Human Remains Found In Florida To Missing Brian Laundrie - FBI

Partial human remains found in a Florida wilderness area have been identified through dental records as belonging to Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of murdered travel blogger Gabby Petito, the FBI told Dan Whitcomb of Reuters on Thursday (Friday, Oct. 22, in Manila).

Photo Insert: Brian Laundrie had been named a "person of interest" in Petito's disappearance as he was the last person to be seen with the latter when she was still alive. Laundrie was never criminally charged in her murder.

The remains were discovered on Wednesday in the swampy Carlton Reserve not far from Laundrie's parents' home. Police and FBI agents had been searching for him there since his family reported him missing in mid-September.

Laundrie had been named a "person of interest" in Petito's disappearance but was never criminally charged in her murder. A federal grand jury in Wyoming indicted him on Sept. 23 on a single count of fraudulently using her bank debit card.

Petito's disappearance in late August during a cross-country "van life" road trip with Laundrie was followed closely by Americans as the case became an internet sensation and then a tabloid mystery.

Petito, 22, was last been seen alive on Aug. 26. Her body was discovered on Sept. 19 near the remote Spread Creek Dispersed Campground in Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming. Medical examiners found she had been strangled.

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