIDENT HOW
THEY RUN THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
BECAUSE 350 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE
IN THE COUNTRY.
>> -- HOME AT THAT TIME.
>> Sean: I’M SORRY, TARA?
>> SHE KNEW HER SON WAS HOME AT
THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE TEXTING
HER.
AT THAT TIME WE DIDN’T KNOW THAT
HE WAS HOME.
>> Sean: JOE AND TARA, WHAT DO
YOU MAKE OF THE VIDEO THAT WAS
RELEASED OF THIS ENCOUNTER?
THEY SAID IT WAS MORE EMOTIONAL
AND NOT PHYSICAL.
I GUESS THEY DIDN’T SEE SIGNS OF
ANY PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS.
COULD YOU GLEAN ANYTHING FROM
THAT VIDEO?
>> I MYSELF COULDN’T BRING
MYSELF TO WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO,
BUT THAT’S ME.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN
AT.
>> Sean: YOU’RE A DAD.
>> REALLY, YEAH, I GET IT.
IT WAS A DISTRACTION, THAT VIDEO
DOES NOTHING TO HELP ME FIND MY
DAUGHTER.
BECAUSE THAT WAS ON AUGUST 12TH.
I LAST TALKED TO HER ON THE 21ST
SO ANY TIME THAT, ANYTIME AFTER
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
CONCENTRATING ON, SO THAT VIDEO,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, AS
IT CAN BE, DISTRACTS FROM
EVERYTHING WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIND GABBY.
THE VIDEO, WE GOT CONTACTED
AFTER THAT.
TO ME, AT THIS MOMENT, THAT
VIDEO DOESN’T MEAN AS MUCH AS
HER LOCATION.
>> Sean: YOU ASK THE
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS, WHERE DID
YOU LEAVE GABBY, WHERE DID YOU
SEE HER LAST?
NICOLE AND JIM, HAVE THE POLICE
GOING OVER THAT MAN WITH A
FINE-TOOTH COMB?
>> I BELIEVE THE POLICE DO, THEY
HAVE IT IN THEIR POSSESSION.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE DONE
WHATEVER THEY HAD TO DO WITH IT.
AGAIN, WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION
ITSELF.
IT IS A VERY FLUID, VERY MOVING
INVESTIGATION.
UNFORTUNATELY WE WISH THEY COULD
DIVULGE INFORMATION TO US BUT
THEY CAN’T AND WE UNDERSTAND
WHY.
>> Sean: IF ANYONE HAS ANY
INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE
FBI.
I WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU, WE
ARE SINCERELY SORRY.
WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR GABBY TO
GET HOME SAFELY.