FILE - This Aug. 12, 2021 record photograph from video provided by the Moab, Utah, Police Department shows Brian Laundrie talking to a constabulary serviceman aft constabulary pulled implicit the van helium was traveling successful with his girlfriend, Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, adjacent the entranceway to Arches National Park successful Utah. The FBI connected Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, identified quality remains recovered successful a Florida quality sphere arsenic those of Laundrie, a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the decease of woman Gabby Petito portion the mates was connected a cross-country roadworthy trip. (The Moab Police Department via AP, File)

MIAMI – An lawyer for the household of Brian Laundrie said Tuesday that helium fatally changeable himself successful the head.

Laundrie had been the taxable of a manhunt for much than a period arsenic investigators searched for clues successful the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, during their cross-country van travel together.

Attorney Steve Bertolino said successful a connection that Laundrie's parents person been informed that the origin of decease was a gunshot coiled to the head, and the mode of decease was suicide.

“Chris and Roberta are inactive mourning the nonaccomplishment of their lad and are hopeful that these findings bring closure to some families,” Bertolino said.

Found successful a Florida quality preserve, Laundrie’s skeletal remains were positively identified past month utilizing dental records.

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The find of the remains concluded a monolithic hunt involving federal, authorities and section instrumentality enforcement that began soon aft Laundrie disappeared Sept. 14, 2 weeks aft the 23-year-old returned unsocial to his parents’ location successful North Port, Florida.

The probe into Petito’s slaying, however, has not yet concluded. But lone Laundrie was ever identified by instrumentality enforcement officials arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the case.

Petito’s household reported the 22-year-old pistillate missing Sept. 11, launching a hunt that garnered worldwide media attraction and, successful Laundrie’s case, focused mostly connected the Carlton Reserve wilderness parkland adjacent the Laundrie home. It is simply a densely wooded, swampy country that’s location to alligators, coyotes, bobcats, snakes and galore different creatures.

Petito's remains were discovered Sept. 19 connected the borderline of Grand Teton National Park successful Wyoming, 1 of the places the young mates had visited connected the travel they documented done societal media videos. Authorities said the assemblage had been determination for astir a month.

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An autopsy successful Wyoming concluded Petito died by strangulation and that it was a homicide. Laundrie was listed arsenic a “person of interest” successful her sidesplitting but helium was charged lone with fraudulent usage of a debit paper that was not his.

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