FBI and police find ‘articles’ belonging to Brian Laundrie in 25,000-acre nature reserve they’ve been searching for nearly 5 weeks
- The FBI and North Port Police Department found articles belonging to Brian Laundrie in Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park early Wednesday morning
- The Laundrie family lawyer confirmed the discovery
- The Florida park remains closed to the public while investigators continue their search for the wanted fugitive
- Laundrie is being hunted by the FBI who also issued a warrant for his arrest for ‘use of unauthorized access device’
- He is the sole person of interest in the homicide of his fiancée, Gabby Petito
Articles belonging to wanted fugitive Brian Laundrie were found in Florida‘s Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park early Wednesday morning.
Laundrie family lawyer, Steven Bertolino, confirmed the discovery to Fox News and claims officers are now conducting a thorough search of park for the missing 23-year-old.
Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta, were called to the park after law enforcement told the couple they ‘might have found something’ in the five-week long search for their son.
The FBI and North Port Police Department have closed the 25,000-acre park, which just reopened to the public on Tuesday after being closed to the public for nearly a month due to the ongoing search for Laundrie.
Federal investigators issued an arrest warrant for Laundrie for ‘use of unauthorized access device’ last month after alleging he used a Capitol One Bank debit card that wasn’t his. He is also the sole person of interest in the homicide of his fiancée, Gabby Petito.
The FBI’s discovery comes just one day after internet sleuths claimed they had proof that wanted Laundrie was still alive.
Minnesota-based blogger Shaynah Dodge, who has been closely monitoring the investigation into Gabby Petito‘s homicide, claims Laundrie’s Pinterest account has followed a new account in the past three weeks.
Laundrie has been on the run from police since fleeing his parents’ Florida home more than a month ago, after he returned from a vacation with his girlfriend Gabby Petito, alone. Petito’s body was later discovered. She was murdered by strangulation.
‘Three weeks ago I posted in my stories about Brian’s Pinterest account. In my screengrab from three weeks ago he followed 145 people,’ Dodge posted to her Instagram stories.
‘Tonight I was scrolling some of his pins on his account and I noticed this … He now follows 146 people. That’s weird right?’
Similarly, Twitter user Ian Scott claimed Monday morning that Laundrie’s email account was active last Friday.
‘When I first discovered #BrianLaundrie’s email account, I posted that there was activity using it on September 18th,’ he wrote. ‘Now the Latest Update is showing activity for October 15th!’
The alleged discoveries come about a week after police said there was no evidence suggesting if Laundrie – who disappeared over a month ago – was dead or not.