The FBI did not comment on the report, but North Port Police spokesperson Josh Taylor said his agency wasn't notified Laundrie didn't return from the hike until September 17. The Laundrie family originally told police he left home Tuesday, September 14, but later changed their recollection to say he left the day before.īertolino told CNN's Chris Cuomo Wednesday he notified the FBI Laundrie hadn't returned from a hike in the Carlton Reserve the same day he left. There are also lingering questions about when Laundrie left his parents' home and when law enforcement became aware his whereabouts were unknown. Conditions were so bad that survivalist experts were skeptical of Laundrie's ability to survive and told CNN weeks ago he was likely no longer alive or not in the reserve at all. They were bogged down by the elements, wading through high water and trying to avoid dangerous wildlife. The search through the reserve began on September 18, a day after Laundrie's parents filed a missing persons report for Laundrie, who they said had left the home days before and failed to return.īut the search proved to be difficult, with investigators working under extreme conditions. It's unclear how Laundrie spent his time in the reserve or when exactly he died.įor a month, investigators had their eyes trained on the Carlton Reserve, where Laundrie was believed to have gone when he left his parents' home in the days after Petito's family reported her missing. What happened in the time he was missing? "Maybe the diary or other evidence can shed some light as to what happened," Banerjee said. However, a notebook found near Laundrie's remains could be used by investigators to glean some insight into his death. Priya Banerjee, a forensic pathologist, agreed investigators face a challenge in determining Laundrie's cause of death. Of course, knowing his mental state when he walked out the door, it was always a concern," said Bertolino, who had described Laundrie in other interviews as "grieving."īertolino told GMA the family would accept the ruling of the medical examiner if they come up with another explanation for the cause of death.ĭr. The attorney and Laundrie's parents had discussed the possibility Laundrie died by suicide "several times," the attorney said. The remains were found in an area of the Carlton Reserve - a vast 25,000-acre nature preserve - that had previously been underwater but recently dried out due to clearer weather.Ĭriminal defense attorney Mark O'Mara said the most reasonable explanation is Laundrie took his own life in the nature reserve - a possibility Steven Bertolino, an attorney for Laundrie's parents, addressed Friday in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."
"If he drowned, for example, there wouldn't be any evidence of that on a skeleton." "Unless there's some kind of major, serious trauma to the skull that can be identified, there might not be a way to determine how he died," he said. "But what it does mean is that it's going to be much more difficult to make a good, solid determination as to the cause and manner of death." "It doesn't necessarily mean that," Clemente told CNN's Erin Burnett Thursday. He added that it's possible Laundrie could have been dead the entire time he was missing. Here's what experts say about uncovering the truth surrounding their deaths:ĭental records confirmed the remains found this week are Brian Laundrie, the FBI announced Thursday.īut determining the cause of death could be challenging since authorities recovered "skeletal remains," said retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente. Investigators had since focused on locating Laundrie - up until Wednesday, when he was finally found.
Laundrie would soon vanish from his parents' home in North Port, Florida, just days before Petito's remains were found in a national forest in Wyoming. The case first attracted widespread attention after Petito's family reported her missing on September 11.
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