THE underwater recovery team in charge of locating Brain Laundrie at the Carlton Nature Reservesaid they are “motivated and hungry” to find the missing fiancé.
“They are motivated and they are hungry to find Brian Laundrie,” the dive team said on Wednesday as Laundrie remains missing.
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The hunt for Laundrie continues after an autopsy confirmed that the body of Gabby Petito, 22, had been found in Wyoming.
The 22-year-old victim’s death was reported to be a homicide.
Police, FBI agents, and K9s started searching the 24,000-acre nature reserve over the weekend without success.
The reserve is thought to be infested by alligators, poisonous serpents, and mosquitoes. It also has thick foliage that complicates the search.
The dive team’s arrival came as internet sleuths peddled a wild conspiracy that Laundrie may be hiding on a boat to evade police.
The theory, which is gaining traction on Twitter, appears to be born out from an unfounded claim that Laundrie went live on Instagram for a matter of seconds on Monday.
Twitter has circulated a clip showing a body watery and the side a green vessel before cutting out abruptly.
Viewers of the clip are attempting to claim that Laundrie “accidentally” went live on Instagram before realizing and hastily cutting off the feed.
Read our Gabby Petito live blog for the very latest news and updates…
Laundrie and Patito were roughly two months into a four-month adventure when Laundrie returned to hisFloridahome with their van on September 1.
Laundrie found the transit parked outside his parents’ house, where Petito and he had lived for two years.
His family reported Laundrie missing after he allegedly told them he was going on a hike in Mabry Carlton Reserve.
Laundrie’s parents said that they drove his car home from a Florida wildlife reserve after he “failed to return from a hike” – days before they reported him missing.
On Monday, cops searched the home of Laundrie and bundled his parents into a police van after declaring the area a “crime scene.”
The FBI announced a “search warrant” twice before they removed Chris and Roberta Laundrie from the home. They placed the parents in a van and left their property.
Police also towed away Laundrie’s silver Mustang from his parents’ home.
Laundrie is believed to have driven the Mustang while he was allegedly on Tuesday for a hike at a nature reserve covering 25,000 acres in Sarasota. That’s the last time his family saw him.
Laundrie’s parents reportedly told police they realized Brian hadn’t come back from his hike “on Wednesday or Thursday,” and that’s when they went to pick up the Mustang and drove it back to their home.
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When asked by local reporter Brian Entin if Laundrie’s parents could be leading them in the wrong direction, police said they are “working to corroborate their story.”
“They did not say ‘we believe the parents or we know for sure that Brian was hiking in this reserve’,” shared Entin.
Cops had previously left a note on the car, which requested it be removed, but the family left the vehicle there until Thursday, hoping Laundrie would return to it, Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino told theNew York Post.
However, a video appears to show the car parked on the Laundrie’s driveway Wednesday, according to aCrimeonlinereport.
Entin footage also showed the Mustang convertible in its driveway on Wednesday night.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Laundrie’s parents were still at their Florida residence.
Gabby’s killer, who has not been named, is now listed among the FBI’s Most Wanted as the agency hunts for information on the young woman’s final movements.
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