![]() “The parents had assumed that the experts, the FBI and all the tracking teams they had would be able to locate Brian based upon the information that we had provided them to the specific areas and trails in the park that Brian liked to visit,” Bertolino said. When asked why the parents chose to go to the park on Wednesday, Bertolino said it was the first day it was reopened to the public. The remains were found “about 2 to 3 miles inside the Carlton Reserve, or about a 45-minute walk” from the entrance at Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, Taylor said Wednesday. ![]() “At that point, the Laundries were notified there was also remains near the backpack, and they were asked to leave the preserve.” At that time, law enforcement officers showed him a picture on the phone of a backpack that law enforcement had located also nearby and also some distance off the trail,” Bertolino told CNN. “He did meet up shortly with law enforcement, they looked at the contents of the bag. However, Chris Laundrie couldn’t find law enforcement and didn’t want to leave the bag there with a news reporter standing nearby, so he picked it up, Bertolino explained. The dry bag was in some brambles and he didn’t want to move it because he wanted his law enforcement to see it, Bertolino said. The dry bag is a white bag, laying in the woods, say 20 feet or so off the trail.” “At some point, Chris locates what’s called a dry bag. And Roberta Laundrie was walking down the trail,” Bertolino said. He was zigzagging in different areas, law enforcement was doing the same thing. “As they went further in, Chris ventured off the trail into the woods. Law enforcement met them there and closely accompanied them as they entered the park, Bertolino said. The parents joined in the search Wednesday morning and found a bag belonging to their son at the park, which their attorney described as “happenstance.”Īccording to Bertolino, Laundrie’s parents informed the FBI and the North Port Police Department on Tuesday night that they wanted to visit the park Wednesday morning to search for their son. Laundrie’s family had declined to talk publicly following legal advice, but they had directed authorities to where they believed Laundrie may be staying in the reserve, Bertolino said. “These areas are huge and they’re covered by water.” It’s not like you’re searching a house or a car,” he said. You’re searching in areas that you just can’t walk up and look. “These are very, very difficult conditions. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said Thursday law enforcement had been searching in treacherous conditions, including nearly chest-high water full of snakes and alligators. Search conditions had been very difficult When asked if there is an ongoing search for the murderer of Gabby Petito, he responded, “That is certainly not in the North Port Police Department’s purview.”ĭuring a search with police, Chris Laundrie was the first to spot an item belonging to his son, according to Taylor. When Taylor was asked about whether a weapon was found, he said he could not comment. The source said it is unclear how the notebook ended up outside the bag. “It had been clearly wet and they are going to use any potential means to dry that out before opening it,” according to the source, who added: “They’ll be very careful with it.” CNNįlorida nature reserve's swampy landscape made the search for Brian Laundrie treacherous Investigators also found clothing believed to be consistent with what Laundrie was wearing when he took off September 13, according to Taylor.ĭrone footage shows the Carlton Reserve in Venice, Florida, on October 8, 2021. I would say that the remains were consistent with one individual, you know skeletal remains,” police spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN. The identification came hours after police in North Port said the remains that were found were skeletal and belonged to a human. “Gabby’s family will make a statement at the appropriate time and when they are emotionally ready.” “They are grieving the loss of their beautiful daughter,” Stafford said. “We have no further comment at this time and we ask that you respect the Laundrie’s privacy at this time.”Īn attorney for the Petito family, Richard Stafford, said they are not doing interviews. “Chris and Roberta Laundrie have been informed that the remains found yesterday in the reserve are indeed Brian’s,” family attorney Steven Bertolino said. Two local detectives visited the North Port, Florida, home of Laundrie’s parents shortly before the FBI made its announcement. The FBI said dental records confirmed the identification. The FBI’s Denver office said Thursday that remains found a day earlier in a Florida nature reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, who disappeared last month just days after his fiancée Gabby Petito was reported missing.
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