Dog The Bounty Hunter Ends Search For Brain Laundrie In Florida, Heads Back Home To Colorado
Oct. 20 2021, Published 11:09 a.m. ET
Dog The Bounty Hunter is heading back to his home state of Colorado to kill two birds with one stone – one of which is hopefully finding Brian Laundrie alive.
The 69-year-old professional fugitive finder by the legal name Duane Chapman has decided to temporarily jump ship from his manhunt efforts in Florida in order to receive treatment for a recent injury he sustained while on the job, and also follow up on a reported 4,000+ leads about the elusive 23-year-old's whereabouts.
Since last month, Dog has been on a relentless search for the only "person of interest" connected to the death of late vlogger Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old New York native who was killed in late August/early September while on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie.
According to reports, Dog has plans to meet with his Colorado-based doctor to discuss treatment for his injured ankle, which he suffered in part while wading through marshy swamps in Fort De Soto Park Campground, where the Laundrie family is known to have visited at least once in between Brian's Gabby-less return from the couple's road trip and when he vanished.
Sources say the fugitive finder's efforts have taken quite the physical toll on his body, which allegedly includes injuries he has chosen not to make public. Dog's apparently been putting in 20-hour days that have left him cut up, bloodied and we'd venture to say exhausted.
While he is said to "absolutely" want to return to Florida once he is "100 percent" healthy again, he reportedly has plans to keep working while in Colorado.
Since he's been back in the Rockies, Dog's reportedly received upwards of 4,000 tips. He continues to be almost certain Laundrie is still alive.
