An online petition on Change.org asking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to initiate a formal investigation into the North Port Police Department has garnered more than 1,000 signatures as of Tuesday evening.
The petition appears to come from a group of people who also run a Facebook group called "Gabby’s Safe Haven 2.0" in honor of deceased Gabby Petito and victims of domestic violence. The group is now demanding answers regarding the North Port Police Department's handling of fugitive Brian Laundrie's disappearance.
"I would like to request a formal internal investigation into the missing person and person of interest in Gabby Petito's death, Brian Laundrie's case. Specifically the handling of the case by the North Port Police Department, City of North Port Public Information Officer Josh Taylor and North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison. The inconsistencies that the public has recieved [sic] in this case is beyond baffling, even before Gabby Petito was offically reported missing," the petition states.
Chris and Roberta Laundrie returned to their North Port, Florida home shortly before 2:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The couple left their home on Sunday, just days after remains belonging to their son, Brian Laundrie, were positively identified. They had not been home since.
The Laundrie family's attorney, Steven Bertolino told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that Brian's remains were still in the custody of investigating officials.
He said he did not know when additional information would be released.Brian was a person of interest in the murder of his fiancee, Gabby Petito.
{{#rendered}}Steve Bertolino, the attorney representing the Laundrie family, tells Fox News' Stephanie Pagones Tuesday that Brian's remains are still being held by officials and have not yet been turned over to his parents.
Bertolino added that he was unsure when additional information would be released.
Brian Laundrie's notebook, which was recovered from Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park on Oct. 20, "may be salvageable," police say.
The FBI confirmed that a notebook, along with a backpack and dry bag containing other items that belonged to Laundrie, turned up at the North Port, Florida, park in an area that had previously been underwater, not far from where authorities found Laundrie's partial remains that same day.
"It appears it may be salvageable. That really is a question for FBI though," North Port Police Department Public Information Officer Josh Taylor told Fox News Digital when asked about the condition of the notebook and whether it had any legible writing inside of it.
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