family prior to her going on this cross-country trip with brian laundrie, so that s when their behavior starts becoming suspicious because not a word to anyone about gabby s whereabouts, they lawyered up, and now in fact when their son goes missing, they spend 72 hours not saying anything to law enforcement either. all of this at the end of the day, if brian laundrie is found, or if there s evidence to establish that somehow he s been involved in gabby petito s death, if it is all confirmed with the forensics that are forthcoming, that there was a criminal act, that it is gabby petito s body, that in fact that she was murdered, then certainly there s going to be a lot of look into what the family has done and whether or not they have obstructed the investigation to law enforcement, whether they have been hiding evidence, all of that. the focus starts now on the family. many people suspect that brian laundrie will not be found, that maybe perhaps he will even take
time. and something about brian laundrie s disappearance doesn t seem quite right. jon, i have to wholeheartedly agree with you. all we know is that at some stage that law enforcement lost sight, and they had no further conversations with brian. went to a specific area that they re searching. they really don t know if he s in that area. as you said, he s being treated as a missing person at this stage. he could be hiding out in that area. he could be dead for all we know. we just don t know where what is the final disportion at this time as it pertains to what is the final disposition at this time as it pertains to brian laundrie? jon: right he could be in mexico or cuba or someplace that
that they went to the reserve on wednesday, and they found the mustang that brian had driven there. it was empty. it was abandoned. they searched the area, couldn t find him. that s what brought them to reporting him missing to police on friday. yesterday, saturday is when authorities nearly a half a dozen agencies, including the fbi, were out in that carlton reserve 25,000 acres using everything at their disposal, drones, atv s, k-9 dogs searching for brian laundrie. of course the search today has wrapped up and police have told us that so far they have not they have not come up with any leads in their search for brian laundrie right now, but certainly, a lot of questions as to what is going on in his parent s homes right now and what is going through their heads after hearing this news about their boyfriend s girlfriend gabby petito being
boyfriend,line brawnty. brian laundry. police have made him a person of interest in gabby s disappearance. his family members say they have not seen him since tuesday. laura ingle life in jackson, wyoming, but we begin with charles watson is live in north port, florida. charles. reporter: hi, arthel. there are more than 50 officers out at the carlton reserve right now searching for gabby petito s boyfriend brian laundrie, as the search stretches into a second day. you can see the pop-up showers behind me, these are some of the conditions they re having to deal with right now. nearly half a dozen agencies including the fbi are assisting in search using drones, atvs and k-9 units hoping to pick up brian s scent. authorities have a lot of ground to cover, arthel. the carlton reserve is some 25,000 acres filled with tough terrain. on top of that, search crews are facing wet and muddy conditions
in the vast nature reserve. additionally, police tell us they are also working on getting tracking data for brian s cell phone, but it s not clear how far they ve gotten in that effort. earlier in the week north port police sounded pretty confident in knowing brian s whereabouts. it wasn t until friday when his parents reported him missing that authorities learned he hadn t been seen since he left to go hiking at the carlton reserve on tuesday. but there are a lot of questions about how the 23-year-old was able to slip away. brian was not going to speak with us, he would not speak with us. so knowing that, we weren t dedicating a whole lot of resources to following around someone who is not wanted on a crime. our focus was finding gabby. reporter: meantime, the community here is keeping their focus on finding gabby, and they made that clear saturday night at a candlelight vigil to to show support for the petito family as they go through what many would say is a parent s