Cops looking for Laundrie in Florida nature reserve

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Police successful Florida searched a immense wildlife reserve adjacent the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.

Dozens of North Port constabulary officers, FBI agents and members of different instrumentality enforcement agencies connected Saturday searched the 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve successful the Sarasota, Florida area.

His household believes helium entered the country earlier this week.

Laundrie and Petito near successful July connected a cross-country trek successful a converted van to sojourn nationalist parks successful the U.S. West.

Police encountered some Laundrie and Petito successful Moab, Utah, connected Aug. 12 aft bystanders witnessed the mates warring astatine a convenience store. Police did not record charges aft the 2 agreed to walk the nighttime successful abstracted places.

Petito's parent says the past clip she spoke with her girl was connected Aug. 25, erstwhile she reported that she was successful Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.

Police accidental Laundrie was unsocial erstwhile helium drove the van backmost to his parents’ location connected Sept. 1.

Police are inactive pursuing the lawsuit arsenic a missing idiosyncratic case. No charges person been filed.