Body found in Wyoming forest matches description of missing woman Gabby Petito, FBI says
- Gabby Petito disappeared on a cross-country trek with her boyfriend
- Police are calling boyfriend Brian Laundrie a ‘person of interest’ in the case
US law enforcement said a body found in a US national forest in Wyoming, where a search was under way for Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, matches the description of the missing woman, whose disappearance has gripped the country.
American authorities launched a massive search for 22-year-old Petito when her family filed a missing-person report on September 11, after she mysteriously vanished during a road trip with her boyfriend.
After a body was found in the main search area in Wyoming on Sunday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the remains matched the description of Petito.
“Earlier today human remains were discovered consistent with the description of Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito,” FBI agent Charles Jones told a press conference.
“Full forensic identification has not been completed to confirm 100 per cent that we found Gabby, but her family has been notified of this discovery,” he said, adding that cause of death had not been determined.
The FBI and other law enforcement had been searching for Petito in a national forest in the western state of Wyoming, where the couple was when Petito last communicated with her parents in late August, according to her family.