FBI: Human remains found in Wyoming likely Gabby Petito
Investigators on Saturday continued the national search for missing woman Gabby Petito a week after she was first reported missing. The search for her fiancé Brian Laundrie, who is a person of interest in the case, has ramped up since police officers went to his Florida home Friday expecting to speak to him and were told by his parents they hadn't heard from him since Tuesday.
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Gabrielle Petito’s father: ‘She touched the world’
Joseph Petito, the father of Gabby Petito, takes to Twitter after news that a body matching his daughter’s description was found in Wyoming.
REMEMBERING GABBY: FBI confirms remains in WY likely missing woman as search
Autopsy scheduled for body believed to be Gabby Petito
An autopsy for the body believed to be that of Gabby Petito has been scheduled for Tuesday, according to the Teton County Coroner's Office.
The body was discovered Sunday at Grand Teton National Park, with the FBI saying the body matched the description for Petito.
The investigation is still ongoing, and the body has not been 100% positively identified.
Schmidt and Petito family lawyer releases statement after likely discovery of Gabby Petito
"I am making a personal request to members of the press and news media to refrain from contacting the Schmidt and Petito family," lawyer Richard Benson Stafford said in a statement Sunday. Due to today's developments, we are asking the press and news media to have some decorum and sensitivity for Gabby's family and allow them to grieve. I will be in contact with you when Gabby's family is ready to make a public statement."
"I would also like to personally thank the FBI, the Suffolk County Police Department, the North Port Police Department and especially the Grant Teton Search and Rescue team," the statement continued. "Your tireless work and determination helped bring Gabby home to her parents. The family and I will be forever grateful."
The statement comes as authorities located a body believed to be that of Petito Sunday.
The investigation is still ongoing and a cause of death has yet to be determined.
Coroner's van seen leaving Wyoming search area with human remains believed to be Gabby Petito's
The coroner's van was seen leaving the search area shortly after the FBI announced that a body discovered in the area was likely that of Gabby Petito, though they noted the investigation was still ongoing and 100% positive identification had yet to be obtained.
A cause of death has not yet been released.
BREAKING NEWS: Brian Laundrie's lawyer issues statement following discovery of Gabby Petito's body
The Laundrie family's lawyer Steven Bertolino issued a statement Sunday after the FBI revealed that a body found in Wyoming was likely Gabby Petito.
"The news about Gabby Petito is heartbreaking. The Laundrie family prays for Gabby and her family," Bertolino said.
FBI: Human remains found in Wyoming likely Gabby Petito
The FBI announced Sunday that the body found in the Wyoming park where the search for Gabby Petito was ongoing was "consistent" with the description for Petito.
The FBI also cautioned that they have not yet 100% confirmed the identity through DNA testing and that the investigation was still ongoing.
The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Police arrive to the park in Wyoming where a body was found in the Gabby Petito search area
Police continue to arrive on the scene of Moran Vista camping area, the site of the search for Gabby Petito.
Authorities there discovered a body in the search area, but there has been no positive identification on the identity of the body.
Locals paint grim picture of situation faced by Gabby Petito near Grand Teton Park
Locals in Wyoming tell Fox News Digital it's unlikely Petito could have survived for three weeks with temperatures dropping below freezing at night, coupled with dangerous wildlife.
Body found where Gabby Petito search is underway in Wyoming, no confirmation of identity
Fox News Digital confirms Teton County Coroner Brent Blue has arrived in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. A body has been found in the same area officials have been searching for Gabby Petito.
Fox News Digital can also confirm that about 10 minutes after the coroner arrived on the scene, search dogs participating in the search left the search area.
Mobile command center leaves the Brian Laundrie Florida search
The mobile command center authorities have been using during the search for Brian Laundrie has departed the search area.
Weather has hindered the search for Laundrie, while police said the search for this missing man has ended for the day.
"Our search of the Carlton has concluded for the evening," North Port Police said on Twitter Sunday evening. "Nothing to report."
Laundrie's parents say they picked up his Ford mustang from the nature reserve where the search is taking place on Tuesday, though they did not report him missing police until Friday.
So far there is no evidence that he hurt himself in the reserve, though it is a possibility.
Laundrie is considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle Petito, who was reported missing by her family on Sep. 11 after not being heard from since Aug. 25.
Missing Gabby Petito: Police defend approach to questioning Brian Laundrie, who is now also missing
JACKSON, Wyo. – When Gabby Petito went missing sometime in late August and her fiancé Brian Laundrie allegedly showed up alone at his parents’ home in Florida in her van – refusing to tell police where he last saw her – critics around the country wanted to know why authorities didn’t drag him in for questioning.
"The North Port Police Department has no authority to execute a possible federal search warrant on our own," department spokesman Josh Taylor told Fox News Digital Sunday. "I don’t see how anyone without all the facts in this case can come up with a reasonable conclusion and opinion on the matter."
He said investigators have still not established whether a crime even took place – in Florida or out West. And he noted that many details about the case have been kept secret to preserve the integrity of the investigation.
Police defend approach to Laundrie case after intense criticism over delayed warrants
North Port Police spokesman Josh Taylor pushed back on criticism that the department did not immediately obtain search warrants for the Laundrie home on Sept. 11 after Gabby Petito was reported missing.
“The North Port Police Department has no authority to execute a possible federal search warrant on our own,” Taylor told Fox News Digital. “I don’t see how anyone without all the facts in this case can come up with a reasonable conclusion and opinion on the matter.”
He noted that investigators have still not established whether a crime even took place – in Florida or out West.
Searches for Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, are underway in Wyoming and Florida, respectively.
Gabby Petito case: YouTube video appears to show Petito’s van in park on Aug. 27
A family traveling through Grand Teton National Park posted a video Sunday morning that they believe shows Gabby Petito’s van on Aug. 27 – two after Petito last spoke to her mother.
At about 1:40 into the video, posted by the account “Red White & Bethune,” the family drives past a white van parked by the side of the road.
“Tonight, I was editing our Sunday video and it was of our August 27th footage. I paused my editing and went to lay in bed,” Jenn, wife and mother of the family, wrote on Facebook. “I INSTANTLY got a bone chilling feeling. I leapt up and ran to my laptop. I watched the rest of my footage and sure enough, her van was in the video.”
Jenn told Fox News that she submitted the video to the FBI as potential evidence in Petito’s case.
Search for Petito continues near Grand Teton National Park
The search for Gabby Petito continued Sunday in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Moose, Wyoming.
The FBI Denver Field Office confirmed Saturday that the agency, in coordination with the Grand Teton National Park Service, Teton County Sheriff’s Office and Jackson Police Department, were searching areas in nearby Grand Teton National Park.
Fox News on Sunday spotted a police car blocking the road leading to a campsite in the Bridger-Teton National Forest called Moran Vista.
The National Park Service could not comment on any specific activity in the area, but the FBI on Sunday said law enforcement agencies were searching "the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area is located in the Bridger-Teton National Forest on the east boundary of Grand Teton National Park."