Brian Laundrie's Parents Detained By FBI After Home Swarmed & Declared 'Active Crime Scene' Following Discovery Of Body In Gabby Petito Case
Sept. 20 2021, Published 10:59 a.m. ET
Brian Laundrie's parents were detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday after their home was swarmed and declared an "active crime scene."
About a dozen FBI agents wearing bullet-proof vests descended on the residence of Christopher and Roberta Laundrie on Wabasso Avenue in North Port, Florida, just before 10 AM local time.
They shouted, "Search warrant!" before entering through an unlocked front door.
"Get behind the tape. This is now an active crime scene," one of the agents warned the media standing outside.
Christopher and Roberta appeared to comply with orders to leave the premises and get into a black van, where they were joined by one of the agents. Meanwhile, other agents were seen bringing equipment and pink evidence envelopes into the couple's home.
One reporter on the scene said the Laundries eventually went back inside their house.
The latest update in the case of Gabby Petito came about just one day after the body of a woman investigators believe to be the missing 22-year-old vlogger was discovered in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Though an autopsy is scheduled for later this week, authorities said the body was "consistent with the description" of Gabby.
Christopher and Roberta announced on Friday that Brian, 23, had allegedly been missing since Tuesday, which would have been one day before he was declared a "person of interest" in the disappearance of his fiancée.
Brian allegedly told his family that he was going for a hike at the Carlton Reserve in Sarasota County but is said to have not come back. Authorities spent the weekend searching for him.