Police in Florida name boyfriend of missing woman 'person of interest'

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Authorities successful Florida accidental the fellow of Gabby Petito, a pistillate missing since traveling done Utah past month, has been named a idiosyncratic of involvement successful her disappearance.

On Wednesday, the North Port Police Department stated successful a Facebook station that Brian Laundrie has not cooperated successful the probe and that helium is present "a idiosyncratic of involvement successful this case."

The section said successful the Facebook station that they would beryllium the "primary investigating agency" since some parties successful the lawsuit reside successful North Port. They added that they would analyse alongside the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Police said they recovered Petito's conveyance successful North Port astatine location she shared with Laundrie and his parents connected Sept. 11.

The achromatic 2012 Ford Transit van was processed for grounds connected Tuesday.

Officials accidental Laundrie drove it location to Florida without Petito connected Sept. 1.

Petito's household reported her missing 10 days later.

“As a father, I tin ideate the symptom and suffering Gabby’s household is going through," said North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison. "We are pleading with anyone, including Brian, to stock accusation with america connected her whereabouts successful the past fewer weeks. The deficiency of accusation from Brian is hindering this investigation. The answers volition yet travel out. We volition assistance find Gabby and we volition assistance find anyone who whitethorn beryllium progressive successful her disappearance."

Petito, 22, and Laundrie, 23, were connected a travel to respective nationalist parks successful Utah and Wyoming erstwhile she was past seen successful August.

Petito made her last societal media station to Instagram connected Aug. 25 from an Ogden, Utah, business.

The Moab Police Department said its officers responded to an incidental involving the mates connected Aug. 12. Still, an probe determined determination was insufficient grounds for transgression charges, and nary different details were released.

The section added that the mates was not the ones who called the police.

Jeff Tavss astatine KSTU archetypal reported this story.