He was withholding her car keys, to her van that was listed in her name and was controlling her that way. It’s really sad even after this woman is missing and her van drove home without her that people don’t see that the cop messed up with this report. He grabbed her face. It wasn’t one sided and she’s the one missing and with him taking her property home and getting a lawyer.
I don’t think the police did a bad job during the altercation incident. Just the opposite, in fact.
After an hour long investigation, interviewing both Gabby and Brian, separately, as well as the witness who called in the complaint named Chris (Christopher),
she was determined to be the aggressor. There were times Brian was defending himself, like when she came after him a couple of times in the car. He had wounds. She did not, that I know of (correct me if I’m wrong). A wound on his face where she smacked him with her phone, and possibly other injuries on his face. He also had scratches on his arms from where she clawed him - while he was driving - when the police had their lights on and were pulling them over, which caused him to swerve. (Police originally thought the driver might be intoxicated, after seeing the swerve.) The reason Brian said he grabbed her face was defensive, when she was coming after him, and she admitted to this. She was upset and angry because he ”kept telling her to calm down” when she was “manic”. (I did see those words as I have been reading various reports.)
Many of us know this can be a very difficult situation to deal with in someone with mental illness.
Rightfully, the police separated the two for the night. Gabby was allowed to leave in her van (not sure where she went), and the police arranged for Brian to stay in what I gather was a hostel-type place for the night. Reading through the arrest reports I thought the police took a lot of time with them and used a lot of sensitivity when determining what happened and what should occur at that point, for both their safety.
I will try to go back and find the report that I learned this information from. If I can find it, I will edit it in here.
It’s a lot easier to look at a situation in hindsight, and as an observer, than it is when you’re in that situation.