{"id":107674,"date":"2023-05-31T03:41:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T03:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/eerie-similarities-to-gabby-petito-woman-goes-missing-during-cross-country-trip-with-boyfriend\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T03:41:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T03:41:14","slug":"eerie-similarities-to-gabby-petito-woman-goes-missing-during-cross-country-trip-with-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/eerie-similarities-to-gabby-petito-woman-goes-missing-during-cross-country-trip-with-boyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Eerie Similarities To Gabby Petito! Woman Goes Missing During Cross-Country Trip With Boyfriend&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>We simply hope this story has a happier ending\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The particulars within the disappearance of 33-year-old <strong>Nikki Alcaraz<\/strong>, often known as\u00a0<strong>Nikki Cunningham<\/strong>, has struck an all too acquainted be aware for many who comply with lacking individuals instances. The Tennessee mother of 1 left from Nashville on a cross-country journey along with her boyfriend in early May, in keeping with her sister. She was certain for Orange County, California, the place she was supposed to go to household \u2014 however she hasn\u2019t been seen or heard from in weeks. Her sister\u00a0<strong>Toni<\/strong> instructed native outlet\u00a0<em>KNRN-TV<\/em> on Sunday that Nikki final texted her on May 8, saying she was in Arizona. Then\u2026 nothing. For three weeks. Toni lamented:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThen I didn\u2019t hear anything else after that Monday morning. I talk to her almost every day, so I am scared something happened to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A girl on a highway journey along with her boyfriend goes lacking?\u00a0If you\u2019re already seeing eerie similarities to the early days of\u00a0<strong>Gabby Petito<\/strong>\u2018s disappearance, simply wait\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/gabby-petito-famly-receive-brian-laundrie-letter-roberta-laundrie-murder-bury-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Roberta Laundrie\u2019s Full \u2018Dispose Of A Body\u2019 Note Revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems Nikki and her boyfriend,\u00a0<strong>Steven Tyler Stratton<\/strong>, had been stopped by police on the highway after a report of a home dispute \u2014 similar to Gabby and <strong>Brian Laundrie<\/strong>. According to the bodycam footage from the May 8 encounter in Torrance County, New Mexico, it\u2019s painfully related. An eyewitness instructed police he noticed Nikki on the bottom, along with her boyfriend hitting her. Stratton, who had blood on his face, instructed them <em>he<\/em> was the one attacked. But Nikki had the witness on her facet, in addition to some fairly upsetting bruising throughout her physique.<\/p>\n<p>At first Nikki says she need to press expenses. But after a couple of minutes chatting with the Torrance County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies, she alters her thoughts. Neither of them press expenses. Despite Stratton having a warrant out for his arrest over a parole violation, he isn\u2019t arrested \u2014 they\u2019re merely pushed to completely different places. It\u2019s a fairly upsetting watch:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"NQy_gRE2El0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bodycam: Missing Tennessee Couple Questioned in New Mexico After Fighting Each Other\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQy_gRE2El0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toni instructed\u00a0<em>KNRN<\/em> her sister Facetimed her after the incident, and it was clear she\u2019d been assaulted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHer eye was already turning black and you could tell she was beat up pretty bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Followers of the Petito case will acknowledge means too many similarities there. They had been additionally stopped, by the police in Moab, Utah, and let go. Those cops are actually the defendants in a wrongful loss of life swimsuit after Brian went on to homicide Gabby simply weeks later of their journey.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously Nikki\u2019s household had no intention of leaving her there alone, or \u2014 even perhaps worse \u2014 with Tyler. Toni defined that one other member of the family drove to New Mexico to select her up and produce her to California. Things didn\u2019t work out that means:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat morning when they were supposed to leave, she told him that she had to go back and find Tyler because she had a bad feeling, and so he left without her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That was May 6. Two days later, Nikki contacted Toni once more, by textual content. At this level, that was the final time she heard from her sister, with whom she spoke every single day. Toni instructed the outlet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am scared something happened to them, whether they got in another fight or if they crashed her Jeep somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The couple had been in a black 2013 Jeep Wrangler, license plate BGL3539. They additionally had a canine with them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_997952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-997952\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-997952 size-full lazyload\" width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-with-boyfriend-Steven-Tyler-Stratton.jpg\" alt=\"Nikki Alcaraz with boyfriend Steven Tyler Stratton\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-with-boyfriend-Steven-Tyler-Stratton.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-with-boyfriend-Steven-Tyler-Stratton-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-with-boyfriend-Steven-Tyler-Stratton-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-with-boyfriend-Steven-Tyler-Stratton-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-997952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikki Alcaraz with boyfriend Steven Tyler Stratton. \/ (c) National Center For Missing and Endangered\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an odd replace, it appears Nikki\u00a0<em>did<\/em> make it to California. She was noticed in surveillance footage at a Walmart in Redding, CA, on Saturday. This needs to be excellent news, save for 2 massive issues. First, California is a BIG state. And Redding is in NorCal, nowhere <em>shut<\/em> to her household in Orange County. We\u2019re speaking a roughly 12-hour drive. She could also be in Cali, however she\u2019s virtually as far-off from the OC as she was when she was in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The second problem? What she was noticed doing was odd\u2026<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Amanda Sanders<\/strong>, a longtime buddy chatting with\u00a0<em>The US Sun<\/em>, she was seen promoting her cellphone:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShe used one of those cell phone kiosk things in a Walmart to sell her phone. From what I gather, the guy that watches the footage and stuff [\u2026] recognized her from the news and called the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why would she be promoting her cellphone? After disappearing, she\u2019s eliminating the a method she was contacting her household? That has some awfully disturbing connotations. That\u2019s one of many causes these kiosks require you to scan your ID and fingerprint. Hence Nikki being \u201cfound.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_997982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-997982\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-997982 lazyload\" width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-spotted-California.jpg\" alt=\"Nikki Alcaraz spotted California\" height=\"1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-spotted-California.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-spotted-California-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-spotted-California-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nikki-Alcaraz-spotted-California-768x668.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-997982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(c) Tennessee District Attorney Ray Crouch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Innerestingly, it does appear she\u2019s nonetheless with Tyler. According to Sanders, the person standing subsequent to her within the footage is certainly her man:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen people online saying it isn\u2019t him. But his natural hair color is like a medium brown with some red in it. So looks like his natural hair color and he hasn\u2019t shaven. And his body language in the pictures is right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inneresting. Is the whole lot truly OK? Or is one thing darker happening right here? If it\u2019s all high-quality, why not communicate to her household?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it appears, a minimum of, she has been discovered. According to the\u00a0<strong>Redding Police Department<\/strong>, at round 4:30 p.m. PST, whilst this submit was being written, Nikki was contacted by the\u00a0<strong>Eureka Police Department<\/strong>. She is now now not thought-about lacking, legally.<\/p>\n<p>And in an important replace, since then, <em>NewsNation<\/em> spoke with Nikki\u2019s brother, who confirmed she\u00a0<em>has<\/em> now lastly reached out to them as effectively! Phew! Such nice information.<\/p>\n<p>We might by no means perceive what occurred in these three weeks, why the mother selected to ghost her household. But a minimum of now they know she\u2019s alive and protected. We mentioned we hoped Nikki\u2019s story would have a happier ending than Gabby\u2019s \u2014 now we\u2019re simply pleased her story isn\u2019t over but.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you or somebody  is experiencing home violence, assist is out there. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>[Image via Law&amp;Crime Network\/YouTube\/Nikki Alcaraz\/Facebook\/Gabby Petito\/Instagram.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] We simply hope this story has a happier ending\u2026 The particulars within the disappearance of 33-year-old Nikki Alcaraz, often known as\u00a0Nikki Cunningham, has struck an all too acquainted be aware for many who comply with lacking individuals instances. 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