Officers Search The Florida Home Of Gabby Petito’s Boyfriend

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This combo of photos provided by FBI Denver shows missing person Gabrielle «Gabby Petito. Petito, 22, vanished while on a cross-country trip in a converted camper van with her boyfriend. Authorities say a body discovered on Sept. 19 in Wyoming is believed to be Petito.





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This police camera video provided by the Moab Police Department shows Brian Laundrie talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van he was traveling in with his girlfriend, Gabrielle «Gabby Petito, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12. The couple was pulled over while they were having an emotional fight.





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Petito’s father, Joseph, posted on social media an image of a broken heart above a picture of his daughter, with the message: «She touched the world.

An attorney who has been acting as a spokesman for Petito’s family asked in a statement that the family be given room to grieve.

Jones said investigators were still seeking information from anyone who may have seen Petito or Laundrie around Grand Teton.

A weekend search of a Florida nature preserve failed to find Laundrie, North Port police said. They said in a statement that they «exhausted all avenues in searching the grounds of the 24,000-acre (9,700-hectare) Carlton Reserve in Sarasota County.



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Investigators focused intently on the area after Laundrie’s parents told police he may have gone there.

Petito’s family on New York’s Long Island has been pleading for the Laundrie family to tell them where their son last saw her. Petito and Laundrie were childhood sweethearts who met while growing up on Long Island. His parents later moved to North Port, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Sarasota.

Police video released by the Moab, Utah, department showed that an officer pulled the couple’s van over on Aug. 12 after it was seen speeding and hitting a curb near the entrance to Arches National Park. The body-camera video showed an upset Petito.

Laundrie said on the video that the couple had gotten into a scuffle after he climbed into the van with dirty feet. He said he did not want to pursue a domestic violence charge against Petito, who officers decided was the aggressor.

Moab police separated the couple for the night, with Laundrie checking into a motel and Petito remaining with the van.