by her boyfriend. so far, coroner and the officials have not said how she died. the final autopsy results will likely reveal hermaner of death and tonight right now an intense search is under way for petito s 23-year-old brian laundrie who is named as patterson of interest. police are using helicopters, drones, and dogs searching. his parents face growing scrutiny for allegedly trying to buy him more time. his parents claimed he went for a hike last tuesday and reported him missing on friday. they embarked on a cross country van trip back in july. they got into a fight along the way prompting this 911 call on august 12. what were they doing? we drove by and the gentleman was slapping the girl. he was slapping her? yes. and then we stopped. they ran up and down the sidewalk. he proceeded to hit her.