Police in Florida said Monday that they would no longer be looking in a 25,000-acre wildlife refuge where they had been focusing their search for Brian Laundrie, the man named a person of interest in the disappearance of his fiancée Gabby Petito.
Petito's family addressed his disappearance, saying through a family attorney: "All of Gabby's family want the world to know that Brian is not missing, he is hiding. Gabby is missing."at a campground in Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, according to Charles Jones, the supervisory agent in the FBI's Denver office.
Petito was last known to have been in Grand Teton National Park late last month, when she stopped communicating with her family, police have said.," Petito's brother posted on Instagram on Sunday.she touched the world," her father, Joseph, wrote on Facebook. A photo of his daughter accompanied the caption.
A statement from the family's lawyer, Richard B. Stafford, asked for space to "allow them to grieve." He also thanked the FBI, the North Port Police Department, Teton County Search and Rescue crews and police on Long Island, where the family lives. "Your tireless work and determination helped bring Gabby home to her parents. The family and I will be forever grateful," Stafford said."The Laundrie family prays for Gabby and her family,” the statement said.
Petito and Laundrie began a cross-country tour of national parks in July, documenting their journey on YouTube and Instagram using the hashtag #VanLife. Laundrie returned home to North Port, south of Tampa, in the couple's van Sept. 1 — 10 days before Petito's family reported her missing, police have said.
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