as scrutiny closed in, brian laundrie died by suicide. it would then come out that gabby had long been abused by brian. >> the four of us don't want to be here. we'd give it up in a second if she was back. >> since his daughter's death, gabby petitos father tells me he is now dedicating his life to helping other families of missing women after such a traumatic loss. i've seen families deal with this type of loss in very different ways, and i'm just curious as to each time you turn around and help another family. does that heal, or does that also open up that very, very deep wound of yours? >> that's both. it hurts to talk about it, but it needs to be talked about. >> joe petito tells me he credits the media's attention on gabby to being able to find her body, but was also made aware that it was likely because of how she looked. he was told by many that she got the attention because of a so-called missing white woman syndrome. >> it's a real thing. you know, listen, you can hate the messenger all you want, but at the end of the day, it stil