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as the search for brian laundrie continues, we re learning new details about the days before he vanished. a family attorney says the laundrie purchased a new cell phone on september 4th, but then he left that new phone at home when he disappeared. that was september 14th, according to his family. we also learned that the fbi has now obtained surveillance video from a campsite where brian laundrie went with his parents after returning from his cross country road trip without his fiancee gabby petito. let s talk about all this with les stroud of the series survivorman. les, first off to you, what does it tell you about this phone? he had it for ten days, he left it, he went out and bought this with his mother. that s an interesting question. i think in the situation we have to remember something, i think he s 23 years old, we re dealing with someone who is essentially quite young. and so it is a world of technology.
phone september 4th. but he left the new phone at home when he disappeared 10 days later. we have learned that the fbi has obtained surveillance video from a camp site where laundrie went with his parents after returning from his cross country road trip without his fiancee, gabby petito. let s talk about this with senior law enforcement analyst and former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. great to see you this morning. what do you make of this? he buys a phone september 4th. he s gone 10 days later without the phone. you know, brianna, this is really fascinating. this is one of the factual developments where were i back in the fbi, where i ran these cases for many years, we would be sitting around a conference room going back and forth trying to game out what is the significance here. principally, if he had that phone and was using it from september 4th until the time he left allegedly on the 14th, it is potentially a source of good
gabby petito s fiance brian laundrie was seen. they have doubtful laundrie s parents will help find them. cnn learned brian went camping with his parents early september after returning from his cross country road trip alone. layl leyla santiago joins us from the north port city hall where a memorial has been set up. walk us through the time line as we know it, and where this camping trip fits in it. right, alisyn, and these tidbits we re learning and slowly confirming are painting the picture of how we got to where we are today, how there is now a growing memorial behind me for a young woman and the tragedy, and a search for her fiance. so yeah, let s walk through that. let s take you back to september 1st. that is when brian laundrie came back from a cross country trip that he had had with gabby, but he came back alone. what we have learned is that a
travel and adventure were cut short. the 22 year old was on a cross country road trip with her fiancé brian laundrie when she disappeared. earlier today, human remains were discovered. reporter: today laundrie s whereabouts remain unknown, last seen almost two weeks ago at his family home in florida. authorities spent days searching the alligator infested swamp land where he is believed to have fled, meanwhile the petito family is launching the gabby petito foundation in hopes of helping others searching for their missing children. as the manhunt for laundrie enters its second week her death sparks a national conversation about the thousands of missing women, specifically women of color who are not getting the same amount of attention. jericka. duncan: that s right. and the strength that the petito family continues to show is amzing. tom hansen, thank you. new covid cases are still falling, nearly 121,000 infections were reported saturday, that is an 18 percent drop over the l