even able to ask questions on how that came to be. so i'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's not as difficult. you hope she comes home, but you don't want to help, we can't talk? you don't really want to help. >> reporter: an attorney representing the laundrie family said in a statement earlier this week, they are remaining in the background at this juncture and will have no further comment, and that on advice of their counsel. what is also deepening the mystery here is police in moab city, utah, said they had an encounter last month with gabby and with her boyfriend in a report of an altercation. officers said in a report he raid, the fight between the two turned physical. they did not wish anybody to be criminally charged. the two reportedly separated after petito is described by officers as being confused and emotional, manic. they were separated to cool off. family members told cnn last night it wasn't uncommon for petito to go off the grid and