Body believed to be Gabby Petito found in Wyoming; cause of death undetermined

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

MOOSE, Wyo. – A assemblage believed to beryllium that of 22-year-old Gabby Petito was recovered Sunday successful a nationalist wood successful Teton County, Wyoming, according to the FBI.

The FBI said quality remains were recovered successful the Spread Creek dispersed camping country wrong Grand Teton National Park and were accordant with the statement of Petito.

Though a afloat forensic recognition has not been completed to corroborate the identity, Petito’s household has been notified of the discovery, the FBI said. The origin of decease has not been determined.

“The installation astir Spread Creek campsite volition stay closed to the nationalist until further notice. This is an progressive and ongoing investigation,” an FBI spokesperson said.

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Meanwhile successful Florida, much than 50 instrumentality enforcement officers connected Sunday started a 2nd time of searching successful a immense wildlife country adjacent the Gulf Coast for a 23-year-old antheral that authorities see a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the disappearance of Petito who was his woman that went missing portion connected a cross-country trek.

The hunt for Brian Laundrie resumed astatine the much than 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve successful Sarasota County, Florida, a wildlife country with much than 100 miles of trails, arsenic good arsenic campgrounds. North Port Police said astir 6 p.m. connected Sunday the hunt of the Carlton had concluded for the evening and it had thing to report.

Laundrie and Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito near successful July connected a cross-country trek successful a converted van to sojourn nationalist parks successful the U.S. West. Police said Laundrie was unsocial erstwhile helium drove the van backmost to his parents’ location successful North Port, Florida, connected Sept. 1. Petito’s household filed a missing persons study Sept. 11 with constabulary successful Suffolk County, New York.

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Laundrie has been identified arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the case.

“It is important to enactment that portion Brian is simply a idiosyncratic of involvement successful Gabby’s disappearance, helium is not wanted for a crime,” North Port constabulary said successful a statement. It added that the probe is present a “multiple missing person” case.

Laundrie’s household members told investigators that the past clip they saw him was connected Tuesday erstwhile they judge helium went to the wildlife reserve successful the Sarasota area.

Petito’s household had been pleading for the Laundrie household to archer them wherever their lad past saw her. Petito and Laundrie were puerility sweethearts who met portion increasing up connected Long Island, New York. His parents aboriginal moved to North Port, astir 35 miles southbound of Sarasota.

The couple’s trek successful the Fort Transit van began successful July from Long Island. They intended to scope Oregon by the extremity of October according to their societal media accounts, but Petito vanished aft her past known interaction with household successful precocious August from Grand Teton National Park successful Wyoming, authorities said.

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The FBI successful Denver said Saturday that agents began conducting crushed surveys astatine Grand Teton National Park, with assistance from the National Park Service and section instrumentality enforcement agencies, seeking clues to Petito’s disappearance.

FBI agents tweeted that they were focusing connected an undeveloped camping country adjacent Spread Creek connected the eastbound bound of the park. They urged anybody who had been determination betwixt Aug. 27 and 30, and had seen Petito, Laundrie oregon their vehicle, to interaction them.

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