'We are frustrated too,' the statement said. Family members told investigators he took his car, but the vehicle was found back at his family's home, not at the reserve.Įarlier, the North Port Police said in a statement that they understood the community's frustration over the lack of progress in finding the missing woman. One mystery is how Laundrie got to the reserve. Investigators were trying to verify the story told by Laundrie's family members that they believe the reserve is where he went with only a backpack, Taylor said. An attorney for the family called FBI investigators and said they wanted to talk about Laundrie's disappearance, police said. Police said the conversation Friday evening was the first time they'd spoken with the Laundries in detail about the case, and that the meeting came at the family's request. Laundrie's family earlier told officers that they haven't seen him since Tuesday. 'Certainly, we prepare for all different possibilities, but you know, our goal is to locate him and bring him back to North Port,' Taylor said. Depending on his skills, he could survive out in the reserve for some time, said police spokesperson Josh Taylor at a news conference. Investigators in Florida were hopeful Laundrie was somewhere in the wildlife reserve near Sarasota. 11 with police in Suffolk County, New York. Petito's family filed a missing persons report Sept. Police said Laundrie was alone when he drove the van back to his parents' home in North Port, Florida, on Sept. Laundrie and Petito, 22, left in July on a cross-country trek in a converted van to visit national parks in the U.S.

Her last known contact with family members was from the national park known for its mountainous terrain. Meanwhile, the FBI in Denver said Saturday that agents were conducting ground surveys at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, with help from the National Park Service and local law enforcement agencies, seeking clues to Petito's disappearance. 'His family says they believe he entered the area earlier this week,' North Port Police tweeted Saturday. Investigators took some of his clothing from his parents' home Friday night to provide a scent for the search dogs.

More than 50 North Port police officers, FBI agents and members of other law enforcement agencies searched the 24,000-acre (9,712-hectare) Carlton Reserve in the Sarasota, Florida area of the Gulf Coast.Īuthorities used drones, scent-sniffing dogs and all-terrain vehicles in the reserve, which has more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) of trails, as well as campgrounds.

Police searched a vast Florida wildlife reserve on Saturday for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle 'Gabby' Petito, while across the country the FBI hunted for clues about the missing woman in a mountainous national park in Wyoming.

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