Brian Laundrie.Photo: Instagram
In an interview that aired on CNN, the lawyer forBrian Laundrie’s family said the human remains recovered Wednesday from a Florida park are likely those of the missing man.
“The probability is strong,“Bertolino said to CNN, “that it is Brian’s remains.”
The area in which the FBI found the remains had previously been underwater, authorities said.
“It’s quite sad,” Bertolino explained. “You can imagine, as a parent, finding your son’s belongings alongside some remains. That’s got to be heartbreaking. And I can tell you that they are heartbroken.”
Prior to the discovery of the remains, the Sarasota County medical examiner’s office and a cadaver dog were sent to the park after several items belonging to him were found there on Wednesday.
Laundrie’s parents had searched the park with officials from the FBI and the North Port, Fla., police, Bertolino said.
Laundrie has been the subject of a prolonged search after Petito’s death; herbody was foundin Wyoming in September.
Carlton Reserve is close to Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park.
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Laundrie remains a fugitive from the law. A warrant for his arrest was issued in late September, accusing Laundrie of unauthorized use of a debit card. His family’s attorney has said his parents have no idea where he is.
Petito — a Long Island, N.Y., native — and Laundrie had embarked on a cross-country journey in July, traveling from Florida to New York in her white Ford van, then heading west. Petitodocumented their adventureson her YouTube channel and planned to start a blog about their new, so-called “vandwelling” lifestyle.
source: people.com
