Gabby Petito: Hiker phones in possible Brian Laundrie sighting: LIVE UPDATES
Fox News has obtained audio of the 911 call from an Appalachian Trail hiker who believes he saw Brian Laundrie, the person of interest in Gabby Petito's homicide.
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Cassie Laundrie, the sister of Brian Laundrie, told protesters that her family has been ignoring her following the disappearance of her brother and the death of Gabby Petito.
The family of Gabby Petito taped an interview with Dr. Phil, with the parents telling the TV personality that they believe Brian Laundrie is still alive and "out there somewhere."
The interview will air in two parts starting Tuesday on CBS.
Ryan Patrick, 29, lives in North Port and said he does not know Gabby Petito or the Laundries.
This is the second time he's stopped by their house.
"Today I came because of Gabby. We're wondering, where's Brian? Like, just come out, man. Just face what you have done and just answer their questions. Just come out of hiding."
"Yeah, we miss Gabby and it's very unfortunate."
The search for fugitive Brian Laundrie has drawn comparisons to similar manhunts for criminals who tried to evade the FBI and authorities – and one who succeeded for years.
Laundrie and Gabby Petito, his fiancée, left New York on a cross-country road trip in July and documented their journey west on YouTube and Instagram before Laundrie returned home to Florida alone on Sept. 1. Petito was reported missing by her family on Sept. 11, and Laundrie’s parents reported him missing on Sept. 17.
The FBI took over the search for Laundrie after authorities in Wyoming found Petito’s body on Sunday. Now, six days later, agents continue to search the 25,000 acre Carlton Reserve wilderness area near North Port, Florida, where Laundrie’s family claim he was last seen.
Dennis Davis, the hiker who claimed he saw Brian Laundrie on Saturday morning near the Appalachian Trail, made comments to police that were consistent with what he told Fox News Digital on Saturday, according to a 911 call.
Davis, who spoke to a number of news outlets on Saturday, claims he saw Brian Laundrie driving in a white pickup truck around 12:30 a.m. ET on Saturday in Tennessee near the North Carolina border.
"He was talking wild. He said that his girlfriend loved him and he had to go out to California to see her, and he was asking me how to get to California," Davis can he heard telling a 911 operator in the audio. He added later that he was "99.99% sure that was him."
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Gabby Petito’s father, Joe, has posted a new picture of his daughter on social media Monday alongside the caption “We have to do better” and “#domesticviolenceawareness”.
“Changes are coming. Now is the time. Don’t be silent,” he added.
Joe Petito mentioned of domestic violence for the first time in his posts about his daughter.
Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman tells Fox & Friends on Monday that his team has handled materials over to the FBI after finding a makeshift campsite in Florida.
“Friday, we found a makeshift, a very primitive camp that had some promising things around it so we’ve gathered up all those things with gloves and baggies and turned them over yesterday to the FBI,” he said.
“We’ve got tips from here to Tennessee and beyond,” he said regarding the search for Brian Laundrie. “So we are going over those tips today."
Florida engineer Dennis Davis tells 'Fox & Friends First' that he contacted the local police on Saturday after the encounter occurred.
As the manhunt for Florida fugitive Brian Laundrie enters its third week, questions are mounting about how he’s been able to elude authorities this long and whether his parents may have helped give him a head start.
Parents Chris and Roberta Laundrie have not been accused of any wrongdoing, but critics have taken to scrutinizing their actions in the weeks following the disappearance of their former future daughter-in-law, Gabby Petito, who was found dead in Wyoming at a campsite she shared with their son.
They said nothing about the fact that she was missing and went on a Labor Day camping trip.
"If they provided false information to law enforcement that let Brian Laundrie take off and get a week head start, or if the parents sent law enforcement on a wild goose chase, searching the preserve when he wasn't there, there's certainly a basis to charge them," said Neama Rahmani, a former legal prodigy and federal prosecutor.
The images show Gabby Petito in her sophomore year and Brian Laundrie as a junior at Bayport-Blue Point High School in New York.
Newly obtained high school yearbook photos give a glimpse of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie as teenagers, years before their ill-fated cross-country road trip as a travel-blogging couple.
The images show Petito in her sophomore year and Laundrie as a junior at Bayport-Blue Point High School in New York.She looks similar, younger but with the same beaming smile.
He is chubbier, with a chinstrap beard, peach-fuzz mustache and a full head of hair.
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