forensic results to come in and verify that. reporter: brian laundrie disappearing nearly five weeks ago, shortly after returning home alone from a trip out west with his fiancee gabby petito. her body was found in a remote rough camping area in wyoming on september 19th. they want to complete this homicide investigation. they want to identify the body, obviously, and confirm that it is in fact, brian laundrie. but they also want to see if there is some helpful forensic evidence. reporter: laundrie s parents notifying their attorney they planned to go to the nature reserve on wednesday that brian said he was headed to september 13th. the attorney saying he thought it was best to notify law enforcement and said the north port police met the laundries at the north entrance of the park and accompanied them into the reserve. laundrie s father discovered his son s bag. . chris didn t want the bag up
for a walk in the reserve. what are we supposed to do? go tree to tree, following him back to the woods? i mean, you know, it just wasn t there with the information we had. in this case. reporter: petito s remains were found in wyoming on september 19th. the coroner ruling it a homicide. police say they never spoke with laundrie before he left the home he and petito shared with his parents. they did not see or speak with him during the visit on september 11th, the day petito s parents reported her missing. authorities visited the home on september 17th when laundrie s parents reported him missing but refused to answer questions about his whereabouts, behavior police described as odd. police did not see or speak with brian during that visit. police also confirming they do not have the cell phones laundrie or petito used in the cross-country report. cnn previously reported that laundrie bought a new cell phone in north port on september 4th
laundrie approaches its fourth week no police activity visible friday at the carlton nature reserve. meanwhile new details of emerging about the period after laundrie returned home in petraeus s white van without gaby petito on september 1st and before laundrie left his parent s home on september 13th. north port police revealing they were watching laundrie before he left but limited in what they could do because he had not been charged with a crime. if you talk to a lot of people with experience in law enforcement, he goes walking in a nature reserve. he s not wanted for a crime. do we go tree to tree following him to the woods. it wasn t there with the information we had in this case. reporter: people pet s remains were found in wyoming on september 19th. coroner ruling it a homicide.
going to go find him back through the woods? i mean, um, you know, it just wasn t there with the information we had. in this case. reporter: petito s remains were found in wyoming on september 19th. the coroner ruling it a homicide. police say they never spoke with laundrie before he left the home he and petito shared with his parents. they did not see or speak with him during their visit on september 11th, the day petito s parents reported her missing. authorities visited the home, again, on september 17th when laundrie s parents reported him missing but refused to answer questions about petito s whereabouts. behavior police described as odd. police did not see or speak with brian during that visit. police also confirming they do not have the cell phones laundrie or petito used during their cross-country trip. cnn previously reported laundrie bought a new cell phone from an at&t store in north port on september 4th and left it behind on september 13th. laundrie has not been charged
concerned. petito and laundrie had spent weeks traveling across the country in petito s white ford van. he returned to the home he and petito shared with his parents without petito on september 1st. her body was found in wyoming on september 19th. the coroner ruling the death a homicide. it was in an area where there were a few trees, and there was evidence of a fire there. you could see where the rocks were moved to make the firing. i laid the cross directly over where her torso was. and i was told the direction in which her head was laying and that s where i placed two flowers in the ground right there. reporter: laundrie has not been charged in connection with petito s death. but he is suspected of using her debit card and pin to access more than $1,000 on august 30th and september 1st. a federal arrest warrant for laundrie has been issued. you can look at his state of