Human Remains Found Along With Items Belonging to Brian Laundrie on Florida Trail Amid FBI Search

Items belonging to Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of fiancée Gabby Petito, were found on a Florida trail during the FBI's search.

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Items belonging to Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of fiancée Gabby Petito, were found Wednesday on a Florida trail as the FBI continues its search for the missing suspect.

NBC News reports that “partial human remains” have also been found in the area where police discovered Landrie’s belongings. According to a senior law enforcement official, the remains were discovered near a backback that was found earlier today in Florida’s Carlton Reserve. It has not been confirmed whether the remains belong to Laundrie. 

Laundrie’s parents’ attorney Stephen Bertolino confirmed in a statement Wednesday morning that items belonging to Landrie had been found during the FBI’s search.

“Chris and Roberta Laundrie went to the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park this morning to search for Brian,” Bertolino said. “The FBI and NPPD were informed last night of Brian’s parents’ intentions and they met Chris and Roberta there this morning. After a brief search off a trail that Brian frequented some articles belonging to Brian were found. As of now law enforcement is conducting a more thorough investigation of that area.”

According to CNN, the Sarasota County Medical Examiner’s Office and cadaver dogs have been called to the North Port park where authorities are searching for Laundrie. 

The potential discovery of items belonging to Laundrie arrives over a month after his parents say their son went for a hike in the Carlton Reserve on Sept. 13 and never returned, sparking a national manhunt.

Earlier this week, a man mistaken for Laundrie was ambushed by U.S. Marshals at a North Carolina resort.

Complex reached out to the U.S. Marshals for comment and received the following statement from James P. Stossel in the USMS Office of Public Affairs: “The USMS often supports investigations conducted by our federal, state, local, and tribal partners. In this instance, the Graham County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) in North Carolina had received a tip that the fugitive Brian Laundrie had been sighted in their jurisdiction. GCSO asked the USMS task force to support them in making contact with the subject. The USMS was not the lead investigative agency in this matter and was acting in support of the GCSO.”

Last week, Teton County, Wyoming coroner Brent Blue announced that Petito’s cause of death was strangulation. 

“By Wyoming state statute, only the cause and manner of death are released,” Blue said during a press conference. “The autopsy findings and photographs and that sort of material [will not be] released.”

Blue also revealed that Petito’s body was left “outside in the wilderness for three to four weeks.”

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