Items belonging to Brian Laundrie found off Florida trail he frequented, family attorney says

(CNN) — Investigators searching for Brian Laundrie, the missing fiancé of Gabby Petito, recovered “some articles” of his disconnected a way that helium frequented astatine the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park adjacent his family’s location successful Florida connected Wednesday, household lawyer Steven Bertolino said.

Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, informed the FBI and the North Port Police Department Tuesday nighttime that they intended to travel to the parkland connected Wednesday greeting to hunt for him, Bertolino said. Law enforcement met them determination Wednesday morning, helium said.

After a “brief search” disconnected a way Laundrie frequented, the household and instrumentality enforcement recovered “some articles” belonging to him, Bertolino said. He would not springiness immoderate further accusation connected what oregon however galore items were found.

Bertolino said that instrumentality enforcement is present conducting a much thorough probe of that area.

North Port constabulary “decline to comment, respectfully.”

The find comes amid an exhaustive hunt for Laundrie’s whereabouts that has present stretched implicit a month.

Nearly 2 months ago, Petito, 22, disappeared portion she and Laundrie, 23, were connected a roadworthy travel astir the occidental US, documenting their travels connected societal media. Laundrie returned to their location successful North Point, Florida, wherever they lived with his parents, without Petito connected Sept. 1.

Unable to get successful interaction with her, Petito’s household reported her missing 10 days later. Laundrie declined to cooperate with the probe into her whereabouts, and soon after, helium besides went missing, and his household told investigators they believed helium had gone to a adjacent quality reserve.

Petito’s remains were recovered successful a national wood successful Wyoming on Sept. 19 adjacent wherever the mates had past been seen together. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue has ruled that she died by strangulation.

Laundrie has not been explicitly connected to Petito’s homicide, but helium is the taxable of a federal apprehension warrant for unauthorized usage of different person’s debit paper successful the days aft Petito past spoke with her family.