so there might be media following them. it s going to raise all kinds of questions about how the bag got there if it is indeed his. but they make the point that, you know, the media is following them. and how were these things not seen earlier? is it because of the water? levels changing? that s possible. that can have a huge impact on an investigation. but these are questions that will need to have answers in order to determine how that evidence, if it is indeed him, was able to be there, remain unseen for this length of time. and now and only now discovered. but the water level is a huge factor and variable in some environments and certainly florida. i want to play more with chris cuomo s interview with the family attorney. it gets to this chain of custody, which you were talking about. . it is my understanding they were followed closely by two law
now saying this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening there is breaking news tonight. the search for answers in the disappearance and murder of gabby petito narrowed to a florida nature reserve today after human remains belonging to petito s fiance brian laundrie were found. the news raising expectations and speculation. laundrie, a person of interest, in petito s disappearance and death has been on the run for weeks, wanted for a separate offense. authorities directed to the site of today s discovery by the laundrie s parents the couple s cross country odyssey quickly grabbed national attention and spotlighted the epidemic of unsolved missing persons cases in this country. sam brock now with late details. reporter: police and fbi agents have spent weeks combing this reserve searching for brian laundrie his last reported
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he s the boyfriend of a young woman found murdered in the state of wyoming last month. gabby petito, who kept a travel blog, went missing weeks earlier while on a road trip with mr laundrie. aru na iyengar reports. a possible breakthrough on a florida nature reserve. police using sniffer dogs have been searching for brian laundrie, the fiance of gabby petito, whose body was discovered in wyoming in september. laundrie went home to florida after her disappearance, but went missing himself soon afterwards. his family say he went for a hike and never came back. earlier today, investigators found what appeared to be human remains and personal items, such as a backpack and notebook belonging to brian laundrie. these items were found in an area that, up until recently, had been underwater. the case has provoked widespread media interest. gabby petito s body lay in wilderness before she was found for over a month.
find in wyoming september 19th after disappearing weeks before. brian laundrie s parents say they last saw him september 13th but didn t report him missing until four days later. now, after officials have been searching the reserve for over a month, the laundrie s lawyer suggests a new study was made yesterday by laundrie s father himself. why only yesterday? why the father? had the fbi been to the spot before? why didn t dogs or the fbi make the discoveries? a notebook was found. what was inside? is it even in condition to provide clues? the remains appear to have been there for a while. nick valencia joining us from near the reserve in north port, florida. maybe more questions than answers today, nick. reporter: good morning, brianna. for weeks, brian laundrie was the most wanted man in america. the 23-year-old who was wanted