for the memorial today? alex, good afternoon to you. we are seeing a large turnout. a steady stream of people lining up in front of the funeral home, walking inside and paying their respects. earlier today, we saw a powerful display of solidarity with local law enforcement, emergency responders, and long island here is gabby s hometown, so many of the residents say they re grieving one of their own. the long island community where gabby petito grew up is preparing to say good-bye. she just lit up the entire room. she was always happy, always smiling. you never would think anything like this would happen to her. ahead of her funeral today, an outpouring of grief and support. look. a butterfly right there. butterflies released, a tribute to her final social media post. the 22-year-old came to national attention after she vanished during a cross country road trip with her fiance, brian laundrie,
areas. petito and laundrie had been on a cross country road trip visiting the country s national parks. her death is ruled a homicide. this morning northport police returned laundrie s mustang, a car they say their son drove to the trail head for that hike. the parents picked it back up without brian. two days later, and that s when they called police who confiscated the car for several days for evidence. several fellow truckers across the west have now come forward saying they actually ran into petito and laundrie while they were doing their road trip across the country and witnessed very heated arguments between the two near the end of their big journey out west. back to you. sandra: those public observations are everything with this case. that s what s moved this forward. that s what helped find gabby. day five of the search for brian laundrie.
gabby petito came in late this afternoon and the attorney for the family of the petitos said that the family won t be making a statement till gabby is home. meanwhile, the search continues for brian laundrie. on the ground and in the air, the search for brian laundrie led by the f.b.i. resumed at this florida reserve today. dozens of officers from multiple agencies converged on this park, using atvs, police dogs and drone operators. gabby petito never goes outside reporter: gabby petito and brian laundrie set out for their cross country road trip in mid- june, but there were signs of trouble from what appeared to be a picture-perfect couple. on august 12th, police in moab, utah pulled them over after getting calls about domestic abuse. we have been fighting this morning, some personal issues. reporter: officers body cameras captured the emotional
and fiance. the teton county coroner said the body found sunday is petito concluding the manner of death is homicide. she and laundrie had been on across country road trip visiting the country s national parks. police questioned the young couple after someone dialed 911 to report a guy was slapping a girl in the face. when they pulled over, it s something that gabby petito denied happening saying her fiance, brian laundrie, pushed or grabbed her face. monday, the fbi and north port police executed a search warrant taking out multiple boxes of evidence, things like computers, hard drives and cell phones. keep in mind three weeks ago when their son returned by himself in the white van that they had left north port a few months ago to go on the cross country road trip, there was no
been missing for weeks. and tonight the police and f.b.i. are still searching for her fiancé. cbs jericka duncan is following new developments tonight in florida. police, search warrant! reporter: f.b.i. agents descended to the florida home of 23-year-old brian laundrie. they were in and out of the home for more than eight hours, questioning his parents and collecting evidence that might tell them what happened to petito and where laundrie is. the manhunt led them to a nature preserve but investigators found nothing. gabby petito never goes outside. reporter: the couple left in early july on a cross country road trip documenting their travels on a blog called van life. but this 911 call came in august. reporter: this led to this exchange in utah. (crying) we were fighting all morning, and he wouldn t let me in the car. reporter: there were no arrests. the couple said they were headed to grand teton national park in wyoming and nearby, this