Human remains found in Brian Laundrie search ‘are SKULL and bones’ as authorities describe ‘treacherous’ Carlton swamp
HUMAN remains found in the search for Brian Laundrie on Wednesday were bones including a portion of a human skull, according to reports.
Local media has claimed that "skeletal remains" were found near a backpack and notebook belonging to Laundrie in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park.
Two senior law enforcement officials told NBC that among the bones was a portion of a human skull. The remains have not yet been identified.
However, an attorney for the Laundrie family has claimed that it is like the remains belong to Brian.
The FBI has not confirmed the state the remains were found in.
It was revealed on Wednesday that they were found in an area of the park that was previously underwater.
It is also unclear if it was partial or full remains found.
Laundrie has been missing since September 13 but his family didn't report him missing until September 17.
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His fiancée Gabby Petito's remains were found two days later in a Wyoming national park.
The coroner revealed last week that the 22-year-old blogger had been strangled to death.
The FBI named Laundrie as a person of interest in Gabby's murder for the first time on Wednesday when they revealed the shocking discovery that his personal items were found.
An arrest warrant was issued for the fugitive fiancé on September 24 after a grand jury charged him with misuse of a bank card that didn't belong to him.
Gabby's family later confirmed the card belonged to her.
Laundrie is accused of spending $1,000 on her card as he returned to Florida without her in her van.
He reportedly spent the cash between August 30 and September 1.
Gabby was last seen alive on August 27 as she apologized to staff in a Wyoming restaurant for Laundrie's anger.
BRIAN BREAKTHROUGH
The FBI, who is leading Gabby's murder case, ramped up the search for Laundrie in the Carlton Reserve after the arrest warrant was issued.
Chris and Roberta Laundrie had said their son went for a hike in the reserve in early September but didn't return.
K-9 units and helicopters were brought in to aid in the hunt through the difficult terrain, which is swamped with alligators and rattlesnakes.
A backpack and notebook belonging to Laundrie were found by police near human remains yesterday during a brief search with the missing 23-year-old's parents.
The medical examiner told journalist Brian Entin that he does not expect to identify the remains today.
Michael McPherson, of the Tampa FBI division, told reporters Wednesday that investigators will likely be at the scene for “several days” as they forensically examine the evidence.
FBI teams and canine units have been pictured arriving at the reserve early on Thursday morning, according to NewsNationNow.
'STRONG CHANCE'
As the public waits for answers, the Laundrie family lawyer Steven Bertolino told Insider that Brian's parents, Chris and Roberta, are "not convinced" yet that the remains are Brian's.
They do however concede there's a "strong chance" that they are his, Bertolino said, adding they are "just waiting" for the identification results to come back.
Bertolino, meanwhile, said it was "common sense" to believe that it was Brian's body that was found yesterday.
"Brian's belongings found near remains in an area of [the] park [the] parents knew he frequented," the attorney said.
Chris Laundrie also found a white plastic dry bag while cops and cadaver dogs were scouring the park Wednesday.
Bertolino added: “Chris didn’t want to pick the bag up because he wanted law enforcement to see it. This was caught on camera."
The lawyer said that Chris informed authorities once he found the item.
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The Laundries were then asked to leave the park as investigators continued combing the area.
Bertolino branded it “hogwash” to suggest the parents planted Brian’s possessions in the swamp, explaining that they were both being shadowed by reporters and police.
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