Drone footage reveals huge Brian Laundrie search as Dog the Bounty Hunter and bloodhounds try to track him down
NEW drone footage shows the scope of the search for Brian Laundrie as Dog the Bounty Hunter and bloodhounds try to track him down.
The TV star said on Saturday his “heart goes out” to the family of homicide victim Gabby Petito, and he “wants to help bring justice for her death."
Petito's fiancé Laundrie, 23, was charged on Thursday with fraudulently using a bank debit card.
Police have sought him for seven days in connection with the 22-year-old travel blogger's death during their cross-country road trip.
He remains missing after returning to his home in North Port, Florida, on September 1 without his partner.
Drone footage shows dozens of local and federal officers searching for Laundrie in a swampy Florida nature reserve.
Police and FBI agents using divers, tracking dogs, and helicopters have been hunting for the missing man in the Carlton Reserve wilderness area near North Port since Friday when his parents told them that he had gone there to hike three days earlier.
Search teams have been searching through the alligator-infested wilderness with costs reportedly spiraling to $200,000 a day.
And Fox News revealed today that
Dog – whose real name is Duane Chapman – and his new wife Francie Frane "have experienced extreme loss themselves," his team said in a statement.
"Their hearts go out to Gabby's family for what they're going through and want to help bring justice for her death."
The couple is searching where Laundrie was allegedly last seen by his family on September 14, when he told his parents he was going for a hike in Carlton Reserve, near Venice, but never returned.
Dog the Bounty Hunter asked for "anyone with information on Brian Laundrie's whereabouts to call me at 833-TELLDOG" and added that "all information will be kept confidential."
Petito was last seen alive on August 24. Investigators appear to believe she was killed sometime between August 27 and 30.
near the Spread Creek Dispersed Campground – an area crawling with bears, wolves, and other wild animals – and the coroner said it was a homicide, without revealing how she died.
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The FBI has said it wants to speak with – where her body was found – between the dates of August 27 and 30.
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