Human remains found are Brian Laundrie’s, police confirm
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Brian Laundrie hadn't been seen since Sept. 13, according to his parents. He was a person of interest in the murder of his fiancée, Gabby Petito.
Human remains found along a trail in the Florida wilderness near personal items belonging to Brian Laundrie have been confirmed as those of the missing man, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation Thursday.
Laundrie was a person of interest in the homicide of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito, whose remains were found in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest in mid-September. A medical examiner confirmed that Petito died from strangulation. Laundrie, 23, hadn’t been seen since Sept. 13, according to his parents, authorities say.
A statement from the federal policing agency Thursday said that human remains found at the Carlton Reserve in Florida on Wednesday were confirmed to belong to him.
“On October 21, 2021, a comparison of dental records confirmed that the human remains found at the T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve and Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park are those of Brian Laundrie,” read the statement.
Michael McPherson, special agent in charge at the FBI’s Tampa field office, told reporters on Wednesday that the personal items found included a notebook and backpack owned by Laundrie.
“These items were found in an area that up until recently have been underwater,” he said. “Our evidence response team is on scene using all available forensic resources to process the area.”
CNN reported that the remains found on the trail “appear to have been there a while.”