Joe Pettit, the father of slain travel blogger Gabby Pettit and an advocate for victims of domestic violence and missing persons, will celebrate the show’s first success Monday night with “America’s Most”. He joins co-hosts John Walsh and Callahan Walsh on the season finale of “Wanted.” Captured after returning to FOX.
Petito told Fox News Digital that it was an honor to share the stage with the Walshes, although she couldn’t provide further details ahead of the episode.
The season finale is titled “Young Love Ends in Murder,” which applies to his daughter’s tragic case.
“He went through hell and came back just like my parents,” co-host Callahan Walsh told FOX News Digital. “My father and Joe are both members of a very small club, the parents of murdered children, a club that no one wants to be a part of.”
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Joseph Pettit, the father of murdered travel blogger Gabby Pettit, joins hosts John and Callahan Walsh on the set of America’s Most Wanted for the season finale. (Fox)
The elder Walsh famously began his crime-fighting career after losing his eldest son Adam in a horrific kidnapping and murder in 1981. He was 6 years old at the time.
The family patriarch started America’s Most Wanted in 1988 to help other families seeking justice.
This year, Callahan Walsh, executive director of the Florida branch of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, joined her father on set.
He said the two connected after Gabby Petite disappeared in the summer of 2021.
“Joe is doing a great job of healing and fighting back at the same time,” he said. “Joe is doing the same with Gabby as the Gabby Petite Foundation, the Missing Persons Association and his parents make sure Adam doesn’t die in vain.”
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John Walsh and Callahan Walsh, hosts and co-hosts of “America’s Most Wanted.” (Michael Becker/FOX)
Petito’s parents have been busy through their foundation, successfully lobbying for reform at the state and federal level. Their efforts contributed to the bipartisan Missing Persons Search Assistance Act of 2022 and Utah’s new domestic violence program.
In Florida, where the family currently lives, Joe Petito said the family is pushing for a domestic violence “lethality assessment protocol” bill that has already cleared several legislative hurdles and is in the hospital. He said it was close to a vote. He met with the governor of New York last week.
The appearance comes days after Gabby Petito’s parents settled a civil lawsuit against the family of suspected murderer Brian Landry and his attorney Steve Bertolino.
“Joe and Tara Petito and Nicole and Jim Schmidt endured a difficult and emotional two-and-a-half years that resulted in a settlement through mediation on February 21, 2024,” the families said through their attorney. .
Gabby Pettit set out on a cross-country road trip with Brian Landry in June 2021 with the goal of becoming a travel blogger and social media influencer. He murdered her at a campground in Wyoming, left her body in the wilderness, and drove her to her parents’ home in Florida, where she committed suicide less than two weeks later. (Gabby Pettit/Instagram)
“Throughout this period, Gabby Petito’s family’s primary goal in pursuing the case has been to find answers to lingering questions. Having obtained those answers through the deposition, the family is now able to spend time with their family. I am shifting my focus to spending time, prioritizing my family, and growing the Gabby Petite Foundation.”
The foundation aims to lobby for state and federal laws to protect victims of intimate partner abuse and raise awareness of domestic violence and missing person cases.
Monday night’s episode will also highlight the show’s return to FOX TV and its groundbreaking first capture streaming on FOX Nation.
From left, Ana and Yaneily Albarran join John and Callahan Walsh to discuss the search for Davey Albarran, a Florida man accused of sexually abusing at least two children under the age of 12. A few days after the episode aired, Polk County, Florida, deputies received the following report: Information poured in and they tracked him down. (“America’s Most Wanted”/FOX Nation)
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Police have arrested a suspected Florida child molester, whose victims allegedly included his own granddaughter, and his family is raising awareness about the case on America’s Most Important… This was just a few days after I cooperated with “Wanted”.
The suspect, Davey Albarran, 51, had been on the run since 2022 on charges. sexual battery Indecent acts towards two young children. His daughters, Ana and Yaneily Albarran, learned of the accusations and launched a viral campaign on social media that garnered over 80 million views online and attracted the attention of the America’s Most Wanted team. Ta.
Davey Albarran is being held without bail in the Polk County Jail. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
Presenter John Walsh vowed on last week’s broadcast that he would “catch that filth.” “I guarantee it.”
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Mr. Albarran is currently being held without bail in the Polk County Jail and will remain there until he is transported to stand trial in Osceola County.
“That’s what this show is about,” Joe Petito said.
Albarrán’s arrest brings the total number of wanted men arrested as a result of the series to 1,192, according to the “America’s Most Wanted” team.
“America’s Most Wanted” The season finale airs tonight on FOX from 8-9pm ET/PT.
FOX News’ Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.
