Gabby Petito or Jane Doe — Media Only Cares for a Juicy Story

This case is only one symptom of the broader disease

Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | 1948 edition of a True Crime publication

There’s so much I’ve read about the Gabby Petito case that I couldn’t help but realize how naive and innocently hopeful people can be — including myself for the longest time. The initial fuss was all about a woman going missing while being on a “van life” trip across…