Gabby Petito case: human remains found amid search for fiancé Brian Laundrie
- A medical examiner has been called to a wilderness area in Florida, where the FBI says items belonging to the missing man were also discovered
- Petito was found dead after going missing on a cross-country trip with Laundrie, in a case that captivated internet users
Partial human remains were found on Wednesday in a Florida wilderness area where authorities were searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito, a young woman who vanished on a road trip with Laundrie, the FBI said on Wednesday.
The Sarasota County Medical Examiner’s Office was called on Wednesday morning to the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park where the search for Laundrie was under way, a spokesperson for the office said earlier.
FBI investigators were working at Carlton Reserve, which is near the park, the agency’s Tampa division said.
“Investigators found what appeared to be human remains, along with personal items … belonging to Brian Laundrie,” the FBI said. The investigation was continuing.
Petito’s disappearance last month during a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend captivated the country, first as an internet sensation and then as a tabloid mystery that grew more enigmatic by the day.