Friends and family flock to Long Island to mourn Gabby Petito

A woman places a decoration near a poster after attending the funeral home viewing of Gabby Petito at Moloney’s Funeral Home in Holbrook, New York (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP)

Lines of mourners have paid their respects for Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old whose death on a cross-country trip sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend.

Among those who congregated in Holbrook, about 35 miles (56 kilometres) east of New York City, were family members, friends, co-workers and people who were touched by Miss Petito’s story even though they did not know her.