Not surprised: Speaking to ABC News, Maricris Drouaillet said she was not surprised by the attention the Petito case received nationwide and that the coverage of Petito’s case brought up emotions of 'hurt and heartbreak.'ĭrouaillet has been tirelessly searching for her sister Maya Millete, who was reported missing from her Chula Vista, Calif., home in January. The news anchor was pulled from a broadcast in June after he slurred his speech and had trouble reading the teleprompter on “The Ten O’Clock News,” SFist reported. Somerville’s latest suspension came as a surprise as the news anchor had just recently returned to KTVU following weeks of being off the air. Although Mercury News’ sources did not go into specifics on how heated the argument was, Channel 2 management allegedly informed Somerville of his suspension the next day. The veteran Bay Area news anchor reportedly wanted to add a tagline at the end of the station’s report that questioned the intensity of the coverage Petito was receiving, but Eikel allegedly turned down the request saying it was inappropriate. Somerville is the adoptive father of a Black teen daughter.

This was after authorities had announced they had found the body of Petito, 22, in Wyoming. The argument allegedly began when Somerville said he wanted to point out the disproportionate coverage devoted to missing white women over missing women of color. Newsroom spat: Somerville, 63, was reportedly slapped with an 'indefinite suspension' after a newsroom spat with news director Amber Eikel over coverage of the Petito homicide case, a source familiar with the matter told the Mercury News. Weeks after returning to KTVU, Bay Area veteran news anchor Frank Somerville was reportedly taken off the air again for allegedly disagreeing with a news director over the station’s coverage of Gabby Petito’s disappearance.

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