The Sarasota County medical examiner’s office and a cadaver dog have been sent to a Florida park after the attorney forBrian Laundrie’s family confirmed several items belonging to the 23-year-old fugitive were found in the park, PEOPLE confirms.
Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino tells PEOPLE that the Laundrie family and law enforcement found “some articles” belonging to him during a “brief search” on Wednesday in Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park. Laundrie’s parents had searched the park with officials from the FBI and the police department in North Port, Fla., Bertolino said.
He would not comment when asked for specifics on which articles the family found.
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The FBI Tampa tweeted that “Items of interest were located at the Carlton Reserve this morning in connection with the search for Brian Laundrie,” adding that an FBI response team was at the scene. (Carlton Reserve is connected to Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park.)
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office sent a cadaver dog to the park, a spokesperson tells PEOPLE. It is the fourth time in the search for Laundrie that they have done so, the spokesperson says.
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He is currently considered a fugitive. A warrant for his arrest was issued in late September, accusing Laundrie of unauthorized use of a debit card. His family’s attorney has said his parents have no idea where he is.
Petito — a Long Island, N.Y. native — and Laundrie had embarked on a cross-country journey in July, traveling from Florida to New York in her white Ford van, then heading west. Petitodocumented their adventureson her YouTube channel and planned to start a blog about their new, so-called “vandwelling” lifestyle.
source: people.com
