Gabby Petito live Search for fianc Brian Laundrie continues as police find nothing in swampy woodland

Protesters chant ‘where’s Gabby?’ outside Brian Laundrie’s home

Separate searches are underway in Wyoming and Florida for missing YouTuber Gabby Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie.

A couple claims they saw Ms Petito’s van near Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

The couple said they saw the van on 25 August, narrowing the potential search area for investigators if they deem the tip credible. They did not see Ms Petito or her fiancé. However, Ms Petito did tag numerous potential campsites on an app called The Dyrt, which may provide insight into the general area she planned to explore on her trip.

In Florida, protesters gathered outside Mr Laundrie’s house late this week, hoping to pressure him into cooperating with law enforcement. Ms Petito’s family called on Mr Laundrie’s family to help them find their daughter.

However, it came to light that Mr Laundrie had left the house on Tuesday and was last seen in a vast swampy nature reserve near the city of North Port. Local police and the FBI are currently searching for him in the park.

On Wednesday, the North Port Police Department in Florida announced they were treating Ms Petito’s fiancé as a person of interest in their investigation. He has thus far refused to cooperate with law enforcement.

The family of Ms Petito have also revealed they do not believe her final text message on 30 August actually came from her.

Ms Petito and her fiancé were reportedly arguing and hitting each other, according to a police report from Utah. The couple, who were on a road trip in Ms Petito’s van, were spotted having an argument in Moab City, Utah on 12 August.

Bodycamera footage of a police encounter with the couple shows Ms Petito crying over the argument she and Mr Laundrie had been having during their trip.

Ms Petito disappeared while on a road trip with her fiancé, Mr Laundrie, who returned without her, prompting a frantic search for the 22-year-old woman that began on 11 September.

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Show latest update 1632060878FBI have video believed to show Gabby Petito’s van in Grand Teton National Park

Gabby Petito’s family have posted a notice on the Find Gabby Facebook page saying a video that shows a white van at a campground in Grand Teton National Park on August 27 is with the FBI.

The vehicle in the footage appears to be the converted camper van that Ms Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie had been living in as they travelled across the country before Ms Petito’s disappearance.

The post said: “We believe this is the van for multiple reasons. Please do not clog up the tip line with the same video. This is in the hands of the right people,” adding “Thank you so much, this is exactly why we are asking people to review older photos and video.”

A family found the clip after looking through recordings they had taken while in the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area of the park on August 27.

They posted the footage on YouTube with a caption explaining it had been taken in the camping area in the early evening that day.

“We had passed by a white van with Florida Plates. We noticed it because we are originally from Florida and wanted to stop and say hi. When we passed the van, all the lights were off and it didn’t look like anyone was there. We ended up leaving because we couldn’t find a spot,” the caption read.

Helen.Elfer19 September 2021 15:141632058200Florida TV channel flies drone over vast area being searchedLamiat Sabin19 September 2021 14:301632054649Search resumes for Laundrie

The search for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his fiancée Gabby Petito, has resumed today.

Around 50 people from North Port Police, FBI, and Florida Fish and Wildlife are searching the 200-acre Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in Sarasota County.

The park opens into a 25,000-acre area called Carlton Reserve, a swampy woodland that was searched yesterday.

Josh Taylor, public information officer for the North Port Police, said: “We’ve had 50 plus folks, we’ve had drones in the air, bloodhounds, K-9s, four-wheelers, side-by-sides... certainly out there it’s very wet.”

Speaking of Laundrie, Mr Taylor told WFLA-TV: “You have someone there’s an enormous amount of pressure on him to provide answers about what’s going on here.”

Lamiat Sabin19 September 2021 13:301632051000Campers with information urged to come forward

The FBI is calling on people who stayed at the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area in Wyoming between 27 and 30 August to get in touch if they have information on Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie.

Lamiat Sabin19 September 2021 12:301632047439FBI releases missing poster for GabbyLamiat Sabin19 September 2021 11:301632044746Hashtag viewed more than quarter of billion times

The hashtag #GabbyPetito has been viewed more than 268 million times on social media network TikTok alone.

Dozens of other hashtags â€" such as #findgabbypetito and #gabbypetitoupdate â€" have attracted the views of millions of people intent on following the developments in her disappearance â€" according to numbers cited by Newsweek.

Lamiat Sabin19 September 2021 10:451632040200Reports that body was found are fake â€" policeLamiat Sabin19 September 2021 09:301632036600Police find ‘nothing’ in search for Laundrie

North Port Police said that their search of Carlton Reserve for Brian Laundrie yesterday resulted in “nothing” being found.

Officers will be resuming their search for any signs of Laundrie in the swampy woodland today.

The force said in a tweet: “Our search of the Carlton is being called this evening due to darkness. Nothing found.

“Efforts will begin again Sunday morning.”

Lamiat Sabin19 September 2021 08:301632034136Wyoming campsite searched by FBI and park rangers

FBI agents and park rangers have carried out a search of a wild campsite believed to have been used by missing Gabby Petito.

Dozens of officers from the FBI, the US Forest Service, Teton County Sheriff’s office and other agencies, looked for clues at the site at Spread Creek Road, about 20 miles north of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Rangers from the National Park Service blocked the public and the media from entering the site, while campers were told to be gone from the site by the time the search started.

Andrew Buncombe reports from Grand Teton National Park

Lamiat Sabin19 September 2021 07:481632002015Gabby Petito one of three people who disappeared near Grand Teton Park this summer

Missing travel blogger Gabby Petito is one of three people who have disappeared near the Grand Teton Park area this summer.

The 22-year-old was reported missing by her family on 11 September after her fiance Brian Laundrie returned from the couple’s cross-country van trip without her.

Harriet Sinclair reports.

Oliver O'Connell18 September 2021 22:53

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