NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – The search for Brian Laundrie was set to resume on multiple fronts Thursday as authorities continued to comb through a Florida nature reserve and as Dog the Bounty Hunter explored new leads in islands near a Florida campground where Laundrie and his parents stayed earlier this month.
Here's the latest:
7:30 a.m., Sept. 30: GABBY PETITO’S FATHER POSTS INSTAGRAM TRIBUTE TO HER
Gabby Petito’s father, Joseph Petito, took to Instagram early Thursday to post a tribute to his daughter.
Petito wrote that his daughter “followed her own path to travel and see the beauty of this world.”
“You may be gone, but you will make this world a better place,” he said.
At a press conference earlier this week, he said part of his daughter’s legacy would be the new Gabby Petito Foundation, which will help find missing children across the world by providing resources and guidance.
7:00 a.m., Sept. 30: SEARCH FOR BRIAN LAUNDRIE CONTINUES IN FLORIDA
Authorities continued to search for Brian Laundrie at the Carlton Reserve on Wednesday as Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, looked for the 23-year-old fugitive in islands surrounding Fort De Soto Park, just south of St. Petersburg, Florida.
Chapman said his search is “based on the intelligence we are receiving and researching.” One of the places he searched Wednesday was Egmont Key to the southeast of the Fort De Soto Park campground where Laundrie and his parents stayed earlier this month. However, Chapman’s search there wrapped up with “no conclusive evidence,” according to Fox News.
Law enforcement returned to the Carlton Reserve on Wednesday, where they were focusing on areas of water after police said earlier this week that the search there was being “scaled back and targeted based on intelligence.”
8:45 p.m., Sept. 29: FIGHT BREAKS OUT NEAR LAUNDRIE HOME
In footage obtained by TMZ, things got heated between some protesters and a neighbor in North Port, Florida, right outside the Laundrie home.
In the expletive-laden video, the red-shirt wearing neighbor goes after the protesters, who seem to be among many who have shouted and made noise on the block over the past few weeks.
"You ain't no f****** sleuth, you can sit here with your microphone all you want, I don't care, but you come on my f****** property again, I'm going to kick you’re a**," the man shouts.
The protesters tell the man repeatedly, "You're going to jail!" While the neighbor appears to show them video he took of them allegedly on his property. He then begins to walk away, while the jawing continues.
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