Couple Camped Next To Laundries Before Gabby Petito Reported Missing

Search Continues For Brian Laundrie, Wanted In Connection With Death Of Gabby Petito

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A couple from Fort Myers, Florida, claim they saw the Laundrie family camping at Fort DeSoto Park on September 6, just five days before Gabby Petito was reported missing. Petito's body was discovered in a national forest in Wyoming, and her death was ruled a homicide. Brian Laundrie, who returned home from a cross-country road trip without Petito, refused to cooperate with investigators and has since gone missing himself.

The couple, who asked to remain anonymous, told WBBH they were looking back at photos from their trip and recognized the red truck and camper owned by the Laundries.

They also said that a man who appears to be Brian Laundriewas in the background of a selfie they took with some friends. The couple told the news station that the Laundries kept to themselves during their time camping.

"They kept to themselves," the woman said. "They were there, and then they weren't."

Authorities confirmed that the FBI is reviewing surveillance footage from the campground, which is about 75 miles from the Laundrie's home in North Port.

"Very strange. If somebody I knew was missing, I wouldn't be going camping," the man told WBBH.

Dog the Bounty Hunter, who has joined in the manhunt for Laundrie, suggested that Brian could still be hiding out in the campground. He said that Laundrie and his parents arrived at the campground on September 6, but only two people left on September 8.

"Allegedly, what we're hearing, is two people left on the 8th. Three people came in on the 6th, and two people left on the 8th. I think he's been here for sure," Chapman told Fox News.


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