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Human Remains Found In Area Of Brian Laundrie's Belongings, Police Source Says Human Remains Found In Area Of Brian Laundrie's Belongings, Police Source Says
Human Remains Found In Area Of Brian Laundrie's Belongings, Police Source Says A senior law enforcement official says human remains have been found in the same area where items belonging to Brian Laundrie were found as the FBI calls the medical examiner to the nature reserve in Florida.  According to NBC News, a senior law enforcement official said what appears to be human remains was found on Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Sarasota County at the Carlton Reserve, also known as the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, where police and the FBI have been searching for five weeks for Laundrie. The remains were reportedly found in an area that was previously underwate…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Gabby Petito Was In Tears, Laundrie 'Visibly Angry' The Last Time She Was Seen In Public Gabby Petito Was In Tears, Laundrie 'Visibly Angry' The Last Time She Was Seen In Public
Gabby Petito Was In Tears, Laundrie 'Visibly Angry' The Last Time She Was Seen In Public The last time Gabby Petito was seen in public before her disappearance she was in tears and very distraught as her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie yelled at the staff of a restaurant in Jackson, Wyoming, according to eyewitness accounts. Petito, of Blue Point, in Suffolk County on Long Island, was found dead weeks later, strangled to death among the rocks of the Spread Creek Dispersed Campground in Teton County in Wyoming. Related Story: 'Garbage': Gabby Petito's Mother Outraged By Laundrie Family Statement On Cause Of Death The incident at the Merry Piglets Tex-Mex restaurant was described by …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Laundrie Family Reacts To Cause Of Death Ruling, Says Credit Cards He Used Belonged To Petito Laundrie Family Reacts To Cause Of Death Ruling, Says Credit Cards He Used Belonged To Petito
Laundrie Family Reacts To Cause Of Death Ruling, Says Credit Cards He Used Belonged To Petito Minutes after a coroner announced the cause of death of Gabby Petito, the attorney for her fugitive boyfriend's family reacted to the coroner’s ruling that she died by strangulation. “While Brian Laundrie is currently charged with the unauthorized use of a debit card belonging to Gabby," Attorney Steve Bertolino said to CNN, "Brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to Gabby Petito’s demise." Earlier report: Gabby Petito Cause Of Death Released By Coroner “At this time Brian is still missing and when he is located we will address the pending fraud charge against him,"…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Laundrie Flew Home To Florida Before Returning To Utah To Rejoin Gabby Petito, Attorney Says Laundrie Flew Home To Florida Before Returning To Utah To Rejoin Gabby Petito, Attorney Says
Laundrie Flew Home To Florida Before Returning To Utah To Rejoin Gabby Petito, Attorney Says A lawyer for the Laundrie family is now saying that 23-year-old Brian Laundrie flew home to Florida during his road trip with late fiancée Gabby Petito before joining her once again.  Insider reported that Attorney Steven Bertolino said Laundrie flew from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Tampa on Friday, Aug. 17. Bertolino reportedly said Laundrie went to retrieve items and "empty and close" a storage unit.  Bertolino said Laundrie did this to save money as the couple considered extending their cross-country road trip. He then joined Petito again on Monday, Aug. 23.  Laundrie was …

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by Nicole Valinote
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New Dispatch Audio Reveals Cops In Utah Were Told Brian Laundrie Hit Gabby Petito New Dispatch Audio Reveals Cops In Utah Were Told Brian Laundrie Hit Gabby Petito
New Dispatch Audio Reveals Cops In Utah Were Told Brian Laundrie Hit Gabby Petito New dispatch audio shows that police in Utah who pulled over Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito knew before they stop that he had allegedly hit her and they may have violated protocol when they did not arrest him. The audio of the dispatch call contradicts reports from officers in Moab City, Utah, they were unaware of a call from a person who said they had witnessed Laundrie slapping Petito. "RP (reporting party) states seeing a male hit a female, domestic," the dispatcher told police at around 4.38 pm local time, according to the audio obtained by Fox News 13, KSTU in Salt Lake City, Utah…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Brian Laundrie Left Home Without Wallet, Cell Phone Before Disappearance, New Report Says Brian Laundrie Left Home Without Wallet, Cell Phone Before Disappearance, New Report Says
Brian Laundrie Left Home Without Wallet, Cell Phone Before Disappearance, New Report Says A new report says the boyfriend of the late Gabby Petito, who is the target of a massive manhunt by the FBI, left his Florida home without his wallet and cell phone. A "source close to the family" of Brian Laundrie confirmed the information to CNN.  Officials with the FBI in Denver, who are heading up the case, declined to confirm the information. Laundrie, age 23, of North Port, Florida in Sarasota County, is wanted on a federal warrant for allegedly fraudulently using credit cards after Petito's death, has not been seen since he left his parent's home to go for a hike in at Carlton Rese…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Federal Arrest Warrant Issued For Missing Fiancé In Gabby Petito Homicide Investigation Federal Arrest Warrant Issued For Missing Fiancé In Gabby Petito Homicide Investigation
Federal Arrest Warrant Issued For Missing Fiancé In Gabby Petito Homicide Investigation An arrest warrant has been issued for Brian Laundrie following the death of his fiancée and fellow Long Island native Gabby Petito. The warrant for the 23-year-old Laundrie was announced late Thursday afternoon, Sept. 23 by the FBI. The warrant is not for Petito's homicide itself, but "is related to activities occurring after the death of Gabby Petito and not related to her actual demise," the FBI said. The US District Court of Wyoming issued the warrant. Related story - 'Don’t Try To Find Me': Missing Boyfriend Reportedly Posted Chilling Comments On Social Media "We urge indiv…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Missing Gabby Petito Boyfriend May Have Been Seen On Deer Cam Missing Gabby Petito Boyfriend May Have Been Seen On Deer Cam
Missing Gabby Petito Boyfriend May Have Been Seen On Deer Cam Authorities in Florida have searched an area after a deer camera captured a hiker resembling Brian Laundrie walking through a wilderness area. Laundrie, age 23, is the missing boyfriend of Long Island native Gabby Petito, age 22, whose body was found on Sunday, Sept. 19 in Wyoming. Related story: Body Found In Forest Officially ID'd As Gabby Petito, Manner Of Death Ruled Homicide The image was found by Sam Bass on his camera on Monday, Sept. 20 in the town of Baker, Florida, in Okaloosa County located in Northwest Florida, about 500 miles away from Laundrie’s home in the City of North Por…

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by Kathy Reakes