section_path: Investigation/Discovery of Petito's remains
section_name: Discovery of Petito's remains
paragraph_text: Discovery of Petito's remains
  
  On September 19, human remains matching the description of Petito were found at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping area in Wyoming, not far from where the Ford Transit Connect was previously observed. Her identity was confirmed and an autopsy determined that the manner of death was homicide by " blunt-force injuries to the head and neck, with manual strangulation ", which occurred three to four weeks before the body was found.
  
  On September 19, human remains matching the description of Petito were found at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping area in Wyoming, not far from where the Ford Transit Connect was previously observed. Her identity was confirmed and an autopsy determined that the manner of death was homicide by " blunt-force injuries to the head and neck, with manual strangulation ", which occurred three to four weeks before the body was found.