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Florida Park Connected To Brian Laundrie Search Reopens To Public After Dad Christopher's Failed Attempt At Helping FBI Locate Fugitive Son

Oct. 19 2021, Published 3:34 p.m. ET

The Florida park at the center of the FBI's hunt for Brian Laundrie is reopened to the public for the first time in one month.

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The Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, where Brian's father, Christopher, made "no discoveries" when he attempted to assist law enforcement in the search for his fugitive son, is free rein to residents in the North Port, FL, area once again.

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The area, which connects to the Carlton Reserve, had been shut down for the past month as the FBI searched the 25,000-acre swamp area for the person of interest in Gabby Petito's disappearance-turned-homicide.

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"The Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park (6968 Reistertown Road) is now re-opened to the public," the city tweeted on Tuesday. On September 22, they revealed the park would be closed beginning the 23rd until further notice.

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According to the New York Post, the FBI and North Port law enforcement declined to answer if the move means they are no longer hunting for Brian in the area.

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As Breaking Celebrity News reported, Christopher joined the police for the first — and only — time in their search for his missing 23-year-old son on October